I'll design an interactive map UI for a wildlife conservation and climate change website focused on British Columbia. This design will incorporate the Animal View and Event View toggles, along with the additional features you've requested. Let's create a modern, visually engaging, and educational interface.

This interactive map UI for the wildlife conservation and climate change website focused on British Columbia includes the following features:

1. A main map component centered on British Columbia using Leaflet and React-Leaflet.
2. Toggle buttons to switch between Animal View and Event View.
3. Custom icons for wildlife species and climate events using emoji for simplicity (you can replace these with more detailed SVG icons for a production site).
4. Tooltip components (Popups) that display information on hover for both animals and events.
5. A history slider that allows users to scroll through years and see how the data changes.
6. A legend explaining the map symbols.
7. An "About This Map" button with a tooltip providing a brief description of the map's purpose.
8. Responsive design that works on various screen sizes.

The UI is modern and visually engaging, with smooth hover animations provided by Framer Motion. The design emphasizes awareness and education, making the topic relevant to the target audience (schools, youth, and national parks).

To further improve this project, you could:

1. Replace the emoji icons with custom SVG icons that better represent each animal and event type.
2. Implement a backend API to fetch real data for animals and events based on the selected year.
3. Add more detailed information and possibly images to the popup content.
4. Implement color-coding for population trends or event severity.
5. Add additional layers or filters, such as habitat types or conservation areas.
6. Create an introductory modal or guided tour to help users understand how to interact with the map.

This interactive map provides a solid foundation for educating users about wildlife conservation and climate change in British Columbia. It's engaging, informative, and easy to navigate, making it suitable for a wide range of users, including students and park visitors.

I understand you want to restrict the map view to focus primarily on British Columbia, preventing users from zooming out too far or navigating to other parts of the world. We can achieve this by setting map boundaries and restricting the zoom levels. Let's modify the InteractiveMap component to implement these constraints.

These changes will restrict the map view to British Columbia:

1. We've defined bcBounds, which represents the geographical boundaries of British Columbia.

2. In the MapContainer component, we've added the following props:

   • minZoom={5} and maxZoom={10} to limit how far users can zoom in or out.
   • maxBounds={bcBounds} to set the maximum boundaries of the map.
   • maxBoundsViscosity={1.0} to make the boundaries "sticky", preventing users from panning outside the defined area.
3. We've created a new MapBoundaries component that uses the useMap hook from react-leaflet to set the maximum bounds and fit the initial view to the British Columbia boundaries.
4. We've added the MapBoundaries component to the MapContainer, passing the bcBounds as a prop.

These modifications will ensure that:

• The map is initially centered on British Columbia and zoomed to fit the entire province.
• Users cannot zoom out beyond a level that would show much more than British Columbia.
• Users cannot pan the map to view areas far outside of British Columbia.

This approach maintains the interactive nature of the map while focusing the user's attention on the relevant geographical area. Users can still zoom in to see details within British Columbia, but they won't be able to navigate away from the province or zoom out to see the entire world map.