annual british columbia conservation areas summary report 2015

Annual British Columbia Conservation Areas Summary Report 2015 British Columbia NGO Conservation Areas Database Technical Working Group

August 16, 2016

About the BC NGO Conservation Areas Database:

Conservation partners have collaborated for a number of years as part of the British Columbia Non-governmental Organization (BC NGO) Conservation Areas Database Working Group to develop a comprehensive, standardized inventory of British Columbia’s non-governmental conservation areas (also known as private conservation lands). These areas include properties designated as Fee Simple, Registerable Interests, and Unregisterable Interests and complement the inventories created by the Federal and Provincial Governments for federal and provincial protected areas. The BC NGO Conservation Areas Database was developed from cadastral mapping of legal parcels by local governments. The attributes of each conservation parcel were populated with information obtained from conservation partners as well as by searching land titles. Fee Simple is defined as ownership of the title to a legal parcel. Registerable Interests are non-Fee Simple conservation securements registered on title, specifically conservation covenants and leases. Conservation covenants are a voluntary and legally binding interest on all or a portion of a legal parcel. The title is retained by the landowner, but the covenant and covenant holder (e.g. conservation organization) are registered on the title and bind the current and future owners of the parcel in how the land is used. Leased lands are managed for conservation similar to Fee Simple properties and are usually long term. There are some leases which are not registered on title and have not been included in the conservation areas data. Unregisterable Interests are conservation securements not registered on title. These are primarily conservation agreements but include other types of agreements as well. Conservation Agreements are voluntary arrangements with land owners to manage the land, or a portion of the land, with a particular objective. Importantly, overlapping ownership and/or management arrangements can occur on a single legal parcel. For instance, the purchase of a Fee Simple parcel may have been cost-shared with two or more conservation organizations who are all registered on the title. This same parcel may also have a conservation covenant registered and held by another organization. Technical development of the database is led by the Technical Working Group, namely Ducks Unlimited Canada, The Nature Trust of British Columbia and the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment Canada. Project direction and coordination is led by the General Working Group members, which in addition to the Technical Working Group includes the Nature Conservancy of Canada and The Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia. The conservation areas of nearly forty conservation organizations are included in the database. The conservation parcels are produced with the cooperation of the Integrated Cadastral Information Society, which is coordinating the development of a standardized legal parcel fabric among British Columbia’s local governments, utilities, assessment office, land titles office, and the Provincial Government. Some small land trusts have chosen not to participate in this project. Their total conservation area currently amounts to 15 hectares and represents 16 properties. For the purposes of this database, securements held by the Islands Trust Fund Board have been included as NGO securements. As of the 2015 database update, local island trust committees have been included as Local Government organizations where they hold a secondary interest on a securement

primarily held by an NGO. Those securements with interest held only by a local trust committee have been removed from the database due to absence of NGO interest on these properties. The Annual British Columbia Conservation Areas Summary provides the most accurate identification of total conservation area in BC. Since NGO conservation areas may overlap with some Provincial and Federal conservation areas, the calculation for the total area of conservation lands in BC removes this overlap. Although Regional and Municipal Parks also add to the conservation land in BC, these data were not in a format that could be easily included in the current totals and are intended to be included in future iterations of the Annual BC Conservation Areas Summary Report. Total NGO conservation lands represent 159,424 Ha as of December 31, 2015. Overlap representing multiple securements on a single property has been removed from this figure.

2015 Area Value Updates The following changes to NGO securements in the BC NGO Conservation Areas Database occurred during 2015:

Securement Organizations

Change by Conservation Area Subtype Change in Total Secured Area (ha)*

Reason for Change Fee Simple (ha)

Registered Interests (ha)

Unregistered Interests (ha)

Cowichan Community Land Trust 0.0 +6.7 0.0 +6.7 New 2015 Registered Interest securement

Denman Conservancy Association -1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 Property subdivision and transfer

Ducks Unlimited Canada +139.9 +23.7 -13,495.7 -13,332.1 New 2015 Fee Simple and Unregistered Interest securements; Spatial and attribute corrections to database; Removal of short-term agreements and grazing license from area values

Galiano Conservancy Association +8.0 0.0 0.0 +8.0 Spatial correction to database

Habitat Acquisition Trust 0.0 +14.7 0.0 +14.7 New 2015 Registered Interest securement; Spatial corrections to database

