| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
This updated Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure (IWAP) report for the Hydraulic/KLO/Pooley Creek community watersheds has been prepared for Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., Okangan Falls Division, in order to comply with the Bill 47 regulation requirements within the Penticton Forest District. The objective of this report is to provide information regarding both the current watershed condition and the risks associated with proposed forest development plans for the period of 1998 to 2003. The initial IWAP was completed for the entire Mission Creek watershed including the Hydraulic, KLO and Pooley watersheds in 1996. The purpose of this updated watershed assessment is to: Determine the current watershed condition and identify impacts that may be associated with past forest development (updated to 1998); Provide landscape level recommendations regarding the hydrologic impact of proposed forest development plans for the watersheds for the period of 1998 to 2003; Comply with the requirements of the Forest Practices Code Operational Regulation that watershed assessments must be completed and considered in the forest development plans for community watersheds. watershed assessment, erosion, sediment, ECA, peak flow |
