State of Environment Reporting

Links to Related Sites

Links are organized by Indicator

Protected Areas Species at Risk Habitat Fish Wildlife Surface Water Quality   Groundwater   Surface Water Use   Mitigation of Environmental Impact

Linking Economy and the Environment Air Quality Contaminants Toxic Contaminants Persistent Chemicals in Wildlife Greenhouse Gas Emissions Climate Change   Additional Sites about Indicators

Protected Areas

• British Columbia Strategic Land Use Planning http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/rmd/
• Decision Support Services http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/dss/index.htm
• British Columbia's Park Legacy Project http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/bcplp/index.html
• National Marine Conservation Areas of Canada http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/amnc-nmca/index_E.asp
• British Columbia Coastal Planning Projects and Marine Initiatives http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/rmd/
• BC Ministry of Forests http://www.gov.bc.ca/for/
• Land Conservancy of BC http://www.conservancy.bc.ca/
• CRD Parks http://www.crd.bc.ca/parks/

Species at Risk

• Endangered Species in British Columbia http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/atrisk/
• Species and Ecosystems at Risk in British Columbia http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wld/index.htm
• British Columbia Conservation Data Centre http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/cdc/index.htm
• BC Endangered Species Coalition http://www.wcel.org/es/
• Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) http://www.cosewic.gc.ca/
• Environment Canada/Canadian Wildlife Service: Species at Risk http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca
• Canadian Endangered Species Council: Wild Species 2000 http://www.wildspecies.ca/wildspecies2000/
  
  

Habitat

• Decision Support Services http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/dss/index.htm
• Community Watersheds http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/wat/cws/
• BC Watershed Atlas http://www.bcfisheries.gov.bc.ca/fishinv/basemaps.html
• Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team http://www.goert.ca/
• BC Conservation Data Centre http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/cdc/
• Sensitive Ecosystems Inventories http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/cdc/sei/index.htm
• BC Wetlands Society http://www.bcwetlands.com
• West Coast Environmental Law http://www.wcel.org/wcelpub/1996/11580/welcome.html
• Streams in the Lower Fraser Valley, Fraser River Action Plan http://www-heb.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/maps/loststrm/loststreams_e.htm
• The Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia http://www.bcgrasslands.org/
• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society: Invasion of British Columbia's Grasslands http://cpawsbc.org/publications/grasslands/
• Antelope Brush Ecosystems http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wld/pub/antelope.htm
• Crown Land Registry http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/clrs/
• Ministry of Energy and Mines http://www.gov.bc.ca/em/
• Laracorp Land and Resources Analysis http://www.laracorp.com/
• Georgia Strait Alliance: Estuary Preservation http://www.georgiastrait.org/Articles/wild2.php
• Wetland and Riparian Ecosystem Classification Project http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/research/pubs/pubs/1100.htm

Fish

• British Columbia Fisheries Information http://www.bcfisheries.gov.bc.ca/
• Fish and Habitats http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wld/fishhabitats/index.html
• British Columbia Fish Protection Act http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/habitat/fish_protection_act/
• The Steelhead Society of BC http://www.steelheadsociety.com/home.html
• Watershed Restoration http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/frco/programs/wrp/about.html and http://www.terrawavesystems.com/index.html
• Sturgeon Recovery Initiative (BCHydro) http://www.bchydro.com/environment/waterlandair/waterlandair1771.html
• Columbia Kootenay Fisheries Renewal Partnership http://www.ckfrp.com/projects/index_past.htm
  

Wildlife

• BC Wildlife Branch http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wld/
• British Columbia Identified Wildlife Management Strategy http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wld/identified/index.htm
• British Columbia Grizzly Bear Conservation Strategy http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wld/grzz/
• Caribou in British Columbia http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/caribou_fs.pdf
  

Surface Water Quality

• British Columbia Water Quality On Line http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/wqhome.html
• British Columbia Fish Protection Act http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/habitat/fish_protection_act/
• British Columbia Non-point Source Pollution Action Plan http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/bmps/npsaction.html
• Environment Canada http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/
  

