Peace River Break Digital Conservation Atlas

In partnership with Landsong Heritage Consulting, Ltd. and the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and with funding support from Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit research organization, the University of Northern British Columbia is starting a new project beginning in January 2014 to develop a comprehensive, web-accessible mapping portal for the Peace River Break that brings together a combination of community and traditional knowledge and values along with scientific and technical information in a spatially-based geographic information system. 

Utilizing the Data Basin platform, this Conservation Atlas is designed to facilitate the open exchange of critical conservation information and impart the value of having a clear conservation strategy between partners, the public, stakeholders and policy-makers. Based on the principles of conservation biology and informed by local knowledge this information will then be used to help shape comprehensive conservation planning and implementation strategies for the Peace River Break to help identify areas of high conservation value, including areas of high habitat quality for key species and movement corridors.