British Columbia- Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation on Environmental Protection, Climate Action and Energy

Workplan Implementation for the Transboundary Flathead The Transboundary Flathead

• Strategic linkage area between BC and MT, US and

• Multiple species of wide- ranging transboundary carnivores

• Critical spawning area for transboundary bull trout and genetic stronghold for westslope cutthroat trout BC-MT MOU

The MOU provides a framework for collaboration on:

• Environmental Protection • Climate Action • Renewable Energy

Signatories will work with US and Canada Federal, State, and Provincial and Tribal and First Nation partners A Demonstration Project for the Great Northern LCC

• Supporting an executive- level working group among DoI, DoA, State of MT, Canadian federal government, Tribes and , and the Province of B.C.

• Addressing portions of the MOU dealing with Land, Water, Fish, Wildlife, Invasive Species and Climate Change GNLCC Interjurisdictional Fisheries Group GNLCC Interjurisdictional Fisheries Group Next Steps

• Transboundary Flathead Workplan approved by Executive group May, 2012

• Added benchmarks of success/alignment across boundaries and strategies for institutionalization

• Implement at the management and field level

• Pilot climate change adaptation strategy for aquatic resources of the watershed

CCE within the GNLCC CROWN OF THE CONTINENT Jurisdictional Complexity Jurisdictional Complexity

C o lu m b i a R i v in the Crown of the e / S outh r Saska tche wa n R iv er Continent

Lethbridge

Kimberley First Nations/Tribal land

Cranbrook National Parks US Bureau of Land Management

r t a US Fish & Wildlife F A l b e la C t B h e a d

R o n t a n a i M v e r US Forest Service

Bonners Cut Bank Federal Ferry Moyie Springs Shelby Provincially Protected Areas Troy Whitefish Columbia Libby Falls State Trusts East Conrad Hope Kalispell Clark Fork Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks C lar k F o rk R iv e r Provincial/State Choteau

Flathead Lake

Polson Private Conservation Land

Thompson Falls Ronan Pinehurst Kellogg Plum Creek Timber er Smelterville Osburn iv Wardner R Wallace ri u Mullan so athead R is Fl iv M er Private Land

Missoula

Elk River

Helena

Deer Sources of roads data: Orofino Pierce AB: Sustainable Resource DevelopmentLodge 0 50 100 BC: BC Digital Roads Atlas Weippe MT: U.S.D.A. Forest Service Travel Routes Region 1 & Km Department of Administration Montana Transportation Framework