Islands Trust Fund Board +23.0 +25.0 0.0 +48.1 New 2015 Registered Interest securements; Spatial and attribute corrections to database

Nature Conservancy of Canada +2,133.5 +4,761.9 0.0 +6,895.4 New 2015 Fee Simple and Registered Interest securements; Addition of pre-existing securements; Spatial and attribute corrections to database

Salt Spring Island Conservancy +40.7 0.0 0.0 +40.7 Addition of pre-existing securement

Savary Island Land Trust Society +18.9 0.0 0.0 +18.9 Addition of pre-existing securements

South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls +2.4 0.0 0.0 +2.4 Addition of pre-existing securement

The Land Conservancy of BC -1,777.6 +1.1 0.0 -1,776.5 Property sales and transfers; Spatial and attribute corrections to database

The Nature Trust of British Columbia +65.9 0.0 0.0 +65.9 New Fee Simple securements; Spatial corrections to database

*This figure represents overall change in area of all secured lands (Fee Simple, Registerable Interests, and Unregisterable Interests) for each Securement Organization. This figure will correspond with the difference seen between years in the values for total secured area located in the “Conservation Area by NGO Securement Organization” summary table on the last page of this report. Please refer to the “Conservation Area by NGO Securement Organization” summary table for a complete list of total secured areas by NGO current to 31 Dec 2015.

In addition to the above changes, the securement type for local island trust committees was changed from NGO to Local Government. This resulted in the removal of six properties representing 37 Ha of secured land held by the North Pender Island Local Trust Committee and the Galiano Island Local Trust Committee due to lack of NGO interest.

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Map Produced 8/10/2016 by D. Morrison

Conservation Area TypeNon-governmental Organiz ation Conservation Areas

Provincial Protected Areas

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Fee S impleAs NGO conservation areas may contain overlapping ownership and/or management arrangements (eg subtypes), the calculation of "Total Area" of conservation lands in BC removes this overlap to provide a true conservation area value.Total NGO conservation area in BC is 159,424 Ha. Covenants and Other R egistered Interests on T itle

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Provincial Park s, Ecological R eserves, R ecreation Areas, Protected Areas,ConservanciesW ildlife Management AreasMinistry of Forests, L ands and Natural R esource Operations Administered L andsNational Park sNational W ildlife Areas and Other National Protected Areas (Canadian W ildlife S ervice)

Hectares103,931.120,809.3146,751.9

14,076,920.7251,351.022,761.5631,230.73,060.0

Total Area 15,228,893.7

Points represent conservation areas that are less than 500 hectares; polygons represent those that are greater than 500 hectares.

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1. T he area value contains some uncertainty. It is sourced directly from respective securement organiz ations, Duck sUnlimited Canada and the Nature Conservancy of Canada. 2. T he area value is derived from GIS data and may vary frompublished BC Park s numbers as these are based on legal siz e.3. Consists of Acquisition, L ease, and T ransfer of Administrationand Control lands only. FL NR O W MA L eases are included with W ildlife Management Areas.4. Total Area may change as uncertainty is reduced for Agreements and Other Unregistered Interests Not on T itle.

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BC AlbersBC NGO Conservation Areas Database T echnical W ork ing Group:

Non-governmental Organization Conservation AreasFee S imple, Covenants and Other R egisteredInterests on T itle, Agreements and OtherUnregistered Interests Not on T itle*

Provincial Protected AreasProvincial Park s, Ecological R eserves, R ecreation Areas, Protected Areas, and ConservanciesW ildlife Management AreasMinistry of Forests, L ands, and NaturalR esource Operations Acquisition, L ease,and T ransfer of Administration and Control L ands

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BCGOV FLNR O GeoBC. TANTALIS - BC Park s, Ecological R eserves,and Protected Areas. [ES R I File Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.

BCGOV FLNR O GeoBC. TANTALIS - Conservancy Areas. [ES R I File Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.BCGOV FLNR O GeoBC. Conservation L ands. [ES R I File Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.

CDNGOV Natural R esources Canada. National Park s - NationalFramework Canada L ands Administrative Boundaries L evel 1. [ES R IFile Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.Environment Canada (Canadian W ildlife S ervice). CW S ProtectedAreas. [ES R I S hapefile]. June 2012.

