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Environment committee What I've seen on the United States side isn't quite like that either, in that they have forged partnerships with Whatcom Conservation District and with non-profit NGOs. In fact, those lands that are taken out of production are promptly reforested and planted. Some of them have b
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee My understanding is that it's the agricultural value.
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee Is that CREP? Is that the program? Yes, it is--
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee That could be.
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee Do you mean how many properties? I don't have an exact count of properties.
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee A hundred? That's probably generous.
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee Well, it's not just one species. If you include all the Nooksack dace, you would probably--I don't know the percentage--capture a third to a half of what was required for Salish sucker. Then there's a whole list of other species SARA listed that use the same habitats. There's tre
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee It's done by the State of Washington.
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee I'm not sure it's on a state-wide basis, but it's—
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee Yes, it's a state-by-state basis. What's been driving it there is their Endangered Species Act. They have listed salmon stocks and they were sued by a native band at the estuary because there were too many nutrients coming down and fouling the shellfish beds.
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee I can only speak to what I've seen in Whatcom County. There, it has been highly effective. A very high percentage of dairy farms, which is the primary land use there, are signed on to it.
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee My understanding is that it's based on exactly that: on the agricultural value of the property. We have a system, at least in British Columbia, of class 1 farmland and so on, so it would be based on that. Was there a first part to your question?
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee They are big problems, but--
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee So the way to address those is through legislation and policy that, rather than trying to find an individual source, takes a broader view. So how we can limit the amount of nutrients being applied across the Fraser Valley? How can we encourage farmers to...?
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson
Environment committee At present, recovery teams don't exist in SARA, in the legislation. It just talks about preparing recovery strategies.
May 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Dr. Michael Pearson