Accomplishments
The Fraser Basin Council has helped deliver well over 100 initiatives in the Fraser Basin and across BC and many other smaller projects in the past 16 years, thanks to our many partners and champions for sustainability in every sector.
Here are a few of the Fraser Basin Council’s shared successes. We look forward to many more!
- Sustainability Indicators: Published comprehensive Sustainability Snapshot indicators reports, and several regional reports, on the health of the Fraser Basin to raise awareness and encourage action across sectors on economic, social and environmental issues
- Community Sustainability Planning: Worked with over 100 local governments and 26 First Nations across BC on community sustainability planning
- Climate Change Adaptation: Supported communities and sectors across BC in assessing the impacts of climate change and planning for climate change adaptation
- Flood Management: Helped BC communities take preventative action on flood hazard management, including on the Fraser River (Fraser Valley), Nechako River (Prince George) and Naver Creek (Hixon)
- Interface Fire Planning: Supported BC communities in interface fire planning (Williams Lake and area and Quesnel)
- Invasive Plant Council: Developed a BC-wide strategy on invasive plants and launched the Invasive Plant Council of BC — which has received national recognition ― and which recently expanded its scope to include all invasive species
- E3 Fleet Review and Rating: Spearheaded Canada’s first program to review fleet performance and offer ratings for excellence in fleet management (E3 Fleet Program)
- Greening BC's Fleets: Supported multiple innovations for BC fleets, helping them learn about hybrid vehicles, alternative fuels, electric vehicles and cleaner trucking technologies
- Idle Free BC: Helped BC communities participate in Idle Free BC, a widely recognized campaign to curb unnecessary vehicle idling
- Britannia Mine: Played a pivotal early role in the remediation of North America’s worst acid rock drainage problem at the site of the former Britannia Mine
- Sustainable Fish and Fisheries: Improved Fraser Basin salmon habitat, stock management, fisheries information and related outreach, with a high level of Aboriginal engagement and many working partnerships for the health of BC fisheries through the Fraser Salmon and Watersheds Program.
- Shuswap and Mara Lake Planning: Helped launch and support the development of a planning process for the Shuswap Lakes system
- Nechako Watershed Council: Helped in the formation of the multi-interest Nechako Watershed Council to support the health and viability of the watershed, which included advice on enhancements downstream of the Kenney dam
- Olympics Sustainability Performance: Chaired the first-ever Board Advisory Committee on Sustainability Performance for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
- Drinking Water Protection: Led a panel of independent experts, resulting in provincial legislation on drinking water protection
- Fraser River Debris Trap: Negotiated multi-party, annual agreements (ultimately leading to a long-term funding agreement) to maintain the Fraser River debris trap, which avoids at least $8 million yearly in downstream clean-up and repair costs.
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