DataBC Geographic S ervices. Hillshade Imagery [W MS ].

CDNGOV Natural R esources Canada. Atlas of Canada National S caleData 1:1,000,000. [ES R I Geodatabase]. 2015.

Layer SourceNon-governmental Organiz ationConservation Areas

Provincial Protected Areas - Provincial Park s, Ecological R eserves, R ecreation Areas, and Protected AreasProvincial Protected Areas - ConservanciesProvincial Protected Areas- W ildlife Management Areas - Acquisition, L ease, and Transfer of Administration and Control L andsNational Protected Areas - National Parks

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R egion Boundaries BCGOV ENV Knowledge Management Branch. ENV R egionalBoundaries. [ES R I S hapefile]. June 07, 2012.

British Columbia NGO Conservation Areas Database Technical W ork ing Group. 2016. BC NGO Conservation Areas Database – Fee S imple,R egisterable Interests, and Unregisterable Interests (secured as of Dec 31, 2015). [ES R I Personal Geodatabase]. L ast updated Jul 19, 2016.

S ources: Esri, US GS , NGA, NAS A, CGIAR , N R obinson, NCEAS , NL S ,OS , NMA, Geodatastyrelsen, R ijk swaterstaat, GS A, Geoland, FEMA,Intermap and the GIS user community. [ES R I Map S ervice].CDNGOV Natural R esources Canada. Canada digtial elevation data(1:50,000). [ES R I File Geodatabase]. 1997-1999.

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BCGOV FLNRO GeoBC. TANTALIS - BC Park s, Ecological Reserves,and Protected Areas. [ES RI File Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.

BCGOV FLNRO GeoBC. TANTALIS - Conservancy Areas. [ES RI File Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.BCGOV FLNRO GeoBC. Conservation Lands. [ES RI File Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.

CDNGOV Natural Resources Canada. National Park s - NationalFramework Canada Lands Administrative Boundaries Level 1. [ES RIFile Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.Environment Canada (Canadian W ildlife S ervice). CW S ProtectedAreas. [ES RI S hapefile]. June 2012.


CDNGOV Natural Resources Canada. Atlas of Canada National S caleData 1:1,000,000. [ES RI Geodatabase]. 2015.

Layer SourceNon-governmental OrganizationConservation Areas

Provincial Protected Areas - Provincial Park s, Ecological Reserves, Recreation Areas, and Protected AreasProvincial Protected Areas - ConservanciesProvincial Protected Areas- W ildlife Management Areas - Acquisition, Lease, and T ransfer of Administration and Control LandsNational Protected Areas - National Park s


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Region Boundaries BCGOV ENV K nowledge Management Branch. ENV RegionalBoundaries. [ES RI S hapefile]. June 07, 2012.

British Columbia NGO Conservation Areas Database T echnical W ork ing Group. 2016. BC NGO Conservation Areas Database – Fee S imple,Registerable Interests, and U nregisterable Interests (secured as of Dec 31, 2015). [ES RI Personal Geodatabase]. Last updated Jul 19, 2016.

S ources: Esri, U S GS , NGA, NAS A, CGIAR, N Robinson, NCEAS , NLS ,OS , NMA, Geodatastyrelsen, Rijk swaterstaat, GS A, Geoland, FEMA,Intermap and the GIS user community. [ES RI Map S ervice].CDNGOV Natural Resources Canada. Canada digtial elevation data(1:50,000). [ES RI File Geodatabase]. 1997-1999.




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Chilliwa ckV a n couver

Coquitla m

Lion s Ba y

Pem b erton

Richm on d

Squa m ish

La n gley

MissionGib son s

Sechelt

SurreyDelta

Hope

Wa shin gtonWa shin gton

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Lower Mainland

Provin cia l Pa rks, Ecologica l Reserves, Recrea tionArea s, Protected Area s, a n d Con serva n cies

Na tion a l Pa rksNa tion a l Wildlife Area s a n d other Na tion a lProtected Area s




Coven a n ts a n d Other Registered In terests on T itleAgreem en ts a n d Other U n registered In terests Not on T itle*

Highwa ys

Wildlife Ma n a gem en t Area sMin istry of Forests, La n ds a n d Na tura lResource Opera tion s Acquisition , Lea se,a n d T ra n sfer of Adm in istra tion a n d Con trol La n ds

Fee Sim ple

BCGOV FLNRO GeoBC. TANTALIS - BC Pa rks, Ecologica l Reserves,a n d Protected Area s. [ESRI File Geoda ta b a se]. Ma y 19, 2016.

