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Site locations of aquatic invasive species occurrences throughout the province. The aquatic invasive species include species of amphibians, fishes, invertebrates, …
Forest disturbances mapped primarily by the annual provincial aerial overview survey are recorded as polygons or spots (point data). This …
The B.C. Conservation Data Centre’s spatial view of publicly available, known locations of species and ecological communities at risk. This …
The Fibre Recovery Zones (FRZ) define areas where increased waste rates may apply to avoidable waste left on a cutting …
The locations of coastal British Columbia industrial sites. The Coastal BC datasets are circa 2004 and legacy in nature. Caution …
Index Grid for NTS 1:250,000 scale maps
The spatial representation for the areas that have been eliminated from a timber licence
One of the spatial views of the BC WATERSHED ATLAS 50K, which is the digital basemap representation of the aquatic …
All lake polygons for the province
Land authorizations representing the road right of way for road activities. The spatial data includes polygon data for approved and …