Water Stewardship Information Sources

ID 114
Citation BC Forest Practices Board. 2012. Gilpin Creek Debris Slide, Complaint Investigation #110983. BC Forest Practices Board. FPB/IRC/181.
Organization BC Forest Practices Board
URL http://www.bcfpb.ca/sites/default/files/reports/IRC181%20-%20Gilpin%20Creek%20Debris%20Slide%20-%20WEB.pdf
Abstract/Description or Keywords In the spring of 2011, water from a trough located above Gilpin Creek, on the Overton-Moody
Range Unit near Grand Forks, was released onto an unstable slope. The ground was saturated
and a debris slide occurred, sending a significant amount of soil into Gilpin Creek. A local
guide-outfitter found the slide and complained to the Forest Practices Board about the location
and operation of that trough. The complainant was also concerned that some new fencing, built
to block cattle access to the creek, was not wildlife friendly and that it posed a potential danger
to deer and wild sheep. erosion, terrain stability, landslide
Information Type report
Regional Watershed Okanagan
Sub-watershed if known Gilpin Creek
Aquifer #
Comments
Project status complete
Contact Name BC Forest Practices Board
Contact Email [email protected]