Find Conservation Lands - Map and Primary Contacts

Last updated on December 5, 2024

This interactive map provides information about the locations and habitat values of conservation lands, with a focus on Wildlife Management Areas and other administered conservation land sites or complexes. To obtain further information about specific sites, see the conservation lands regional contact list below. 

The Government of British Columbia Data Catalogue also provides open access to a downloadable data-set of conservation lands in various formats, along with a cross-reference to the overlapping NGO Conservation Areas data-set. These can be uploaded into common mapping software tools.

Conservation Lands map

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Primary Contacts

For more information about specific conservation land sites, including about possible restrictions on visitor activities, please contact the appropriate Conservation Lands Program staff identified below. Refer to the map below for the appropriate region you wish to contact. 

 

Victoria - Provincial

Christina Waddle
Conservation Lands Specialist
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Email: christina.waddle@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 236 478-3040

César Estevo
Conservation Lands Analyst
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Email: cesar.estevo@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 250 649-7755

 

Cariboo Region

Julie Steciw
Wildlife Biologist
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Email: julie.steciw@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 250 302-5703

Carleton MacNaughton
Interior & Coastal Mainland Conservation Land Manager
The Nature Trust of British Columbia

Email: cmacnaughton@naturetrust.bc.ca
Phone: 604 969-3241

 

Kootenay Boundary Region

Allana Oestreich
Senior Ecosystems Biologist
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Email: allana.oestreich@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 250 420-6281

Michelle Daniel
The Nature Trust of BC Sr. Field Ops Co-ordinator
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Email: michelle.daniel@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 250 420-6514

Chris Bosman
Kootenay Conservation Land Manager
The Nature Trust of British Columbia

Email: chris.bosman@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 250 420-6517

 

Northeast Region

Kerry Harvey
Senior Ecosystems Biologist
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Email: kerry.harvey@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 778 576-1136

Carleton MacNaughton
Interior & Coastal Mainland Conservation Land Manager
The Nature Trust of British Columbia

Email: cmacnaughton@naturetrust.bc.ca
Phone:​ 604 969-3241

 

Omineca Region

Duncan McColl
Section Head Landbase Stewardship
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Email: duncan.mcColl@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 250 649-4372

Sherri Elwell
Ecosystems Biologist
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Email: sherri.elwell@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 250 649-4367

Carleton MacNaughton
Interior & Coastal Mainland Conservation Land Manager
The Nature Trust of British Columbia

Email: cmacnaughton@naturetrust.bc.ca
Phone:​ 604 969-3241

 

Skeena Region

Chris Schell
Skeena Ecosystems Section Head
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Email: chris.schell@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 250 876-7050

Carleton MacNaughton
Interior & Coastal Mainland Conservation Land Manager
The Nature Trust of British Columbia

Email: cmacnaughton@naturetrust.bc.ca
Phone:​ 604 969-3241

 

South Coast Region (Mainland)

Alison Martin
Coordinator, South Coast Conservation Land Management Program
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Email: SCConservationLands@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 604 312-4632

 

Thompson Okanagan Region

Josie Symonds
Senior Ecosystems Biologist
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Email: josie.symonds@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 778 622-6837

Nicholas Burdock
Okanagan Conservation Land Manager
The Nature Trust of British Columbia

Email: nburdock@naturetrust.bc.ca
Phone: 250 488-7204

 

West Coast Region (Vancouver Island/Central Coast/Haida Gwaii)

Thomas Reid
Manager, West Coast Conservation Land Management Program
The Nature Trust of British Columbia

Email: thomas.reid@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 250 739-8458

Jesse Patterson 
Ecosystems Section Head, Regional Operations Division - Coast Area 
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Email: jesse.patterson@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 778 974-6346

 

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