BCGOV FLNRO GeoBC. TANTALIS - Con serva n cy Area s. [ESRI File Geoda ta b a se]. Ma y 19, 2016.BCGOV FLNRO GeoBC. Con serva tion La n ds. [ESRI File Geoda ta b a se]. Ma y 19, 2016.

CDNGOV Na tura l Resources Ca n a da . Na tion a l Pa rks - Na tion a lFra m ework Ca n a da La n ds Adm in istra tive Boun da ries Level 1. [ESRIFile Geoda ta b a se]. Ma y 19, 2016.En viron m en t Ca n a da (Ca n a dia n Wildlife Service). CWS ProtectedArea s. [ESRI Sha pefile]. Jun e 2012.

Da ta BC Geogra phic Services. Hillsha de Im a gery [WMS].

CDNGOV Na tura l Resources Ca n a da . Atla s of Ca n a da Na tion a l Sca leDa ta 1:1,000,000. [ESRI Geoda ta b a se]. 2015.

Layer SourceNon -govern m en ta l Orga n iza tionCon serva tion Area s

Provin cia l Protected Area s - Provin cia l Pa rks, Ecologica l Reserves, Recrea tion Area s, a n d Protected Area sProvin cia l Protected Area s - Con serva n ciesProvin cia l Protected Area s- Wildlife Ma n a gem en t Area s - Acquisition , Lea se, a n d Tra n sfer of Adm in istra tion a n d Con trol La n dsNa tion a l Protected Area s - Na tion a l Pa rks

Na tion a l Protected Area s - Na tion a l Wildlife Area s a n d other Na tion a l Protected Area s

La kes a n d RiversMultidirection a l Hillsha de Ba sem a p

Ca n a da & U SA Ba sem a ps

Region Boun da ries BCGOV ENV K n owledge Ma n a gem en t Bra n ch. ENV Region a lBoun da ries. [ESRI Sha pefile]. Jun e 07, 2012.

British Colum b ia NGO Con serva tion Area s Da ta b a se T echn ica l Workin g Group. 2016. BC NGO Con serva tion Area s Da ta b a se – Fee Sim ple,Registera b le In terests, a n d U n registera b le In terests (secured a s of Dec 31, 2015). [ESRI Person a l Geoda ta b a se]. La st upda ted Jul 19, 2016.

Sources: Esri, U SGS, NGA, NASA, CGIAR, N Rob in son , NCEAS, NLS,OS, NMA, Geoda ta styrelsen , Rijkswa tersta a t, GSA, Geola n d, FEMA,In term a p a n d the GIS user com m un ity. [ESRI Ma p Service].CDNGOV Na tura l Resources Ca n a da . Ca n a da digtia l eleva tion da ta(1:50,000). [ESRI File Geoda ta b a se]. 1997-1999.

1:50,000 DEM Ba sem a p


Poin ts represen t con serva tion a rea s tha t a re less tha n 500 hecta res; polygon s represen t those tha t a re grea ter tha n 500 hecta res.

*Accura cy of som e con serva tion a rea s ha s n ot yet b een qua lity a ssuredb y respective securem en t orga n iza tion s.

Som e poin ts m a y b e ob scured b y overlyin g poin ts.

BC Alb ersBC NGO Con serva tion Area s Da ta b a se T echn ica l Workin g Group:

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Cha se

LyttonMerritt

K a m loopsAshcroft

Sica m ous

Ba rriere

Lillooet

Clea rwa ter

Sa lm on Arm

Loga n La ke

Ca che Creek

Alb ertaAlb erta

±


Thompson







Highwa ys


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Revelstoke

Ca stlega r

K im b erley

Cra n b rook

In verm ere

Rossla n d

Spa rwood

Creston

Elkford

Fern ie

Nelson

Golden

T ra il

Alb ertaAlb erta

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Kootenay







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W ellsQuesnel

W illia m s La ke

100 Mile House

W a shingtonW a shington ±


Cariboo

Provincia l Pa rks, Ecologica l Reserves, Recrea tionArea s, Protected Area s, a nd Conserva ncies

