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The Northwest Data Sharing Network is a not-for-profit society made up of land use organizations in the Lakes District, Bulkley Valley and Hazeltons. The land use organizations include forest industry, First Nations and provincial government agencies. The Northwest Data Sharing Network has partnerships with the University of Northern British Columbia and the Bulkley Valley Centre of Excellence.

Participants::
Bulkley TSA Steering Committee Licensees
Morice-Lakes IFPA
Office of the Wet'suwet'en
Skeena Region, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
Skeena-Stikine Forest District
Babine Timber Sales Office

Our Mission:
The mission of the Northwest Data Sharing Network is timely, co-ordinated, co-operative, and innovative use of the geo-spatial data sets to reduce ownership data costs and improve decision-making about land use in our region.
 
Our Values:
In fulfilling our mission, the Northwest Data Sharing Network Society will, with integrity ensure:
· Cost effectiveness;
· Sharing and trust;
· Synergies from sharing and trust;
· Secure data sharing;
· Data standards;
· Innovation;
· Respect;
· Excellence.
 

The Northwest Data Sharing Network exists so that:
  1. Owners can reduce costs of data management. Owners will have:
    - Secure access to shared data sets from themselves and other Owners, including: both confidential and open source data sets.
  2. Owners can develop and adopt common data standards and data Custodianship policies. Owners will have:
    - Data Management policies, incorporating Custodianship, data access and distribution, data standards, metadata standards, and data lifecycle control.
  3. Owners can reduce costs of data stewardship. Owners will have:
    - Accessible storage of data sets, especially data sets that may be lost due to infrequent use.
  4. Owners can improve decisions of land use in our region. Owners will have:
    - Access to a large selection of data sets from which to improve their land use plans,
    - Access to information for land use monitoring, and
    - A secure information exchange environment with First Nations and the public.
  5. Owners have greater opportunities to create cost savings through innovative co-operative projects. Owners will have:
    - Acommunity of like-minded data owners to create synergistic projects.