ReportThis report presents the results of a one-year (1979) study on the water quality of the Nicola watershed, including limnology data from the Nicola Lake. The report also discusses the effects on water quality of Merrit's sewage treatement plant.Holmes D.W. 1979. Chemical and Biological Characteristics of the Nicola/Coldwater Watershed including Nicola Lake1979Nicola WatershedChemical and Biological Characteristics of the Nicola and Coldwater Watershed- Holmes MOE 1979.pdfüLowû ReportGolder has been retained to to compile and analyse existing data to developa conceptual hydrogeological model for the Nicola watershed. This study is the second phase of effort toultimately develop a groundwater flow model for the unconsolidated valley bottom areas within the Nicola WatershedGolder Associates Ltd. 2018. Data Compilation Plan to Support Numerical Flow Modelling Strategy: Nicola River Project. Report submitted to: Fraser Basin Council2018Nicola WatershedNicola GW Data Compilation Plan_2018_06_28.pdfüüHighûEstimations of annual groundwater use should be improved as more groundwater licence applicationsare received by the province and the usesof “unknown” and “other” wells are established. Key data gaps for the development of a numerical groundwater flow model are identifed 9e.g., higher resolution elevation model, riverbed conductance, pumping rates, etc.). ReportThe goal of this study was to examine applicability to the reference-condition models of samples collected in other seasons and the effect of taxonomic resolution (genus and family) on model sensitivity to seasonal variation in the benthic invertebrate assemblage. The benthic invertebrate assemblage changed seasonally such that the models could not be used for seasons other than autumn. The models were equally sensitive to seasonal variation when genus-level or family-level data were used. We recommend that test samples (i.e., samples collected from disturbed sites and meant for comparison with the reference database) be collected either during the autumn or over multiple sampling dates to reduce the possibility that seasonal shifts or stochastic events will lead to erroneous conclusions about the state of a test site.Reece, PF, Rynoldson, TB, Richardson, JS and Rosenber, DM. 2001. Impilications of seasonal variation for biomonitoring with predictive models in teh Fraser River catchment, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 58(7): 1411-1417, 10.1139/f01-076.2001Nicola Watershedf01-076.pdfüüLowNANA ReportHabitat patterns in and along two midsize streams of the Thompson River drainage, British Columbia, were examined using multivariate - statistical (factor) analyses. Terrestrial data consisted of spot counts of floral-growth forms and substrata in the lower riparian zone and qualitative assessments of floral intactness in the upper riparian zone. Results of the analyses suggest that lower-riparian vegetation does not accurately reflect floral conditions in the upper riparian zone; thus, assessments of stream habitat integrity require examination of both zones. urther studies, including holistic physiochemical analyses are necessary to establish what riparian and aquatic habitat factors consistently change with deforestation in the southern interior of British Columbia.Vadas, RL. 1997. Integrity of riparian and aquatic habitat in two agriculturally impacted stream valleys of southern British Columbia. Environment Canada1997Nicola WatershedEn83-6-1998-27-eng.pdfüLowNAFurther studies, including holistic physiochemical analyses are necessary to establish what riparian and aquatic habitat factors consistently change with deforestation in the southern interior of British Columbia. ReportThis document describes a non-parametric real-time statistical matching (RTSM) model for forecasting daily net inflows to Nicola Lake (including the contribution from Nicola River above Nicola Lake), major tributaries downstream of Nicola Lake, and Nicola River near Spences Bridge during the dominant inflow period (February 1 - July 31).Uunila, L., B.O. Ma, F. Poulsen, C. J. Schwarz, C.A.D. Alexander. 2016. Nicola Basin Fish Water Management Tool: Non-parametric real-time statistical matching model for forecasting daily runoff and lake inflow during the dominant period. Technical Memorandum prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd. to Fraser Basin Council. Kamloops, British Columbia. 16 p + appendices2016NWMTNicola FWMT- RTSM Runoff Forecast Method Summary - Mar 31 2016.pdfüüMedium Supporting documentsMaps to support the Nicola River Sensitive Habitat Inventory and Mapping and Aquatic Habitat IndexEcoscape Environmental Consultants Ltd. 2017. Nicola River Sensitive Habitat Inventory and Mapping and Aquatic Habitat Index (Habitat and Hydraulic Features Classification). Prepared for Fraser Basin Council.2017Nicola Watershednicola_riparian-hydraulic-maps.pdfüüLowNANA ReportThis study provides an overview of fisheries and aquatic resource issues and initiatives underway in the nicola river watersheds.Millar, J, Child, M and Page, N. 1997. Nicola River Watershed: Fisheries Resource Issues and the Involvment of DFO, MELP and First Nations. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 2401.1997Nicola Watershed240114.pdfüüMedium- Preserve and restore riparian areas - restrict cattle access to watercourses and riparian clearing-conduct a river hydraulic and channel stability study for the nicola valley floodplain be undertaken to formulate a floodplain management strategy - Continue assessment and study of the region t o evaluate effects of increased nicola lake drawdown and effects of ginseng agriculture on fisheries resources ReportThis report describes the estimated the natural water supply for eleven sub basins within the Nicola Basin over a 39 year period of record. The study also includes estimates of the water budget for two future scenarios (2030 and 2050). This is part of the the Surface and Groundwater Supply and Interaction Study - Phase 1 and 2 (March 2008). The objectives of the water budget analysis were to calculate the water budget in relation to water supply and water use for the Nicola watershed and its sub-basins; to comment on water surplus or shortages for each sub-basin and, where applicable, within each sub-basin; and to recommend geographic areas for further study and monitoring.Water Management Consultants. 2008. NICOLA WATERSHED WATER BUDGET ANALYSIS. Prepared for: Nicola Watershed Community Round Table2008Nicola WatershedNicola Watershed Water budget Analysis 2008.pdfüüüHighUpdate fisheries flow requirements (based on study from 1982). Additional monitoring in the Nicola Basin should include installation of a continuous stream gauging station to record natural flows on Hollis Creek a tributary of Moore Creek, establishing a snow course in Pennask Creek catchment and monitoring Stump Lake water levels ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Clapperton Creek Redisual Area. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Clapperton__1166046588412_6b1517743c244b83a72a8f24fbdfdef3.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page iiNA ReportThis report discusses the operation of the Okanagan Lake Regulation System (OLRS) during the spring floods of 2017 to assess if alternative management options should have been implemented to reduce the impacts of flooding.Associated Environmental. 2017. Review of 2017 Flood Response: Okanagan Lake Regulation Regulation System and Nicola Dam. Report prepared for the the Ministry of of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations2017Nicola Watershed2017_flood_response_report_final.pdfüüüMediumExamine the Nicola Dam Operating Plan, with reference to past and liley future hydrological changes related to climate change. Consider incorporating uncertaintyImprove flow forecasts. Assemble information on the impacts of 2017 high flows and incorporate these insights in the Nicola Dam Operating Plan and the NWMT. Re-evaluate the estimation of the 200-year flow. Re-evaluate the communication plan and identify opportunities for improvement. ReportThis document presents the results of two workshops to address the impacts of MPB infestation and a changing climate. The report summarizes current research and implications at the sub-watershed level; lessons learned for the benefit of other interior watersheds; and recommendations for further research and multi-interest collaboration.Simpson, MA. 2011. Summary of hydrological changes as a result of mountain pine beetle and a changing climate in interior watersheds: Current findings and lessons learned from 2 years of workshops. Environment Canada and Fraser Basin Council.2011Nicola Watershedtr_workshops_summary_hydrology_2010-2011.pdfüüüüüüMediumNAGaps identified include: Role of understory and regeneration on hydrologic recovery Improved hydrologic model predictions of the potential effects and links to field research _x0001_ Potential implications of climate change and post-MPB forest regrowth to address low flows Effect of secondary structures _x0001_ Hydrologic recovery _x0001_ Effects of alternative management and salvage strategies _x0001_ Dynamic and transient forests – what is impact of changing disturbance regimes _x0001_ Continued monitoring, data collection and field experimentation Need groundwater maps and other tools and resources for a test watershed _x0001_ Development of provincial land use/cover database that shows a history of disturbances that are hydrologically relevant – both manmade and natural _x0001_ Research on new and better modeling for flood impacts and protection measures _x0001_ Research on the effectiveness of different methods of fire protection for communities, with cost effectiveness accounted for _x0001_ Encourage citizen science and use of local knowledge _x0001_ Pilot agriculture water reserves as proposed in the draft Water Sustainability Act in an area such as the Nicola watershed or a sub-basin _x0001_ Package parts of the Nicola WUMP and deliver to Thompson Nicola Regional District in a form that can be incorporated into land use planning, that does not consume many resources on their part _x0001_ Nicola Lake water quality monitoring _x0001_ Study to identify sensitive habitats and areas of first nation significance or spiritual value _x0001_ Cumulative effects pilot project _x0001_ Restoration activities on riparian habitat ReportThis Plan describes Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s commitment to Canada’s Policy for Conservation of Pacific Wild Salmon (Wild Salmon Policy or WSP) through three key themes: Assessment, Maintaining and Rebuilding Stocks, and Accountability. Over the next five years, DFO will develop common guidance, standardized methods, and useful tools to advance the long-term goal and objectives of the WSP.Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 2018. Wild Salmon Policy 2018 to 2022 Implementation Plan. Vancouver, BC2018Nicola Watershedip-pmo-eng.pdfüüLowNANA Quantitative dataLooks like: data for 2005 season - discharge, flows on the Clapperton, Coldwater, Norgaard, and UREP systems.Unknown.2005Coldwater River2005 Study\2005 Staff & Discharge Records.xlsüLowNANA Quantitative DataAverage, maximum, and SD of temperature, daily, from July 21 to Oct 30, 2018, at Clapperton Creek's confluence with Nicola River. Temperature was originally measured in 15-minute intervals.Tom Willms2018Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\2018 Nicola Thermal Refugia_Temperature Data_Twillms\2018 Temperature Data_Clapperton Creek.pdfüLowNANA Quantitative DataAverage, maximum, and SD of temperature, daily, from July 21 to Oct 30, 2018, at Coldwater Creek's confluence with Nicola River. Temperature was originally measured in 15-minute intervals.Tom Willms2018Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\2018 Nicola Thermal Refugia_Temperature Data_Twillms\2018 Temperature Data_Coldwater River.pdfüLowNANA Quantitative DataAverage, maximum, and SD of temperature, daily, from July 21 to Nov 08, 2018, at Guichon Creek near Marshall Road. Temperature was originally measured in 15-minute intervals.Tom Willms2018Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\2018 Nicola Thermal Refugia_Temperature Data_Twillms\2018 Temperature Data_Guichon Creek.pdfüGuichon CreekLowNANA Quantitative DataAverage, maximum, and SD of temperature, daily, from July 21 to Oct 30, 2018, on the Nicola river downstream of the Dam. Temperature was originally measured in 15-minute intervals.Tom Willms2018Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\2018 Nicola Thermal Refugia_Temperature Data_Twillms\2018 Temperature Data_Nicola R. at Dam.pdfüLowNANA Quantitative DataAverage, maximum, and SD of temperature, daily, from July 21 to Oct 30, 2018, at the Nicola River immediately upstream of Coldwater River. Temperature was originally measured in 15-minute intervals.Tom Willms2018Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\2018 Nicola Thermal Refugia_Temperature Data_Twillms\2018 Temperature Data_Nicola R. upstream of Coldwater R. confluence.pdfüLowNANA Quantitative DataMaximum and Minimum Stilling Well Temperature, and maximum and minimum of Piezometer Temperature, daily, from July 16 to Oct 30, 2018, at site 0047 on the Nicola River. Temperature was originally measured in 15-minute intervals.Tom Willms2018Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\2018 Nicola Thermal Refugia_Temperature Data_Twillms\2018 Temperature Data_Site 0047_Nicola River.pdfüLowNANA Quantitative DataMaximum and Minimum Stilling Well Temperature, and maximum and minimum of Piezometer Temperature, daily, from July 17 to Oct 23, 2018, at site 327 on the Nicola River. Temperature was originally measured in 15-minute intervals.Tom Willms2018Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\2018 Nicola Thermal Refugia_Temperature Data_Twillms\2018 Temperature Data_Site 327_Nicola River.pdfüLowNANA Quantitative DataMaximum and Minimum main-stem and off-channel Temperature, daily, from July 14 to Oct 30, 2018, at site 504 on the Nicola River (off channel habitat). Temperature was originally measured in 15-minute intervals.Tom Willms2018Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\2018 Nicola Thermal Refugia_Temperature Data_Twillms\2018 Temperature Data_Site 504_Nicola River.pdfüLowNANA Quantitative DataMaximum and Minimum Stilling Well Temperature, and maximum and minimum of Piezometer Temperature, daily, from July 16 to Oct 30, 2018, at site 991 on the Nicola River (off channel habitat). Temperature was originally measured in 15-minute intervals.Tom Willms2018Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\2018 Nicola Thermal Refugia_Temperature Data_Twillms\2018 Temperature Data_Site 991_Nicola River.pdfüLowNANA Quantitative dataSpreadsheet to calculate low flow, as well as average monthly discharge.Unknown.N.D.Guichon Creek7D Low Flow Calculator Guichon.xlsxüLowNANA ReportThis study was undertaken to produce floodplain mapping for the nicola river, from spences bridge to nicola lake.Nichols, RW. 1988. A design brief on the floodplain mapping study of the Nicola River: An overview of the study undertaken to produce floodplain mapping for the Nicola River from Spences Bridge to Nicola Lake. BC Ministry of Enviroment.1988Nicola Watershednicola_river.pdfüüMediumNANA ReportThis report documents a series of case studies on water governance, relevant for the Nicola watershed, focusing on the types of decisions made, how these decisions were made and the reporting requirements.Guichon A. 2006. A Sudy of Governance Models. Prepared for the Nicola Water Use Management Plan2006Nicola WatershedA Study of Governance Models WUMP- Guichon 2006.pdfüLowNANA ReportThis addendum addresses questions and comments raised by the Multi-Stakeholder Committee upon reading the final report of the Present and Future Water Demand Study (PFWDS)Summit Environmental Consultants. 2007. Addendum to Final Report on the Present and Furture Water Demand Study2007Nicola WatershedAddendum- Present and Future water demand study Summit 2007.pdfüüLow Supporting documentsAddendum to prior report. This study provides predictions on a finer scale than the previous report, pertaining to the assessment of water supply on the coldwater river.Sellars, D. 2008. Addendum to the Surface Water and Groundwater Supply and Interaction Study Phase 1 & 2.  Water Management Consultants. 3pp2008Coldwater RiverAddendum to the Surface Water and Groundwater Supply and Interaction-Coldwater 1998.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsThis document contains additional notes from the MOE with regards to screening of the short-list of proposed additonal water storage sites.Caverly, Alan. 2007. Additional notes on Nov. 20, 2007 short-list – Ministry of Environment2007Nicola WatershedAdditional Storage Sites Study - Phase 1\WUMPMOEStorageStudynotesNov2007.pdfüüLowNANA ReportThe Agriculture Water Demand Model provides spatially-explicit current and future agricultural water demands. The report describes the application of the model to the Nicola watershed, including future climate and agricultural water demand scenarios.van der Gulik T., D. Neilsen, R. Fretwell, A. Petersen, and S. Tam. 2013. Agriculture Water Demand Model. Report for the Nicola Watershed.2013Nicola WatershedNicola River Watershed Agriculture Demand Model-2013 Min of Agriculture.pdfüüMediumCrop, irrigation system type, soil texture and climate data are used to calculate the water demand ReportAirborne thermal remotely sensed images of riparian and water surface temperatures were acquired at 12 sites in the Nicola River watershed of south-central British Columbia, Canada, using a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) camera. The utility of the method for assessing mixing in and between riverine systems was also shown. Overall, aerial remote sensing of stream and riparian surface temperatures appears to be a promising technology for assessing spatial heterogeneity, and may be useful in conjunction with conventional in-stream methods as part of a hybrid spatial-temporal observing system for aquatic management, provided further work is performed to validate observed temperatures near exposed streambanks, in vegetation shadows, and other areas where emissive interference may be problematic.Rayne, S and Henderson, G. 2004. Airborne thermal infrared remote sensing of stream and riparian temperatures in the Nicola River watershed, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Environmental Hydrology 12(14)2004Coldwater Riverrayne.pdfüLowNANA Supporting documentsThis is an appeal of the July 17, 1998 decision of A.D. Zackodnik, Assistant Regional Water Manager (the “Assistant Manager”), to refuse the Appellants’ [A.M. Anderson, R.J. Anderson, S.G. Anderson and M.P. Edwards] application for a water licence to divert water from Guichon Creek for storage and irrigation purposes. The Appellants seek to use the water to irrigate a ranch they own near Savona, B.C.Anderson, Anderson, Anderson & Edwards v. Lower Nicola Indian Band, Highland Valley Copper Corporation, Phyllis Leese, Fish and Wlidlife Branch (Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection), Bruce Vichert and Simon Klaudt, & Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Appeal No. 1998-WAT-23 (Environmental Appeal Board).1998Guichon Creek1998wat23.pdfüüüüüüüüMediumRe: flow - DFO argues that flow on Guichon should be minimum 10 cfs; the Assistant Manager argued that it should be 15 cfs during freshet, 7 cfs for the rest of the year; the Nicola Basin Strategic Plan sets a 7 cfs minimum flow requirement. There was considerable evidence presented at the hearing that 7 cfs is inadequate to protect the fisheries resource. "Finally, the Panel finds that consistent with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Delgamuukw, the Assistant Manager has a duty to consult First Nations if his actions may infringe aboriginal rights or title. The Band submits that it has an aboriginal right to access and use the water flowing through its reserves, including Guichon Creek, to meet both the present and future needs of the Band. It is the position of the Band that they have priority access to water in Guichon Creek ahead of all other interests. Because of this priority, the Band submits that the Province cannot issue a water licence to any interest other than the Band without consulting with the Band."NA Quantitative DataSee title.Kala Geosciences. 2018. Revised Report of Findings. Chapperon Lake Storage Release Plan. Chapperon Creek Stream Flow Plan. Appendix A. Prepared for Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.2018Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\Chapperon Lake Water Balance\Final - RR17141 Appendix A.pdfüLowNANA Quantitative DataSee title.Kala Geosciences. 2018. Revised Report of Findings. Chapperon Lake Storage Release Plan. Chapperon Creek Stream Flow Plan. Appendix B. Prepared for Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.2018Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\Chapperon Lake Water Balance\Final - RR17141 Appendix B.pdfüLowNANA Supporting documentsThis appendix to the EFN report describes supplemental information re: the Okanagan Tennant method ((including information not included in the main body of the report).Associated Environmental. 