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B.C. Air Quality

The View Ahead: Managing Visibility in B.C. — June 19, 2007 Workshop
(Two Reports)

In June 2007, a visibility workshop was held to discuss the importance of visibility and possible directions for managing visibility in British Columbia. The workshop was organized by Environment Canada, the Greater Vancouver Regional District, the Fraser Valley Regional District and the B.C. Ministry of Environment. It generated two (consultant's) reports:

Report 1: The View Ahead: Identifying Options for a Visibility Management Framework for British Columbia

This report provides the background for the June 2006 visibility workshop in Vancouver. It includes:

  • a review of visibility-management approaches in other jursdictions;
  • a description of current policy drivers and five visibility-management options that could be used in British Columbia; and
  • an outline of elements common to efffective visibility-management programs.

(PDF: 8.7 MB/41 pages)

Report 2: The View Ahead: Managing Visibility in B.C.

This summarizes the workshop and identifies the key themes evident in the discussions.
(PDF: 68 KB/9 pages)