Provincial
Management of British Columbia’s wildlife resources and wildlife-related problems is primarily a provincial responsibility. Provincial law in British Columbia prohibits the release or transport of non-native species such as American bullfrogs, except by permit. The Wildlife Act (1996) states in Article 77, that those in breach of this law should be liable for the costs of eradication. However, there has been little or no enforcement of the Act as it applies to alien amphibian introductions.
The aims of the bullfrog eradication program are in keeping with provincial law, and will take action to apply the spirit of the province’s Wildlife Act.
Letters to The Honourable Barry Penner, Minister of Environment, have been sent from the Committee Chairs of CRD Parks and CRD Water requesting co-operative funding from the province to support the bullfrog eradication program.
