This report is submitted to the Resources Inventory Committee (RIC) by the Coastal Task Force.
The Resources Inventory Committee members are resource specialists from a number of professional disciplines and represent Provincial, Federal, First Nation and private sector agencies and other resource interests. RIC's objective is to develop a common set of standards and procedures for provincial resource inventories.
The Coastal Task Force has identified a number of projects to develop a common set of inventory mapping standards for the coast of British Columbia. This manual provides documentation of the British Columbia Estuary Mapping System. It is one of several mapping standards developed by the Coastal Task Force since the early 1990's.
RIC funding for this work has been provided by the Corporate Resource Inventory Initiative (CRII) and by Forest Renewal BC (FRBC). Funding from these sources does not imply acceptance or approval of any statements or information contained herein by the Provincial Government or FRBC. This document is not official policy of either the government or FRBC.