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Creek -
Sustainable Watershed Workshop Presentations and Proceedings
The Mission Creek Watershed
The Mission Creek watershed is the largest watershed in the Okanagan Basin at 859 square kilometres. Comprised of eight sub-basins, predominant uses of the watershed are forest harvest, urban settlement, agriculture, and drinking water supply. Significant fishery and recreational values are well recognized by the community at large.
Indicators Workshop
The Mission Creek indicators workshop was held on April 15, 2003.
This report documents the complex discussion that resulted. The
workshop was the first step in developing a framework of sustainability
indicators that will assist in the ongoing management of the Mission
Creek watershed. The results of discussion on these indicators will
be instrumental in developing a business case for managing the Mission
Creek watershed enhanced resource management zone in a holistic
and integrated manner.
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Workbook (PDF)
Who was at the Workshop?
The workshop involved a broad, cross-section of watershed interests and was a good first step in identifying potential sustainability indicators. More work will be required to select the most appropriate indicators to monitor changes within the Mission Creek RMZ. As a next step, Regional District of Central Okanagan (CORD) and MSRM will complete a Memorandum of Understanding, which is necessary along with the Business Plan and Terms of Reference, to facilitate the establishment and functioning of an EWAC for the Mission Creek special management zone.
What is the Mission Creek Enhanced Resource Management Zone:
The Okanagan Shuswap Land and Resource Management Plan (Province of British Columbia, effective April 2001) designates the Mission Creek Watershed as an area of enhanced resource 'RMZ' management. The goal is "to establish a process that will ensure the Mission Creek watershed is managed in a holistic and integrated manner for all water-related resource values. Crown land and private land management activities pertaining to water resources and aquatic habitat need to be accounted for, and effectively coordinated and integrated to ensure sustainability of key values."
Key objectives of the RMZ are, "to develop an integrated monitoring program" and to establish an Enhanced Watershed Advisory Committee that is, "to provide advice on actions for watershed restoration."
Workshop presentations included:
Nelson Grant
Acting Regional Planning Manager
Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
Topic: Introduction to Mission Creek EWAC & Okanagan Shuswap LRMP
Mike Doiron
Manager, Woodlands, Riverside Forest Products
Topic: Mission Creek Adaptive Management Program
Dr. Adam Wei
Professor, Okanagan University College
Topic: The Value of Indicators in the Bigger Picture
Dr. Victor Bartnick
Head, Ecosystem Information in the Atmospheric and Aquatic
Sciences Division of the Environmental Conservation Branch of Environment
Canada.
Topic: Georgia Basin Ecosystem Indicators From Science to Change
Steve Litke
Project Coordinator,
Fraser Basin Council
Topic: Sustainability Indicators for the Fraser Basin: A Tool for
Change
Copies of presentations are on file at Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, Okanagan Shuswap Land and Resource Management Plan.
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proceedings of the workshop (PDF)
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