[LookOutSugarLake] Logging in Riparian Zone

[Xplornet handrc]

Good day,

Below is an answer received from Mike Reiner, Ministry of Environment   
(thank you Mike for your prompt answer) regarding the concerns  
expressed in the email I had sent (see below).  As you can see from  
the photos, logging is being done by Kokanee Lodge right in the  
riparian zone of Sugar Lake just above the dam.

Members of SLAMSS - Sugar Lake And Middle Shuswap Stewards - are asking:

1.  The Ministry of Forest and Range and ILMB:
How come there was a tenure granted over this parcel of land when so  
many people objected to ILMB at the land being granted at all, and  
specifically objected to it being logged since it is so close to the  
lake AND will contain a septic field that will surely enter the lake  
very rapidly

2. NORD:
Why would NORD allow such "management" of the riparian zone?

3. DFO:
The Middle Shuswap River has been stocked with salmon fries and is  
already a salmon habitat below Wilsey Dam for Chinook and Coho  
(endangered) - why would DFO not intervene to prevent habitat  
destruction in the headwaters of that sensitive ecosystem?

Finally, can anyone please explain to us whether the Riparian Area  
Regulations have changed for everyone or whether there is a special  
status one must have in order to log in them?

Huguette Allen.


On 7-Aug-08, at 3:09 PM, Reiner, Mike J ENV:EX wrote:

> Our division deals with Waste discharges. We do not administer the  
> Riparean Regualtions etc that may be applicable to this situation.   
> It is the proponent's duty to deal with all the other agencies that  
> have jurisdiction over the various aspects of their operations and  
> obtain whatever other approvals that are necessary.
>
> that said, in this instance even though it not our jurisdiction,   
> and to provide somewhat of an informal response to your email request
>
> we were generally aware that the proponent was:
> a) granted a tenure over the parcel in the photos  and
> b) pursuing a lisence to cut Timber with the Ministry of Forest
> and
> c) involved in negociations with the Regional District regarding a  
> campground permit and possibly any riparean land management issues.
>
> from the photos it appears items b) & c) have since been resolved.   
> and as you are already aware - they are registered under our  
> regulations for the disposal field.
>
> Mike Reiner
> Sr Environmental Protection Officer
>
>> From: Xplornet handrc [mailto:handrc at xplornet.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2008 10:10 AM
>> To: Eugene Foisy; Steve Noakes; Reiner, Mike J ENV:EX; WalshN at DFO-MPO.GC.CA
>> Cc: Rob Smailes
>> Subject: Kokanee Lodge and Riparian Zone
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> These pictures are worth 1,000 words but make me wonder if our  
>> Riparian Area Regulations are worth anything? How can deforestation  
>> be occurring clearly within the 30 metre zone right next to a lake?  
>> and for the purpose of a commercial septic system - so I gather?
>>
>> Would you please inform me as soon as possible so I can forward the  
>> information to all concerned Sugar Lake And Middle Shuswap Stewards  
>> who are contacting me about this?
>>
>> Thank you for your prompt response,
>>
>>
>> Huguette Allen.
>
>  gather?
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> http://www.adobe.com/aboutstarteredition  
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