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This database provides updated information on terrestrial wildlife
species and their habitat relationships within the BC Columbia
River Basin. Understanding species and their habitat relationships
is crucial to predicting species’ responses to past, present,
and future land uses with both the BC and US parts of the Columbia
Basin.
As of September 2002, the BC database has
been applied to development of forestry strategies for the Tembec TFL
(Invermere) and the Arrow Timber Supply Area, both within the BC Columbia
Basin. The database model is also being used outside the Columbia Basin by the
Langley Environmental Partners Society to develop wildlife habitat objectives
for the Township of Langley. Links to these projects and their products are provided
on this page.
It is expected that the database will be
applied to more local and basin-wide resource management issues and education
in the future. For example, database applications could include any or all of
the following:
- Sub-basin and watershed planning
- Total (US and BC) Basin Planning under the
Columbia River Treaty
- Cross border management of species at risk in US
or Canada
- Planning for land management activities such as
hydro, forestry, mining, tourism, parks, and wildlife habitat enhancement
- Community planning (districts, cities, towns,
local areas)
- Education (Universities, Schools, NGOs)
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