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W ay i Althalmer Slough d kR 7th St ff Rd Cut-O Toby Lead q Forde lo Rd unsigned i Survey Areas Lakes ee Cr Brisco Road-North Th om Wetlands SR Private Conservation Lands F ek Cre Streams Spillimacheen Rest Area sR d Rd en All Agricultural Land Reserve Shuswap !( o abo Bug da Hwy Survey Sites Rd Trans-Cana i Ca pi James Chabot Provincial Park i Mo n ontoon ( ! i Beaver Lake Legend Wilmer P Invermere-Dorthy Lake Moberly/Columbia River Confluence Private Land 4. by To Columbia Wetlands-McMurdo Seasonal Lake i Communities i Spillimacheen-Galena Creek Ranch Slough ell Campb Rd i The main goals of the CWWS are to: a) collect baseline data currently lacking on our birds; b) initiate a coordinated bird count utilizing citizenscientists during both spring and fall waterbird migrations; c) create a long-term volunteer opportunity for Columbia Valley residents; d) build increased appreciation and recognition for birds and their critical habitat in the Columbia Wetlands. ( ! 3. n River 2. i Wilmer Pontoon Road Toby Hill Rd Wilmer s Rd Big Bend Hw y 1. i FS R Donald DonaldRd!( Reeve Wiseman The Columbia Wetlands Waterbird Survey (CWWS) was implemented in Spring 2015 and aims to run for at least 5 consecutive years. It is a project that uses citizen-scientists to gather important scientific data. Our hope is that this data will be useful for a variety of conservation purposes including possible Important Bird Area (IBA) designation for the ColumbiaWetlands. ( ! nc Ra h Rd F ver SR