The Peace/Williston Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (PWFWCP)

A comprehensive program review, completed in 2001, has helped shape the program's strategic direction for the next five years. To achieve its goals, the program has mapped out a strategic plan for the future that includes the following objectives:

1. Technically sound projects:
• to evaluate the status of fish, wildlife, and the habitats using acceptable biological standards in order to provide input into the enhancement, management, and protection decisions;
  
• to undertake applied research in order to develop techniques and tools that can be used to maintain or enhance fish and wildlife populations;
  
• to undertake measurable projects that conserve or enhance the abundance or diversity of native fish, wildlife, and their habitat.
2. Evaluation and accountability:
• to examine and select projects and work-plans to ensure the best use of available resources;
  
• to establish criteria and measures in order to select, monitor, evaluate, and report on the performance of projects and personnel.
3. Information sharing:
• to share scientific information in order to improve our collective ability to benefit fish, wildlife, and their habitat;
  
• to communicate with the public on an ongoing basis the goals, objectives, and activities of the program in order to build awareness, understanding, and support.
4. Public participation and partnership:
   • to encourage public and First Nations involvement in the identification, development, and delivery of projects in order to utilize local knowledge as well as build awareness of and commitment to the program;
     
   • to enter into partnerships that improve our ability to undertake projects consistent with the strategic plan.

Program Overview and Strategic Direction 2001-2005(PDF 220KB) 
Fish Program Strategic Plan 2001-2005 (PDF 72KB) 
Fish Operational Plans 2001-2006 (PDF 84KB)