BIEAP/FREMP Atlas – Sharing Data of the Commons
Presented by Rob Knight, Director, Community Mapping Network

The Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program (BIEAP) and the Fraser River Estuary Management Program (FREMP) are inter-governmental partnerships established to coordinate the environmental management of two significant aquatic ecosystems in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia - Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River Estuary. BIEAP and FREMP function through Memoranda of Understanding. Since 1996, the two partnership programs have been jointly administered from an office in Burnaby. Land use proposals and decisions are informed and supported by a web mapping service of data layers for shoreline zoning, ground verified intertidal & riparian habitat inventory, habitat compensation sites, and shoreline videos. This provides a baseline inventory for basin wide state of environment reporting and for monitoring habitat damage and compensation.

The BIEAP/FREMP Habitat Alas is a valuable tool for local governments to consider in their land use planning related to shoreline and intertidal areas within and outside of their jurisdiction.