{"id":26828,"date":"2019-06-11T14:30:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T21:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/?post_type=impact&#038;p=26828"},"modified":"2023-03-09T10:15:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T18:15:52","slug":"designating-a-provincial-fossil-results","status":"publish","type":"engagement","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/designating-a-provincial-fossil-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Designating a Provincial Fossil"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Designating a Provincial Fossil<\/h1>\n\n<h2><strong>Engagement Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>British Columbia has a rich variety of fossils. They are the footprints of our history and a geological record of our past. Fossils are an important heritage resource with significant scientific and educational value. We want to ensure our history lives on into our future.<\/p>\n<p>The province sought input to designate an official provincial fossil, which will be added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/farming-natural-resources-and-industry\/natural-resource-use\/land-water-use\/crown-land\/fossil-management\/bcsymbolsfactsheet-englishaug2008.pdf\"><u>Provincial Symbols of British Columbia<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seven fossil candidates were shortlisted through a public selection process in partnership with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcfossils.ca\/fossil.html\"><u>British Columbia Paleontological Alliance (BCPA).<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Engagement Timeframe<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>August 15 to November 23, 2018<br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Input Received<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Approximately 5000 votes were cast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Input leads to action:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The fossil candidate that received the most votes is the <strong>Elasmosaur.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","engagement_category":[262],"engagement_region":[192],"engagement_status":[207],"engagement_pin_group":[],"class_list":["post-26828","engagement","type-engagement","status-publish","hentry","engagement_category-arts-and-culture","engagement_region-province-wide","engagement_status-closed-with-results"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"pinned_engagement_toggle":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement\/26828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/engagement"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement\/26828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60407,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement\/26828\/revisions\/60407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"engagement_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_category?post=26828"},{"taxonomy":"engagement_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_region?post=26828"},{"taxonomy":"engagement_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_status?post=26828"},{"taxonomy":"engagement_pin_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_pin_group?post=26828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}