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Citation BC Forest Practices Board. 2002. Visual Quality and Water Resource Management in the Mission Creek Community Watershed: Complaint Investigation 010306. BC Forest Practices Board. FPB/SIR/25.
Organization BC Forest Practices Board
URL http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/bib96903.pdf
Abstract/Description or Keywords This investigation examines a complaint that Riverside Forest Products Limited (the licensee) is
not adequately managing and conserving water resources and visual quality in the Mission
Creek community watershed, 30 kilometres east of Kelowna, BC.
The original complaint was that the forest development plans for the four major licensees
operating in the watershed do not adequately protect wildlife, biodiversity and other resource
values. The Board could not address all of those general, broad-ranging issues in a timely and
meaningful way. The Board therefore narrowed the investigation to the issues and specific area
of greatest concern to the complainant. The investigation addresses the following questions:
Water resources
1. Did the preparation and approval of a forest development plan (FDP) comply with the
requirements of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act and its regulations (the Code)
for managing water resources?
2. Was the approval of the FDP reasonable, given its potential effect on water resources?
Visual quality
1. Did the preparation and approval of operational plans for a visually sensitive area comply
with the requirements of the Code?
2. Was the approval of the operational plans for a visually sensitive area reasonable? forest harvest, water quality, water supply
Information Type report
Regional Watershed Okanagan
Sub-watershed if known Mission Creek
Aquifer #
Comments
Project status complete
Contact Name BC Forest Practices Board
Contact Email [email protected]