2016. Appendix C - Supplemental Information on the Okanagan Tennant Method_x000D_2016Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\OBWB_EFN_May2016_appendixC.pdfüüLowNANA ReportThe University of British Columbia Regime Model (UBCRM) is based on rational regime theory. A feature of the model is that it quantifies the effect of bank vegetation and its effect on channel geometry. Three bank vegetation models can be applied to gravel bed rivers with either noncohesive, cohesive, or composite banks. Simplified dimensionless equations for width and slope derived using the UBCRM are applied to a site on the Coldwater River, British Columbia. Between 1953 and 2003, there were significant land use changes that included riparian and floodplain clearing. The observed widening and steepening can be explained by a reduction in bank strength and that changes in the sediment load, discharge, or grain size do not appear to be significant. Applied correctly, the UBCRM can provide qualitative and quantitative insight into the primary causes of historic disturbance and can serve as an aid in restoration design. Because of the physically based nature of the parameters in the UBCRM, analysis and design are directly linked to fluvial processes including flow resistance, sediment transport, and bank stability.Millar, RG and Eaton, BC. 2011. Bank vegetation, bank strength, and application of the university of British Columbia regime model to stream restoration. In: Stream restoration indynamic fluvial systems: Scientific approaches, analyses and tools. Geophysical Monographs Series 194. American Geophysical Union.2011Coldwater Rivermillar2013.pdfüLowNANA ReportThis report estimates the hydrologic impact of the current and anticipated mountain pine beetle infestation on the Beak Creek WatershedDobson Engineering Ltd. 2005. Beak Creek Watershed: Hydrologic Assessment and ECA Evaluation. Prepared for Riverside Forest Products Ltd.2005Nicola WatershedBeakCreekHydrologicAssessment,Final_1129570558946_0311db8d258045489fbea2d7e4d5714f.pdfüüLowSpecific management recommendations are given on page 16.NA ReportThe purpose of this study was to determine whether the benthic invertebrate community structure changes spatially between small coastal and small interior streams; between small streams versus large rivers; and whether changes in the benthic community are related to the environmental conditions. Kicknet samples and environmental data were collected from three coastal streams, three continental streams and two large rivers (discharge of 781 and 3620 m3/s, respectively). The large river sites had low invertebrate abundance, species richness and diversity, relative to the small streams. The coastal streams had the highest species richness and the continental streams had the highest invertebrate abundance. A number of taxa were specific to each class of stream. Invertebrate abundance decreased with river size, and increased with elevation, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, NO2NO3-N, total Kejldahl nitrogen and percent carbon in suspended solids. water quality, aquatic ecology, aquatic habitat, biological water quality, chemical water qualityReece, PF and Richardson, JS. 2000. Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages of coastal and continental streams and large rivers of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Hydrobiologia 439:77-89.2000Nicola WatershedReece2000.pdfüLowNANA ReportThis report describes surveys for a broodstock program that were conducted in the merrit, douglas lake, and southern interior region of BC. The report identifies specific lakes suitable for broodstock and research purposes.Ashley, KI, Parkinson, E, Tautz, AF. 1986. Broodstock and Research Lake Opportunities in Southern Interior BC. BC Ministry of Environment, Fisheries Project Report No. RD71986Nicola Watershedbib95040.pdfüüüLowThe report recommends a formal directive be writted with regards to the broodstock and research lake program; increase cooperation between the research section and the fish culture section; and begin legal negotations for the use of broodstock lakes.The report recommends additional field surveys of broodstock in lakes identified in the report. Email / communicationsEmail from Rich McCleary to Drew Lejbak and others concerning development of release plans for storage in Chase Creek and Upper Nicola River. Includes notes re: development of TORs.Rich McCleary. 2017. Personal communication2017Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\Can we talk about cost estimate for developing reservoir management release plans .msgüüüMediumNANA ReportGlobal warming is now generally acknowledged to be having widespread impacts on many aspects of water resources including river ice covers in many countries around the world. To determine changes in ice cover regime in a region of BC where river ice cover formation in winter is normal but also problematic in some years due to mechanical breakup of ice covers in mid-winter or freeze-up at high discharges, published Water Survey of Canada data on active gauging stations in the region with more than 30 years of record were investigated to determine ice cover trends. A total of 22 stations on 18 different streams that met the four study criteria of little or no missing data over the annual ice cover period, no changes to gauge location over the period, no major disturbances in the watershed, and having some ice cover in all or nearly all winters were analysed. The 4 indicators of change in annual ice cover ultimately chosen from the readily available published streamflow data were: time from first ice to last ice, longest continuous ice cover duration, date of first ice cover, and date of last ice cover. The data for individual streams showed very weak linear regression correlations between all 4 dependent variables with time over the 30 year period from 1976 to 2005 due to the large variation in the 4 indicators from year to year. However, as a group, they showed clear regional trends: first ice to last ice cover interval is growing shorter (19 support and 1 contrary), longest continuous ice cover duration is getting shorter (22 support), first ice effect day is occurring later (19 support and 3 contrary), and last ice effect day is occurring earlier (16 support and 5 contrary). A look at the same ice cover data for 7 of these 22 stations over periods of record longer than 30 years show the same results for 3 of the 4 indicators.Doyle, PF and Ball, JF. 2008. Changing ice cover regime in southern British Columbia due to changing climate. In: Proceedinsg of the 19th IAHR International Symposium on Ice. Jly 6-11, 2008, Volume 1. International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research, Ice Research & Engineering. p. 51-62.2008Nicola Watershed19th IAHR Ice Symposium-Volume 1-revised.pdfüLowNANA ReportThis report is a cumulative impact assessment of past, present and proposed land-use activities on the stream channels, riparian areas and fisheries resources in the Pennask Creek watershed. This Channel Condition and Prescription Assessment (CCPA) and Riparian Assessment and Prescription Procedure (RAPP) for the Pennask Creek watershed have been prepared for the Pennask Lake Fishing and Game Club. This report is a cumulative impact assessment of past, present and proposed land-use activities on the stream channels, riparian areas and fisheries resources in the Pennask Creek watershed. The intent is to document the effects of each land-use on the watershed, discuss the nature of the effects on the water, riparian and fisheries resources, assess the importance of the effects with respect to overall watershed condition, and discuss any potential restoration opportunities that will enhance or protect the valuable fisheries resource. Proposed forest development plans are reviewed to ensure that proposed forest development will not adversely impact water quality, channel conditions and riparian functions. channel, erosion, sediment, riparianDobson Engineering Ltd. 1999. Channel condition and prescription assessment and riparian assessment and prescription procedure for the Pennask Creek: Final Report. Prepared for Pennask Lake Fish and Game Club.1999Nicola Watershedpennask_ccpa_1999_1169592363719_57e1588a39974dadae32c44e1b21b1ba.pdfüüPennaskMediumSpecific recommendations are given (p29) with respect to protecting high value rainbow trout spawning and rearing habitat.NA Email / communicationsEmail from Watson Engineering to Patrick farmer indicating specific measurements pertaining to the Chapperon Dam.Watson Engineering. 2017. Personal Communication2017Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\Chapperon Dam.msgüLowNANA Supporting documentsEngineering diagrams of the chapperon lake dam.NA.2006Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\06116-14A.pdfüLowNANA ReportThe interim report summarizes work completed to date for the Chapperon Lake Storage Release and Chapperon Creek Stream Flow Plan project, and outlines next steps. This copy includes comments by Rich McCleary.Kala Geosciences Ltd. 2018. CHAPPERON LAKE STORAGE RELEASE PLAN AND CHAPPERON CREEK STREAM FLOW PLAN INTERIM REPORT OF FINDINGS.2018Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\Interim Report - IR17141 030918 CG mccleary and St-Pierre comments2.pdfüüüüMediumNANA ReportSee file Chapperon Lake\Interim Report - IR17141 030918 CG mccleary and St-Pierre comments2.pdfKala Geosciences Ltd. 2018. CHAPPERON LAKE STORAGE RELEASE PLAN AND CHAPPERON CREEK STREAM FLOW PLAN INTERIM REPORT OF FINDINGS.2018Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\Interim Report - IR17141 030918 CG mccleary comments Rich M.pdfüüüüMediumNANA ReportGerry Tonn of Urban Systems Ltd. facilitated the workshop. The report summarizes the discussions that took place around water issues, vision and goals for the future of the Nicola basin, knowledge gaps and next steps. The report includes a list of all the workshop participants, the names of the presenters and the titles of their presentations.Urban Systems Ltd. 2004. Charting our water future: Overview of Workshop Results, December 2004. Prepared for Nicola Watershed Community Round Table.2004Nicola WatershedCharting Our Water Future Wshop.PDFüüüüMediumThe plan recommends establishing a local water management authority; and the preparation of a strategic water management and governance plan.NA ReportThis technical memo reviews potential natural hazards that could affect stormwater infrastructure and stormwater conveyance and disposal.Associated Engineering. 2013. City of Merritt Integrated Stormwater Management Plan Natural Hazards Review. Prepared for the City of Merritt.2013Nicola Watershedintegrated_stormwater_master_plan_part_2.pdfüüLowThe report proposes several technical recommendations, presented on pages 6 and 7NA ReportThis water conservation strategy presents a long term plan for future water conservation in Merritt, including a how-to guide. The report provides an analysis of current water use and costs, and summarizes water conservation to date. The report also includes a summary of water conservation measures, and offers recommendations for the future.Urban Systems. 2003. City of Merritt Water Conservation Strategy Final Report.2003Nicola WatershedMerritt\Merritt Water Conservation Strategy - Fin.pdfüüüüüüHighSpecific water conservation measures are described on page 24 and in table 3. Key strategy recommendations are given on page 30. These are: - establish a water resource advisory committee - determine direction for the program - promote long term committment and continuity - ensure on-going monitoring, evaluation and analysis - quantify information necessary for decision makingNA ReportThis report presents the results of a traditional use and knowledge study pertaining to the proposed trans-mountain expansion pipeline for the Coldwater Indian Band's IR#1. This report documents past, resent, and future uses on IR1, to protect the heritage and values inherent to the Nlaka'pamux people, their traditional lands and culture. 98 people were interviewed, and a total of 3750 site inventory forms were filled out. Much of the content of this report has been redacted. The report concludes that the Coldwater IR1 is still being used by the community for numerous traditional activities, and community members expressed concerns about the building of the pipelines. Community members would like every effort made to mitigate impacts should the pipeline be built.Esh-kn-nam Cultural Resources Management Services. 2015. Coldwater Indian Band Traditional Land Use and Traditional Knowledge Study of Coldwater IR #1 for the Proposed Trans Mountain Expansion Project. Prepared for Coldwater Indian Band.2015Nicola First NationsC78-10-7 - Appendix D - Coldwater TLU and TK Study for Coldwater IR #1 - redacted - A4Q0X1üLowNANA Email / communicationsLetter from the Coldwater indian band to Fern Schultz, Acting Executive Director for the Ministry of Environment, expressing concerns that the rights of the Coldwater Indian band will not be properly considered and addressed in the water act modernization (specifically re Aboriginal priority for water use).Chief Harold Aljam. 2010. Re: Water Act Modernization2010Nicola First NationsColdwater-Indian-Band2.pdfüLowNANA ReportThe overall objectives of this study are to identify and describe the encroachments on the Coldwater River, assess potential impacts on fish habitat and opportunities for rehabilitation, priorize the opportunities, and provide conceptual designs for rehabilitation at high priority sites.Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd. 2002. Coldwater River Encroachment/Confinement Assessment: Kingsvale to Juliet Draft Report. Prepared for Pacific Salmon Foundation.2002Coldwater Rivercoldwaterencroach_1338313078240_c35cdb29e7e68c31c85ae609f23dbd432ed695d71b846237a1.pdfüüMediumThe report presents specific technical recommendations for rehabilitation, from pages 13 to 16.NA ReportThe report identifies and evaluates sites within the Coldwater River watershed that have the potential to create or increase water storage for the purpose of enhancing fisheries habitat for three target fish species (coho, chinook, and steelhead) during low flow periods in the coldwater river. 21 sites were selected, and were ranked using multiple criteria. 8 were ranked Medium or High priority for further investigation (of the 8, cost estimates for earthen dam construction were provided for 5)Summit Environmental Consultants. 2002. Coldwater River Storage Feasibility Study. Prepared for Pacific Salmon Foundation. 20 pp + Appendices2002Coldwater RiverColdwater River Storage Feasibility Study 2002-Summit.pdfüüüMediumNAAdditional analysis needed to determine to what extent the potential flow augmentation identified by the study (a maximum increase of 5% of current Aug-Sep flow at merritt) can mitigate factors that limit productivity of the target fish spp._x000D_ If the above is confirmed, additional investigation into:_x000D_ - minimum flow augmentation required to improve fish production_x000D_ - refine site selection ranking by understanding conflicting land uses and needs_x000D_ ReportThis report presents the results of a combined hydrological and biological study of the Coldwater Valley section of the proposed Hope to Merritt Highway. The objectives which the study was asked to address include: a) To document, in the form of an inventory, the above mentioned hydrological and biologicag resources that could be impacted by the project; b) To provide qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the impacts, both adverse and beneficial, that may be caused by high construction; c) To provide a distinction between short-term impacts (those which last for the contruction period only) and long-term impacts expected from the effect of the highway on the hydrological/biological regime; and d) TO provide mitigative and enhancement strategies where major encroachments or impacts can be expected.McPhail, JD. 1980. Coldwater River Study. BC Ministry of Environment.1980Coldwater RiverMultiple Files. See folder "Coldwater River Study"üüüLowNANA ReportDescribes the current status (and temporal trend) of coho, steelhead, and chinook salmon in the Coldwater River watershed. Describes pressures on the fish, as well as habitat condition. The report describes recovery targets and strategies, a method for monitoring / evaluation, an implementation plan, and finally, recommended recovery plan targets.Nelson, T., Bocking, R., Gaboury, M. 2001. Coldwater River Watershed Salmon Recovery Plan. Prepared for Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund by LGL Limited. 47 pp + Appendices2001Coldwater RiverColdwaterRiverWatershedSalmonRecoveryPlan.pdfüüMedium- continued development pressures that may lead to further damage to riparian habitats and increased demand on water_x000D_ - A water management plan is required to ensure that salmon recovery efforts are not_x000D_ compromised by the lack of sufficient water for salmon and steelhead use._x000D_ - Recommend specific numbers of salmon spawners for species recovery (see pp31). See also pp31 for recommendations for habitat protection_x000D_ - Section 8 describes recommended recovery plan projectsRecommend: _x000D_ - establishing a coho smolt enumeration program (on the coldwater) (this would also track coldwater -> nicola presmolt migration)._x000D_ - expand enumeration program for early run chinook_x000D_ - improve steelhead smolt and adult enumeration_x000D_ - channel and fish habitat assessment for the Coldwater River, and Brook, Voght, and Midday Creeks (as well as temperature, and streamflow gauging) ReportThis study includes an assessment of forestry and fisheries activities in the Coldwater watershed. The project also included surficial soil and geology mapping.Borrett Engineering Inc. 1998. Coldwater Watershed Level 1 - IWAP Assessment. Prepared for Tolko Industries Ltd.1998Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\coldwater_iwap_1998_1164230219582_3a38f0a317a446b78e4bb00a3b894f55.pdfüüMediumThis report recommended a level 2 IWAP due to the hazard index for certain sub-basins being greater than 0.5NA ReportThis report presents the results of a study to develop mentods to determine EFN of okanagan streams - this report describes the technical process, although EFN-setting can be a more deliberative decision making process including multiple sources.Associated Environmental. 2016. Collaborative Development of Methods to Set Environmental Flow Needs in Okanagan Streams_x000D_2016Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\OBWB_EFN_May2016_mainreport.pdfüüüüüLowthe report acknowledges that flows in dry years will drop below EFN values, and recommends, for realtime operational management purposes (not for water licensing purposes), allowing the EFN to drop to match the natural low flow.NA ReportToo much extraction of water (a result of increasing industrial, agricultural, and domestic use ) from streams and lakes has undermined salmon and steelhead production in BC watersheds. The report looks at two drainages in BC that exemplify this issue: The nicola river basin, and the englishman river watershed. In the nicola, extensive withdrawls are largely made by agriculture, and salmon runs have been on the decline for multiple decades. The 1983 Nicola Basin Strategic plan recognized this and proposed proactive management, which in turn reduced further water allocations in the basin (one notable recent example is the development of the Coldwater River Watershed Recovery Plan - which includes habitat and flow protection as goals). The document makes specific recommendations to protect and restore fish flows on the Nicola.Rosenau, Marvin, and Mark Angelo. 2003. Conflicts between People and Fish for Water: Two British Columbia Salmon and Steelhead Rearing Streams in Need of Flows. Prepared for Pacific Fisheries Resource Council2003Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\pfrcc_conflicts_between_people_and_fish_for_water.pdfüüüüüüüüüHighTo protect and restore the Nicola, - establish moratorium on water licensing for diversion or extraction - a review and update of the Nicola Basin Strategic Plan - The development of a hydrological budgeting process throughout the watershed in order to allocate water to fish and agriculture in a fair, transparent and legal manner - the launching of a license-compliance and beneficial-use audit of existing water licenses and water use in the basin - the updating of the flow-release regime which is part of the nicola lake dam operation plan to protect fish and meet appropriate water license requirements - the exploration of opportunities to buy back water licenses for fish and ecosystem values similar to initiatives undertaken in parts of the western united states ReportThis study presents a comprehensive assessment of the coho salmon in the fraser river. They specify two specific objectives that need to be met to achieve recovery.Interior Fraser Coho Recovery Team. 2006. Conservation strategy for coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Interior Fraser River Population. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.2006Nicola Watershed329140.pdfüLowNANA ReportThe report documents the results of sediment core analysis from multiple lakes.Macdonald, R.W., Shaw, D.P., Gray, C.B., 1999. Contaminants in lake sediments and fish. In: Gray, C.B., Tuominen, T. (Eds.), Health of the Fraser River Aquatic Ecosystem. A Synthesis of Research Conducted Under the Fraser River Action Plan, DOE FRAP 1998–11. Environment Canada, Vancouver, BC, pp. 23–45.N.D.Nicola WatershedEn47-119-1999-4-eng.pdfüLowNAThe data base on contaminants in top predator fish in B.C. lakes should be expanded to determine if there are other lakes, like Moose Lake, that exhibit inordinately high concentrations of PCB, toxaphene and DDT. Candidates for a survey should include a variety of lakes with differing hydrological conditions and a diversity of trophic structures. With a sufficient number of lakes, it should be possible to infer the particular lake and drainage basin characteristics that lead to high concentrations in top predators. This predictive capability can then be used to select remote lakes for future fish contaminant surveys. ReportThis report describes the results of stream temperature monitoring from six locations in the nicola river watershed. The report describes how high temperatures will impact fish populations. The report makes recommendations for mitigating water temperatures in the Nicola River.Walthers, LC and Nener, JC. 1997. Continuous water temperature monitoring in the Nicola River, BC, 1994: Implications of high measured temperatures for anadromous salmonids. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2158. Fisheries and Oceans Canada.1997Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\211320.pdfüüüLow- restore riparian vegetation - address educational and financial constraints to change, and enforcement to protect existing riparian vegetation - minimize water withdrawls.