| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
An Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure (IWAP) for the Guichan Watershed was the first phase in a multi-phase project which is currently in progress. Ainsworth Lumber Company Ltd., Savona Division, initiated this IWAP with financial assistance provided by Forest Renewal British Columbia (FRBC). Other phases of this project include a Sediment Source Survey (active), Terrain Stability Mapping (active), a proposed Riparian Assessment and a Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (1997). All of these assessments are components of an Integrated Restoration Plan. An Access Management Map and Watershed Level and Component Project Objectives should be completed prior to initiating watershed restoration prescriptions and major works. The primary objectives of the IWAP are to: 1) Assess the condition of the watershed using the IWAP Guidebook's (1995) hazard indices and develop recommendations which will restore and/or rehabilitate past environmental damage and mitigate further damage; 2) Increase the pool of locally available, trained staff for work in the emerging field of watershed planning and assessment. watershed assessment, ECA, peak flow, sediment, erosion, forest harvest |
