ID | 109 |
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Citation | BC Forest Practices Board. 2002. Visual Quality and Water Resource Management in the Mission Creek Community Watershed: Complaint Investigation 010306. BC Forest Practices Board. FPB/SIR/25. |
Organization | BC Forest Practices Board |
URL | http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/bib96903.pdf |
Abstract/Description or Keywords | This investigation examines a complaint that Riverside Forest Products Limited (the licensee) is not adequately managing and conserving water resources and visual quality in the Mission Creek community watershed, 30 kilometres east of Kelowna, BC. The original complaint was that the forest development plans for the four major licensees operating in the watershed do not adequately protect wildlife, biodiversity and other resource values. The Board could not address all of those general, broad-ranging issues in a timely and meaningful way. The Board therefore narrowed the investigation to the issues and specific area of greatest concern to the complainant. The investigation addresses the following questions: Water resources 1. Did the preparation and approval of a forest development plan (FDP) comply with the requirements of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act and its regulations (the Code) for managing water resources? 2. Was the approval of the FDP reasonable, given its potential effect on water resources? Visual quality 1. Did the preparation and approval of operational plans for a visually sensitive area comply with the requirements of the Code? 2. Was the approval of the operational plans for a visually sensitive area reasonable? forest harvest, water quality, water supply |
Information Type | report |
Regional Watershed | Okanagan |
Sub-watershed if known | Mission Creek |
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Project status | complete |
Contact Name | BC Forest Practices Board |
Contact Email | [email protected] |