- Identify and protect cold water inputs like springs and groundwater streams\ ReportAssesses groundwater resources of Nicola watershed; identifies water producing areas; recommends locations for further investigation.Groundwater Section Water Management Branch Ministry of Environment. 1982. Contribution to Nicola Basin Strategic Environmental Plan.1982Nicola WatershedContribution to Nicola Basin Environmental Plan 1982.pdfüüüüüHighExploratory programs are recommended for the identification of groundwater sources; for areas where it would be an economical source of water.Delineation of aquifers in the nicola watershed is not possible as of publication (1982). _x000D_ Areas at valley bottoms may be able to support drilling for additional water; exploratory drilling is needed to understand water availability. ReportThis report outlines the results of groundwater monitoring that was done for the Craigmont MinesKlohn-Crippen. 1993. Craigmont Mines: Groundwater Monitoring and Supply. Prepared for Craigmont Mines.1993Nicola Watershed23348.PDFüüüLowNANA ReportThis CEA assessses risks to resources values and considers the potential implications for government resource management options. The CEA evaluated the past, present, and forecaseted condition of: Fish Stream Habitat; Moose Populations; Mule Deer Populations; Visual Quality Objectives; Grizzly Bear Populations; and OGMAs (old growth management areas). Watershed condition is also assessed and presented as a hazard model. The fish habitat assessment was limited to the range of salmon and trout at risk. Results indicate significant risk linked to forest clearing adjacent to non-fish bearing streams. Additional threats are characterized. The report provides recommendations.Valdal, Eric J., and Doug W. Lewis. 2015. Cumulative Effects Assessment for the Merritt Operational Trial.2015Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\ce_assessment_for_merritt_8_jan_2016.pdfüüüHighWith regards to fish and stream habitat: - Validate risk assessment with on the ground monitoring. - NRS manage non-fish bearing stream riparian management areas to a 10m buffer (where those streams are connected downstream to fish-bearing reaches) - FLNR extend outcomes of this analysis and watershed assessment procedure to forest licensees and other operators with significant developments within watersheds. - FLNR-MOE to develop region-wide fish habitat management strategy to address the risk to fish habitat including hazards not considered in this assessment (due to data limitations). - FLNR to make risk mapping and e-Guidance available through Front Counter BC. With respect to watershed condition: - FLNR to take actions to validate risk assessment with:  On-the-ground monitoring (in progress by Thompson-Okanagan Integrated Monitoring Team); and  Coordinate targeted sampling with provincial Integrated Monitoring Initiative (e.g., FREP monitoring). - CEA team to develop briefing note for regional executive, to review the implications of the watershed assessment and outcomes of recommendations for policy review and targeted monitoring will be provided. The briefing note will include both fish habitat and watershed assessment outcomes. - FLNR extend outcomes of this analysis and watershed assessment procedure to forest licensees and other operators with significant developments within watersheds. - FLNR to make risk mapping and e-Guidance available through Front Counter BC.NA ReportDescribes risks associated with existing wells that draw from aquifers in merritt. Two test wells were drilled proving high capacity aquifers which are hydrologically connected.BC Groundwater Consulting Services Ltd. 2011. Deep Aquifer Development Program Kengard Production Well Summary Report2011Nicola WatershedAquifers\City of Merritt\Deep Aquifer Development Program -April 2011.pdfüüüMediumPumping the Kengard well will result in leakage from rivers if the surficial aquifer is drawn down; the same will happen if irrigation from the aquifer is increased. Ongoing baseline monitoring should be done to assess the benefits, sustainability, and impacts of using the deep aquifer system. ReportThis report provides a review of current state of knowledge of juvenile salmonid production, exploitation, adult returns and enhancement of coho, Chinook and steelhead stocks of the Nicola/Coldwater system.Mathews, M, Bocking, B, Glova, G and Sampson, T. 2007. Development of an Annual Salmonid Productivity Assessment Program for the Nicola River Watershed. Prepared for Nicola Tribal Association.2007Nicola WatershedFSWP_07_D2_NTA_FINAL_REPORT.pdfüüLowNAKey information gaps needed to be filled for improved management of these stocks include: 1. Improved reliability of wild coho and Chinook smolt population estimates 2. Improved understanding of early life histories (migration and rearing) for Coldwater coho, Chinook and steelhead. 3. Estimates of marine survival of wild coho and Chinook. ReportGuidelines developed to aid in the process of setting instream flows that will protect fish and fish habitat in British Columbia streams. Applicable at the provincial level.Hatfield, T., A. Lewis, D. Ohlson and M. Bradford. 2003. Development of instream flow thresholds as guidelines for reviewing proposed water uses. Report prepared for British Columbia Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, and British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection, Victoria, BC.2003Nicola WatershedDevelopment of instream flow thresholds as guidlines for reviewing proposed water uses Hatfield et al 2003.PDFüüüLow ReportDescribes a mamit lake release plan, including an assessment of environmental / agricultural flow needs, recommended reservoir levels, and a recommendation of releases. Includes references to research that inform recommended flow amounts. A more recent version is file "Mamit Lake\Mamit Lake Release Plan - Mar 2017.docx"Phil Epp. 2016. Draft Mamit Lake Water Release Plan for Agricultural Use and Environmental Flow Needs2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Lake Release Plan - Mar 31.docxüüüüüHighRecommends four Mamit Lake release plans that balance environmental / agricultural needs and meet the conditions of existing agreements. The plans target Low, Moderate Low, Average, and High releasesThe release plan requires testing and validation. ReportThis study presents an environmental overview assessment for a new transmission line to merrit, or the upgrade of an existing transmission line. Potential impacts will be on aquatics, wildlife, vegetation, human environment, heritage resources and contaminants.AMEC Earth and Environmental. 2010.DRAFT: Environmental Overview Assessment, Merritt Area Transmission Project. Prepared for BC Hydro.2010Nicola WatershedMAT_EOA_oct2010.pdfüüüLowNANA ReportThis report presents a summary of a 2011 workshop to discuss eco-health and traditional ecological knowledge to be integrated into the western science scheme of watershed management. The proposed outcomes for the workshop were outlined as follows: • Development of a converging approach from Natural Resources, Environment Health, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge towards healthy watersheds and healthy people • Integrate environment species practices, natural resource management, and social sciences with public health to address the deficiencies in each approach when taken on its own • Create partnerships between First Nations, environmental health offices, watershed managers, and institutionsFraser Basin Council. 2011. Eco-Health, Ecosystems and Watersheds Workshop: Workshop Summary. Fraser Basin Council, Health Canada, Coldwater Indian Band, Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition.2011Nicola WatershedNicola-Eco-Health-Workshop-Summary.pdfüüüLowNANA ReportThis master's thesis assesses how impacts of logging on summertime flows have evolved through time, and the corresponsding impacts on fish habitat. Results indicate that summertime flows were reduced approximately two decades after onset of harvesting and these reductions correspond to decreases in modelled fish habitat. The lag-time between forest harvesting and reductions in flow may be due to regenerating forests that use more water than the mature forests that were there before.Stefan Gronsdahl. 2019. Effects of logging on summertime low flows and fish habitat in small, snowmelt-dominant catchments of the Pacific Northwest. Master's Thesis2018Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\3.pdfüüüüüMediumNAThe thesis suggests a number of follow-up studies to address some of the uncertainties identified by the research. These are presented on page 62. ReportThis summary of key points from the workshop was prepared by WWF‐Canada from detailed notes taken at all presentations, plenary sessions, discussions at the breakout cafes, summaries from the cafes, and question and answer sessions. Comments are not attributed to individuals. The report focuses on how to manage for water scarcity, and how to best protect water values in British Columbia, given many rights and stake holders.WWF Canada and BC Ministry of Environment. 2011. Environmental flows for British Columbia's Proposed Water Sustainability Act: Workshop Report. Proceedings of workshop held November 2011.2011Nicola Watershedenvironmental_flows_bc_water_sustainability_act_workshop.pdfüLowNANA ReportThe problem of assessing pollution in the catchment of the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada, was addressed by using benthic macroinvertebrates to develop a biomonitoring program based on the reference-condition approach to water-quality assessment. The reference condition is represented by groups of minimally disturbed sites organized by selected physical, chemical, and biological characteristics. Potentially impaired sites in the catchment can eventually be compared against the appropriate reference group. Multivariate statistics are used to create the reference groups of macroinvertebrate assemblages, to create the physicalchemical models to predict group membership, and to compare potentially impaired sites with reference groups. Techniques are described for: (1) selecting reference sites; (2) choosing physical, chemical, and biological variables to be measured at each site and the methods of measurement involved; (3) developing the sampling and processing protocols used for benthic macroinvertebrates; (4) creating a family-level predictive model of invertebrate assemblage structure, and testing it with sites exposed to logging, mining, and agricultural disturbances; and (5) choosing appropriate metrics for analysis and interpretation.Rosenberg, DM, Reynoldson, TB and Resh, VH. 1999. Establishing baseline conditions for benthic invertebrate monitoring in the Fraser River Catchment, British Columbia, Canada. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DOE-FRAP 1998-32.1999Nicola Watershed10.1.1.196.5249.pdfüüLowNANA ReportThis pilot study re-evaluated the suitability of the Nicola River Watershed as a candidate for Temperature Sensitive Stream designation under the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA). A temperature sensitive stream is one that has legal requirements for the management of riparian shade to sustain fish species sensitive to stream temperature increases. Based on a literature review, the report proposes that the entire Nicola Watershed is sensitive to stream temperature increases and that fish streams within the watershed should be designated as Temperature Sensitive Streams.Peatt, A. 2013. Evaluating Suitability of a Forest and Range Practices Act Temperature Sensitive Streams Designation for the Nicola River Watershed. Prepared for: British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations2013Nicola WatershedEvaluating Suitability of FRPA Temp Sensitive Streams for Nicola Watershed 2013.pdfüüüHighTSS designation under FRPA for all streams in the Nicola watershed ReportTo gain a better understanding of conditions, problems, and needs at the Upper Nicola watershed level, basically to include assessments and action plans from throughout the Upper Nicola Watershed Basin. Based on geographic representation, as well as thoroughness and availability of materials, documents from the Upper Nicola watersheds to be reviewed. In the following a summary statement which can be crafted for a given in this case Nicola watershed in the following categories: Overview, Habitat Condition, Major Problems, and High Priority Needs. Common categories of concern emerged during the review, and information on priority need is further organized into broad categories as give below. Note the conservation and restoration themes.Saddleman, G. 2014. Evaluation of Upper Nicola Watershed Assessments – Policy Statement. Prepared for Upper Nicola Band Chief/Council and Technical Experts2014Nicola Watershed1st Draft Document 2014.docxüüüMediumConfidential - See DocumentConfidential - See Document ReportThis report summarizes the findings of a study carried out by Summit Environmental Consultants in the latter half of 2006. The goal of the study was to determine as accurately as possible current and future demand for water in the Nicola watershed. The objectives were to a) quantify current (2006) water demand by sub-basin and sector on an annual, monthly and weekly basis (August and September); b) compare water demands with licensed quantities in the watershed in order to identify potential water licensing issues; c) evaluate irrigation efficiency in the watershed; d) develop future projections of water demand by sector and sub-basin taking into account three different growth and climate change scenarios. Actual water use data was not readily available. Therefore, the report provides only estimates of water demand and water use. Future projections of water demand using three different scenarios are provided for 2020 and 2050.Summit Environmental Consultants Ltd. 2007. Final Report: Nicola River Watershed - Present Demand and Future Water Demand Study. Prepared for Nicola Watershed Community Round Table.2007Nicola Watershed4660102FinalReportJune1907.pdfüüüMediumTo refine estimates on demand: - obtain higher quality population, land use, and water use information - refine estimates and distrubtution of land use and population in the watershed - encourage city of merritt to record customer water use - encourage universal format for metering and a central data warehous - refine irrigation demand estimatesNA ReportThis report describes important waterbodies and watercourses for the Coldwater Indian Band. The report summarizes water allocations to the band, and also describes how water rights of the band have been determined, historically, and to the present, with respect to the important waterbodies and water courses. The report includs records of minutes of decisions, licenses, permits, stream register reports, water survey of canada records, groundwater records, and other water records.Babcock, Kelly 2000. First Nations Water Rights in British Columbia: A historical summary of the rights of Coldwater Firest Nation Band2000Nicola First Nationsbib88499.pdfüüüLowNANA ReportThis report describes important waterbodies and watercourses for the Lower Nicola Indian Band. The report summarizes water allocations to the band, and also describes how water rights of the band have been determined, historically, and to the present, with respect to the important waterbodies and water courses. The report includs records of minutes of decisions, licenses, permits, stream register reports, water survey of canada records, groundwater records, and other water records.Babcock, Kelly 2000. First Nations Water Rights in British Columbia: A historical summary of the rights of Lower Nicola Indian Band2000Nicola First Nationsbib88480-1.pdfüüüLowNANA ReportThis report describes important waterbodies and watercourses for the Nooaitch Band. The report summarizes water allocations to the band, and also describes how water rights of the band have been determined, historically, and to the present, with respect to the important waterbodies and water courses. The report includs records of minutes of decisions, and order in councils, licenses, permits, streeam register reports, water survey of canada records, groundwater records, and other water records.Mogus, Diniela. 2000. First Nations Water Rights in British Columbia: A historical summary of the rights of Nooaitch Indian Band2000Nicola First Nationsbib88380-1.pdfüüüLowNANA ReportThis report describes important waterbodies and watercourses for the Shackan Indian Band. The report summarizes water allocations to the band, and also describes how water rights of the band have been determined, historically, and to the present, with respect to the important waterbodies and water courses. The report includs records of minutes of decisions, licenses, permits, stream register reports, water survey of canada records, groundwater records, and other water records.Mogus, Diniela and Rachel Abrams 2000. First Nations Water Rights in British Columbia: A historical summary of the rights of Shackan Indian Band2000Nicola First Nationsbib88455.pdfüüüLowNANA ReportThis report describes important waterbodies and watercourses for the Upper Nicola Indian Band. The report summarizes water allocations to the band, and also describes how water rights of the band have been determined, historically, and to the present, with respect to the important waterbodies and water courses. The report includs records of minutes of decisions, licenses, permits, stream register reports, water survey of canada records, groundwater records, and other water records.Mogus, Daniela 2000. First Nations Water Rights in British Columbia: A historical summary of the rights of Upper Nicola Indian Band2000Nicola First Nationsbib88814.pdfüüüLowNANA ReportWildstone Resources Ltd. was contracted by Gorman Brothers Lumber Ltd. in partnership with the Lower Similkameen Indian Band (LSIB) to undertake Operational Fish and Fish Habitat Inventories. The data collected will be used to provide watershed level fish distribution and fish habitat characteristics and to guide resource management decisions within the study area. In order to meet the requirements of the Forest Practices Code (FPC) information was gathered to recommend stream classification for reaches surveyed.Wildstone Resources Ltd. 1997. Fish and Fish Habitat Operational Inventory, 1996. Prepared for Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd.1997Nicola WatershedFFHOI Gorman Bros 1997.pdfüüMediumNANA Email / communicationsEmail containing links to two PDFs. The first is a study about using FLIR on the coldwater river; the second is about FLIR's use in rivers.Bruce McFarlane, 2016. Personal communication2016Coldwater RiverFLIR on the coldwater.msgüLowhttp://www.hydroweb.com/jeh/jeh2004/rayne.pdf_x000D_ http://faculty.washington.edu/cet6/pub/Handcock_etal_2012.pdf ReportThis is a summary report on a public forum that was held in Merritt on February 21, 2004. The report includes the list of participants, speakers and presenters and their presentations, and a summary of the question and answer period that followed.Nicola Watershed Community Round Table. 2004. Forum on water - Water: Is there enough for everybody? A summary report from the water forum. Nicola Watershed Community Round Table.2004Nicola WatershedFebruary 2004 Water Workshop.pdfüüüüüüüüLowNANA ReportSummary of a workshop with Nicola stakeholders concerning hydrological changes caused by the MPB, impacts, and responses.Simpson, MA. 2011. Fostering collaborative responses to hydrological changes in the Nicola Watershed: Summary of a workshop. Environment Canada, Fraser Basin Council and Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition.2011Nicola Watershedtr_workshop_summary_nicola_hydrology_2011.pdfüüüüüMediumParticipants called for improved collaborative, proactive watershed planningParticipants identified the need to better study: Aquifer supply and demand Water quality Effect of MPB harvesting on groundwater, drinking water Health of the ecosystem ReportFor this study for the Fraser River Action Plan, a basin wide study of resident fish tissue contaminant levels was conducted, along with an assessment of fish health (adult peamouth chub, adult mountain whitefish, and juvenile starry flounder). The study looked at levels of contamination in fish species, and evaluated fish condition.Raymond, BA et al. 2001. Fraser River Action Plan: Resident Fish Contaminant and Health Assessment. Environment Canada.2001Nicola Watershed261090.pdfüüLowNANA ReportThis report presents a water quality plan for the fraser river basin. The report documents impacts to fraser river tributaries, including agriculture, domestic water use, pulp and sewage, and high summer temperatures. The report provides recommendations to address existing problems and prevent further deterioration of water quality.Nener, JC and Wernick, BG. 1998. Fraser River Basin Strategic Water Quality Plan, Thompson River Sub-Basin: North Thompson, South Thompson, Shuswap, and Thompson-Nicola habitat management areas. Fisheries and Oceans Canada.1998Nicola Watershed254050 Main report.pdfüüüMediumAn extensive list of recommended actions are described in chapter 7.NA ReportIn British Columbia, and elsewhere, water managers are faced with the challenge of balancing competing demands for water. Limits in supply or high demand create situations of water scarcity where not enough water is available for both human (out-of-stream) and ecological (instream) needs. As well, governing laws, institutions, or managers often do not to recognize that instream needs have a prior, or at least equal, right to water comparable to other users. In some situations water is allocated to out-of-stream users first, with instream needs being an afterthought or only if excess water exists. Current trends in B.C. suggest that balancing needs for water will become increasingly difficult in the future: the population is growing; rates of water consumption are among the highest in the country and the world; water use is currently in conflict with instream needs in many locations; climate change is increasing water scarcity; and populations of freshwater reliant fish species, such as Pacific salmon, are in decline.Nelitz, M., T. Douglas, and M. Rutherford. 