Canadian Natural Heritage This Project was a cooperative effort between the Royal British Columbia Museum, the Canadian Heritage Information Network, British Columbia Museums Association, Okanagan University College and the Friends of the Royal British Columbia Museum. This World Wide Web site explores the endangered species of a unique ecosystem in Canada. It provides world-wide access to museum information, digitized pictures and maps, plus lesson plans compatible with the high school curriculum. The Project focuses on the Thompson-Okanagan region of British Columbia. This region's environment is unique to all of Canada. More than 90 species that occur there occur no where else in Canada. Of those, over 20 species occur no where else in the world. This Project represents a significant step in demonstrating imaging technology of rare and endangered species not usually seen by most Canadians. Images are linked to real collections information about species distributions (mapped) and information about the natural habitat and ecology. Lesson plans are available for teachers, student information and general information. The data are freely accessible so that many different types of questions can be posed and answered.       this section sponsored by: Industry Canada