Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Citation | Marmorek, D, Parnell, I, Webb, T, Z'Graggen, M, Kurz, W and Korman, J. 1998. The fish/forestry interaction program simulation model (FFIPS). In: Hogan, D.L., P.J. Tschaplinski, and S. Chatwin (Editors). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Land Manage. Handb. No. 41. |
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| Organization | FLNRO |
| URL | https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/docs/Lmh/Lmh41.htm |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | The Fish/Forestry Interaction Program (FFIP) has completed over a decade of applied research into the effects of climate and logging on fish habitat in coastal watersheds. One of the main objectives of FFIP is to study the extent and severity of mass wasting impacts on fish habitat and populations. As part of this goal, FFIP has begun a process to develop a watershed-scale simulation model (FFIPS) to assess how forest harvesting activities alter mass wasting, erosion, and channel processes, and ultimately fish production. The long-term goal of this project is to synthesize research on fish/forestry interactions into a tool for the integrated management of watersheds throughout coastal British Columbia. This tool would both build on and supplement other tools such as handbooks, training courses, the Forest Practices Code, the watershed assessment procedure (Watershed Restoration Program 1994) and the Gully Assessment Procedure (Hogan et al. 1994). The short-term objectives of the FFIPS project are to: 1) improve scientific understanding by exploring hypotheses, developing integrated models at a watershed scale, and visualizing the impacts of logging on fish in the context of natural processes and stresses; 2) improve interdisciplinary communication among researchers and managers by forging explicit, quantitative links between management actions, watershed subsystems and “bottom-line” concerns; and 3) identify priorities for research, monitoring and adaptive management. This paper summarizes the work we have completed so far. These systems are very dynamic and very complex. Attempting to build a model teaches us as much about what we don’t know as what we do. We hope the lessons we have learned are of general interest to practitioners of the science and art of fish-forest interactions. |
| Information Type | Article |
| Regional Watershed | Coast Region |
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| Project status | complete |
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