| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
Wolfe Creek is a tributary of the Similkameen River that flows north into the river between Princeton and Keremeos. In 1996 the First Nations of the Okanagan-Similkameen Environmental Protection Society contracted Summit to conduct a Level 1 Interior Watershed Assessment for the Wolfe Creek watershed. This report presents the results of that assessment. The watershed evaluates potential impacts from past forestry activities, and identifies the need for additional assessment work. The primary objective of this project is to identify potential watershed impacts in the Wolfe Creek drainage due to forest harvest activities. Specific objectives are to: 1) Conduct a Level 1 Interior Watershed Assessment according to the procedures outlined in the Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure (IWAP) Guidebook (MELP/MOF, 1995); 2) Update existing forest road and cut-block information; 3) Confirm selected Level 1 IWAP information via field inspections; 4) Evaluate forestry impacts relative to other land use impacts within the watershed; 5)Prepare a report which includes 1:20,000 scale mapping; 7) Provide recommendations for further assessment if required. The results of the project will indicate the level of hydrologic impacts resulting form past forest harvesting activities in the watershed and will place the impacts in the context of other resource and/or recreational activities. This IWAP report will also provide direction for further, more detailed, assessments as required. |
