FREMP BIEAP Habitat Atlas

Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program (BIEAP) & 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 which establish the framework for the coordination of partner agencies. Since 1996, the two partnership programs have been jointly administered from an office located in Burnaby, British Columbia.

The FREMP Habitat Classification System (“colour coding”) and other data are now accessible for viewing over the Internet. Data has been organized into an interactive online Atlas hosted by the Community Mapping Network (CMN).

(Please note it may take a few moments to zoom in to your specific area.)

The FREMP Atlas contains the following data layers:
• Orthophotos of the FREMP area (2002)
• Habitat Classification (Colour Coding)
• Habitat Inventory of the Fraser River Estuary, 2002/3
• Other information layers (e.g. watercourses)

Note that the habitat classifications (colour codes) apply to the area on the wetted side of the dyke, and may not line up correctly with cadastral (property boundary) data. Mismatches between these data layers may be caused by errors in either data set. See the metadata in the Atlas for more details on each data layer.