Reporting on wildlife, fish and habitat projects

Wildlife, fish and habitat project reporting provides summary level information highlighting management activities related to wildlife, fish and habitat in B.C. This page contains information about the data collection process, the funding sources for the work, and links to projects dashboard to access summary and spatial information on projects.

 On this page

• About reporting on wildlife, fish and habitat projects
• Methodology
• Wildlife, Fish and Habitat Dashboard
• Project funders

About reporting on wildlife, fish and habitat projects

The government of B.C. has a responsibility for the stewardship of its many animal and plant species. This stewardship is carried out in part through management activities such as inventory and monitoring surveys, species health surveys, and research. These activities inform questions about species populations or habitat. The provincial government also undertakes land use planning, habitat enhancement, restoration and conservation activities to support positive outcomes for ecosystems and species.

The B.C. government partners with First Nations, non-profit environmental organizations, private industry, municipal governments and educational institutions to achieve outcomes for the management of wildlife, fish and habitat values on the land base.

Projects led or funded by agencies or organizations external to the provincial government are included in this reporting if:

1. Program or project leads elect to have their work represented on this provincial platform, or
2. Submission of data to the province is a requirement of project reporting

Projects that support the management of wildlife, fish and habitat often involve varied organizational structures, multiple objectives, funding sources, shifting priorities and timelines. Over time the coverage of project tracking is expanding as new organizations and funders partner with the provincial government to include their projects in this reporting. The wildlife, fish, and habitat projects dashboard allows users to search the data by using several filters.

The data collected for this reporting is stored in the Reporting Silviculture Updates and Land Status Tracking System (RESULTS) database. Within this database, each record has objective and activity codes to summarize the work that was completed. These codes have been listed and defined within a PDF:

• Objective and activity codes (PDF, 182KB)

Methodology

Data collation is an ongoing process, as project leads, program areas and funding agencies work together to produce accurate summaries of the investments being tracked. This collaborative approach ensures consistency in reporting year over year and incorporates quality assurance protocols that support data integrity. The funding agencies and program areas are the authoritative sources of information on individual projects and the associated investments.

To support the accurate interpretation and use of the information presented in the projects dashboard, the criteria developed to determine which projects are in or out of scope for annual investment reporting are as follows.

In scope:

• Projects that contribute to the management of wildlife, fish and habitat, including enhancement, restoration, or conservation efforts
• Projects that have commenced and include completed activities with a physical location or extent on the land base
• Projects that are tracked on an annual basis (for example, April 2024 to March 2025)
• Multi-year projects and projects with multiple funding sources

Out of scope:

• Staff time or equipment purchases
• Projects that are provincial in scope, or where the investment applies across the province. Examples include:
  • Funding for development of provincial survey protocols or modelling
  • Scientific reviews or research projects where the results apply across the province
  • Provincial assessments of designations or wildlife, fish and habitat (desktop geographic information system exercises)
• Policy and engagement projects
• Investments made by private individuals on privately owned land
• Investments in wildlife, fish and habitat made as a condition of a permit or an environmental assessment certificate

Wildlife, Fish and Habitat Dashboard

The Wildlife, Fish and Habitat Projects Dashboard allows users to visualize where the wildlife, fish and habitat projects and investments are being made on the land base. It shows the location of project boundaries and allows users to query the project summary data.

Within the dashboard, searches will result in individual records. A single project may have multiple records within the dashboard. This is because a unique record is created for each year of a project, for each funding source of a project, and in some cases for project phases or parts.

Access to the dashboard is open to the public.

Wildlife, Fish and Habitat Projects Dashboard

Inquiries about the data collected and the projects dashboard can be made by contacting Land.Water.Investments@gov.bc.ca.

Project funders

• BC Parks Licence Plate Program
• BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund
• Canada Nature Fund
• Caribou Recovery Program
• Columbia Basin Trust: Grants and Programs
• Crown Land Wildlife Risk Reduction
• Environment and Climate Change Canada funding programs
• Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
• Forest Enhancement Society of BC: Funding Opportunities
• Forest Investment Program
• Fraser Basin Council
• Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC
• Forest and Range Practices Act: Landscape Level Reforestation for Areas of Catastrophic Disturbance
• Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation
• Land Based Investment Strategy
• Natural Resources Canada: Current Funding Opportunities
• Nature Conservancy of Canada
• Nature Trust British Columbia
• Old Growth Nature Fund
• Parks Canada: National Programs for Ecological Corridors
• Research: Overview of Natural Resource Research
• Together for Wildlife
• Transportation and the environment
• Transportation projects