Water Stewardship Information Sources
| ID | 1561 |
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| Citation | Salmon River Watershed Roundtable. 2003. Final Report of the 2002-2003 Salmon River Watershed Planning Project: A Pilot Watershed-Based Fish Sustainability Plan. Prepared for the Pacific Salmon Foundation |
| Organization | Pacific Salmon Foundation |
| URL | https://www.psf.ca/sites/default/files/SalmonRiverWatershedSalmonRecoveryPlan.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | The Watershed-Based Fish Sustainability Planning Procedure (WFSP) is a process developed by the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and Provincial Environment (MELP) and Fisheries (BC Fisheries) to help conserve BC Fish populations and their habitat. The WFSP process was designed to ﾓhelp government, organizations and individuals with an interest in fish stewardship to coordinate their efforts ﾅand to focus on activities that use resources effectively in promoting positive results for fishﾔ1 . After a review of the WFSP guidebook and discussion with DFO representatives, the Salmon River Watershed Roundtable (SRWR) realized that the WFSP process reflects several of their own key operating principles such as: the recognition that fish are important ecosystem health indicators, consensus building in watershed planning promotes broad participation and improves the likelihood of success, and that building on existing initiatives is an important opportunity to advance fish sustainability goals within the context of social, economic and ecological sustainability planning. The SRWR saw in WFSP the opportunity to build upon an existing 10-year history of watershed sustainability practices undertaken with many partners. The WFSP process offered the opportunity to undertake conservation planning that would further the development of solutions to long existing fish, fish habitat and water related issues that exist in the Salmon River Watershed. The SRWR proposed to a broad range of First Nations, industry, landowners, citizens and government agencies that a WFSP be undertaken for the Salmon River Watershed. The proposal was widely accepted and was funded by DFO. The SRWR brought participation and existing planning products to the WFSP process. The WFSP process brought an opportunity to focus on fish and fish habitat issues as key components to watershed health in the Salmon River Project. fish habitat, aquatic habitat, land use, water quality |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | Shuswap |
| Sub-watershed if known | Salmon River |
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| Project status | complete |
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