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A group that manages a wetland in Fredericton says the province drained water from the protected land while doing highway maintenance. The Nature Trust is worried about potential impact to nesting wildlife.
Posted: May 12, 2021 7:45 PM PT | Last Updated: May 13
An adult male yellow-breasted chat is shown in this undated photograph on lands protected in collaboration between the En owkin Centre and Penticton Indian Band with support from Enviroment and Climate Change Canada. (Canadian Press/HO, A. Michael Bezener/ En owkin Centre 2020 )
The gap between the potential and the reality of ‘platform’ work is disturbingly wide, argues filmmaker Shannon Walsh.
Better strategic direction and greater involvement of Indigenous groups is needed if the province is to effectively manage lands under its conservation lands program, auditor general Michael Pickup warned.
As the province with the greatest diversity of native fish and wildlife, B.C.’s conservation lands program is an important part of the effort to conserve “some of the most biologically productive estuaries, wetlands and grasslands in the province,” according to the report.
“The program aims to conserve and manage important habitat for significant fish and wildlife species. Habitats conserved through the program include some of the most biologically productive estuaries, wetlands and grasslands in the province,” Pickup said at a media briefing today.
Auditor general slams B.C. s management of program designed to protect at-risk species and habitat
British Columbia failed to adequately manage a conservation lands program aimed at protecting habitats for fish and wildlife species that are some of the most diverse in Canada, the auditor general says.
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Posted: May 11, 2021 5:50 PM PT | Last Updated: May 12 Graham Island, Haida Gwaii, B.C. B.C. s auditor general has released a scathing report on the province s management of the Conservation Lands Program set up 50 years ago to protect sensitive habitats and at-risk species. (Shutterstock / Keith Levit)