2009. Freshwater for Fish and People: Moving Towards “Living Water Smart”. Vancouver, BC: Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council.2009Nicola Watershed340433.pdfüLowNANA Email / communicationsIncludes an attachement, saved as "Chapperon Lake\Scan_20181109.pdf" - see that document for details.Kim DeRose. 2018. Personal Communication2018Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\FW Chapperon Lake Staff Gauge - Letter Nov14 2018.msgLowNANA ReportThis report presents the results of the drilling of a test-production well in the Nicola Lake. The report discusses the potential effects of drought on the well's water levels.Erdmand R.B. and H.W. Reed. 1976. Gorundwater Development. Nicola Lake I.R.#1 (Quilchena)1976Nicola WatershedGroundwater Development Nicola Lake IR1 1976.pdfüüLowThe report includes recommendations on the preferable pumping rate to avoid over-pumpingWhat is current use of groundatwer in the watershed? Email / communicationsEmail from Phil Epp to Patrick Farmer with calculations of lowest 7-day flow per year, at three stations (Guichon above Tunkwa Diversion, Guichon at Mouth, Guichon below Mamit lake). The message contains excel spreadsheets with Phil Epp's calculations. The tables also include 1 in 5 year seven day low flows for each station.Phil Epp, 2016. Personal communication2016Guichon CreekGuichon 7 day low flow data.msgüLowNANA ReportAn IWAP was completed for the Guichon Creek. This involves assessing watershed condition including hazard indices and developing recommendations to restore past environmental damage and mitigate future damage.Integrated Woods Services Ltd. 1997. Guichon Creek Community Watershed Level 1 Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure. Prepared for Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., Savona Division1997Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\guichon_iwapL1_1997_1168542665490_9821d7ec30834553be30e16da7281a0f.pdfüüMediumThis report recommends additional studies to assess the watershed conditions; minimize harvesting and road constructions on erodible soils; recommends specific restoration activities (table 3); deactivate as many roads as possible.NA ReportSwift, K and Scherer, R. 2001. Highland Valley Copper Corporation valley pit dewatering projet: public stakeholder needs assessment. FORREX File Report 01-8.2001Nicola WatershedFile not available.üüüüGuichon CreekNANANA ReportVolume Two (this volume) describes site specific impacts of proposed highways, and a site-by site description of recommended mitigating measures.Harding, E., Kellerhals, R., Miles, M. 1981. Hydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River Volume Two Concerns and Mitigation Recommendations. Kellerhals Engineering Services Ltd.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\Hyrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River.pdfüüüLowNANA ReportAs part of the Fraser River Environmental Sustainability Task Force, this report documents a study on the conditions of streams for salmon in the Thompson River Habitat Management Units. Some streams in the Thompson-Nicola HMA have low flow problems in summer. Several sub-watersheds have had 20 to 40% of the area logged.Rood, K.M. and R.E. Hamilton. 1995. Hydrology and water use for salmon streams in the Thompson River Watershed, British Columbia. Can. Manuscr. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2297: 164 pp.1995Nicola WatershedHydrology and Water Use for Salmon Streams in the Thompson River Watershed Rood and Hamilton 1995.pdfüüMediumThe study recommends improving stream flow measurement ReportIncludes revised runoff calculations for Guichon Creek tributaries (for various recurrence intervals), updated as a result of the proposed Melba-Walloper Creek ditch diversion. The report revises regional runoff-elevation curves with new data.Obedkoff, W. 1987. Hydrology Section Report: Guichon Creek. British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Parks, Water Management Branch1987Guichon Creekguichon_creek_hydrology_1987.pdfüüüGuichon CreekLowMelba and Walloper Creek gauges should be re-established with continuous operation recorders for a 2 or 3 year period.Uncertain runoff estimates for the proposed (at the time) Melba-Walloper Creek diversion due to inadequate records and its location on the boundary of different hydrological regions. Quantitative DataHydrometric data for Pennask LakeToft, GT. 1972. Hydrometric Data - Pennask Lake. BC Ministry of Environment.1972Nicola WatershedHydrometric_Pennask_1346509787358_e7fa27104da7369b5e5f42f9068bb52f6d5c58e3ee1bbd9b.pdfüLowNANA ReportThis report presents an evaluation of steelhead status, investigates causes for the decline, the effectiveness of management tools and prospects for recovery.Levy, David, and Eric Parkinson. 2014. Independent Review of the Science and Management of Thompson River Steelhead. Prepared for the Thompson Steelhead Technical Subcommittee c/o Cook's Ferry Indian Band, Spences Bridge, BC. 104p.2014Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\ThompsonSteelheadIndependentReviewFinalMarch2014.pdfüüMedium- Develop a coordinated joint management objective between First Nations, DFO, and BC. - hold a technical workshop to address the findings of this report - evaluate water and habitat in the Nicola basin - Improve (make more efficient) water usage in the Thompson - Revitalize First Nations Traditional Fisheries - Integrate steelhead with salmon recovery planning - Involve First Nations in Steelhead management and planningDevelop a better understanding of the following unknowns: 1) the number of steelhead produced by rainbows, 2) the number of rainbows, 3) the number of rainbows produced by steelhead, and 4) the relative number of steelhead and rainbow parr. ReportThis situation analysis is one of nine documents that will make up the integrated silviculture strategy. It describes the status of resources within the Merritt TSA and the issues that affect their sustainable use.Forsite Consultants Ltd. 2015. Integrated Silviculture Strategy for the Merritt TSA. Prepared for BC Ministry of Forest, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations2015Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\dsc_situation_analysis_20151125.pdfüüüüüüüüMediumIn the report it is mentioned that climate change is now a core component of all stages of FLNR's planning.NA Supporting documentsSchematic representation of the watershed with tributaries, lakes and hydrometric stationsN.D.Nicola WatershedSchematic of Nicola Watershed rev5.pdfüHigh ReportThe report assesses the cumulative hydrological impact of historical and proposed forest harvesting in the watershed. Hydrological impact categories include peak flows (peak flows are buffered by lower ECA), sediment sources, riparian conditions. Recommendations are provided to mitigate hydrologic hazards and concerns with proposed harvesting.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 2002. Interior Watershed Assessment of Brook Creek. Prepared for Tolko Industries Ltd., Nicola Valley Division.2002Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\brook_iwap_2002_1165598318666_affd1712ccce4c03acbcff3c6478ca41.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts.NA ReportThe report assesses the cumulative hydrological impact of historical and proposed forest harvesting in the watershed. Hydrological impact categories include peak flows (peak flows are buffered by lower ECA), sediment sources, riparian conditions. Recommendations are provided to mitigate hydrologic hazards and concerns with proposed harvesting.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 2002. Interior Watershed Assessment of Kwinshatin and Skuagam. Prepared for Tolko Industries Ltd., Nicola Valley Division.2002Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\kwinshatin_hydrol_2002_1170266657966_e9713a99973a45ecaf9b86a1fe816b99.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts.NA ReportTechnical memorandum submitted by Ecospace to Nicola River Stakeholders on the Sensitive Habitat Inventory and Mapping (SHIM) and Aquatic Habitat Index (AHI) studies conducted for the Nicola River. The memo asks for review of the proposed logic and the associated rank values for respective habitats and bank and channel form/condition.ECOSPACE Environmental Consultants Ltd. 2016. Technical Memorandum. Invitation for input on the Nicola River Aquatic Habitat Index Ranking System2016Nicola WatershedNicola River Aquatic Habitat Index Memo 2016.pdfüüHighConfirm current understanding of aquatic habitats status in the watershed ReportThis report describes the ecology of juvenile chinook salmon and rainbow trout in the nicola river.Lauzier, RB and Levings, CD. 1991. Juvenile chinook salmon (Oncohynchus tshawytscha) and rainbow trout (Oncohynchus mykiss) in the Nicola River Watershed, British Columbia. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Fisheries and Oceans Canada.1991Nicola Watershed328055.pdfüüLowNANA ReportMany off-channel and mainstem riparian fish habitat restoration projects have been completed in the British Columbia Interior to restore endangered Interior Fraser coho salmon. However, there has been little assessment of the productivity and success of these projects. This study assessed the utilization by juvenile salmonids of various habitat restoration projects and techniques during the critical rearing periods of summer (early August to early September 2001), fall (late September to late October 2001) and winter (January and February 2002), with a focus on offchannel habitat utilization.Pehl, D. 2009. Juvenile salmonid utilization of selected habitat restoration projects in southern interior British Columbia. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2868.2009Nicola Watershed337086.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsLetter describes minimum flows for fisheries resource on Guichon Creek at mouth, for each month of the year.Unknown1986Guichon CreekMamit Lake\1432 A. Zackodnik 1986 Letter.pdfüMediumNANA ReportThis report is an assessment of 200km of non status roads to identify potential risk re landslides, surface erosion, and excess sediment production, with potential impacts to fish habitat, and qater quality.Forsite Consultants Ltd. 2010. Logan Lake Community Forest Road Risk Analysis. Foresite Consutants Ltd.2010Nicola WatershedLBIP_9122002a.pdfüüLowThe report recommends further study along chartrand creek. The report also recommends a detailed study of the stream inventory of the community forest.NA ReportReport on the outcomes of a FLIR imaging exercise on the coldwater river. Demonstrates the usefulness of FLIR, as well as advantages and limitations of its use.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 2001. Low Altitude Thermal Imaging of the Coldwater River.2001Coldwater RiverLow Altitude Thermal Imaging of the Coldwater River-Henderson Environmental 2001.pdfüLowNANA ReportThe report summarizes the results of flow monitoring for sensitive streams in the thompson watershed. The report summarizes biophysical impacts observed by field staff. The report contains recommendations that, hopefully if implemented , will begin to lay the foundation to make decisions on water allocation based on sustainable use that respects the needs of all users.Pehl, D. 2004. Low flows in high value fish streams - Thompson Basin, 2003. Report to Fisheries and Oceans Canada.2004Nicola Watershed329186.pdfüüLowThe report recommends the use of media, and working with stewardship to improve stream temperature monitoring.NA ReportStudy on the groundwater budget for the area encompassing the unconfined aquifers in the Lower Nicola Valley. The purpose of developing a water budget is to better understand the aquifer system to assist provincial regulators in allocating or managing groundwater extraction in the study area. The province wishes to allocate groundwater licences in a manner that reduces the potential for long-term groundwater level declines in the aquifers and protects base flow in the Nicola River.Golder Associates. 2016. Lower Nicola Valley Groundwater Budget2016Nicola WatershedLower Nicola Valley Groundwater Budget Golder 2016.pdfüLower NicolaMediumActivate hydrometric stations, establish observation wells, refine estimates of upland precipitation, etc. Email / communicationsEmail from Phil Epp to Hyrum Peterson, Rich McCleary and Patrick Farmer announcing an update of the Mamit Rules Balance, as of Jan 4 2017. Includes attachments "Mamit Lake\Dam operation\Mamit Rules Balance - Revised Jan 4, 2017.xlsx" And "Mamit Lake\Dam operation\Mamit Rules Balance - Dec 31, 2016.xlsx" (the former being the newer version).See email thread…2017Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Dam operation\Mamit Guichon Update.msgüüüüüLowNANA Supporting documentsOld PDF of Mamit lake bathymetry. Survey done 1978, map produced 1979. Also includes statistics pertaining to hydrology (elevation, volume, etc) of Mamit LakeUnknown1979Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Lake Batho.pdfüLowNANA Email / communicationsEmail communication between Chelsea Werrun (BC FLRORD), Richard Bailey (DFO), Patrick Farmer (BC FLNRORD), Doug Edwards (DFO) and others. - The meeting was not well attended. - Water users on the coldwater do not believe that they have the impact on river flows that the government is suggesting that they do. - Extensive discussion of flow effects on various salmon spp on the nicola/guichon including interaction with wells/withdrawls, dams, etc. - Recommend Reading.Patrick Farmer, Doug Edwards, 2016. Personal communication2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Dam operation\Mamit Lake Guichon Creek release info from DFO.msgüüüüüüüMedium- Need to locate problematic beaver dams and ensure fish passage._x000D_ - could revise fall Guichon flows upwards to accomodate fish_x000D_ - historically there has been inefficient use of water by agriculture along the Guichon resulting in fish kills due to low flows - this is a concernRe: the guichon, noticed a congregation of chinook at the confluence of guichon and nicola, following increased flows and reduced temperatures on the guichon. Need to determine if this was a fluke observation or part of pattern. Supporting documentsVery short list of discussion topics for the Mamit Lake Guichon Creek Stakeholder Water Licence Holder Meeting June 8th 2016 - primarily on the topic of water restrictions due to drought.Unknown2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\June 8th Mamit Lake presentation.docxüüüLowNANA ReportDescribes a mamit lake release plan, including an assessment of environmental / agricultural flow needs, recommended reservoir levels, and a recommendation of releases. Includes references to research that inform recommended flow amounts. A more recent version is file "Mamit Lake\Mamit Lake Release Plan - Mar 2017.docx"Phil Epp. 2017. Mamit Lake Water Release Plan for Agricultural Use and Environmental Flow Needs2017Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Lake Release Plan - Mar 31.docxüüüüüHighRecommends four Mamit Lake release plans that balance environmental / agricultural needs and meet the conditions of existing agreements. The plans target Low, Moderate Low, Average, and High releasesThe release plan requires testing and validation. Supporting documentsDescribes a mamit lake release plan, including an assessment of environmental / agricultural flow needs, recommended reservoir levels, and a recommendation of releases. Includes references to research that inform recommended flow amounts.Phil Epp. 2017. Mamit Lake Water Release Plan for Agricultural Use and Environmental Flow Needs2017Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Dam operation\Mamit Lake Release Plan - Mar 2017.docxüüüüüHighRecommends four Mamit Lake release plans that balance environmental / agricultural needs and meet the conditions of existing agreements. The plans target Low, Moderate Low, Average, and High releasesThe release plan requires testing and validation. ReportThe thermal mapping conducted as part of this project was effective in identifying some high potential thermal refugia for fish in the Nicola River;Willms, T., and Whitworth, G., (2017). Mapping of critical summer thermal refuge habitats for chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead and bull trout in the Nicola River Watershed – 2016. Report prepared for the Fraser Basin Council2017Nicola Watershednicola_thermal_mapping_2016.pdfüüMedium- future studies need to incorporate broader ecosystem interactions - there is a need to know where groundwater-surface water interactions occurred - there is a need for information on how to better manage fisheries and water resources with respect to cumulative effects, climate change, water withdrawal, forestry effects to watersheds, and broader aquatic ecosystem management - How adverse are the ecological effects of high temperature regimes? Supporting documentsMaps which accompany "Willms, T., and Whitworth, G., (2017). Mapping of critical summer thermal refuge habitats for chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead and bull trout in the Nicola River Watershed – 2016. Report prepared for the Fraser Basin Council"Willms, T., and Whitworth, G., (2017). Mapping of critical summer thermal refuge habitats for chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead and bull trout in the Nicola River Watershed – 2016. Report prepared for the Fraser Basin Council2017Nicola Watershedauv_tir_map_nicola2016_150ppi.pdfüü Email / communicationsEmail from Shane Stockwell to Sarah Simon and others at FLNRO, with a dam site inspection and photos that show the state of the dam and surrounding areas.See email thread…2018Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\20180522\May 22 Nicola Dam Surveillance Report.msgüLowNANA ReportThe content of this Forest Stewardship Plan is determined by the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Forest Planning and Practices Regulation. This FSP includes • Twenty-nine (29) Forest Development Units which are broad areas within which timber harvesting and road construction activities may occur during the term of the plan. • A result or strategy for each forest management objective government has established that applies to the FDU. These objectives address the conservation of soils, timber, wildlife habitat, riparian areas, biodiversity (including maintenance of old growth, limits on cutblock size, limits on adjacency of cutblocks and retention of wildlife trees), cultural heritage resources, visual quality and recreation site. Each result must be achieved and each strategy carried out in accordance with the FSP. • Requirements for growing new forests that apply to the cutblocks that are subject to this FSP. • Measures that must be taken to prevent the introduction and spread of invasive plants, and to mitigate the effects of breaching natural range barriers.BC Timber Sales 2017. Merrritt/Lillooet Timber Supply Area Forest Stewardship Plan.2017Nicola WatershedBCTS-Cascades-FSP-PUBLIC-DRAFT-2017.pdfüLowNANA Quantitative DataMoore creek freshet runoff estimatesObedkoff, W. 1989. Moore Creek - Water Supply - Freshet Runoff Estimates. BC Ministry of Environment.1989Nicola Watershedmoore_creek_runoff_1989_1206047597898_8e248a68ce5d35541fce513493aaa34f7eb2d112d2b.pdfüLowNANA ReportReport summarizing the environmental monitoring of 15 in-stream projects that were implemented to restore salmonids habitat following the damage done by major flooding events in 1990 and 1991. Rivers: Nicola, Coldwater, Bonaparte.Maricle & Associates. 1991. Flood Assessment/Monitoring of Fisheries Concerns in the South-Central Interior British Columbia Spius Creek, Coldwater, Nicola and Bonaparte Rivers1991Nicola WatershedFlood Assessment _ Monitoring Nicola Spius Coldwater 1991.pdfüSpius CreekLow Spatial dataSeries of maps and some graphs developed for the Nicola Water Use Management PlanN.A.1998Nicola WatershedFigures for Surface and Groundwater Supply and Interaction Study 1998.pdfLow Email / communicationsChat between Patrick Farmer and Bruce McFarlane. Bruce gives thoughts about impact of gravel / bank erosion on the coldwater river.Bruce McFarlane, Patrick Farmer 2016. Personal communication2016Coldwater RiverMissed conversation with McFarlane Bruce E FLNR EX.msgüüLowSee message.NA Email / communicationsEmail between Doug Edwards, Richard Bailey, and Patrick Farmer, regarding purposes of Mamit Lake releases and Guichon Creek Flows. See email for more details.See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Dam operation\Mamit Lake water release plan DFO perspective Doug Edwards and Richard Bailey.msgüüüüMediumNAFLIR work is required to identify hyporheic areas;_x000D_ Need more science to understand salmon use of the guichon. Email / communicationsEmail discussion (between a water user - ranch - and a Licenced Water Authorizations Officer) on water storage licensing.N.A.2016Nicola WatershedRe Nicola Dam information discussion.msgüLow Email / communicationsDiscussion on the schematic (tributaries and licenses) of the watershed. An attachement (the schematic) is discussed but not attached to the email.N.A.2016Nicola WatershedRE Schematic of Nicola Watershed.msgüMediumSome clarifications on the state of knowledge about water licenses in the watershed Email / communicationsThis email from Neil Todd (Nicolatribal.org) discusses impacts (Chinook redd scouring) of flow ramping on Chinook fry at the outflow of the Nicola Dam2017Nicola Watershedfield investigation below Nicola Dam chinook fry.msgüüHighLack of reliable information regarding incubating water temperatures/ATUs and timing of emergence re: Chinook fry/ramping effects Email / communicationsEmail from Rich McCleary to Hyrum Peterson and Alison Cisco (both LNIB) and others at FLNRO. Rich is informing Hyrum and others re: a release plan to accommodate fish needs over the winter, to the freshet.Rich McCleary. 