| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
The primary objectives of the IWAP are to: 1) Assess the condition of the watershed using the IWAP Guidebooks (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 working in the emerging field of watershed planning and assessment. An Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure (IWAP) for the Jimmies Watershed is the first phase in a multi-phase project which is currently in progress. Ainsworth Lumber Company Ltd. initiated this IWAP with the financial assistance provided by Forest Renewal BC (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 Watershed Restoration Plan. An Access management map and watershed Level and Component Project Objective should be completed prior to initiating watershed restoration prescriptions and major works. watershed assessment, erosion, sediment, ECA, peak flow, forest harvest, forest management |
