| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
The purpose of this report is to determine the potential for cumulative hydrologic impacts on Trout Creek from past forest development and from proposed future forest development. This report on the Trout Creek watershed (B.C. hierarchical watershed code number 310-6509) has been prepared for the Corporation of the District of Summerland. The assessment procedure used is detailed in the Forest practices Code guidebooks: Interior Watershed Assessment procedure Guidebook (IWAP), dated September 1995. The trout Creek watershed flows east into Okanagan Lake, near Summerland [Figure 1]. The Trout Creek watershed is designated as a community watershed and is Trout Creek watershed was assessed from the mouth of the creek at Okanagan Lake (referred to as the point of interest [POI]) to its headwaters. The majority of the Crown land in the north-east portion of the watershed is a forest license held by Riverside Forest Products ltd. The south-west portion of the watershed is forest license held by Gorman Brothers lumber Ltd. |