2018. Personal communication2018Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Dam operation\Mamit Lake Levels and Minor Change in Release.msgüüüüLowNANA PhotosRiver view (unknown location)2018Nicola Watershed2018-06-01 09.56.07.jpgLow PhotosRiver view (unknown location)2018Nicola Watershed2018-06-01 09.56.12.jpgLow Quantitative dataSpreadsheet - unclear what the contents describe.Unknown.N.D.Coldwater RiverFlow Exceedance.xlsxüLowNANA Spatial dataMap with the watershed boundaries and the polygons of the First Nations reserves and the agricultural land reserves. Nicola Freshwater ProposalN.D.Nicola WatershedNicola_River_Watershed_Map.pdfLow PhotosN.D.Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\IMG_1879.JPG ReportReport on the Timber Supply Area by MIRR.MIRRN.D.Nicola WatershedFile not available. NOTE: Mike Simpson (FBC) is not in posession of this report; and I (Andrew Thompson) was unable to locate such a report online.NA ReportBurbot study funded by HCTF, still being worked onFLNRORD - Andy MorrisN.D.Nicola WatershedFile not available. Not yet completeNA ReportWater budget studies - variousvariousN.D.Nicola WatershedFile not available.NA ReportIce Forecasting on the Coldwater RiverDoyle and CostertonN.D.Nicola WatershedFile not available. NOTE: Mike Simpson (FBC) is not in posession of this report; and I (Andrew Thompson) was unable to locate such a report online.NA ReportWater Stewardship PlanN.D.Nicola First NationsFile not available (confidential).üNAPrivate Report. ReportLand Use StudyN.D.Nicola First NationsFile not available (confidential).üNAPrivate Report. ReportCommunity PlanN.D.Nicola First NationsFile not available (confidential).üNAPrivate Report. ReportUpper Nicola Band Traditional Land Use StudyN.D.Nicola First NationsCannot LocateNANadia Joe stated that she would provide this to us but it was not attached. Supporting documentsSummary in table format of a scoping exercise completed by a working group (Rich McCleary, Ryan Whitehouse, Bruce McFarlane, Skye Thomson, Andrew Petersen, Nicole Pyett, Patrick Farmer)N.A.N.D.Nicola WatershedScoping Assessment - WSA Pilot - Nicola River.docxüüüüüüüüüüüüüHighThis note summarizes past actions taken and proposed future actions for a number of issuesGW/SW interactions outside City of Merritt; Aquifer characterization; Baseflow for Nicola River; Environmental Flow Needs within the Watershed; Critical Flow Need verification ReportSummit 2018 water use (more surface water licensed than being used)NAFile not available.NA ReportNicola Dam Water Use Plan, recent.NAFile not available.NA ReportSpecific area plans (re: wild salmon policy implementation plan).NAFile not available.NA ReportRecovery plans for COSEWIC initiatives.NAFile not available.NA ReportThis article describes the effects of freeze up and breakup on chinook and steelhead salmon (including on eggs) on the nicola river.Doyle, PF, Kosakoski, GT and Costerton, RW. 1993. Negative effects of freeze-up and breakup on fish in the Nicola River. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Environmental Aspects of River Ice.1993Nicola WatershedDoyle_et_al_1993.pdfüüüMediumNANA ReportA web-based Nicola Water Management Tool (NWMT) is proposed for in-season real time operations of weekly release schedules for Nicola Lake Dam. The use of such a tool will enable a sea change in transparency surrounding the operation of Nicola Lake Dam, catalyze cooperation and improved communication, and accelerate joint education of both water and fisheries managers regarding trade-offs amongst objectives and the science and values that underpin them. ... Representatives from Federal and Provincial government, the City of Merritt, First Nations, the Fraser Basin Council and ESSA met in Merritt on June 18th 2014 to discuss options for developing a water and fish management decision support tool to aid Nicola Lake Dam operators and water users better manage flows to benefit anadromous salmon populations while balancing water use needs and resident fish. ... A prospectus for the project was provided August 18th 2014, which led to preliminary design work and a scoping meeting on November 3rd 2014 to begin to: (1) determine priorities for what species and water use attributes should be considered by the tool; and (2) identify data needs and scientific gaps to be overcome in order to create a prototype tool. Subsequently, a conceptual design workshop was held February 17-18th 2015 to consult with a broader range of technical experts on NWMT submodel components and decide on priorities for tool development. This draft design document reflects the information gathered at the February 2015 workshop.Alexander, C.A.D. and F. Poulsen. 2015. Nicola Basin Fish/Water Management Tool: Phase 1 Conceptual Design (DRAFT). Prepared for the Fraser Basin Council Society, Kamloops BC. 94 pp. + Appendix2015NWMTNWMT Design Document - March 31 2016.pdfüüüüüHigh ReportThe Nicola Water Management Tool (NWMT) is a web-based multi-user tool for in-season real time operations of weekly release schedules for Nicola Lake Dam. As demonstrated in the Okanagan (Hyatt et al. 2015), the use of such a tool facilitates transparency surrounding the operation of Nicola Lake Dam, catalyzes cooperation and improved communication, and accelerates joint education of both water and fisheries managers regarding trade-offs amongst objectives and the science and values that underpin them. This Record of Design document describes the models and analyses that were used to develop the NWMT.Alexander, C.A.D. F. Poulsen, and B.O. Ma 2018. Nicola Basin Fish/Water Management ToolRecord of Design. Prepared for the Fraser Basin Council Society, Kamloops BC. 94 pp. + Appendix2018NWMTNWMT Record of Design v0.61 - CLEAN.pdfüüüüüHigh ReportOne of 40 basin plans prepared at the time by the Ministry of Environment; meant to provide guidance in the allocation and management of natural resources, including water. Problems: water allocation in dry years, flooding around Nicola Lake and the Nicola River downstream to Merritt. Production of anadromous fish well beyond potential; inadequte instream flows in some streams (Guichon and Upper Nicola) impact on salmon and steelhead productivity. Water quality problems: sewage (Merritt), cattle operations. The report includes a diagnosis of the situation on water supply and demand per sub-basin.Planning and Assessment Branch and Thompson-Nicola Region - Ministry of Environment. 1983, Nicola Basin Strategic Plan. Summary Document.1983Nicola WatershedNicola Basin Strategic Plan Summary-MOE 1983.pdfüüüüüüüüüüHighThe report includes a proposed Water Management Strategy with guidelines for future water allocation; water management targets (withdrawals and storage) for each sub-watershed, minimum instream flows for Middle Nicola, Coldwater confluence with Spius, and Lower Nicola, where most of anadromous fishery is produced.Diaganosis of water resources problems - would be interesting to compare with current situation ReportThis report presents an action plan, including short term management recommendations to address invasive species like the eurasian watermilfoil, water quality, foreshore development, and recreation, for the nicola lake and the immediate foreshore. The report also includes a bibliography of documents pertaining to nicola lake.Fraser Basin Council. 2013. Nicola Lake Action Plan.2013Nicola Watershednicola_lake_plan_june-20-2013.pdfüüMediumThe report recommends specific actions to control invasive species in Nicola Lake, and improve water quality in Nicola Lake. Recommendations include - An inventory of Eurasian Watermilfoil - Delineate management areas for invasive control - Explore drawdown of lake to control eurasian watermilfoil - continue water quality sampling on the lake. Supporting documentsCross sections of specified areas of nicola lakeUnknown1985Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Cross sections of fill site in district lot 195 1991.pdfüüüLowNANA ReportThe report summarizes Foreshore Inventory and Mapping (FIM) to determine the effects of cumulative shoreline modifications and identify important fisheries and wildlife values. The project partners have identified the need to address watershed concerns such as shoreline development, water quality, regulation of flows, and demands on water quantity from residential and agricultural expansion.Ecoscape Environmental Consultants Ltd. 2012. Nicola Lake Foreshore Inventory and Mapping. Prepared for Thompson-Nicola Regional District and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.2012Nicola WatershedNicola_FIM_Final_Report.pdfüüüüüüMediumSpecific recommendations are given to ensure foreshore protection, and to ensure future data is kept up to date. These are given from page 24-30.Specific recommendations are given for projects to collect additional data on sensitive habitat (inventory and mapping); wetlands (inventory and mapping); lake carrying capacity; homeowner report cards; a refining of existing shoreline data; mapping of native beds of submergent and floating vegetation. ReportThe report discusses the revision of the Nicola Lake inflow forecasting model following the flooding events in 1990 and 1991.R.W. Costerton. 1993. Nicola Lake Inflow Forecasting Model Review. Regional Water Management BC Environment1993Nicola WatershedNicola Lake Inflow Forecasting Model Review 1993.pdfüüüMediumThe model should conitue to be used as it is because it best predicts freshet inflows during the low flow years.Recommendation to use real time meteorological data in the inflow estimation model, especially for the April to June period.Capture the evolution in inflow prediction models. Supporting documentsRefer to titleUnknown1992Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Plan showing fill site in district lot 195 1991.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsBathymetry and a cross section of nicola lakeUnknown1981Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Bathymetric map of lake outlet showing shallows 1981.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsCross section, as well as bathymetry lines and survey points of Nicola LakeUnknown1985Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Bathymetric plan of lake outlet 1985.pdfüüüLowNANA Supporting documentsUnknown1965Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Bathymetric plan of lake outlet 1965.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsBathymetry of nicola lakeUnknown1981Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Bathymetric map of outlet end vicinity of control structure 1981.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsEngineering drawings of outlet structure and highway bridge.Unknown1981Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Elevation and Dimension of outlet structure and highway bridge 1991.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsSpot heights at the outlet end of nicola lake, including some base features.Unknown1965Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Spot heights outlet.pdfüLowNANA Supporting documentsNicola Lake Reservoir Plan and Profile of Centreline of Dredged ChannelUnknown1989Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Bathymetric plan and profile of outlet 1989.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsOne of three maps showing bathymetry of nicola lake and surrounding topography (base features - roads, contours etc)Unknown1985Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Plan of reservoir 1 of 3.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsOne of three maps showing bathymetry of nicola lake and surrounding topography (base features - roads, contours etc)Unknown1985Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Plan of reservoir 2 of 3.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsOne of three maps showing bathymetry of nicola lake and surrounding topography (base features - roads, contours etc)Unknown1985Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Plan of reservoir 3 of 3.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsCross sections, water level profile, thalweg of nicola lakeUnknown1981Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Water level profile_thalweg_cross sections of outlet channel 1981.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsTopography of Nicola Lake and surrounding area.Unknown1985Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Topo plan 1985.pdfüLowNANA ReportThe report summarizes the findings of a study commissioned by the Nicola Stockbreeders Association. The study was carried out by Jeremy Cooke of Urban Systems Ltd. The report describes the natural processes at work in the Nicola watershed, the ecological process and the human activities. It discusses in general terms water use, water availability and the water balance. The report identifies some of the issues around water, provides an assessment of those issues and sets out some first steps for developing future local water management strategies.Urban Systems Ltd. 2005. Nicola River Basin Management Strategy - Phase 1: Scoping Strategy, Towards Sustainable Water Stewardship in the Nicola. Prepared for Nicola Watershed Community Round Table and Nicola Stock Breeders Association.2005Nicola Watershed05-01-21 Phase 1 Scoping Study.pdfüüüüüüMediumThe report provides specific recommendations to move forward with the management of the watershed. These are described on page 41.NA ReportReport summarizing a scoping study conducted in 2005 facilitated by the Nicola Watershed Community Round Table. Borad inventory of natural resources, ecological processes and water-related issues.Urban Systems Ltd. 2005. Nicola River Basin Management Strategy. Phase 1: Scoping Study (Toward Sustainable Water Stewardship in the Nicola). Nicola Stick Breeders Association2005Nicola WatershedNicola River Basin Management Strategy Scoping Study-Urban Systems 2005.pdfüüüüHighSee table beginning on page 32Water allocations: data has not been published by the Ministry and can therefore only be used as indicative in broad terms. Hydrometric stations closed due to fiscal cutbacks. Complement and expand on hydrological analysis in the watershed. ReportA comprehensive inventory was completed for the Nicola River in November 2016 from Nicola Lake downstream to the Thompson River confluence for completion of an Aquatic Habitat Index (AHI). The AHI is based on various criteria, such as biophysical, fisheries values and anthropocentric characteristics to estimate the relative habitat value of river reaches and bank segments defined during the inventory.Ecoscape Environmental Consultants Ltd. 2017. Nicola River Sensitive Habitat Inventory and Mapping and Aquatic Habitat Index. Prepared for Fraser Basin Council.2017Nicola Watershednicola_shim-ahi_final.pdfüüMediumRequire more studies to understand the impacts and mitigation of water withdrawal for upland agricultural uses, and implications of climate change on stream temperatures. Further catalogue large tribuatry reaches to document additional fish habitat and impairments in the Nicola. Supporting documentsMaps to support the Nicola River Sensitive Habitat Inventory and Mapping and Aquatic Habitat IndexEcoscape Environmental Consultants Ltd. 2017. Nicola River Sensitive Habitat Inventory and Mapping and Aquatic Habitat Index (AHI Rating and Fisheries Information). Prepared for Fraser Basin Council.2017Nicola Watershednicola_ahi-fishieres_info-maps.pdfüüLowNANA ReportIn the context of development of the Water Use Management Plan (WUMP), this report summarizes some of the existing information on instream flows and to provide recommendations for further work with respect to understanding and resolving fish-flow issues. The report concludes that that natural patterns of streamflow are critically low during important life history periods for local fish stocks.Hatfield T. 2006. Nicola River Watershed – Water Use Management Plan. Instream Flow Needs for Fish. Prepared for: Allan Kenney, Pacific Salmon Foundation. Vancouver BC2006Nicola WatershedNicola River Watershed-WUMP Instream Flows Needs for Fish Hatfield 2006.pdfüüHighConduct a quantitative analysis of water use and its effects on fish habitat, establish instream flow targets for fisheries, conduct trade-off analyses in the WUMP, develop tools, incorporate CC projections, avoid further allocations for out-of-stream uses.Produce defensible time series of naturalized flows for Nicola River and its tributaries, establish and maintain gauging stations at key points in the watershedCheck follow-up to these recommendations in the WUMP. ReportDocument supporting the Nicola Water Use Management Plan (WUMP). The report summarizes a study on the current (2006) water demand in the watershed, compares this information with water licensing data and develops future projections for water demand. Agriculture demands the greatest volume of water (76%) annually in the Nicola watershed. The information is presented by sub-watershed.Summit Environmental Consultants Ltd. 2007. FINAL REPORT. NICOLA RIVER WATERSHED PRESENT AND FUTURE WATER DEMAND STUDY. Prepared for: Nicola Watershed Community Round Table2007Nicola WatershedNicola River Watershed Present and Future Water Demand Study Summit 2007.pdfüHighObtain detailed population, land use and water use information, encourage universal metering in the watershed and submission of records to a central “data warehouse” in a standard format, refine irrigation demand estimatesCheck follow-up to these recommendations in the WUMP. ReportThe report was prepared by Solander Ecological Research. It summarizes existing information on fish distribution and life history timing in selected rivers and streams of the Nicola watershed; provides preliminary instream flow recommendations for stream-dwelling salmonids; compares targets to natural water availability; and provides recommendations for further work with respect to understanding and resolving fish-flow issues in the Nicola watershed. environmental flow needs, EFN, salmonids, aquatic ecosystems, water supply, water budget, streamflow, stream temperatureMathews, M, Glova, G and Sampson, T. 2007. Nicola River Watershed Stream Temperatures, July-October 2006. Prepared for Nicola Tribal Association.2007Nicola WatershedFile not available.üüNANANA ReportThis report provides technical documentation on the development of the Nicola Water Management Tool (NWMT) Water Use Sub-model. The wter use sub-model provides a 30 year historical time series of estimated weekly aggregate water extraction for agricultural purposes above key locations within the nicola watershed. This datashed is intended to support a surrogate approximation of forecast agricultural water use upstream of key locations of interest in the NWMT.Polar Geoscience Ltd. (Polar). 2017. Nicola Water Management Tool Phase 2B (Task 7), Water Use Sub-model Technical Documentation, Rev 0. Prepared for ESSA Technologies Ltd. on behalf of the Fraser Basin Council. July 2017.2017NWMT970203 Polar Letter Report re NWMT Water Use Submodel Rev1.pdfüüüMedium ReportThe Nicola Water Use Management Plan is the culmination of 55 months of meetings, information gathering to fill key knowledge gaps, analysis of water issues, the development of social, economic and environmental goals, and plan synthesis complete with 37 recommended policy instruments to address the issues and meet the goals. A Multi-Stakeholder Committee provided direction for the community-driven planning process and was assisted by a Planning Team/Steering Committee.Nicola WUMP Multi-Stakeholder Committee. 