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The Gazetteer of British Columbia is a spreadsheet of all official place names, including feature type, feature code, mapsheet, and …
The Natural Disturbance Type map is based on the Provincial Biodiversity Guidebook (1995) and the current and most detailed version …
The current and most detailed version of the approved corporate provincial digital Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (BEC) Zone/Subzone/Variant/Phase map (version 13, …
BC Parks data is available through the BC Parks API. The data contains information on provincial parks, conservation areas, and …
Environmental monitoring locations from the Environmental Monitoring Data System (EnMoDS). These point location records show where discrete environmental monitoring …
A list of the various 'regional' (zone/subzone/variant/phase) ecological units of the current biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification. It is consistent with the …
Timing windows are the period(s) during the year when work may be carried out in and about water bodies with …
This dataset is a generalized view of "Timing Windows for Work in and About Waterbodies in the Cariboo Natural Resource …
A list of the site series ecological units of the current biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification. Site series are subdivisions of the …
A population projection is a forecast of future population growth. BC Stats applies the Component/Cohort-Survival method to project the population. …