Na tiona l Pa rksNa tiona l W ildlife Area s a nd other Na tiona lProtected Area s




Covena nts a nd Other Registered Interests on T itleAgreem ents a nd Other U nregistered Interests Not on T itle*

Highwa ys

W ildlife Ma na gem ent Area sMinistry of Forests, La nds a nd Na tura lResource Opera tions Acquisition, Lea se,a nd T ra nsfer of Adm inistra tion a nd Control La nds

Fee S im ple

BCGOV FLNRO GeoBC. TANTALIS - BC Pa rks, Ecologica l Reserves,a nd Protected Area s. [ES RI File Geoda ta ba se]. Ma y 19, 2016.

BCGOV FLNRO GeoBC. TANTALIS - Conserva ncy Area s. [ES RI File Geoda ta ba se]. Ma y 19, 2016.BCGOV FLNRO GeoBC. Conserva tion La nds. [ES RI File Geoda ta ba se]. Ma y 19, 2016.

CDNGOV Na tura l Resources Ca na da . Na tiona l Pa rks - Na tiona lFra m ework Ca na da La nds Adm inistra tive Bounda ries Level 1. [ES RIFile Geoda ta ba se]. Ma y 19, 2016.Environm ent Ca na da (Ca na dia n W ildlife S ervice). CW S ProtectedArea s. [ES RI S ha pefile]. June 2012.

Da ta BC Geogra phic S ervices. Hillsha de Im a gery [W MS ].

CDNGOV Na tura l Resources Ca na da . Atla s of Ca na da Na tiona l S ca leDa ta 1:1,000,000. [ES RI Geoda ta ba se]. 2015.

Layer SourceNon-governm enta l Orga niza tionConserva tion Area s

Provincia l Protected Area s - Provincia l Pa rks, Ecologica l Reserves, Recrea tion Area s, a nd Protected Area sProvincia l Protected Area s - Conserva nciesProvincia l Protected Area s- W ildlife Ma na gem ent Area s - Acquisition, Lea se, a nd Tra nsfer of Adm inistra tion a nd Control La ndsNa tiona l Protected Area s - Na tiona l Pa rks

Na tiona l Protected Area s - Na tiona l W ildlife Area s a nd other Na tiona l Protected Area s

La kes a nd RiversMultidirectiona l Hillsha de Ba sem a p

Ca na da & U S A Ba sem a ps

Region Bounda ries BCGOV ENV K nowledge Ma na gem ent Bra nch. ENV Regiona lBounda ries. [ES RI S ha pefile]. June 07, 2012.

British Colum bia NGO Conserva tion Area s Da ta ba se T echnica l W orking Group. 2016. BC NGO Conserva tion Area s Da ta ba se – Fee S im ple,Registera ble Interests, a nd U nregistera ble Interests (secured a s of Dec 31, 2015). [ES RI Persona l Geoda ta ba se]. La st upda ted Jul 19, 2016.

S ources: Esri, U S GS , NGA, NAS A, CGIAR, N Robinson, NCEAS , NLS ,OS , NMA, Geoda ta styrelsen, Rijkswa tersta a t, GS A, Geola nd, FEMA,Interm a p a nd the GIS user com m unity. [ES RI Ma p S ervice].CDNGOV Na tura l Resources Ca na da . Ca na da digtia l eleva tion da ta(1:50,000). [ES RI File Geoda ta ba se]. 1997-1999.


AlbertaAlberta


Points represent conserva tion a rea s tha t a re less tha n 500 hecta res; polygons represent those tha t a re grea ter tha n 500 hecta res.

*Accura cy of som e conserva tion a rea s ha s not yet been qua lity a ssuredby respective securem ent orga niza tions.

S om e points m a y be obscured by overlying points.

