CMNS 137 Technical Communication for Water Engineering Technology

The habitats occupied by this turtle are the same locations favoured for human settlement.

British Columbia is home to the woodland caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou. The herds found in its mountainous mature forests are an important part of the natural ecosystem and the rich biodiversity of the province. Unfortunately, due to significant changes within the caribou’s preferred habitat over the last century, their population has declined from 40,000 to about 15,000, provincewide.

The Okanagan Valley is an area of tremendous biological, ecological and geological diversity.
Most of the ecosystems that occur here have a limited distribution within British Columbia, Canada,
and North America. However, many of these ecosystems have been lost, significantly modified, or
fragmented; these ecosystems continue to be primarily threatened by urban and agricultural
development. The valley provides a vital north – south corridor connecting the Great Basin to the
south with other dry interior valleys of British Columbia. The City of Kelowna includes natural
areas that are important for maintaining connectivity in the valley and have a diverse assemblage
of ecosystems that support many species at risk and other important species.

Central Okanagan Lake Foreshore Plan outlines the objectives and policies
laid out by the local community and water resource agencies for the
management, development, and use of Okanagan Lake shoreline within the
Regional District of Central Okanagan. Foreshore plans are necessary in
rapidly growing or heavily used areas abutting British Columbia’s waterways,
lakes, and seashores. The adoption of foreshore plans provides for integration
of development policies from multiple levels of government holding jurisdiction
over different aspects of the foreshore.

The B.C. Government made a commitment to “Improve wildlife management and habitat conservation, and
collaborate with stakeholders to develop long and short-term strategies to manage B.C.'s wildlife resources.
As the first phase, in May 2018, the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural
Development released a discussion paper, Improving Wildlife Management and Habitat Conservation in
British Columbia. The resulting feedback is summarized in this report. The feedback is being used to develop policy options and an intentions paper that will be released for public engagement. The goal is to implement a new wildlife management and habitat conservation strategy, including any necessary legislative changes in 2020.

This report is a progress update for the engagement process on the Improving Wildlife Management and
Habitat Conservation initiative, which aims to develop a new strategy that will help sustain and manage
wildlife populations and their habitats.

The Province is committed to making significant new investments and developing new
partnerships to deliver wildlife stewardship collaboratively. We recognize that we must build on
success while continuing to adapt and improve our approaches. We will make these changes
in collaboration with Indigenous governments, local governments, and partners, supported by engagement with all British Columbians.

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The Caribou maternal penning project's underway in the Revelstoke area is to increase calf survival and contribute
to population recovery.

Pandemics represent an existential threat to the health and welfare of people across our planet.
The scientific evidence reviewed in this report demonstrates that pandemics are becoming more
frequent, driven by a continued rise in the underlying emerging disease events that spark them.