Wetlands Of British Columbia

Intended to meet the growing need of land managers and the public for information on the ecological functions of wetland areas in sustaining healthy landscapes. Provides basic information on 42 key wetland and riparian plants, and identifies plants which are indicators of healthy or degraded habitat.

Describes why wetlands are valuable and what laws in Canada and British Columbia do and fail to do to protect them. The first part of the book provides basic background information on wetlands, such as the formation and function of wetlands. The second part is an introduction to legal protection for BC's wetlands.

"This paper reports on a study of land use change on wetlands within a portion of British Columbia's, Southwestern Fraser Lowland. Wetlands were identified on the basis of soil and habitat characteristics. A map of these wetland areas was superimposed on land use maps for 1967 and 1982 to obtain change data"--Abstract.