2010. Nicola Water Use Management Plan (A water use management plan for the Nicola watershed)2010Nicola WatershedNicola Valley Water Use Management Plan- Nicola WUMP Commitee 2010.pdfüüüüüüüüüüüüüHigh37 policy instruments are listed in the categories of : water quantity, water quality, environment, learning, and management. The WUMP provides an estimation of the costs associated to these policy recommendations.Critical data gaps are mentioned throughout the report: impacts of changes in dam operations (and reservoir levels) on resident burbot populations; fish and fish habitat (burbot, kokanee, rainbow, etc.); long-standing questions about instream flow requirements in specific subbasins with complex water demands. The report includes a list of recommended studies.Follow-up and status of implementation of 2010 WUMP? ReportThe report summarizes the results of a look at water governance models around the world and outlines why a water management governance structure is necessary to meet water stewardship requirements. The report also summarizes the main discussion points from a meeting on February 21, 2007 in which members of the Multi-Stakeholder Committee of Nicola WUMP took part. The report concludes with a suggested way forward regarding institutional development. There are five appendices after the ten-page body of the report.WMI Water Management Internarional Inc. 2007. Nicola Water Use Management Plan (NWUMP) - Governance Part 1: Preliminary Assessment of Governance Options2007Nicola WatershedPrelinary Assessment of Governance Options-WMI Water Management International Inc 2007.pdfüüüMediumSet of recommendations on the structure and resposibilities for a watershed governance entity for the Nicola basinNACheck follow-up ReportThis short report presents a case study of the nicola watershed management plan.Douglas, T. 2007. Nicola Water Use Management Plan: Case Study. Prepared for Watershed Watch and 17th Speaking for the Salmon Workshop on Groundwater and Salmon.2007Nicola WatershedNicola_WUMP_case_study.pdfüüLowNANA ReportThe purpose of this project was to update previous aquifer mapping with newly-obtained subsurface information and to form the framework for the development of a conceptual hydrogeological model and potential analytical modelGorski, N.G., R.K. Willis, J.A. Sacré and K.A. Bennett., 2018. Nicola Watershed Aquifer Classification and Mapping. Water Science Series, WSS2018-XX. Prov. B.C., Victoria B.C2018Nicola WatershedNicolaWatershed Aquifer Classification and Mapping_2018_06_12.pdfüHighData gaps in the conceptual understanding of the hydrogeology of the area were documented in this report. ReportGolder Associates Ltd. (Golder) was retained by the Fraser Basin Council (FBC), in partnership with the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations & Rural Development (FLNRORD) to provide aquifer mapping and classification services for 13 British Columbia Geological Survey (BCGS) map sheets in the Nicola Watershed region (the “Study Area”). The purpose of the project is to update previous aquifer mapping completed in the area with newly-obtained subsurface information and to form the framework for development of a conceptual hydrogeological model for the area and potential numerical or analytical groundwater flow modelling. This report presents the geological setting and relevant background studies in the Study Area, the methods used to preprocess, standardize, and interpret the subsurface hydrogeological data, and the resultant aquifer delineations and classification according to British Columbia provincial standards.Gorski, N.G., Willis, R.K., Sacre, J.A., and Bennett, K.A. 2018. Nicola Watershed Aquifer Classification and Mapping. Water Science Series, WSS2018-XX. Prov. B.C., Victoria B.C.2018Nicola Watershednicola_watershed_aquifer_classification-mapping_may_22_2018.pdfüMediumPerform data quality check on provincial WELLS database Develop higher-resolution well mapping using LiDAR Perform sub-surface mapping using geophysical (surficial) methods to understand stratigraphyNA ReportThe Nicola Water Management Tool (NWMT) is a web-based decision support tool related to real-time water releases at the Nicola Lake dam. The NWMT is intended to allow operators at the dam to consider a wider range of biophysical, ecological and socio-economic factors helpful for dam operations, including the in-lake and downstream consequences of water releases in terms of predicted flows at key index locations. Integral to the project is upgrades of gauging stations and possibly the development of monitoring wells that provide data for the tool. The tool will support decision-makers with respect to: management of flood risk above and below the Nicola Lake dam improved flow management to support all life stages of several species of fish evaluate the potential benefits of voluntary water use reductions forecast the short-term water temperature. The NWMT will automate biophysical calculations and provide intuitive visualizations related to key performance indicators for the management of fish, water and land, and may simulate the potential benefits of water conservation.Alexander, C.A.D. and F. Poulsen. 2015. Nicola Basin Fish/Water Management Tool: Phase 1 Conceptual Design (DRAFT). Prepared for the Fraser Basin Council Society, Kamloops BC. 83 pp. + Appendix2015Nicola Watershednwmt_phase_1_conceptual_design.pdfüLowNANA Email / communicationsLetter from the Okanaga Nation Nation Alliance to the Honourable Mary Polak with regards to the Water Sustainability Act Legislative Proposal. The ONA expresses concerns that engagement with resepct to the proposal was limited, and that the proposal is silent on how the provincial government intends to address First Nations water interests. Further, the ONA expresses concern about the continued health of salmon (and associated aquatic habitat)Grand Chief Stewart Philip. 2013. Re: Water Sustainability Act Legislative Proposal2013Nicola First NationsOkanagan-Nation-Alliance (003).pdfüüüLowNANA Email / communicationsLetter from the Okanaga Nation Nation Alliance to the Honourable Barry Penner demanding that the water rights of the Syilx (and BC First Nations) be addressed and given priority (in the context of the water act modernization discussion paper)Grand Chief Stewart Philip. 2010. Re: Water Act Modernization2010Nicola First NationsOkanagan-Nation-Alliance.pdfüLowNANA ReportThis report presents the results of an overview hydrologic assessment of the Pothole Creek sub-basin located southeast of Merritt. Concerns included surface erosion, riparian buffers, and the impact of the five-year forest development plan. Assessed hazard categories include peak flow, surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Assessment for the Pot-Hole Creek Sub-basin . Prepared for Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Pothole__1166120484910_0d4c84a7f9f141abaedda22774ae86cf.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These recommendations are given on page iiNA ReportThis report presents the results of an overview hydrologic assessment of the Quilchena Creek above Wasley Creek watershed which is located east of Merritt. Concerns included peak flows, surface erosion, and the impact of the five-year forest development plan. . Assessed hazard categories include peak flow, surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999.Overview Assessment for the Quilchena Creek above Wasley Creek Watershed. Prepared for Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Quilchena__1166121344070_0d4c84a7f9f141abaedda22774ae86cf.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These recommendations are given on page iiNA ReportThis report presents the results of an overview hydrological assessment of the Rey Creek sub-basin, located north of Merritt. Aspen Planers Ltd. Concerns included surface erosion, riparian buffers, stream temperature, and the impact of proposed forest development. . Assessed hazard categories include ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999.Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Rey Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Rey__1166114240584_0d4c84a7f9f141abaedda22774ae86cf.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These recommendations are given on page iiNA ReportThis report presents the results of an overview hydrological assessment of the Shuta Creek sub-basin, located north-east of Merritt. Concerns included surface erosion, riparian buffers and the impact of proposed forest development. . Assessed hazard categories include ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Shuta Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Shuta__1166114834022_0d4c84a7f9f141abaedda22774ae86cf.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These recommendations are given on page i and iiNA ReportThis report presents the results of an overview hydrological assessment of the Steffens Creek sub-basin. Concerns included surface erosion, riparian buffers, and the impact of proposed forest development. Assessed hazard categories include ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Steffens Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Steffens__1166115401850_0d4c84a7f9f141abaedda22774ae86cf.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These recommendations are given on page 2NA ReportThis report presents the results of an overview hydrological assessment of the Stumbles Creek sub-basin, located west of Merritt. Concerns for the sub-basin included: peak flows, surface erosion, riparian buffers, and the impact of proposed forest development. Assessed hazard categories include ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Stumbles Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Stumbles__1166115963100_0d4c84a7f9f141abaedda22774ae86cf.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These recommendations are given on page 3NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Tyner Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Tyner__1165880392510_5bf393d53f5843f197d1d5d142231328.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These recommendations are given on page 2NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Upper Skuhun Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\UpperSkunhun__1166116538698_0d4c84a7f9f141abaedda22774ae86cf.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These recommendations are given on page iiNA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Abbott Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Abbott__1163635573168_9fe40eaea17b4957ac558aef69e6deb0.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 3NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Broom Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Broom__1165881496104_5bf393d53f5843f197d1d5d142231328.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 3NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Chataway Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Chataway__1166045684380_6b1517743c244b83a72a8f24fbdfdef3.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 3NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Clapperton Creek West of Helmer Lake Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Clapperton3__1166048069912_6b1517743c244b83a72a8f24fbdfdef3.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 2NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Dupuis Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Dupuis__1166049011659_6b1517743c244b83a72a8f24fbdfdef3.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 3NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Gordon Creek Residual Area. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Gordan__1166049753568_6b1517743c244b83a72a8f24fbdfdef3.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 2 and 3NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Gordon Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Gordan_1_1166050728158_6b1517743c244b83a72a8f24fbdfdef3.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 3NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Guichan Creek Residual Area. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Guichon__1166051586969_6b1517743c244b83a72a8f24fbdfdef3.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 3NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Hector Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Hector__1166052270454_6b1517743c244b83a72a8f24fbdfdef3.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 2NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Jesse Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Jesse__1166052999516_6b1517743c244b83a72a8f24fbdfdef3.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 2NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Meadow Creek Face Unit. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Meadow__1166053657704_6b1517743c244b83a72a8f24fbdfdef3.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 2NA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Nicola Lake Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Nicola__1163116381686_ec95d18dd9b14ea29a33f78eb609b55d.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 3NA ReportThis report presents metadata for 20 overview hydrologic assessments completed in the Merritt District.Henderson Environmetnal Consulting Ltd. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessments of the Merritt District Sub-basins. Volume I. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd. Merritt Division1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\6_217_hydrol_1999_vol1_1167861575999_09f2b3c6dd874c9599e2d501d8df2aaf.pdfLowNANA ReportThis report presents metadata for 20 overview hydrologic assessments completed in the Merritt District.Henderson Environmetnal Consulting Ltd. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessments of the Merritt District Sub-basins. Volume II. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd. Merritt Division1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\6_217_hydrol_1999_vol1_1167861575999_09f2b3c6dd874c9599e2d501d8df2aaf.pdfLowNANA ReportThis overview hydrologic assessment presents an assessment of hazard categories: ECA (peak flow), surface erosion, riparian buffers, mass wasting, and channel stability. The report presents recommendations to improve hydrologic conditions and mitigate forestry impacts.Henderson Environmental Consulting. 1999. Overview Hydrologic Assessment for the Clapperton Creek Sub-basin. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\Clapperton1__1166047403943_6b1517743c244b83a72a8f24fbdfdef3.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given on page 2NA ReportThe report was prepared by Solander Ecological Research. It summarizes existing information on fish distribution and life history timing in selected rivers and streams of the Nicola watershed; provides preliminary instream flow recommendations for stream-dwelling salmonids; compares targets to natural water availability; and provides recommendations for further work with respect to understanding and resolving fish-flow issues in the Nicola watershed.Hatfield, T. 2009. Overview of instream flow requirements. Prepared for Nicola Watershed Community Round Table.2009Nicola WatershedFile not available.üüüNANANA ReportPartial evalaution of problem irrigation systems (open ditches) in the recently developed irrigated areas between the Nicola Dam and the confluence with Thompson River.R.J. Petrie. 1986. Partial Inventory and Preliminary Evaluation of Ditch Irrigation Systems in the Nicola Valley. Ministry of Environment and Parks1986Nicola WatershedPartial Inventory and Preliminary Evaluation of Ditch Irrigation Systems in Nicola Valley- Petrie 1986.PDFüüMediumInstall fish screens at water diversion points; retreat channels available for fish to move from the ditches system back into the river. Ditch replacement with pipes or alternative irrigation system ReportPilot projects appear in many forms in policy making and management. In an effort to understand the nature and use of pilot projects and improve their effectiveness, we undertake a practice-based and theoretical study of the pilot project phenomenon. First, we examine the roles assigned to pilot projects in the policy development literature and explore their use in a Dutch water innovation platform. Second, we determine characteristics of pilot projects to deepen insights into the nature of the pilot project phenomenon and the dimensions useful in the design of pilot projects. Third, we identify three pilot types and nine ways to use a pilot project and we develop a Pilot Project Nonagon that can be used to assess pilot projects’ uses and to compare stakeholders’ perspectives on these uses. Fourth, we identify hurdles to diffusion of the knowledge developed from pilot projects and suggest strategies to overcome these. Lastly, we formulate a research agenda aimed at addressing the identified knowledge gaps.Vreugdenhil, H., J. Slinger, W. Thissen, and P. Ker Rault. 2010. Pilot projects in water management. Ecology and Society 15(3): 13. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss3/art13/2010Nicola WatershedPilot Projects In Water Management.pdfüLowNANA ReportThe purpose of this Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) report is to evaluate the potential for ecological receptors (e.g., fish, fish eggs, invertebrates, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and plants) to experience negative environmental effects as a result of exposure to crude oil released to the environment as a result of the Project.Stantec Consulting Ltd. 2013. Qualitative Ecological Risk Assessment of Pipeline Skills: Technical Report for the Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC, Trans Mountain Expansion Project. Prepared for Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC.2013Nicola WatershedB18-15 - V7_TR_71_01_OF_02_ERA_PIPELINE - A3S4W9.pdfüüüLowNANA Supporting documentsRating curve, with supporting table of information for Chapperon Creek.Unknown2015Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\CHAP-1 rating curve.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsLetter from Kim DeRose (Senior Water Authorizations Specialist) to Chief Harvey McLeod (UNIB) requesting permission to access UNIB land to install a staff gauge that would measure Chapperon Lake leavels.Kim DeRose. 2018. RE: Chapperon Lake Staff Gauge2018Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\Scan_20181109.pdfüüLowNAChapperon Gauge is being requested to gain knowledge on lake level and fluctuations throughout the season, as well as corrleating that information to the release schedule. Email / communicationsEmail from Shane Stockwell to Sarah Simon and others at FLNRO, with a dam site inspection and photos that show the state of the dam and surrounding areas. Indicates changes to the nicola gate have been completedSee email thread…2018Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\20180528\RE DONE Gate Change and Freshet Inspection Please.msgüLowNANA Email / communicationsEmail from Shane Stockwell to Sarah Simon and others at FLNRO, with a dam site inspection and photos that show the state of the dam and surrounding areas, following a rain event.See email thread…2018Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\20180519\RE Gate Change and Dam Site Inspection.msgüLowNANA Supporting documentsTemplated text for an invitation to the Mamit Lake and Guichon Creek Stakeholder/Water License holder meeting.Farmer, Patrick. 2016. RE: Invitation to Mamit Lake and Guichon Creek Stakeholder/Water Licence holder meeting.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\June 8 Meeting Invite\Stakeholder Meeting Invitation Letter 160512 9 (email).docxüüüüüüLowNANA Supporting documentsTemplated text for an invitation to the Mamit Lake and Guichon Creek Stakeholder/Water License holder meeting.Farmer, Patrick. 2016. RE: Invitation to Mamit Lake and Guichon Creek Stakeholder/Water Licence holder meeting.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\June 8 Meeting Invite\Stakeholder Meeting Invitation Letter 160512.docxüüüüüüLowNANA Supporting documentsWritten invitations (merged into one document) for the Mamit Lake and Guichon Creek Stakeholder/Water License holder meeting. Invitation includes location, topics, and a RSVP.Farmer, Patrick. 2016. RE: Invitation to Mamit Lake and Guichon Creek Stakeholder/Water Licence holder meeting.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\June 8 Meeting Invite\MAILMerge_Stakeholder Meeting Invitation Letter 160512.docxüüüüüüLowNANA Supporting documentsWritten invitations (merged into one document) for the Mamit Lake and Guichon Creek Stakeholder/Water License holder meeting. Invitation includes location, topics, and a RSVP.Farmer, Patrick. 2016. RE: Invitation to Mamit Lake and Guichon Creek Stakeholder/Water Licence holder meeting.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\June 8 Meeting Invite\stakeholder Meeting Invitation.docxüüüüüüLowNANA Email / communicationsEmail communication between Chelsea Werrun (BC FLRORD), Richard Bailey (DFO), Patrick Farmer (BC FLNRORD), Doug Edwards (DFO) and others re Mamit Lake & Guichon Creek Stakeholder/Water Licence Holder Meeting. - The meeting was not well attended. - Water users on the coldwater do not believe that they have the impact on river flows that the government is suggesting that they do. - Extensive discussion of flow effects on various salmon spp on the nicola/guichon including interaction with wells/withdrawls, dams, etc. - Recommend Reading.Patrick Farmer, Doug Edwards, 2016. Personal communication2016Coldwater RiverDFO info for fisheries flows on Coldwater.msgüüüüüüüHighSee science / data needs.To get a handle on the effects of water restrictions, recommend an elevation survey of (critical areas of) the coldwater R, which would feed into a HEC-RAS (hydraulic model); this model could predict water depth/velocity for a given flow. ReportThis report evaluates the amount of water licensed from Nicola lake in comparison to its storage capacity and environmental demands (fish flows). The report also discusses methods to alter licensing on the Nicola to better manage water resources - both strategic methods and technical methods.Bruce McFarlane. 2014. RE: Update on outstanding applications for Water Licensing in the Nicola Watershed.2014Nicola WatershedDRAFT Nicola Watershed Water licencing Report March 2014.pdfüüüüüüüüNicola LakeMedium"A review of historic hydrometric and meterological data suggest that the target minimum lake level for December 1 should be 1.9m (gauge) or 624.66m (geodetic datum), to reasonably manage the risk of reduced flow due to channel freezing…" "implement devices capable of measuring water use on mainstem licenses" "Develop a new rule curve for the dam, with scheduling options that are responsive to drought conditions" "determine the long term commitment of province to operate and maintain the dam on nicola lake" Refer to page 7 of the Report for a complete list. Email / communicationsEmail from Christian St. Pierre to Patrick Farmer with the Chapperon Rating Curve (file "Chapperon Lake\CHAP-1 Rating Curve.pdf")Christian St. Peirre. 2017. Personal Communication2017Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\RE Upper Nicola Update.msgLowNANA ReportThis report presents a reconnaissance level stream channel assessment of copper creek, pimainus creek, skuhun creek, skuhost creek, and a posrtion of siwash creek, and a detailed channel assessment of July Creek. This project identifies stream impacts from past forestry practices and evaluates stream sensitivity to proposed forest harvest developments. For July Creek, the report also identifies opportunities for rehabilitation.Klohn-Crippen. 1999. Reconnaissance Channel Assessment and Detailed CAP of July Creek. Prepared for Merritt Forest District Small Business Forest Enterprise Program.1999Nicola IWAPsNicola IWAPs\july_cap_1999_1168557676121_9821d7ec30834553be30e16da7281a0f.pdfüüMediumSpecific technical recommendations are given to mitigate forestry impacts. These are given in Table 1NA ReportThe report summarizes the activities that took place between November 15, 2004 and June 30, 2005. The report provides a brief background as to how the planning process came about, includes the terms of reference for the planning process and its structure. It summarizes the work of five committees and sets out next steps for Phase 2 - plan development.Nicola Watershed Community Round Table. 