| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
Mission Creek Watershed has an area of approximately 859 km2 and drains into Okanagan Lake through the City of Kelowna, B.C. It is a municipal water source for the Black Mountain Irrigation District (BMID). Sport-fish species within the watershed include Brook Trout and Rainbow trout in the headwater tributaries and lake, and presumably in Mission Creek mainstem reaches. Kokanee and Mountain Whitefish have been identified in the lower reaches of Mission Creek. There are numerous private water licenses and forestry roads and bridges in the watershed. This report provides an analysis of risks to these watershed values associated with potential changes in the forest following pine mortality due to MPB attack and/or salvage harvesting. Changes in forest cover can affect watershed hydrology, and potentially water quality, quantity and timing. salmonids, aquatic habitat, peak flow, flood, forest harvest, forest disturbance |
