Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management Resource Information

This web site provides links to information about Terrestrial and aquatic inventories, data collection methods, standards for conducting inventory and access to the provincial database of inventory projects, inventory field forms, vegetation mapping in BC, spatial represented summary level fish and fish habitat data, ecological classification in BC, endangered species and ecosystems.

Topic Areas

	Ecology (plants, ecosystems) [enter CDC] or [enter BC Ecosystems] This site provides links to information about ecology and ecosystems in B.C., including classification and data collection methods, inventory and mapping procedures, interpretations, provincial standards, data management, and conservation status.
	Fish [enter] This site contains standards and data-entry tools for freshwater fish and fish habitat inventories, digital base maps and fish and fish habitat database queries. It is primarily aimed at fisheries inventory contractors, government biologists and fisheries researchers.
	Recreation (forest) [enter] - UNDER CONSTRUCTION This site provides information on the many forest recreation sites for the camping enjoyment of residents and visitors to the province.
	Soils [enter] This site contains information from the BC soil survey including maps, reports, site information, lab analysis data and profile descriptions.
	Species and Ecosystems at Risk Access information about endangered species and natural plant communities in BC including: the British Columbia Conservation Data Centre (CDC) main page [enter]; Endangered Species & Ecosystems main page [enter]; the BC Species & Ecosystems main page [enter]; the BC Species & Ecosystems Explorer search engine [enter]; the Terrestrial Information Mapping Service [enter]; and Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory [enter]
	Terrain [enter] Terrain inventory is used to describe the landscape in terms of surface material (the loose deposits on top of bedrock), landform (the 3D shape of the deposits) and geomorphological processes (the natural mechanisms that continue to shape the landscape).
	Vegetation (forest) [enter] The vegetation resources inventory uses both photo interpretation and detailed ground sampling to arrive at an accurate assessment of timber volume and other vegetation resources within a predefined unit.
	Water [enter] This site contains information on the collection, analysis, storage and distribution of water resource information, such as stream flows, water levels, water quality, snow pack, and stream and floodplain surveys.
	Wildlife (animals and habitat) [enter] This web site provides links to information about wildlife species inventory and wildlife habitat mapping in BC, including data collection methods, inventory and mapping procedures, interpretations, provincial standards and data management.