Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Citation | Warttig, W, Clough, D and Leslie, M. 2005. Restoration Plan: Kennedy Flats (Kootwis, Hospital, Sandhill, Staghorn, Trestle, Trestle S, India/Harold, Lostshoe, Salmon). Central Westcoast Forestry Society. |
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| Organization | Central Westcoast Forestry Society |
| URL | http://clayoquot.org/sites/default/files/content-images/KWRP_RP_May_2005.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | Restoration Plans are developed to aid in the recovery of both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. In order for a restoration plan to be successful all relevant factors must be considered. The most common factor associated with declines of anadromous salmonids is habitat degradation (Nehlsen et al. 1991; Frissell 1993), however a number of other factors play a key role. Many factors, such as habitat loss and degradation, over exploitation in sport and commercial fisheries, global warming and variable ocean conditions, are responsible to a varying degree for the depressed status of salmonids (Nehlsen et al. 1991). Restoration of upslope and fluvial processes that create and maintain habitats must be integral components of any recovery program (Thomas et al. 1993). This report is limited to the unhealthy ecosystems of upslope, roads, stream function, and riparian areas, and does not address fish harvest management, global warming, or variable ocean conditions. Stable landscape units outside the riparian zone are also not addressed in this report, but their status may have minor implications for stream ecosystems. Salmon have evolved to adapt to a series of natural impacts, therefor timber harvesting plans should be encouraged, where possible, to mimic the natural disturbance regimes (CSSP pg. 201, 210). Examples of natural disturbance regimes could be: blow down (windstorms cause major natural disturbance to forest in Clayoquot Sound, (CSSP, pg. 20), wildfires, encouraging uneven aged stands to develop from even aged second growth, etc. The Clayoquot Sound Scientific Panel (CSSP) recommendations (Sustainable ecosystem management in Clayoquot Sound, 1995) (and Williams et al 1989) call for salmon recovery efforts to be based on restoring and conserving ecosystems, rather than simply restoring the instream habitat attributes (i.e. ecosystems should be considered in the development of recovery plans). This is important, as relationships between habitat condition and individual salmonid response have been well established within the habitat unit (Bisson et al. 1982;Nickelson et al. 1992), stream reach (Murphy et al. 1989) and to the watershed unit as well (Schlosser, 1991). This Restoration Plan addresses not only the root causes directly responsible for the immediate loss of habitat quantity and quality, but also the ecosystem processes that create and maintain habitats through time, as per recommendation R7.1, R7.2 and R7.3 (CSSP pg. 153). |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | Vancouver Island South, Vancouver Island North |
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| Project status | complete |
| Contact Name | Warren Warttig |
| Contact Email | [email protected] |