NATURL ASSET INVENTORY

qualified and experienced consultants to complete a Natural Asset Inventory (NAI) for all natural
assets within municipal boundaries.
The Village of Lions Bay is a small, scenic coastal community of approximately 1,400 residents
located on the steep forested slopes of Howe Sound, between Horseshoe Bay and Squamish, British
Columbia. The Village encompasses approximately 2.6 square kilometres characterized by steep
topography, forested terrain, multiple small creeks and ravines, and a linear built form along
Highway 99 and the shoreline. These conditions, combined with natural hazards such as intense
rainfall events, debris flows, landslides, coastal storms, and increasing wildfire risk, make the
performance of natural assets critically important to community safety, infrastructure performance,
and climate resilience.
The objective of the NAI is to systematically identify, map, and characterize the Village’s key natural
assets (such as forests, creeks, riparian areas, wetlands, and foreshore), assess their condition and
the services they provide, and develop a structured inventory that can be integrated into the
Village’s asset management, climate resilience, and land use planning. This Natural Asset Inventory
will support informed decision-making, budgeting, and sustainable community resilience to climate
and natural hazards, and inform future natural asset management strategies and capital planning.
The Natural Asset Inventory is intended to be consistent with emerging Canadian practice (including
CSA W218:23 – Holistic management of natural assets and related guidance) and to be scalable so
that additional analysis (e.g., detailed condition assessment, hydrologic/hydraulic modelling, or
economic valuation) can be added in future phases if desired