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Karst and Caves

Karst Management Handbook for British Columbia

• Karst Management Handbook for British Columbia – Best Management Practices (pdf, 987 k, UPDATED August 15, 2003) |  Printable Version (Higher Resolution pdf) (5,428 k)

Karst Management Handbook Training Course

• Karst Management Handbook Training – on-line course
  (posted Sept. 02, 2003)

Karst Management Handbook Background Information

• Vancouver Island Karst Impact Assessment 
  (pdf, 26 k, posted June 18, 2002) 
• Provincial Karst Impact Analysis
  (pdf, 13 k, posted June 5, 2002) 
• Cover Letter - Stakeholder review of provincial karst best management practices (pdf, 16 k, posted June 18, 2002) 
• Cover Letter - Karst Management Handbook Distribution
  (pdf, 28 k, posted July 10, 2003)

Karst Management Inventory Standards

• Karst Inventory Standards and Vulnerability Assessment Procedures for British Columbia - (pdf, Version 2.0, Jan. 2003)
• A Preliminary Discussion of Karst Inventory Systems and Principles (KISP) for British Columbia

Karst Potential Maps for B.C.

• Reconnaissance (1:250,000 scale) Karst Potential Maps for British Columbia.(link to MOF FTP site)

• Karst Management Handbook - Notes to the Field
• Karst in British Columbia (Full Graphics | Text Only)
• 1997 Karst and Cave Management Symposium
• Karst Handbook Overview Presentation
  (link to MOF ftp site, MS Powerpoint, 23 mb) 
• Cave/Karst Management Handbook for the
  Vancouver Forest Region

Last updated on January 25, 2006
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