Farmland - Riparian Interface Stewardship Program

Lee Hesketh, Program Manager
1010 Shuswap River Rd, Lumby, BC V0E 2G9
Ph: (250) 547-6586
FRISP@cattlemen.bc.ca

PROGRAM OUTLINE
The BC Cattlemen's Association is pleased to offer cattle producers of BC the Farmland - Riparian Interface Stewardship Program (FRISP). 

FRISP is designed to help provincial agriculture producers to protect and enhance water quality, to protect and enhance riparian vegetation, and prevent and mitigate agricultural impacts on streams and lakes.  This will be accomplished by:

• Increasing understanding and cooperation between agencies responsible for resource management and the agricultural community regarding farmland development and use
• Promoting joint planning of habitat restoration and farmland activities between landowners, resource management agencies and community groups
• Increasing awareness of interactions between land use and habitat values
• Resolving conflict that may arise between resource agencies and landowners

FUNDING
There are many partners in the FRISP program:  Northern Transboundary Fisheries Commission, AEIA, Fraser Basic Council/Pacific Salmon Foundations Living Rivers Strategy, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.   The BC Cattlemen's Association continues to seek funding to extend this valuable stewardship program.