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2.4 References

1 Westland Resources Group Inc. for a partnership of Cowichan Valley Regional District, BC Ministry of Environment, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Catalyst Paper Corporation, Cowichan Tribes, and 
Pacific Salmon Commission. 2007. Cowichan Basin Water Management Plan. http://cvrd.bc.ca/DocumentView.aspx?DID=1097.

2 Nelitz, Marc, Douglas, Tanis, and Murray Rutherford (2009). Freshwater For Fish and People: Moving Towards “Living Water Smart”. Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, Vancouver, BC.

3 Environmental Protection Agency (2008). Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect our Waters. EPA 841-B-08-002 http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/handbook_index.cfm.

4 West Coast Environmental Law, BC Guide to Watershed Law and Planning
www.bcwatersheds.org/issues/water/bcgwlp/o3.shtml [Accessed May 2010].

5 Turner, R.J.W., R.G., Taylor, B., Ceh, M., Grasby, S.E., Symonds, B. Adams, M., Armour, G., Carmichael, V., Curtis, J., Davis, D.  Epp, P., Harlow, C., Journeay, M., Machin, D., Molyneux, T., Neilsen, D., Simpson, R., Stephens, K., & van der Gulik, T., (2006) Okanagan Basin Waterscape; Geological Survey of Canada.  Miscellaneous.




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About Rethinking our Water Ways

This website is a guide to help BC communities learn more about planning for local watersheds and water resources, navigate current planning processes, consider relevant issues and challenges — including regional climate change impacts —  and build capacity to develop and implement plans.

Acknowledgements

The Rethinking our Water Ways guide and website are possible thanks to funding support from the BC Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Canada's Regional Adaptation Collaborative Program. The guide and website were launched and distributed through a series of regional workshops throughout BC, with funding contributions from the Fraser Salmon and Watersheds Program, Environment Canada and the Real Estate Foundation of BC. Learn more about our funders and advisors.

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About the Fraser Basin Council

Rethinking our Water Ways is an initiative of the Fraser Basin Council (FBC), a charitable non-profit society that advances sustainability in the Fraser River Basin, across BC, and beyond. Established in 1997, FBC brings people together from multiple sectors to learn about sustainability and find collaborative solutions to current issues. Learn more about FBC by visiting www.fraserbasin.bc.ca.