Archive for: local governments

Call for Expressions of Interest

August 5, 2020/in News complete inventories, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, following activities, local government, local governments, Municipal Natural Assets Initiative, Natural Asset Inventories, natural asset inventory, natural asset management journeys, natural assets /by MNAI

Career Opportunity: Engineering and Environment Advisor

August 5, 2020/in News Career Opportunity, core infrastructure services, disciplinary team of experts, Engineering, Environment Advisor, Environment Advisor Career Opportunity, environmental services, local governments, rising service delivery costs, technical advice /by MNAI

Pilot to Protect Species at Risk & Reduce Flooding Through Natural Asset Management Takes Big Step Forward

June 9, 2020/in News City of Courtenay, Comox Valley Land Trust, Comox Valley Regional District, Comox Valley’s Morrison Creek watershed, endangered species, Great Blue Heron, local governments, Morrison Creek Lamprey, Natural asset management, Western Painted Turtle /by MNAI

Greenbelt Foundation Announces Landmark Natural Asset Management Plan in Halton

May 5, 2020/in News climate change barrels, economic challenges, Greenbelt Foundation, Grindstone Creek, local flood-risk, local governments, municipal budgets, Municipal Natural Assets Initiative, site-specific evaluation, traditional grey infrastructure /by MNAI

News Release & Backgrounder: Nature helps communities manage flooding

February 24, 2020/in News assessments of natural infrastructure values, British Columbia, City of Courtenay, full technical reports, latest research, local governments, Municipal Natural Assets Initiative, natural assets, News Release, water supply /by MNAI

Natural asset management 101; sign up for 1-day intro course now!

February 6, 2020/in News 1-day intro course, clean drinking water, community leaders, community sustainability, first steps, growing number of municipal staff, interactive course, local governments, Natural asset management, professional organizations /by MNAI

Resource to help navigate and implement O. Reg. 588/17

January 17, 2020/in News asset management, Canadian Infrastructure Report Card, local governments, Municipal Infrastructure, municipal level, Natural Infrastructure, Ontario, Ontario municipalities, Regulation Asset Management Planning, strategic asset management policy /by MNAI

Summary document and roadmap: Advancing Municipal Natural Infrastructure Management workshop in Alberta.

November 20, 2019/in News 2-day event, Alberta, City of Calgary, City of Edmonton, InnoTech Alberta, local governments, Municipal Natural Infrastructure Management workshop, research institutes, Summary document, water stewardship groups /by MNAI

Creating Natural Asset Inventories

October 17, 2019/in News comparable ways, effective natural asset management, high-quality support, inventory of their natural assets, local governments, local governments benefit, Natural Asset Inventories, Town of Okotoks, Town’s natural asset inventories, winning bidder /by MNAI

MNAI projects will close gaps and make it easier to adopt natural asset management

October 16, 2019/in News Geoscientists Professional Practice Guideline, local governments, Ministry of Municipal Affairs, MNAI projects, Natural asset management, practice of natural asset management, professional disciplines, quantitative data, Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia, University of Waterloo /by MNAI