Funding of the Resources 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 Nations 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 contact:
The Executive Secretariat
Resources Inventory Committee
840 Cormorant Street
Victoria, BC V8W 1R1
Tel: (250) 920-0661
Fax: (250) 384-1841
http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/risc/
Terrestrial Ecosystems Task Force
All decisions regarding protocols and standards are the responsibility of the Resources Inventory Committee. Background information and protocols presented in this document are based on Version 1.1 of this manual and the unpublished government report, Live Animal Handling Guidelines for Mammals, Birds, and Amphibians and Reptiles, prepared for the Resources Inventory Committee by Helen Schwantje, with helpful suggestions and reviews by Malcolm McAdie and Patrick Gregory.
This manual was edited to its present form by Malcolm McAdie, Leah Westereng and James Quayle.