[LookOutSugarLake] After Kokanee Lodge...

[Rick Simpson]

Someone is working on First Nation Issues, 
because I just got a letter from the Chief...Re: 
encroachment on traditional territory without meaningful consultation..

Treat the whole watershed as an integrated entity 
- land, groundwater and surface water...any 
decisions to impact on one impacts the others 
(groundwater and surface water are dynamically 
and inextricably linked...they are one 
resource)...try integrated watershed management 
(GOOGLE those keywords for info) planning and implementation.

Impacts on fish and other aquatic life from 
planned effluent discharges into both surface and 
ground water...how will the monitoring of the 
fish (and human) health be handled long term ?

For the long term - how will water quality 
testing and monitoring and enforcement of 
drinking water standards and water quality standards for aquatic life...

Check out the Water Suppliers Association of BC's 
position about development around upland lakes...they may also be allies.

Try to get detailed on-the-ground mapping done 
ie: inventory of what is there now... - for 
streams and creeks...try to get sensitive habitat 
and inventory mapping (SHIM) accomplished; for 
lakes try to get foreshore inventory mapping 
(FIM) (similar methodology as SHIM) accomplished 
or also for lakes aquatic habitat index (AHI) 
accomplished...outputs from these detailed 
processes, include: videos and photographs for 
reference and planning purposes...so everyone is 
singing from the same page of the hymnal.

Encroachment on shorelines is an growing 
issue...maintain as much public access as 
possible...or you will slowly find no one has any 
access - except through a commercial venture...in 
the same vein - try to ensure public access for 
boat launching for fishing...longer term...limit 
speed boats and jet skis...and go for wind and/or 
human powered alternatives...or electric motors or minimum horsepower motors...

Riparian vegetation along streams is now under 
the new BC Riparian Area Regulations (31MAR06).

Hope that helps.

Rick
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At 02:59 PM 07/03/2007, handr at telus.net wrote:

>Hi active SLAMSS!
>
>You are getting this email because you've been 
>actively suggesting solutions or providing 
>information concerning the issue we've all been 
>fighting for, which is keeping our water clean. 
>Although the Kokanee lodge issue is not yet won, 
>we've made a lot of progress in sensitizing 
>politicians and in gathering a strong group of 
>supporters for clean water. We've now got a good 
>communication system, with our email listserv 
>and the website. It would be a shame to lose the momentum we have gained.
>
>I have tried to make a complete list of the main 
>issues that need addressing if we are to keep 
>protecting our water -Please let me know what 
>you think - Is the list incomplete or does it 
>contain things that you consider unimportant? As 
>for me, I have decided to focus on the issue of 
>pharmaceuticals and care products that enter our 
>water and am working almost exclusively on that 
>these days. Russ is working on the problem of 
>land privatization around reservoir lakes and 
>also on the crowded range lease issues.
>
>Do you feel there is one or more issues you'd 
>like to look out for and focus on in particular? 
>I'm thinking that there are now many really 
>important issues happening that I'm not 
>following up on, and it would be great if we 
>knew that all these issues are at least brought 
>to our attention. That way we could at least 
>keep each other informed of the major problems 
>happening or lurking ahead, advising each other 
>on how to tackle them, and organizing 
>presentations, media campaign, petitions or/and 
>demonstrations, to solve those problems.
>
>Please let me know what you think - and also let 
>me know if there is anyone in the area whom you consider is 0æ:|©AÿÿÿÿD+b
>
>List of Issues that need to be addressed to 
>protect our water & names of people currently working on the issue:
>
>1. Effluents in water (including the problem of 
>pharmaceuticals and personal & home-care 
>products through direct or indirect discharges) - Huguette
>
>2. Watershed land protection (through opposing 
>privatization of land next to reservoir lakes) - Russ
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>3. Abusive logging on the watershed -
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>4. Abusive ranching on the watershed -
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>5. Abusive applications of fertilizer, 
>pesticides and fire retardants on the watershed -
>
>6. Unchecked motorized recreation on the 
>watershed (problems with gasoline, oil and other 
>garbage left up there near creeks, aquatic bird 
>habitat and shoreline, etc...)  -
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>7. Increased human development and road construction -
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>We have material to send anybody who wants to 
>focus on these issues - it includes A) 
>Definition of the problems these issues cause B) 
>Suggested solutions C) groups that already 
>address these problems D) list of media where to 
>send information E) list of government bodies we can pressure
>
>Looking forward to your feedback and hoping 
>we'll make Cherryville & Lumby the first BC 
>communities where we prize our Gross National 
>Happiness more than our Gross National Product!
>
>Huguette
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