Recovery Strategy
The Recovery Partners
The Provincial Government
The Landowners Partnership Fund
The Recovery Team
The Marmot Recovery Foundation
The Science Advisory Group
THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
The Province of British Columbia retains ownership and legal responsibility
for all Vancouver Island marmots and their progeny under the BC Wildlife
Act of 1980. They provide marmots to the captive program by permit and
are ultimately responsible for the species welfare.
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TTHE LANDOWNERS PARTNERSHIP
FUND
Major land owners in Vancouver Island Marmot habitat area are TimberWest,
Island Timberlands & the BC Government. Recognizing that the Vancouver
Island marmot is critically endangered, a partnership has been created
between these Major Landowners and the Marmot Recovery Foundation. The
Landowners Partners Fund (LPF) provides the Marmot Recovery Foundation
with core funding that supports and enables the implemention of the
Recovery Plan.
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THE RECOVERY TEAM
In 1988 the B.C. Ministry of Environment (now BC Ministry of Water,
Land and Air Protection) enlisted a group of scientists and wildlife
managers from government, industry and non-governmental organizations
to develop and implement a Recovery Plan for the rare Vancouver Island
marmot. The Recovery Team works in partnership with scientists, researchers
and technicians, -- nationally and internationally - to leverage scientific
understanding of Vancouver Island marmot population recovery through
collaborative research and animal management programs. The Recovery
Team develops annual
Vancouver Island marmot recovery objectives and evaluates and reports
on Recovery Plan progress.
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THE MARMOT RECOVERY FOUNDATION
The Marmot Recovery Foundation supports the implementation of the recovery
objectives as established by the Recovery Team through the support of
research, public awareness, and fund raising programs raising the funds
necessary to save the Vancouver Island marmot from extinction. The Foundation
provides a direct link between the government, industry and the public
and ensures the financial security of the program. This is a strong,
and innovative model of species stewardship, with each partner accountable
to the other, unique in species recovery. The Foundation also oversees
the captive breeding program on behalf of the Recovery Team through
the Tony Barrett Mount Washington Marmot Recovery Centre. The Marmot
Recovery Foundation is a public registered charity established in 1998.
Charitable registration #88998 0629 RR0001
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THE SCIENCE ADVISORY GROUP
Through our research partners, The Science Advisory Group (SAG), at
the Centre for Biodiversity Research, University of British Columbia,
we have been able to broaden the scope of our conservation efforts by
using broad-based science to enhance recovery research.
Funded, in part, by the Government of Canada and coalition partner TimberWest,
SAG cast a wide net throughout the scientific community, ensuring different
approaches were examined and the best studies done, leading us to better
understand the challenges and solutions surrounding the restoration
of this species.
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