Upper Columbia Sub-Region

Conservation, restoration and enhancement of wetlands and riparian areas
- Priority Habitat: low elevation wetlands and adjacent upland areas in Upper Columbia Valley, historic wetlands and adjacent upland areas in Canoe Reach and Robson Valley, high elevation wetlands.
- Priority Species: northern leopard frog, western painted turtle, western toad, at risk wetland and migratory birds (great blue heron, western screech-owl, western grebe, bobolink, common nighthawk, bank swallow, barn swallow, long-billed curlew, olive-sided flycatcher), American beaver, culturally important plants, rare plants.
- Priority Processes: connectivity, hydrologic function, geomorphological function.

Conservation and restoration of upland habitats that support species of interest and conservation concern
- Priority Habitat: grassland and open forest (ungulate winter range), mature aspen,
  - old growth forest, alpine and high elevation grasslands.
- Priority Species: elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep, mountain caribou, mountain goat, bats, grizzly bear, American badger, wolverine, Lewis’s woodpecker, whitebark pine, limber pine, huckleberry, native pollinators.
- Priority Processes: wildlife movement and migration, connectivity, food web interactions (predator-prey, seed dispersal, pollination), natural fire regime.

Restoration and enhancement of native fish and fish habitat
- Priority Habitat: spawning, rearing, overwintering areas (rivers, tributary streams).
- Priority Species: endemic westslope cutthroat trout, bull trout, kokanee, rainbow trout.
- Priority Processes: fish passage, connectivity, water temperature, water quality.

Protection and enhancement of Indigenous cultural values
- Priority Habitat: cultural use areas.
- Priority Species: culturally significant species.
- Priority Processes: traditional knowledge, traditional practices.