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CANADIAN RESOURCES
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BC Hydro Environment
www.bchydro.com/environment/
BC Hydro is British Columbia's largest energy provider with a mission
to provide energy solutions in an environmentally and socially responsible
manner. Environment plays a key role in all of our futures. BC Hydro's main
focus is balancing the energy needs of British Columbians' with the preservation
of the natural environment.
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Ministry of
Environment
www.gov.bc.ca/env/
The vision of MoE is to provide British Columbians with an environment
that is naturally diverse and healthy and enriches people's lives.
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Peace/Williston Fish &
Wildlife Compensation Program
www.bchydro.com/pwcp/
A joint initiative between BC Hydro and BC Government, the PWFWCP enhances
and protects fish and wildlife within the watersheds of the Williston and
Dinosaur reservoirs.
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BC Hydro Fish and Wildlife Bridge Coastal Restoration Program
www.bchydro.com/bcrp
The Bridge Coastal Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program (BCRP) funds
projects to restore fish and wildlife populations and habitat in footprint
impacts of hydroelectric generation facilities in BC Hydro's Bridge River/Coastal
Generation Area.
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Biodiversity Atlas
www.biodiversityatlas.org
This project is an initiative by the Fish & Wildlife
Compensation Program to provide species and habitat information for a
variety of organisms found in the Columbia Basin.
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Columbia Basin Trust
www.cbt.org
The Trust works with the people of the Canadian Columbia Basin to bring
social, economic and environmental benefits to the region most affected
by dam construction under the Columbia River Treaty.
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Columbia Power Corporation
columbiapower.org
The primary mandate of Columbia Power Corporation is to undertake power project investments as the agent of the Province on a joint venture basis with the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT).
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FortisBC
www.fortisbc.com
FortisBC, an electric utility company, generating and distributing electricity to homes and businesses in South Central British Columbia.
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BC Fisheries
www.gov.bc.ca/fish/
BCF, part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, leads
government's efforts to build and sustain diverse and healthy native fish
populations and to develop and diversify the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
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Canada Parks Service
parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/parks/Bc_np_e.htm
This website will link visitors to web pages for Mt. Revelstoke, Mt.
Glacier and Kootenay National Parks in the Columbia Basin region.
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The Nature Trust of British
Columbia (TNT)
www.naturetrust.bc.ca
The Nature Trust is a charitable corporation dedicated to conserving
areas of ecological significance in BC. Since 1971, TNT and its partners
have acquired 14,960 ha of habitat to protect resident plant and wildlife
species.
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Creston Valley Wildlife Management
Area (CVWMA)
www.crestonwildlife.ca
CVWMA, an accredited international Ramsar wetland and home to 265 species
of birds, is dedicated to managing a 17,000-acre natural resource for waterfowl,
research, education and visitors.
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Columbia Mountains Institute
of Applied Ecology
www.cmiae.org
Columbia Mountain Institute is a non-profit society dedicated to facilitating
applied ecological research in BC's Columbia Mountains and to making this
information available to managers, resource technicians, scientists, and
the public.
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SPECIES at RISK in British Columbia
Conservation Data Centre
The Conservation Data Centre offers lists of BC species at risk and additional information by district and region.
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CROSS BORDER / INTERNATIONAL
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Northwest Power Planning Council
(MWPPC)
www.nwcouncil.org
NWPPC is a compact formed by Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington to
conduct electric power system planning and mitigate hydropower system impact
on fish and wildlife in the US Columbia River Basin.
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Bonneville Power Administration
(BPA) - Environment, Fish and
Wildlife
http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/
BPA Environment, Fish and Wildlife manages the environmental component
of BPA' s hydroelectric system in the US Columbia River Basin and implements
the fish and wildlife mitigation program developed by NWPPC.
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