Nakusp and Arrow Lakes Area the Following Are Interests Area Residents Identified in Past Public Engagements
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Nakusp and Arrow Lakes Area The following are interests area residents identified in past public engagements. Category Sub-category Objective Notes General Ecosystem integrity Support ecosystem Climate Change resilience and Balance competing productivity land use needs. Understand impact of climate change and glacial recession on water levels Recreation Water and shoreline Maximize quality and Preferred levels for access for recreation diversity of recreation between 1435 Water access for recreational ft and 1440 ft – offset boating and fishing activities with new boat ramps? Sufficient beach area Arrow Recreation Boating access for Management Plan – recreational and fish monitoring and physical harvest – spring to works (ramps, debris fall management, dredging) Boating/swimming safety Quality of Life Aesthetic impacts for More stable Duncan Management Plan beach front properties reservoir levels – mosquitoes Water quality Communication of Health and nuisance changes in levels issues like dust storms Minimize periods of and mosquitoes below 1435 ft Increase re- vegetation program Maximize quality of life Flood and Erosion Property Damage Minimize wave and Data collected for 3 of 5 wind impacts on years monitoring of wave scarp stability and winds impacts on Minimize scarp stability (Berkey surcharging of 2012) reservoir Multi-year management Minimize full pool protection plans and events and sudden monitoring programs to draw downs be developed following Avoid double peaks inventory (Berkey 2012) Protection of Argenta Slough First Nations Representation of Increase Separate First Nations aboriginal interests understanding of consultation process Understand and sites and their under the Columbia protect cultural sites locations River Treaty Review 1 Nakusp and Arrow Lakes Area The following are interests area residents identified in past public engagements. Category Sub-category Objective Notes and artefacts Minimize impact of BC Hydro Reservoir Support and ensure destructive human Archaeology Program First Nations’ ability to behaviour Arrow site survey and harvest for food, Access to inventory work has been cultural and archaeological sites initiated, an initial 2 year ceremonial purposes by appropriate study completed (at least First Nation people 50 sites identified) and involvement in (communicate when continuing studies to be research, monitoring low water levels) conducted. and management Abundance/ diversity Exploratory/conservation Sinixt of traditional plants, evacuations and fish & wildlife monitoring at Arrow and Reservoir levels high Duncan enough to access Duncan: 2 of 5 years of tributaries studies completed for Resolution of Sinixt monitoring cultural sites claim & traditional use information collection to be undertaken Physical protection of known sites through re- vegetation, geo-textile material (exploring) Wildlife and Migratory birds Lower reservoir Arrow Reservoir Wildlife vegetation Nesting Habitat levels in the spring Management Plan – 7 Wildlife habitat and summer to studies & physical works Riparian Habitat protect migrating Columbia Basin Littoral Productivity birds Amphibian Inventory Protected Areas Minimize inundation Arrow Re-vegetation of nesting habitat, Management Plan uses particularly for early local species and or late nesters traditional plants where Maximize capacity of possible. (BCH 2011) wetlands and other FWCP – West Kootenay bird habitat to Enhancement program provide for spring for ungulates nesting, shore birds Soft constraint – Apr-Oct and fall migratory min water levels above birds. 1424 ft (434m) Maximize abundance Optimal water levels at and diversity of 435 m for shorebird wildlife populations habitat and below 438 m Maximize wildlife by Aug 7 for migratory 2 Nakusp and Arrow Lakes Area The following are interests area residents identified in past public engagements. Category Sub-category Objective Notes habitat birds Minimize inundation of vegetation during growing season Maintain vegetation at and above 1424 ft Fish and Aquatic White Sturgeon Increase tributary Arrow – Mid-Columbia Resources Kokanee access and minimize White Sturgeon Bull Trout migration barriers Aquaculture progam – Cutthroat Trout during Kokanee and alignment with CPC Rainbow Trout bulltrout spawning. Kokanee survive better Whitefish Build self sustaining at 1430 ft, especially Salmon population of white during the spawning Nutrient restoration sturgeon. period Water temperature Maximize juvenile BCH negotiates for recruitment of white rainbow trout protection sturgeon flows from Hugh Maximize the Keenleyside abundance, Multi-year study of diversity, condition, tributary fish migration growth and under Arrow Lakes fecundity of priority Reservoir Management fish species. Plan (late Aug – Nov) Minimize predation Burbot life history study of key species. under the Arrow Lakes Minimize possible Reservoir Operations negative effects on Management Plan fish and their Duncan dam operated to habitats allow bull trout in and Minimize impacts to out of the reservoir and fish from rising water prevent fish stranding temperature Duncan fall flows have Maximize pelagic been developed for and littoral spawning and incubation productivity of Kokanee and whitefish Maximize reservoir Duncan plan develops (Revelstoke) stability spawning side channels to maximize fish Aquatic Nutrient productivity Restoration Program on Fish hatcheries on Arrow Lakes Arrow Lakes Meadow Creek and Hill Fish ladders on dams Creek spawning channels Bring Salmon up the built for Kokanee Columbia if Arrow outflows reduced 3 Nakusp and Arrow Lakes Area The following are interests area residents identified in past public engagements. Category Sub-category Objective Notes technically and for whitefish spawning economically (Whitefish Operating feasible Agreement) Re-introduction of salmon would have negative impact on Kokanee Cross border Cross border Cross border Provincial biologists collaboration engagement and conference to working with U.S. on collaboration understand issues Kootenay River White and identify mutual Sturgeon program and interests on a bulltrout enhancement program Commercial Tourism and other Maximize waterfront Dykes/Weirs between Interests/ Economic waterfront businesses business activities Revelstoke and ferry – Development Navigation/Commercial • Boating access to technical and economic transport reservoir feasibility Agriculture •Support fruit growers Aesthetic impacts for Maximize land for beach front agriculture commercial properties • Maximize wildlife Guide Outfitter and viewing opportunities Angling Guide Quantity and size of Reduce barriers/ fish – angling increase opportunities tourism for economic Fluctuating water diversification levels reduces Power generation quantity of fish impacts fishing tourism Subdivide land fronting Revelstoke Reservoir Maximize power generation, eg Whatshan Project 4 .