Beyond the Guidebook 2015: Time-Line identifies milestones in evolution of Capital Region’s “watershed-based approach”

BYGB2015_Time-Line & Milestones

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Convening for Action in the
Capital Region

Moving to a watershed-focused program allows the CRD (Capital Regional District) to support the core area municipalities with new strategies for environmental protection, including an increased focus on dealing with watershed stressors near the source rather than at the municipal infrastructure or receiving environment level, wrote Glenn Harris, Senior Manager (Environmental Protection Division), in the February 2011 report that lGlenn-Harris_CRD_120ped to adoption of the Integrated Watershed Management Implementation Strategy.

“Additionally, the strategy supports municipal efforts in watersheds that cross municipal boundaries and provides guidance towards measuring watershed and receiving environment health to better assess program actions and municipal efforts.”

To Download the Time-Line:

CLICK HERE to download a pdf copy of Figure 43 from Beyond the Guidebook 2015. This is complete with a colour-coding legend.

To download a copy of the entire 158-page Beyond the Guidebook 2015, click on this link: https://waterbucket.ca/viw/files/2015/11/Beyond-Guidebook-2015_final_Nov.pdf

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