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In May 1992, the Water and Land Use Committee of FREMP took responsibility
for producing the Estuary Management Plan. This Committee
comprises over 40 representatives from federal and provincial government
agencies, municipalities, First Nations, and the Greater Vancouver Regional
District. A list of Committee members is provided in Table 1, page vi.
The Estuary Management Plan was created through an iterative process
with members of the Water and Land Use Committee and input from
non-government organizations, business, and the general public, with the
Committee taking responsibility for managing this process and providing
direction. The process to create the Plan brought diverse interests together
to work towards a common direction and undertake the following
activities:
identify issues and needs
develop a clear sense of vision and purpose
establish guideposts for decision making
set targets and actions in support of the goals
identify areas of competing use and develop conflict resolution procedures
outline steps to carry out the Plan
provide procedures for monitoring all aspects of the Plan and processes
for updating and amending the Plan
The vision, goals, targets, and action programs contained in the Plan draw
on FREMP’s previous programs and other regional planning initiatives that
are being developed concurrently.
Draft versions of the Estuary Management Plan were reviewed at two
successive workshops with representatives from several interest groups
and those government agencies not represented on the Water and Land
Use Committee. The assistance of these people in reviewing the Plan is
gratefully acknowledged.
The steps to complete the Estuary Management Plan are summarized in
Figure 1.
Marion Adair and Dianna Colnett, FREMP staff, prepared the Estuary
Management Plan on behalf of the Committee. Environment Canada
provided the original base map—consisting of transportation routes, the
shoreline, municipal boundaries, and wetlands—in digital form. Mapping
services were supplied by Octavo Productions, Jones Maps & Diagrams,
RCS Cadd Services, and Underhill Engineering Limited. Octavo
Productions designed and produced the draft and final versions of A Living
Working River.
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