Funding of the Resource Inventory Committee work, including the preparation of this document, is provided by the Corporate Resource Inventory Initiative (CRII) and by Forest Renewal BC (FRBC). Preliminary work of the Resources Inventory Committee was funded by the Canada-British Columbia Partnership Agreement of Forest Resource Development FRDA II.
The Resources Inventory Committee consists of representatives from various ministries and agencies of the Canadian and the British Columbia governments as well as from First Nation peoples. RIC objectives are to develop a common set of standards and procedures for the provincial resources inventories, as recommended by the Forest Resources Commission in its report `The Future of our Forests".
For further information about the Resources Inventory Committee and its various Task Forces, please refer to the RIC website at: http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/risc/
Coastal Task Force, Resource Inventory Committee
This document has been prepared by Don Howes, Mary Morris and Mark Zacharias. Trevor Davis, John Harper, and Carol Ogborne also contributed to this standard. The estuary mapping system was developed for the Coastal Task Force of the British Columbia Resource Inventory Committee. The idea for developing an estuary mapping system originated with the scientific authority, Mr. Don Howes, who provided administrative, technical and financial support.
An early draft paper on estuary classifications and techniques was prepared by Trevor Davis and John Harper for discussion in a one-day workshop prior to the development of this classification. We would like acknowledge the collective contribution of workshop participants: Helen Berry, Washington State Department of Ecology; Carmen Cadrin, Resources Inventory Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks; Trevor Davis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia; Patricia Halpern, Oregon State University; John Harper, Coastal & Ocean Resources Inc.; Don Howes, Land-Use Coordination Office; Colin Levings, Habitat Group, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Will McKenzie, Ministry of Forests; Mike McPhee, Quadra Planning Consultants; Ken Morgan, Canadian Wildlife Service; Sarah North, Habitat Group, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Rob Russell, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Joe Truscott, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Ken Warheit, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; Maureen Wayne, Habitat Conservation Trust Fund, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Will McKenzie, Carmen Cadrin and Ted Lea assisted in coordinating this standard with the newest revisions to the Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping and new Wetland Classifications from the terrestrial group. They also provided valuable input on various versions of this standard.