Ministry of Environment

SEI Website - We are still working on the development of SEI website. We will let you know when we're only a mouseclick away.

Technical Report- This report will describe how the maps were produced, the ecological significance of the ecosystem types mapped and provide a summary and analysis of results. It is currently in draft format and should be ready by late spnng.

Conservation Manual - This will describe the guidelines for protecting sensitive ecosystems, and the tools available. Work has now started on this manual, but is not expected to be ready until later this year.

For more information:

• on ground truthing and change forms:

  Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
  Conservation Data Centre
  Jan Kirkby
  Ph. (250) 387-0732
  Fax: (250) 387-2733
  e-mail: Jan.Kirkby@gems9.gov.bc.ca

• on the SEl project and consultants:

  Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
  Vancouver Island Region, Nanaimo
  Marlene Caskey or Trudy Chatwin
  Ph: (250) 751 -3100
  Fax: (250) 751 -3103
  e-mail: mcaskey@nanaimo.env.
  gov.bc.ca
  tachatwn@nanaimo.env.
  gov.bc.ca

• on the SEI project and digital data:

  Environment Canada,
  Canadian Wildlife Service
  Peggy Ward
  Ph. and fax: (250) 752-9611
  e-mail: Peggy.Ward@ec.gc.ca

Errata

We have found minor errors in the digital files and are working to correct these. An updated database will be available soon. In the meantime, the following corrections should be noted on the hardcopy maps:

N 1239 (map 92F. 038) listed incorrectly in table (at right-hand side of map) as N1230; change Primary Ecosystem to SG:mx, Secondary Ecosystem to OF:co

S0108B (map 92K.014) listed incorrectly in table as S1088; change Primary Ecosystem code to CB:cl

V0543 (map 92B.071) listed incorrectly in table as V0453; change Primary Ecosystem to SV:cl, Secondary Ecosystem to SG:co.

V0269 (map 92B.081) site number incorrect on map and table; change both to V0296, change Primary Ecosystem code to WN:sp and add *

To order maps, please contact:

Clover Point Cartographics
Ph.: (250) 384-3537
Fax: (250) 384-2679