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As requested by the Small Business Forest Enterprise Program (Penticton) (the licensee), the Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure (IWAP) for the Ellis Creek watershed has been updated for the November 1998 report to 2001. The IWAP update includes a summary of the 1998 IWAP, an office review of work completed since 1998, field assessments of selected sites in the watershed, and recommendations for the development proposed in the forest development plan (FDP) update fir the period if 2001 to 2006. The current assessment was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Okanagan-Shuswap Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) (refer to Appendix A for details). The objectives of this report are as follows: 1) Address the issues identified by the Watershed Assessment Committee (WAC) at the May 16, 2001, initial IWAP meeting; 2) Present the current condition of the watershed based on the field assessments conducted in October 2001; 3) review the current five-year FDP (2002-2006) in relation to the current watershed condition; 4) Discuss the potential hydrologic effects of the proposed development and provide recommendations; 5) Comply with the requirements of the Forest Practices Code Operational Planning Regulation that watershed assessments must be completed for community watersheds every three years and prior to submitting an FDP. Please find the attached maps for Ellis Creek Watershed. (Appendix E). watershed assessment, forest harvest, watershed management |
