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NBMCA Integrated Watershed Management Strategy FINAL NBMCA Integrated Watershed Management Strategy Final Report Prepared for: North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority Prepared by: Stantec Consulting Ltd. July 8, 2015 This document entitled NBMCA Integrated Watershed Management Strategy was prepared by Stantec Consulting Ltd. (“Stantec”) for the account of North Bay‐Mattawa Conservation Authority (the “Client”). Any reliance on this document by any third party is strictly prohibited. The material in it reflects Stantec’s professional judgment in light of the scope, schedule and other limitations stated in the document and in the contract between Stantec and the Client. The opinions in the document are based on conditions and information existing at the time the document was published and do not take into account any subsequent changes. Mapping has been generated by the North Bay‐Mattawa Conservation Authority using data supplied under license by Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange/Land Information Ontario and is copyrighted by the Queen’s Printer of Ontario (2014). Mapping is illustrative only and should not be relied upon for precise indication of routes, location of features or as a guide for navigation. In preparing the document, Stantec did not verify information supplied to it by others. Any use which a third party makes of this document is the responsibility of such third party. Such third party agrees that neither Stantec nor the North Bay‐Mattawa Conservation Authority shall be held responsible for any costs or damages of any kind, if any, suffered by it or any other third party as a result of decisions made or actions taken based on this document. Prepared by :Peter Bullock, BES Reviewed by: Stephane D’Aoust, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. NBMCA INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT STRATEGY TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ I 1.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PROCESS ..................................................................... 1.1 2.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 2.1 2.1 THE NORTH BAY-MATTAWA CONSERVATION AUTHORITY ............................................. 2.1 2.2 PRINCIPLES OF INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ............................................ 2.2 2.3 OBJECTIVES OF INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT IN THE NBMCA .................. 2.6 2.4 NEED FOR AN INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ............................ 2.7 2.5 STUDY AREA ..................................................................................................................... 2.8 2.6 NBMCA MANDATED RESPONSIBILITIES AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS ........................... 2.10 2.7 ROLE OF THE NBMCA IN INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ........................... 2.12 2.8 ROLE OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PARTNERS ........................................................ 2.13 2.8.1 Public Sector Partners .................................................................................. 2.13 2.8.2 Non-Government Organization Partners ..................................................... 2.13 2.9 INITIATIVES OF OTHER AGENCIES THAT MAY INFLUENCE MANAGEMENT NEEDS ....... 2.16 2.9.1 Official Plans ................................................................................................. 2.16 2.9.2 Pollution Prevention Plans ........................................................................... 2.16 2.9.3 Drinking Water Source Protection Plans ..................................................... 2.17 2.9.4 Provincial Park Plans .................................................................................... 2.17 2.10 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT OPTIONS ......................................................................... 2.17 2.10.1 Ad Hoc Management ................................................................................... 2.17 2.10.2 Stormwater Management Plans/Master Drainage Planning ...................... 2.18 2.10.3 Subwatershed Hydrology Study/Flood an Erosion Control Study ............... 2.19 2.10.4 Shoreline Management Planning ................................................................ 2.20 2.10.5 Comprehensive Subwatershed Management Planning .............................. 2.20 2.10.6 Integrated Subwatershed Management Planning ....................................... 2.20 3.0 SUBWATERSHED MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND NEEDS ............................................... 3.1 3.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 3.1 3.1.1 Duchesnay Creek Subwatershed ................................................................... 3.4 3.1.2 Chippewa Creek Subwatershed ..................................................................... 3.6 3.1.3 Parks Creek Subwatershed .......................................................................... 3.11 3.1.4 Jessups Creek Subwatershed ....................................................................... 3.13 3.1.5 La Vase River Subwatershed ........................................................................ 3.16 3.1.6 Lake Nipissing/North Bay Shoreline Subwatershed .................................... 3.19 3.1.7 Windsor/Boulder/Bear Creek Subwatershed .............................................. 3.22 3.1.8 Burford Creek Subwatershed ....................................................................... 3.25 3.1.9 Callander Bay/South Shore Subwatershed .................................................. 3.27 3.1.10 Wistiwasing (Wasi) River Subwatershed ..................................................... 3.31 3.1.11 North River Subwatershed ........................................................................... 3.34 3.1.12 Trout Lake Subwatershed ............................................................................ 3.37 3.1.13 Turtle Lake Subwatershed ........................................................................... 3.41 3.1.14 Kaibuskong River Subwatershed.................................................................. 3.43 3.1.15 Lake Talon Subwatershed ............................................................................ 3.46 i NBMCA INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 3.1.16 Sharpes Creek Subwatershed ...................................................................... 3.48 3.1.17 Amable du Fond Subwatershed ................................................................... 3.51 3.1.18 Pautois Creek Subwatershed ....................................................................... 3.55 3.1.19 Boom Creek Subwatershed.......................................................................... 3.57 3.1.20 Lower Mattawa River Subwatershed .......................................................... 3.60 3.2 SUMMARY OF SUBWATERSHED NEEDS AND ISSUES .................................................... 3.64 4.0 INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES ............................................. 4.1 4.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 4.1 4.2 MANAGEMENT APPROACHES AND SCALE ...................................................................... 4.1 4.2.1 Full Watershed Management Needs ............................................................. 4.2 4.3 NBMCA PROGRAM PRIORITIES ........................................................................................ 4.6 4.4 NBMCA MONITORING ................................................................................................... 4.10 4.4.1 Meeting IWMS Monitoring Needs ............................................................... 4.10 4.4.2 Specific Long Term Data Collection Interests .............................................. 4.11 4.4.3 Recommended Monitoring Enhancements ................................................. 4.13 4.5 INTEGRATED 5-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES .................................................. 4.15 4.5.1 2015–2019 Recommended Actions ............................................................. 4.15 4.5.2 2020–2024 Recommended Actions ............................................................. 4.16 4.5.3 2025–2029 Recommended Actions ............................................................. 4.16 4.5.4 2030–2034 Recommended Actions ............................................................. 4.17 5.0 IWMS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND REMEDIES TO BARRIERS .......................... 5.1 5.1 IWMS IMPLEMENTATION PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ................................................ 5.1 5.2 IWMS IMPLEMENTATION BARRIERS AND REMEDIES ...................................................... 5.1 5.2.1 Barriers to Watershed Management ............................................................. 5.2 5.3 REMEDIES TO WATERSHED MANAGEMENT BARRIERS ................................................... 5.3 5.3.1 Addressing Increased Watershed Management Scopes ............................... 5.3 5.3.2 Addressing Capacity Barriers ......................................................................... 5.3 5.3.3 Addressing Data/Data Collection Barriers ..................................................... 5.4 5.3.4 Addressing Project Benefit Recognition Barrier ............................................ 5.5 5.3.5 Addressing Funding Barriers .......................................................................... 5.6 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 - NBMCA Integrated Watershed Management Strategy Steering Committee ............... 1.1 Table 2 - Phase I Process
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