Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Citation | Butler, G., P. Chapman, R.E. Gullison, M. Kellow, S. Walker and J. Wolf (Editors). 2014. Nanaimo River Baseline Report: social, environmental and economic values of the Nanaimo River and watershed. 2nd Edition. Unpublished report prepared for the Nanaimo & Area Land Trust. 312 pp. |
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| Organization | Nanaimo Area Land Trust |
| URL | http://www.nalt.bc.ca/web_documents/nanaimo_river_baseline_2nd_edition.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | The initial impetus for this report was to serve as a reference document for the 2011 Nanaimo River Symposium organized by the Nanaimo & Area Land Trust. A Baseline Subcommittee was formed to gather the information included in the first edition of this report, released at the Symposium on the Rivers’ Day weekend of 2011. Since the Symposium and release of the report, a number of stakeholders in the Nanaimo River watershed, representing residents, environmental organizations, recreational groups, departments of municipal, provincial and federal government and industry, have formed the Nanaimo River Watershed Roundtable. The mission of the Roundtable is to advise and develop strategies and initiatives for the long-term promotion, protection, sustainability and stewardship of the watershed. It has always been the intention that the Nanaimo River watershed Baseline Report would be a living document, with new information added to future editions of the document. In the second edition, Water Values are considered in two chapters: the information reprised from the first edition is augmented with an additional chapter on a Water Budget for the watershed. As well, Fish Values are addressed in two chapters: the original report of the first edition and an updated report on fish habitat in the Nanaimo River and some significant tributaries. The second edition also includes new information on the biogeoclimatic values and terrestrial habitat values of properties now in transition from forestry use to residential. These properties, the Couverdon properties, are currently being considered by the Nanaimo & Area Land Trust for acquisition to add to parkland in the watershed. It is important to note the support of two funding agencies that have been instrumental in the production of this edition of the report. The Pacific Salmon Foundation – Community Salmon Program provided funding for the production of the Fish Habitat Update and the Thrifty’s Foods Smile Card Program provided the funds to print and distribute the report. It is also important to recognize the Regional District of Nanaimo for distilling a Water Budget Study for the entire region, down to the information pertaining to the Nanaimo River watershed and aquifers for this report. Both Dawn Keim and Julie Pisani were instrumental in adapting the Water Budget Study to fit the scope of this Baseline Report. This report would be remiss not to recognize that the Nanaimo River and watershed are part of the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw and Stz’uminus First Nations. It is hoped that future editions will include a chapter or chapters expressing First Nations points of view in relation to watershed values. |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | Vancouver Island South |
| Sub-watershed if known | Nanaimo River |
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| Project status | complete |
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