Understanding Sustainability - Green Citizenship Passport Program - Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGS)
The Green Citizenship Passport Program is a unique incentive program that encourages federal employees to make more sustainable choices in both their workplace and their home, and rewards them with environmentally-themed prizes.

Caring for Ecosystems - Co-Winner: Stave Valley Salmonid Enhancement Society (SVSES) and Co-Winner: BC Hydro - Water Use Planning Program
For 25 years, the Mission-based SVSES has been caring for fish and fish habitat. Last year alone, in addition to conducting field trips, undertaking water studies and operating a nursery, they released almost 200,000 smolts and fry. The SVSES share the award with BC Hydro, whose Water Use Planning Program embodies a triple-bottom line sustainable approach in the operation of its hydro-electric facilities.

(l-r): FBC Awards committee members Nolan Charles and Marie Mervyn, and from the SVSES, Vice President Phillip Little, Cedar Valley School students Dan Kautz and Steven Robson, and Cedar Valley teacher and Society Director Jim Taylor

(l-r): Former FBC Director Mervyn, BC Hydro staff members Graeme Matthews, Hugh Smith, Basil Stumborg and Siobhan Jackson, BC Hydro CEO Bob Elton and FBC former Director Nolan Charles.

Strengthening Communities - Gibraltar Mines Ltd. and Cariboo Regional District
Gibraltar Miles Ltd. and the Cariboo Regional District won for their collaboration on a Landfill Construction Project that has developed a sustainable way to create a landfill site on one of the mine’s waste rock dumps.

Pictured accepting the award on behalf of the Cariboo Regional District is Mayor of Wells, Dave Hendrixon (centre) with former FBC Director Valerie Kordyban and Director Bill Young.

Improving Decision Making - City of Port Moody
In 1977, Port Moody was one of the first communities in Canada to establish an Environmental Protection Committee. Today, the City’s 14 community-based committees are an example of democracy in action and provide critical input into all aspects of City decision-making. The City of Port Moody was also short listed for the Overall Sustainability Award for its transformation from a mill town to one of the most livable communities in the world.

(l-r): City of Port Moody City Manager Gaetan Royer, Councillor Bob Elliott, Mayor Joe Trasolini, Burke Mountain Naturalists President Elaine Golds, Fisheries and Ocean Canada Lower Fraser Area Director and FBC Director Jim Wild, and FBC Director Tracy Summerville.

Overall Sustainability - Eight Peaks Sustainable Resource Management Plan
The Overall Sustainability Award was presented to the Thompson Region's Eight Peaks Sustainable Resource Management Plan. The plan brought together government agencies, First Nations, forest licensees. private sector companies and local community groups to collaboratively develop solutions to problems that threatened the qualities which make the Blue River area such a desirable place to live.

(l-r): Former FBC Director George Saddleman, Councillor Mike Doyle from the City of Quesnel that won the Overall Sustainability Award in 2003, Deputy Minister from the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management Chris Trumpy and FBC Thompson Regional Manager Phil Hallinan.