Water Stewardship Information Sources
| ID | 1510 |
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| Citation | A Case Study Evaluation of the Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure (IWAP) Level 1 Analysis Guide Book Guidebook |
| Organization | Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations |
| URL | https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/rsi/research/nsites/kb96060.htm |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | Project No. KB96060-RE. Arrow Boundary Forest District (Little Cayuse Creek; Blueberry Creek). Rocky Mountain Forest District (Gold Creek). Objectives: To devise a methodology to objectively evaluate categories of the Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure with quantitative field data. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure by comparing IWAP scores with the methods derived in #1. Provide recommendations to the Ministry of Forests for the revision of the Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure. Secondary Objectives: Development of modeling and statistical techniques in which historical streamflow data is used in a treatment and control watershed to determine if the peak flows have been impacted. Development of a technique that provides a preliminary sediment budget for a watershed. Establishment of a set of minimum data requirements to test the IWAP procedure. Experimental Design: Three different watersheds are involved. One with coarse textured parent materials (Blueberry Creek), one with medium textures (Little Cayuse Creek), and one with fine textures (Gold Creek). Impacts to peak flows will be assessed using statistical models and trials with watershed models. Water quality data, will be collected from 1997 to 2000. Sediment budgets will be developed for each drainage. A landslide survey classification will test mass wasting. A level 3 channel assessment procedure will be used to assess riparian buffers impacts. History: 1997 - Study started. 1998 Sediment and water quality sampling Surveys of sediment sources in several sub-basins and of channel 1999 Water quality sampling at all locations Development of sediment budget 2000 - Final year of field work 2001 - Findings summarized in Penticton Workshop Proceedings. |
| Information Type | Project |
| Regional Watershed | Blueberry Creek; Little Cayuse Creek; Gold Creek |
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| Project status | Dormant |
| Contact Name | David Gluns |
| Contact Email | [email protected] |