Groundwater

• British Columbia - Groundwater http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wat/gws/
• Canada - Nitrates in Groundwater http://www.ecoinfo.org/env_ind/region/nitrate/nitrate_e.cfm
  

Surface Water Use

• BC Water Resource Information http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wat/
• British Columbia Water Protection Act http://lwbc.bc.ca/water/general/protect.html
• Land and Water British Columbia Inc. http://lwbc.bc.ca/water/general/rights.html

Mitigation of Environmental Impact

• Environment Canada Green Lane http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html
• Environment Canada Municipal Water Use Database http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/mud/en/index.cfm
• State of Resources Report, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/resmgmt/SoR_Rep/SoR_Report.htm
• Ministry of Energy and Mines: Mining http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/DEFAULT.HTM
• Environmental Management Branch http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/epd/
  

Linking Economy and the Environment

• Canadian Socio-economic Information Database http://www.statcan.ca/english/CANSIM/
• BC Stats: BC Economic Accounts http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/bus_stat/bcea/bcea.htm
• Canadian Organic Growers Association http://www.cog.ca/
• Economic Benefit of British Columbia's Provincial Parks http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/cppl/documents/parks_sept_01.pdf
• Stats Canada, Environment Industry Survey: Business Sector http://www.statcan.ca/english/IPS/Data/16F0008XIE.htm
  

Air Quality

• British Columbia Water, Air and Climate Change Branch http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/air/
• British Columbia Information on Particulates http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/air/particulates/index.html
• British Columbia Air Quality http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/air/airquality/index.html
• Smog Indicator http://www.ecoinfo.ec.gc.ca/env_ind/region/smog/smog_e.cfm
• Environment Canada: Air Quality Services http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/aq_smog/index_e.cfm
  

Contaminants

• BC Hydro Environment http://www.bchydro.com/environment/
• Survey of Pesticide Use in British Columbia http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/epd/epdpa/ipmp/tech_reports.html
• Environment Canada: World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/woudc/
  

Toxic Contaminants

• National Pollutant Release Inventory http://www2.ec.gc.ca/pdb/npri/npri_home_e.cfm
• British Columbia Pollution Prevention and Remediation http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/epd/
  

Persistent Chemicals in Wildlife

• Environment Canada: Toxins in Great Blue Heron Eggs http://www.ecoinfo.ec.gc.ca/env_ind/region/gbhtoxin/gbhtoxin_e.cfm
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada http://www-sci.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/mehsd/Default.htm
• Environment Canada, Pollution Prevention and Assessment Division: Shellfish Water Quality Protection Program http://www.pyr.ec.gc.ca/EN/Shellfish/index.shtml
  

Green House Gas Emissions

• British Columbia Water, Air and Climate Change Branch http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/air/climate/index.html
• BC Hydro Environment: Greenhouse Gas http://www.bchydro.com/policies/ghg/ghg798.html
• United Nations Environment Program http://www.grida.no/db/maps/collection/climate6/
• Government Canada Climate Change http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/english/index.shtml
• Statistics Canada CANISM II http://www.statcan.ca/english/IPS/Data/63-007-XIB.htm
  

Climate Change

• British Columbia - Climate Change http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/air/climate/index.html
• Canadian Institute for Climate Studies http://www.cics.uvic.ca/index.cgi?pagename=Climate_Company&p=13&l=12&r=10
• Canadian Historical Homogenized Temperature Datasets http://www.cccma.bc.ec.gc.ca/hccd/data/temperature_documentation.html
• Canada - National Climate Change Secretariat http://www.nccp.ca/NCCP/nat_secretariat/index_e.html
• Canada - Climate Change http://www.ec.gc.ca/climate/home-e.html
• Government Canada - Climate Change http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/english/index.shtml
• Indicators of Climate Change in the UK http://www.nbu.ac.uk/iccuk/
• Pacific Salmon Commission http://www.psc.org/Index.htm
  

Additional Sites about Indicators

• Canada - Environment and Sustainable Development Indictors Initiative http://www.nrtee-trnee.ca/eng/programs/Current_Programs/SDIndicators/
• International - National Council for Science and Environment http://www.cnie.org/NCSE/SciencePolicy/StateOfEnvironment.cfm