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Ecosystem-based
Planning Projects
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This page contains information about some of our completed ecosystem-based
planning projects. Follow the links (the underlined titles) to
read project summaries complete with colour maps. You can also
download the final project reports from our library.
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Fraser Headwaters Proposed Conservation Plan, 2001
Summary
Working with
the Fraser Headwaters Alliance, a non-profit grassroots conservation
organization based in the Robson Valley, the Silva Forest Foundation
prepared landscape-level ecosystem-based mapping for 1.3 million
hectares (13,000 square km) in east-central British Columbia close
to the BC-Alberta border. The study area runs approximately parallel
to the Rocky Mountain Trench, stretching from Valemount in the southeast
to Sinclair Mills in the northwest, and from the height of land
in the Rocky Mountains down across the trench and up to the height
of land in the Columbia Mountains.
The Fraser Headwaters Alliance continues to work towards protecting
portions of the Robson Valley, particularly the upper reaches of
the Goat River watershed where conventional logging has now begun,
and towards ecologically responsible forest use in areas which do
not require full protection. Visit the FHA
web site for more information. Roy Howard of FHA has been nominated
for a Canadian
Environment Award, sponsored by Canadian Geographic magazine.
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Horsey Creek, 1999 Summary
The Silva Forest Foundation produced this plan for the Dunster Community
Association and the Fraser Headwaters Alliance. The goal of the
analysis, and the purpose of this report and the accompanying maps,
is to provide practical information to local residents and groups
who wish to protect, maintain, and plan for the ecologically sustainable
use of the forests and waters that occupy this part of the Fraser
River Headwaters. The plan is part of an ongoing project to develop
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Harrop Procter Watersheds, 1998 Summary
This plan was completed for the Harrop-Procter Watershed Protection
Society (HPWPS). The study area is the series of small watersheds
on the south shore of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake, above the communities
of Harrop and Procter. It runs from the west shore of Kootenay Lake
in the east to the Harrop Creek drainage in the west, and includes
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Cortes Island, 1996 Summary
This report introduces the Cortes Island Ecosystem Based Plan
prepared by the Silva Forest Foundation for the Cortes Island
Forestry Committee. The Cortes Island Ecosystem Based Plan (CIP)
is a work in progress. As the maps and report show, a great deal
has been accomplished, with unprecedented input and assistance
from the local community
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Slocan Valley, 1995Summary
This plan for the Slocan River watershed in British Columbia,
Canada represents a fundamentally different approach to looking
at, and planning human activities in ecosystems. This was the
first ecosystem-based plan completed by SFF using Geographic Information
Systems technology, and forms the foundation upon which our methodology
has been refined.
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