BC AlbersBC NGO Conserva tion Area s Da ta ba se T echnica l W orking Group:

0 50 100 150 200K ilom eters

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Port Edward

Telk waGranisle

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Village of Queen Charlotte

Port Clements

Prince RupertBurns Lak e

S mithers

Hazelton

K itimat

S tewart

HoustonTerrace

Masset

Y uk onY uk on

Alask aAlask a

±


Skeena

Provincial Park s, Ecological Reserves, RecreationAreas, Protected Areas, and Conservancies





Covenants and Other Registered Interests on T itleAgreements and Other U nregistered Interests Not on T itle*

Highw ays

W ildlife Management AreasMinistry of Forests, Lands and NaturalResource Operations Acquisition, Lease,and T ransfer of Administration and Control Lands

Fee S imple

BCGOV FLNRO GeoBC. TANTALIS - BC Park s, Ecological Reserves,and Protected Areas. [ES RI File Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.

BCGOV FLNRO GeoBC. TANTALIS - Conservancy Areas. [ES RI File Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.BCGOV FLNRO GeoBC. Conservation Lands. [ES RI File Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.

CDNGOV Natural Resources Canada. National Park s - NationalFramework Canada Lands Administrative Boundaries Level 1. [ES RIFile Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.Environment Canada (Canadian W ildlife S ervice). CW S ProtectedAreas. [ES RI S hapefile]. June 2012.


CDNGOV Natural Resources Canada. Atlas of Canada National S caleData 1:1,000,000. [ES RI Geodatabase]. 2015.


Provincial Protected Areas - Provincial Park s, Ecological Reserves, Recreation Areas, and Protected AreasProvincial Protected Areas - ConservanciesProvincial Protected Areas- W ildlife Management Areas - Acquisition, Lease, and T ransfer of Administration and Control LandsNational Protected Areas - National Park s


Lak es and RiversMultidirectional Hillshade Basemap


Region Boundaries BCGOV ENV K nowledge Management Branch. ENV RegionalBoundaries. [ES RI S hapefile]. June 07, 2012.

British Columbia NGO Conservation Areas Database T echnical W ork ing Group. 2016. BC NGO Conservation Areas Database – Fee S imple,Registerable Interests, and U nregisterable Interests (secured as of Dec 31, 2015). [ES RI Personal Geodatabase]. Last updated Jul 19, 2016.

S ources: Esri, U S GS , NGA, NAS A, CGIAR, N Robinson, NCEAS , NLS ,OS , NMA, Geodatastyrelsen, Rijk swaterstaat, GS A, Geoland, FEMA,Intermap and the GIS user community. [ES RI Map S ervice].CDNGOV Natural Resources Canada. Canada digtial elevation data(1:50,000). [ES RI File Geodatabase]. 1997-1999.







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Fort St. Ja m es

Prin ce George

Fra ser La ke

V a n derhoof

V a lem oun t

Ma cken zie

McBride

Alb ertaAlb erta

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Osoyoos

Oliver

Gra n d Forks

Pen ticton

Arm stron g

K elown a

En derb y

V ern on

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Highwa ys


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PouceCoupe

Hudson's Hope

Fort S t. J ohn

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Dawson Creek

Fort Nelson

Chetwynd

Taylor

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Peace

Provincial Park s, Ecological R eserves, R ecreationAreas, Protected Areas, and Conservancies





Covenants and Other R egistered Interests on T itleAgreements and Other U nregistered Interests Not on T itle*

Highw ays

W ildlife Management AreasMinistry of Forests, Lands and NaturalR esource Operations Acquisition, Lease,and T ransfer of Administration and Control Lands

Fee S imple

BCGOV FLNR O GeoBC. TANTALIS - BC Park s, Ecological R eserves,and Protected Areas. [ES R I File Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.

BCGOV FLNR O GeoBC. TANTALIS - Conservancy Areas. [ES R I File Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.BCGOV FLNR O GeoBC. Conservation Lands. [ES R I File Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.

CDNGOV Natural R esources Canada. National Park s - NationalFramework Canada Lands Administrative Boundaries Level 1. [ES R IFile Geodatabase]. May 19, 2016.Environment Canada (Canadian W ildlife S ervice). CW S ProtectedAreas. [ES R I S hapefile]. June 2012.


CDNGOV Natural R esources Canada. Atlas of Canada National S caleData 1:1,000,000. [ES R I Geodatabase]. 2015.


Provincial Protected Areas - Provincial Park s, Ecological R eserves, R ecreation Areas, and Protected AreasProvincial Protected Areas - ConservanciesProvincial Protected Areas- W ildlife Management Areas - Acquisition, Lease, and T ransfer of Administration and Control LandsNational Protected Areas - National Park s


Lak es and R iversMultidirectional Hillshade Basemap


R egion Boundaries BCGOV ENV Knowledge Management Branch. ENV R egionalBoundaries. [ES R I S hapefile]. June 07, 2012.

