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Community in Nature - survey by the West Kootenay EcoSotiety
Is Nature-based Planning right for your community?
This survey is for all households living in selected watersheds (see question #1) in the Regional District of Central Kootenay Area E. Communities in Area E of the RDCK have highlighted the need for a coordinated effort to protect the watersheds that provide their clean drinking water. Nature-based Planning was seen by these communities as the next step in their path towards solutions to keep their drinking water clean. For 2021, the West Kootenay EcoSociety attained funding from the Healthy Watersheds Initiative for the Community in Nature project to bring this vision forward in Area E.
Nature-based Plans (NBP) are not zoning plans, nor do they govern land use. They can provide guidance and information on how the watersheds in which you live provide you with clean drinking water. They can also consider what/where human uses can happen while maintaining clean drinking water. Communities can bring NBPs and the knowledge they have gained to land use decision makers to engage meaningfully in their planning processes.
A key part of NBP includes understanding what the community values are in each watershed. To inform this project we are asking people like you, living in RDCK Area E watersheds, to get involved in identifying community values through a survey. We will also be mailing this survey to Area E residents living in the watersheds we are working in to make sure everyone has the opportunity to participate.