British Columbia NGO Conservation Areas Database T echnical W ork ing Group. 2016. BC NGO Conservation Areas Database – Fee S imple,R egisterable Interests, and U nregisterable Interests (secured as of Dec 31, 2015). [ES R I Personal Geodatabase]. Last updated Jul 19, 2016.

S ources: Esri, U S GS , NGA, NAS A, CGIAR , N R obinson, NCEAS , NLS ,OS , NMA, Geodatastyrelsen, R ijk swaterstaat, GS A, Geoland, FEMA,Intermap and the GIS user community. [ES R I Map S ervice].CDNGOV Natural R esources Canada. Canada digtial elevation data(1:50,000). [ES R I File Geodatabase]. 1997-1999.


AlbertaAlberta






0 40 80 120 160Kilometers

Conservation Area by NGO Securement Organization

Securement Organization

Conservation Area Subtype

Total (ha) Fee Simple (ha)

Covenants and Other Registered Interests on Title (ha)

Agreements and Other Unregistered Interests Not on Title (ha)*

American Friends of Canadian Land Trusts 5.8 5.8 Bowen Island Conservancy 1.7 1.7 Brown Property Preservation Society 18.9 18.9 Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of B.C. 2.4 2.4 Central Okanagan Land Trust 327.5 51.0 378.5 Comox Strathcona Natural History Society 4.3 4.3 Comox Valley Land Trust 110.5 110.5 Conservancy Hornby Island 23.5 23.5 Cowichan Community Land Trust 122.5 122.5 Denman Conservancy Association 122.3 196.2 318.5 Ducks Unlimited Canada 10,342.6 374.8 146,535.9 157,253.3 Fraser Valley Conservancy 11.5 0.4 11.9 Gabriola Historical and Museum Society 0.2 0.2 Gabriola Land and Trails Trust 65.2 65.2 Galiano Conservancy Association 192.6 216.2 408.8 Gambier Island Conservancy 149.1 149.1 Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society 8.4 8.4 Habitat Acquisition Trust 1.0 1,728.5 1,729.5 Islands Trust Fund Board 621.3 570.4 1,191.6 Kootenay Land Trust Society 63.7 63.7 Lasqueti Island Nature Conservancy 57.6 57.6 Mayne Island Conservancy Society 0.5 0.5 Nanaimo & Area Land Trust 9.0 184.2 193.2 Nature Conservancy of Canada 74,675.1 12,127.3 214.3 87,016.6 North Okanagan Parks and Natural Area Trust 6.4 6.4 Quadra Island Conservancy and Stewardship Society 23.0 127.3 150.4 Rosewall-Bonnel Land Trust Society 1.0 1.0 Salt Spring Island Conservancy 278.4 316.3 594.6 Salt Spring Island Water Preservation Society 210.7 43.5 254.2 Savary Island Land Trust Society 18.9 18.9 South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls 2.4 2.4 Southern Interior Land Trust Society 43.1 43.1 Sunshine Coast Conservation Association 149.1 149.1 The Galiano Club 345.4 345.4 The Land Conservancy of BC 2,115.3 5,240.8 1.7 7,357.9 The Nature Trust of British Columbia 21,587.8 1,714.3 23,302.1 Turtle Island Earth Stewards Society 0.6 382.9 383.5 Wild Bird Trust 0.3 0.3

Total Area** 103,931.1 20,809.3 146,751.9 159,424.4

As there can be more than one Conservation Area Subtype with interest in a conservation area, summing the area values for all Conservation Area Subtypes would lead to an overvaluation in the total conserved area. The “Total Area” removes the overvaluation and reflects the true conserved area. *The area value contains some uncertainty. It is sourced directly from respective securement organizations, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Nature Conservancy of Canada. **Total Area may change as uncertainty is reduced for Agreements and Other Unregistered Interests Not on Title.

Data Recognition: British Columbia NGO Conservation Areas Technical Working Group. 2016. BC NGO Conservation Areas Database – Fee Simple, Registerable Interests, and Unregisterable Interests (secured as of December 31, 2015). Digital data files. Last updated July 19, 2016.

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