2005. Report on Phase 1 of the Process Leading to a Nicola Water Use Management Plan. Nicola Watershed Community Round Table.2005Nicola WatershedNWUMP RPT ON PHASE ONE FINAL SEP2305.pdfüüüüüüLowNANA ReportThis report presents the results of a research and information needs assessment survey (to help identify specific knowledge gaps, and develop strategic priorities for research to support sustainable water resource management in the Thompson-Okanagan region. The report also compiles a database of data and information sources to locate key water resource information of regional relevance.Scherer, R., T. Redding, K. Ronneseth, and D. Wilford. 2016. Research and information needs assessment to support sustainable watershed management in the Thompson–Okanagan Natural Resource Region, British Columbia. Prov. B.C., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 095. www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Tr/Tr095.htm2016Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\TR095.pdfüüüüüüüüMediumNANA ReportFollowing the summer drought in 2015, this study evaluates if if fish abundance in the fall of 2015 was lower than expected at the reach, river and watershed level.Schick J., J. Korman, P. Little, and R. McCleary. 2016. Response of Juvenile Steelhead and Chinook to Drought in the Nicola Watershed. Prepared for BC Conservation Foundation And British Columbia Ministry of Natural Resource Operations Fish and Wildlife Branch2016Nicola WatershedResponse of Juvenile Steelhead and Chinook to Drought in the Nicola Watershed.docxüüHighConduct a thorough literature review of the effects of drought conditions on salmonids including ongoing studies; test drought hypotheses; water temperature monitoring at the reach level ReportThe purpose of this report is to provide scientific and technical information that supports MOE’s observations on surface water and ground water conditions. This report quantifies the water budget of the coldwater in pre development (before 1965) and post development (present) times. Important findings are presented on page 11. Conclusions for fish: (1) Surface water losses in the lower Coldwater River are resulting in summer low flows that are well below short term survival levels and only maintains degraded habitat quality and quantity for salmon, trout and aquatic insects that make up their food supply. (2) Lower Coldwater River temperatures in summer at low flows are exceeding lethal limits for salmon and trout, contribute to poor growth and survival, and favour non-salmon species.Bennett, K., Caverly, A. 2009. Review of Ground Water/Surface Water Interactions Within the City of Merritt2009Coldwater RiverCity of Merritt Groundwater Report June 2009.pdfüüüüMediumNANA ReportLiterature review of groundwater-salmonids interactionsDouglas T. 2006. Review of Groundwater-Salmon Interactions in British Columbia2006Nicola WatershedReview of Groundwater-Salmon Interactions in BC-Tanis Douglas 2006.pdfüüLowSuggests better protection of groundwater resources for fisheries. ReportThis report presents a lake storage release and creek stream flow plan for Chapperon Lake and Chapperon Creek. The objective of this report is to determine an optimal reservoir reselase plan that is sustainable on a multi-year basis. The report summarizes extensive technical information and measurements pertinent to the lake and creek. The report includes calculations of environmental flow needs for kokanee salmon (table 12) (the report concludes that chapperon lake catchment is able to provide downstream with a flow meeting the EFN in an average precipitation year, but not in a dry yearKala Geosciences. 2018. Revised Report of Findings. Chapperon Lake Storage Release Plan. Chapperon Creek Stream Flow Plan. Prepared for Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.2018Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\Chapperon Lake Water Balance\Final - RR17141 05112018 BJF (report text and figures only).pdfüüüüüüüMediumNANA ReportWater temperature was continuously recorded during the ice-free season between June/July and October/November at 90 sites with lentic and lotic stream sources distributed throughout the Nicola River watershed (British Columbia, Canada) in 1999, 2000, and 2001. The eight lentic-sourced stream temperature monitoring sites were located in two adjacent watersheds. The headwaters and riparian areas around the wetland outlet of the treatment watershed were harvested during the overwinter period between 1999 and 2000. Areas around and downstream of the headwater wetland outlet in the control watershed were not harvested. Reducing riparian shade by harvesting activities increased maximum stream temperatures in the treatment watershed by up to 1–2°C relative to the control watershed. Because of the general downstream cooling trends in lentic-sourced headwater streams, riparian harvesting activities in these regions have a reduced thermal impact relative to similar harvesting alongside lotic-sourced headwater streams, whose maximum stream temperatures may warm by up to 8°C following harvesting. The downstream influence of elevated maximum stream temperatures from riparian harvesting of lenticsourced headwater streams appears to be localized, but persists for at least 2 years following harvesting. Both lentic-sourced treatment and control streams in the current study relaxed towards baseline equilibrium temperature estimated by the lotic-sourced watershed trend within several hundred meters of downstream travel distance, with cooling rates proportional to the distance from expected thermal equilibrium. Due to the heating in wetland-sourced stream reaches adjacent to riparian harvesting, the regions downstream of treatment areas cool more rapidly than similar regions in control watersheds as the stream attempts to achieve thermal equilibrium.Rayne, S, Henderson, G, Gill, P and Forest, K. 2008. Riparian forest harvesting effects on maximum water temperatures in wetland-sourced headwater streams from the Nicola River Watershed, British Columbia, Canada. Water Resources Management 22(5):565-578.2008Nicola Watershedrayne2007.pdfüLowNANA ReportThis report describes watershed profiles for watersheds within the thompson-nicola region. Profiles summarize physiographic information, streamflow characteristics, salmon secapement information, develoment activity, biophysical conditions, sensitive watershed and habitat features, special considerations, and recent planning initiatives for each watershed. Based on this information, management objectives and strategies have been developed to protect salmon resources in the thompson nicola region.Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 1998. Salmon Watershed Planning Profiles for the Thompson Nicola Habitat Management Area. Fisheries and Oceans Canada.1998Nicola Watershed231733 Main report.pdfüüLowNANA ReportThe first goal of this study was to identify patterns of benthic macroinvertebrate composition between both different classes of streams and seasons in southwestern British Columbia. Insect life cycles and environmental conditions were examined to determine which processes were associated with patterns of community composition. To address the goals of this study, benthic macroinvertebrate samples and associated environmental data were collected over five sampling dates during the course of one year, 1995-1996 (late spring, summer, autumn, winter, early spring). Seasonal change of the benthic invertebrate community was small relative to the spatial change, i.e., between the three stream classes. Correlation analysis indicated that spatial change of the invertebrate community in southwestern British Columbia was related to the environmental factors channel width, mean depth, maximum depth, maximum velocity, discharge, conductivity, alkalinity, nitrite and nitrate nitrogen, and total Kjeldahl nitrogen. Seasonal change of the community was not directly related to the seasonal change of any of the individual environmental variables measured. It was however, related to changes in the environment through effects of the environment on invertebrate life cycles. Of the environmental conditions measured, temperature had the greatest influence on the timing of insect life cycles. Abundance patterns in the small coastal and interior streams were related to the timing of invertebrate life cycles whereas abundance was related to life cycles and the spring freshet in the large rivers. water quality, aquatic ecology, aquatic habitat, biological water quality, chemical water quality.Reece, PF and Richardson, JS. 1998. Seasonal Changes of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Southwestern British Columbia. Prepared for Environment Canada.1998Nicola WatershedEn83-6-1998-33-eng.pdfüLowNANA Supporting documentsInspection form for Nicola Lake Dam. Completed by Sheri Harnden and Shane Stackwell. Describes some of the issues encountered on a field visit dated May 18 2018.Harnden, S., and Stackwell, S. 2018. Site Surveillance Nicola Lake Dam Freshet 2018.2018Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\20180518\Nicola Lake Dam Survaeillance 20180518.pdfüLowNANA Supporting documentsInspection form for Nicola Lake Dam. Completed by Sheri Harnden and Shane Stackwell. Describes some of the issues encountered on a field visit dated May 19 2018.Harnden, S., and Stackwell, S. 2018. Site Surveillance Nicola Lake Dam Freshet 2018.2018Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\20180519\Nicola Lake Dam Survaeillance 20180519.pdfüLowNANA Supporting documentsInspection form for Nicola Lake Dam. Completed by Sheri Harnden and Shane Stackwell. Describes some of the issues encountered on a field visit dated May 22 2018.Harnden, S., and Stackwell, S. 2018. Site Surveillance Nicola Lake Dam Freshet 2018.2018Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\20180522\Nicola Lake Dam Survaeillance 20180522.pdfüLowNANA Supporting documentsInspection form for Nicola Lake Dam. Completed by Sheri Harnden and Shane Stackwell. Describes some of the issues encountered on a field visit dated May 28 2018.Harnden, S., and Stackwell, S. 2018. Site Surveillance Nicola Lake Dam Freshet 2018.2018Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\20180528\Nicola Lake Dam Survaeillance 20180528.pdfüLowNANA Supporting documentsSee titleGraham and Associates. 2003. Sketch of Location of Gate Control Structure between Lot 13 and Lot 17. block 2 Plan 18, District lot 202 Kamloops Division Yale District.2003Nicola Watersheddam legal sketch.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsSee TitleUnderhill and Underhill. N.D. Sketch Plan Showing Elevvations in the Vicinity of Lac Le Jenue, BC.N.D.Nicola WatershedLac Le Jeune Lakes\Lake Survey.pdfüüLowNANA ReportThis article analyzes high flows, with regards to the statistical properties of magnitude, frequency, duration, and time occurrence.Waylen, P and Woo, MK. 1983. Stochastic analysis of high flows in some central British Columbia rivers. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 10:205-213.1983Nicola Watershedl83-036.pdfüLowNANA ReportThis is a study that looks at stochastic flod prediction models, observing their fit to observed data.Waylen, PR. 1985. Stochastic flood analysis in a region of mixed generating processes. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 10:95-108.1985Nicola Watershedwaylen1985 (1).pdfüüLowNANA ReportEvaluation of fisheries status in the Thompson basin, including the Nicola watershedDFO. 1998. Strategic Review of Fisheries Resource for Thompson Nicola1998Nicola WatershedStrategic Review of Fisheries Resource for Thompson Nicola- DFO 1998.pdfüüüüHighProvides recommendations to address impacts on the watershed from agriculture, forestry and water use, among other pressures. Specific restoration measures are given for each category of impact (e.g. agriculture, forestry). The overall goals of the plan are: - stewardship of the riparian zone and surrounding watersheds - implement best practices for land use activities to reduce impacts to fish habitat - restoration of watersheds where cumulative impacts have occured and fish habitat has been damaged ReportThis report summarizes the actions of the WUMP's implementation of action items with regards to 121 water bodies that were considered to have potential for additional water storage in the Nicola Watershed. This report documents progress made on the action items.Nicola WUMP. 2007. Summary Report: Implementation of the Action Plan (June 13 2007). Additional Storage Sites Study - Phase 1-12007Nicola WatershedAdditional Storage Sites Study - Phase 1\WUMPSummaryREPORTDEC2007.pdfüüLowNA.NA ReportThe four objectives of this report are: (1) to provide a quick reference to summary DFO drought flow and water temperature data collected between July and October; (2) to quantify the severity of the 2003 drought within the three sub-areas in an historical and spatial context; (3) to explain some of the low flow variability along the Nicola River and its main tributaries; and (4) to provide recommendations to improve the efficiency of future low flow monitoring programs.Doyle, P.F. 2004. Summer 2003 Low Flows in the Southern Interior of British Columbia. Prepared for Fisheries and Oceans Canada.2004Nicola WatershedSummer Drought in Kamloops Region-Doyle 2004.pdfüüHighThe report includes a set of recommendations for future drought monitoring ReportThis study fills knowledge gaps as part of the process leading to a water use management plan for the nicola watershed. Phase 3 is intended to focus on specific surface/groundwater interactions. The study determines current and future water supply in the nicola watershed from surface and groundwater sources.Water Management Consultants. 2008. Surface and Groundwater Supply and Interaction Study - Phase 1 and 2. Prepared for the Nicola Watershed Community Round Table2008Nicola WatershedSurface and Groundwater Supply and Interaction Study for Nicola Watershed Phase 1 and 2 2008.pdfüüüüHighUse the comprehensive model to examine different water management scenarios.Compare water supply estimates for each sub basin with water use and demand estimates (developed by Summit (2007)). This will determine which sub basin has a deficit (and the amount of that deficit). The water supply model should be modified to incorporate the demand and water use estimates and the model verified using regulated flow records on the nicola river (this could be used for water management planning). Supporting documentsThis document describes syilx relationship with, and responsibility to water.ONA. 2014. Syilx Nation Siwɬkʷ Declaration2014Nicola First NationsAdditional references_NADIA\Okanagan-Nation-Water-Declaration_Final_CEC_Adopted_July_31_2014.pdfüüLowNANA ReportMemo describing the technical review of the 1:15-year drought inflows to Nicola Lake in order to support water licensing applications. The note concludes that there is potentially 2.3 Mm3 of unallocated net inflow available for water licensing. Considering climate change, by 2050, winter Net Inflows are likely to increase, while summer Net Inflows are likely to decrease. Irrigation demand is likely to increase by 2050 as a consequence of drier summers and longer growing season.Golder Associates Ltd. 2017. Technical Memorandum. Nicola Lake Input Hydrology Review (1772470-001-TM-Rev0-1000)2017Nicola WatershedNicola Lake Input Hydrology Review Golder 2017.pdfüüüHigh ReportThis masters thesis presents the results of a three month stream temperature monitoring project to understand how riparian vegetation types affect stream temperatures.Unser, CW. 2002. Temperature monitoring of headwater streams for the purpose of improved riparian management as a step towards sustainable forestry. MSc Thesis, Royal Roads University2002Nicola WatershedUnser_CW2002.pdfüLowThe report recommends the development of thermal management zones and the protection of S4 streams.NA Supporting documentsPresentation by the City of Merritt (by staff from public works). Covers groundwater sources, water treatment, water usage, water conservation measures, wastewater, composting, all at a very high level.Boven, S., Finnigan, D., Vilac, K. N.D.. The Complete Circle. Presented at [meeting].N.D.Coldwater RiverCity Of Merritt-Complete Circle.pdfLowNANA ReportThis report finds that the completion of the nicola lake dam project is techincally feasible and that it would increase water storage in the nicola valley, sufficient to refill the lake in most years up to a 1 in 15 drought year event. The report provides technical considerations for the nicola lake dam project.Urban Systems. 2006. The Completion of the Nicola Lake Dam Project: Technical Feasibility Study. Nicola Stock Breeders Association.2006Nicola WatershedThe Completion of the Nicola Lake Dam Project feasibility Study- Urban Systems 2006.pdfüüüüüMediumThe report recommends: a public decision via the NWUMP on whether to proceed on the dam completion; the formation of a dam management partnership / institution (championed by the NWUMP); sourcing of financing; an impact assessment of the project; final selection of a dam option; designs and quotes for the selected option; funding for construction; agreement on future water allocations.NA ReportThis report documents a study to determine nutrient lading rates from the major tributaries to Nicola Lake, and the source of the nutriends in the tributaries. Section V: Summary and Conclusion is missing from the report.Holmes, D.W. 1988. The water quality of the tributaries of Nicola Lake. British Columbia Ministry of Environment1988Nicola WatershedWater Quality of Tributaries of Nicola Lake- Holmes MOE 1998.pdfüüMediumNASources of Wasley Creek Phosphorous are unknown. Additional fecal cauliform data is needed to assess sources of contamination for the Quilchena region. Email / communicationsEmail from NVIT to FLNRO indicating a collaboration with FBC to use drones to do thermal imagery of stream to map groudwater and surface water upwelling and mixing zones.See "Thermal mapping of nicola and coldwater.msg" in Coldwater folder.2016Nicola Watershedthermal mapping of Nicola and Coldwater.msgLowNANA Email / communicationsEmail from NVIT to FLNRO indicating a collaboration with FBC to use drones to do thermal imagery of stream to map groudwater and surface water upwelling and mixing zones.Tom Willims, 2016. Personal communication2016Coldwater Riverthermal mapping of Nicola and Coldwater.msgüüLowNANA Report• Identification and prioritization of flood and steep creek geohazard areas based on the principles of risk assessment (i.e., consideration of both hazards and consequences) • Web application to view prioritized geohazard areas and supporting information • Evaluation of the relative sensitivity of geohazard áreas to climate change • Gap identification and recommendations for further work.B.G.C. Engineering (2019). Thompson River Watershed Geohazard Risk Prioritization. Prepared for Fraser Basin Council.2019Nicola Watershedtwra_final_report.pdfüüLowSee table E-3: - Additional Geohazard Assessments & Monitoring - Policy integration of report's findings - Develop an information management to share and categorize findings - Provide training to stakeholders who rely on study resultsGaps identified in this study can be categorized as those limiting the understanding of geohazards: in the characterizing of geohazard exposure (i.e., the built environment); and in the characterization of existing flood protection measures and flood conveyance infrastructure. In no case does this study replace site-specific geohazard risk assessments that aim to identify tolerable or acceptable risk or that support design of mitigative works. BGC also identified opportunities to improve geohazard information management and integrate risk-informed decision making into policy ReportThis report first presents a backgrounder to the Thompson Steelhead. The report identifies proposed planning priorities, identifies resource management opportunities, identifies biological, social, and economic objectives, assesses likely impacts of the resource management opportunities, and recommends preferred management opportunitiesThompson Steelhead Working Group. 2016. DRAFT Thompson Steelhead Recovery and Management Plan.2016Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\thompson_steelhead_plan_draft_23nov16.pdfüüüüüMediumRecommendations of preferred management opportunities have not yet been made.NA ReportTwo channel monitoring stations, upstream and downstream, were installed in Chataway Creek in September 2000 and re-surveyed in 2001 and 2003. Sediment input to Chataway Creek was also surveyed each year. The overall objective of the monitoring program is to identify changes in channel morphology related to proposed and ongoing forest development.Henderson Environmental Consulting Ltd.2003. Three-year (2000,2002) Results of Channel Monitoring in Chataway Creek - Final Report. Prepared for Aspen Planers Ltd.2003Nicola WatershedChatawayWaterQualityFinalreportMarch2003_1092162951819_0ce33e6f8bb9400aae328f73706.pdfüüLowNANA ReportAcid rock drainage (ARD) and associated metal leaching (ML) is a major pollution problem throughout the world, adversely affecting both surface and ground waters. The elevated concentrations of metals in the water column due to ARD/ML can be transferred to abiotic and biotic components of an ecosystem and adversely affect the health of aquatic life. The Pennask Creek watershed, one of the most important rainbow trout-producing environments in British Columbia (BC), has been contaminated with ARD/ML as a result of highway construction. This study was designed to comprehensively examine the Pennask Creek watershed ARD/ML problem and its environmental impacts by combining existing and newly gathered information. The overall objectives were to determine the extent of metal contamination of the water and sediments, the potential biological impacts of this contamination, the influence of local geology, and to estimate the potential risk to aquatic organisms.Walls, LD. 2010. Trace metal contamination due to acid rock drainage and its impacts on the fish-bearing Pennask Creek watershed in British Columbia. MASc Thesis, UBC.2010Nicola Watershed1.pdfüüüLowNAThe author recommends additional investigation of surface and groundwater flows in the pennask lake area to determine the source of contamination into Highway Creek. ReportThis report describes the geology and hydrology of the Trans-Mountain Pipeline Expansion route.BGC Engineering Inc. 2013. Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project: Route Physiography and Hydrology. Prepared for Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC.2013Nicola WatershedB3-1 - V4A_APPI_01_OF_15_ROUTE_PHYSIOG_HYDROL_REP - A3S1D8.pdfüüüLowNANA ReportThis report describes terrain geohazards along the proposed transmountain pipeline project.BGC Engineering Inc. 2013. Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project: Terrain Mapping and Geohazard Inventory. Prepared for Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC.2013Nicola WatershedB2-28 - V4A_APPH_01_OF_12_TERR_MAP_GEOH_INVENT - A3S1C5.pdfüLowNANA Supporting documentsOne of two mosaics (looks to be composited aerial imagery) of nicola lake. Quality is poor.Unknown1981Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Mosaic 1 of 2 1981.pdfüLowNANA Supporting documentsOne of two mosaics (looks to be composited aerial imagery) of nicola lake. Quality is poor.Unknown1981Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Reservoir\Mosaic 2 of 2 1981.pdfüLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.1 sheet 8.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.2 sheet 1.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.2 sheet 2.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.2 sheet 3.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.2 sheet 4.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.2 sheet 5.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.2 sheet 7.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.2 sheet 8.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.1 sheet 1.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.1 sheet 2.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.1 sheet 3.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.1 sheet 4.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.1 sheet 5.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.1 sheet 6.pdfLowNANA PhotosAerial photo of a section of the coldwater river, dated 1982.Unknown.1982Coldwater RiverHydrology and Fisheries Study Coldwater River 1981\2.4.1 sheet 7.pdfLowNANA ReportSEACOR, Groundwater Evaluation (Miller's Sunshine Valley Estates CPCN).NA1993Nicola WatershedFile not available. NOTE: Mike Simpson (FBC) is not in posession of this report; and I (Andrew Thompson) was unable to locate such a report online.NA ReportDraft - Nicola River Sensitive Stream Profile (Temperature ProfileNA2000Nicola WatershedFile not available. NOTE: Mike Simpson (FBC) is not in posession of this report; and I (Andrew Thompson) was unable to locate such a report online.NA Supporting documentsPowerpoint presentation. Purpose unknown.Unknown.2005Coldwater River2005 Study\MapsforNicola.pptLowNANA Email / communicationsEmail from Carla Hartling to Patrick Farmer with a table of water use by LNIB and Shulus Cattle Company, as well as "Lower Nicola Band water use.xlsx"See email thread…2015Guichon CreekMamit Lake\revised table.msgüüüLowNANA Quantitative dataUnknownUnknown2015Guichon CreekMamit Lake\2015 Mamit Garthwaite.xlsxLowNANA Quantitative dataAppears to be an automatically generated spreadsheet of Mamit Lake Water Levels from 2015, using a INWPT12 Sensor.NA.2015Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Lake water Level Reports.xlsüLowNANA Quantitative dataAppears to be an automatically generated spreadsheet of Mamit Lake Water Flow from 2015, using a SonTek IQ Water Flow tool.NA.2015Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Water Flow Report.xls"üLowNANA Email / communications- Observation that Guichon experiences limited water supply approximately 1 in 4 years._x000D_ - Discussion of Guichon fishery flows in light of the appeal (1998wat23.pdf).Phil Epp, Patrick Farmer 2016. Personal communication2016Guichon CreekRE Mamit Lake.msgüüüLowNANA Email / communicationsEmail from Phil Epp to Patrick Farmer (FLNRO), Rich McCleary (FLNRO), Jamie Swakum (LNIB), Hyrum Peterson (LNIB). Indicates a mismatch between reported (via wsc) and field observed flow / levels on mamit lake / guichon.See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Lake Release Plan - Questions & Field Validation.msgüüLowNA"I would like to see the Mamit Lake level, the Guichon Ck flow below Mamit Lake, the flow into one or more of the diversion ditches, and the flow in Guichon Ck near the Mouth verified on the same day, and compared to the realtime reports for them to see where the issues are." Email / communicationsEmail from Phil Epp to Patrick Farmer (FLNRO), Rich McCleary (FLNRO) and others. Includes 3 documents [added to folder].See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Lake release plan docs march 30,16.msgüLowNANA Quantitative data"[the] rules which the Balance uses" (see Mamit Lake\Mamit Rules Balance.xlsx)NA.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Lake Rule Curve.xlsxüüLowNANA Quantitative data"demonstrates the results (Mamit Lake levels and flows below Mamit) for historical years if this release targets had been followed"NA.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Rules Balance.xlsxüLowNANA Email / communicationsEmail from Phil Epp to Patrick Farmer with documents: "Mamit Lake\Mamit Release Schedule.docx" and "Mamit Lake\Guichon Licenses Reconciled.xlsx"See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Release Plan Spreadsheet and Licence Spreadsheet.msgüüLowNANA Quantitative dataUnknown. Appears to describe a daily and weekly release schedule for Mamit Lake (is this for present or past years?)NA.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Release Schedule.xlsxüüLowNANA Quantitative dataA version of the rules balance dated May 31. See description of file: "Mamit Lake\Mamit Rules Balance.xlsx"NA.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Rules Balance - May 31.xlsxüLowNANA Email / communicationsCommunication between Phil Epp, Patrick Farmer, Watson Engineering, and LNIB re: Mamit Lake release plans. Includes attachment "1432 Part of Agreement.pdf"See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\RE Mamit Lake Meeting on Thursday March 24 - File #1432 4C.msgüüüLowNANA Email / communicationsEmail between Phil Epp and Watson Engineering re Mamit Lake level monitoring and reasons Mamit Lake may be drawn down.See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\RE Mamit Lake Outflows - File #1432 4C.msgüüLowNANA Email / communicationsEmail from Hyrum Peterson (LNIB) to Rich McCleary (FLNRO) indicating that recommended actions at Mamit Lake dam have been performed.See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Re Mamit Lake Gate Adjustment HP Dec12 2018.msgüLowNANA Email / communicationsConversation between Phil Epp and Brad Philipig and John Watson (Watson Engineering Ltd) about flows at Mamit Lake. Includes attachments "Mamit Lake\Mamit Lake water Level Reports.xls" and "Mamit Lake\Mamit Water Flow Report.xls"See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\FW Mamit Lake levels and Guichon Ck flows below Mamit Lake .msgüLowNANA Email / communicationsEmail from Phil Epp to John Watson (Watson Engineering). Reference to an attachement that I cannot locate. Includes technical details about dams along the Guichon.See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Lake - File #1432 4C.msgüMediumNA"I suggest once the Doppler has been confirmed [below the Guichon Ck dam] correct we adjust the Fishway gate to pass the required low Fish flows at lower Lake level and at higher Fish flows obtain the extra water from the lower sluiceway." Email / communicationsEmail from Rich McCleary to two individuals with LNIB email addresses (Hyrum Peterson; Alison Cisco) requesting adjustments to the gate at Mamit Lake. The email also includes the attachment "Mamit Lake\Mamit Rules Balance - dec 10 2018.xlsx"See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Lake Gate Adjustment RM Dec11 2018.msgüüLowAdjust Mamit Lake GateNA Email / communicationsInstructions from Rich McCleary to Alison Cisco about how to adjust the Mamit Lake gate to ensure proper outflows. Includes attachment "Mamit Lake\Mamit Rules Balance - dec 10 2018.xlsx"See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Dam operation\RE Mamit Lake Gate Adjustment.msgüüLowAdjust Mamit Lake GateNA Supporting documentsUnknown. Appears to describe a daily and weekly release schedule for Mamit Lake (is this for present or past years?)NA.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Dam operation\Mamit Release Schedule.xlsxüüLowNANA Quantitative dataA version of the rules balance dated Dec 31 2016.NA.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Dam operation\Mamit Rules Balance - Dec 31, 2016.xlsxüLowNANA Email / communicationsEmails between Phil Epp, Watson Engineering, Hyrum Peterson, Jamie Swakum and others with regards to the measurement of Mamit Lake levels and flows.See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Dam operation\RE Mamit Lake Release Plan - Questions & Field Validation File No 1432 4B.msgüüüüLowNANA Supporting documentsA list of those who have RSVP'd to the Mamit Lake and Guichon Creek Stakeholder/Water License holder meeting.NA.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\June 8 Meeting Invite\RSVP List.xlsxLowNANA Supporting documentsA short list of Mamit Lake stakeholders. No description given.NA.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Stakeholders april 13,16 PF.docxüLowNANA Supporting documentsUnclear. Possibly a list of Mamit Lake / Guichon Ck licensees.NA.2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit-Guichon licensee mail merge 160512.xlsxüüLowNANA Email / communicationsList of attendees to Mamit Lake Stakeholder meetingChelsea Werrun 2016. Personal Communication2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\fixed Mamit Lake Stakeholder Meeting Email List.msgüLowNANA Email / communicationsInvitation sent by patrick farmer to attendees of the Mamit Lake Guichon Creek Stakeholder Water Licence Holder Meeting June 8th 2016Patrick Farmer, 2016. Personal communication2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Invitation to Mamit Lake Guichon Creek Stakeholder Water Licence Holder Meeting June 8th.msgüLowNANA Email / communicationsEmail from Phil Epp to Dave Caswell (LNIB) Hyrum Peterson (LNIB) and Patrick Farmer (FLNRO) re: Mamit Lake Meeting on March 24 2016 - pertaining to transitioning LNIB to become dam operators. Phil describes a water balance for Mamit Lake that can test mamit lake release rules.See email thread…2016Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Lake Meeting on Thursday March 24 .msgüüüMediumLNIB assuming role of release management on Mamit Lake gateBetter data (re: flow below mamit lake) required to develop a more precise rating curve for mamit lake Email / communicationsDescribes methods to see real-time flow and lake levels (Mamit Lake), and how to compare that to the mamit lake rules spreadsheet that Phill Epp generated.See email thread…2017Guichon CreekMamit Lake\RE Mamit Guichon Update.msgüüLowNANA Email / communicationsEmails from Phil Epp to Rich McCleary, Hyrum Peterson, Patrick Farmer, and Watson Engineering, announcing a new Mamit Lake Release Plan, Dated March 2017. See file "Mamit Lake\Mamit Lake Release Plan - Mar 2017.docx"See email thread…2017Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Updated Guichon Release Plan Document.msgüüüLowNA Quantitative dataA version of the rules balance dated 04 Jan 2017.NA.2017Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Dam operation\Mamit Rules Balance - Revised Jan 4, 2017.xlsxüLowNANA Email / communicationsEmails between Rich McCleary, Hyrum Peterson, Watson Engineering, Sarah Ostoforoff and others. Watson Engineering provides observations in regards to a request for information from Rich McCleary. The request for information is supporting an Emergency Management BC application to make emergency works due to a severe flood that scoured the Guichon creek.See email thread…2017Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Emergancy works\RE Mamit lake Emergency Works Rationale and Details.msgüüüüüMediumNANA Quantitative dataA spreadsheet tool that will demonstrate the results of mamit lake levels and flows if release targets are followed. Updated 10 Dec 2018Unknown2018Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Rules Balance - dec 10 2018.xlsxüüüüLowNANA Quantitative dataSpreadsheet containing data pertaining to flow for station 08LG032 (1934-1967)Unknown.N.D.Guichon Creek08LG032_Daily_Flow_tab.csvüLowNANA Quantitative dataSpreadsheet containing data pertaining to flow for station 08LG056 (1967-2014)Unknown.N.D.Guichon Creek08LG056_Above Tunkwa Daily_Flow_tab.csvüLowNANA Supporting documentsSee file "1432 A. Zackodnik 1986 Letter.pdf" - this is a section of that document.NA.N.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\1432 Part of Agreement.pdfLowNANA Quantitative dataSee email "Mamit Lake\Revised Table.msg"NA.N.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Lower Nicola Band water use.xlsxLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2331.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2332.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2333.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2334.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2335.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2336.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2337.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2338.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2339.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2340.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2341.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2342.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2343.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2344.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2345.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2346.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2347.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2348.JPGLowNANA PhotosNANAN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\IMG_2349.JPGLowNANA Quantitative dataUnknown dataUnknownN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Hydrometric Comparison.xlsxüLowNANA Quantitative dataUnknown dataUnknownN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Mamit Lake Inflow Simulation Mar 11.xlsxüLowNANA Supporting documentsA pdf copy of the request for information from email "Mamit Lake\Emergancy works\RE Mamit lake Emergency Works Rationale and Details.msg". See details of that document.NA.N.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Emergancy works\SKM_C364e17080211440.pdfLowNANA Supporting documentsLists water withdrawal licenses, their source, purpose, and the client, for various sub-sections of the guichon (below mamit, above mamit, and tributaries)Unknown.N.D.Guichon CreekLicences.xlsxüLowNANA Quantitative dataList of water licenses for Guichon Creek.Unknown.N.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Guichon Licences Reconciled pat.xlsxüLowNANA Quantitative dataList of water licenses for Guichon Creek.Unknown.N.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Guichon Licences Reconciled.xlsxüLowNANA Supporting documentsUnclear. Possibly a list of Mamit Lake / Guichon Ck licensees.UnknownN.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\Dam operation\Copy of DamLicenceExport.xlsxüüLowNANA Supporting documentsAddresses for invitees to a stakeholder meeting.NA.N.D.Guichon CreekMamit Lake\June 8 Meeting Invite\Address Labels (10).docxüLowNANA Supporting documentsEngineering diagrams and topo maps of the test wells referred to in the "Aquifers\City of Merritt\Deep Aquifer Development Program -April 2011.pdf" report.NA.2011Nicola WatershedAquifers\City of Merritt\Diagrams.pdfüüüüLowNANA Quantitative dataList of licenses, their purposes, and water withdrawal amounts, pertaining to lower chapperon ck.NA.N.D.Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\Lower Chapperon Crk.xlsxüüüüLowNANA Quantitative dataData pertaining to releases at Chapperon Lake. No MetadataNA.N.D.Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\Shanes Chapperron Release Figures.xlsxüüLowNANA Quantitative dataList of licenses, their purposes, and water withdrawal amounts, pertaining to the upper nicola areaNA.N.D.Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\Upper Nicola Demand 1.xlsxüüLowNANA Quantitative dataList of licenses, their purposes, and water withdrawal amounts, above douglas lake.NA.N.D.Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\Above Douglas Lake Demand 2.xlsxüüüüLowNANA Supporting documentsInspection form for Nicola Lake Dam: Access, Radial Gates, Spillway, and Potential Problem IndicatorsMinistry of Environment. 2018. Untitled.N.D.Nicola WatershedNicola Lk Dam\Nicola Dam - Site Inspection Freshet 2018.docxüLowNANA Supporting documentsAddresses the completeness of deliverables pertaining to the Chapperon Release Plan, and includes notes. Some notes appear to be comments by Rich McClearyUnknownN.D.Nicola WatershedChapperon Lake\chaperon release plan mccleary comments Rich M.docxüüüüMediumNARe Long term mean annual discharge: "A single estimate of LT MAD using a drainage area ratio is not prudent. For unguaged station, multiple estimates should be generated considering both seasonal and annual stations" Re: calculating environmental flow needs: "The EFNs are not restricted to fish that inhabit Chaperon Lake, but include fish that inhabit downstream lakes and streams that are dependent upon releases from Chaperon Lake. Where is the periodicity chart? This is standard for any EFN" Supporting documentsPowerpoint presentation. Topic of measuring water availability on the Coldwater, from the perspective of an environmental tech.Unknown2005Coldwater River2005 Study\newest pres.pptüLowNANA ReportExamines hydrology of the Nicola, as well as the ecology of its fisheries and their economic value. Assesses fish habitat vs. discharge to determine Fisheries Resource Maintenance Flow for the Nicola, Upper Nicola River, Spius, and Guichon Creeks.Kosakoski, G. T., and R. E. Hamilton. 1982. Water Requirements for the Fisheries Resource of the Nicola River MS. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1680. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Vancouver, B.C.1982Nicola WatershedWater Requirements for Fisheries Resource of the Nicola River- Kosakoski and Hamilton 1982.pdfüüüüHighIn order to ensure that the salmonid production potential of the Nicola River system is maintained, it is recommended that:_x000D_ 1. There be no increase in water diversion from the Nicola mainstem, Spius Creek, and Coldwater River during low flow periods, and no new water diversion licences unless they are_x000D_ supported by storage._x000D_ 2. Nicola Lake be better regulated to ensure optimum use of storage potential. This would be facilitated by upgrading the Nicola Lake Dam._x000D_ 3. The Fisheries Resource Maintenance Flows as given in table 5 be provided._x000D_ 4. The fishway at the Nicola Lake dam be improved or replaced._x000D_ 5. An hydrometric station be established just downstream of Nicola Lake for monitoring flow releases out of the lake._x000D_ 6. The storage potential of Douglas Lake be assessed, as increased flows in the Upper Nicola River would provide considerable fisheries benefits.high water temperatures may be limiting salmonid production in the Nicola River between Nicola Lake and the Coldwater confluence, and in the lower reaches near its confluence with the Thompson River. ReportThis report presents the results of a water temperature monitoring program that was conducted in multiple salmon bearing tributaries in the Thompson River watershed. The report indicates that these tributaries are vulnerable to warm climate trends (temperatures above which are dangerous to salmon). The report notes that land uses have resulted in a loss of riparian vegetation and aggravated naturally elevated summer thermal regimes.Walthers, L.C., and J.C. Nener. 2000. Water Temperature Monitoring in Selected Thompson River Tributaries, B.C., 1996: Implications of Measured Temperatures for Anadromous Salmonids. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2306: 69 p.2000Nicola WatershedFrom_Mike\282004.pdfüüüMedium- Restoration of riparian vegetation throughout these systems would likely help to reduce maximum summer temperatures. - Cool water refugia should be protected. - Management activities must take climate change into accountCool groundwater inputs and cool water streams need to be identified, mapped, and protected. ReportThis report summarizes the results of a water temperature monitoring program in the nicola river during 1994 and 1995. They demonstrate that high water temperatures are likely a limiting factor for coho and chinook salmon, and that the high temperatures are aggravated by altered land uses and the loss of riparian vegetation.Walthers. L.C. and J.C. Nener, 1998. Water Temperature Monitoring in the Nicola River, B.C. 1995: Implications of Measured Temperatures for Anadromous Salmonids. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 24431998Nicola Watershed224540.PDFüüüLowRestore riparian vegetationNA Quantitative DataSee title.Barnes, DP and Magnusson, VE. 2000. Water temperatures at selected sites in the Fraser River Basin from 1997-1999. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1071.2000Nicola Watershed254505.pdfüLowNANA ReportThis paper documents, through the use of ethnographic research methods, First Nations' concerns and perspectives about water. The paper's scope is primarily limited to the views of three Elders from the southern Interior of British Columbia: Mary Thomas from the Secwepemc, Millie Michell from the Nlaka pamux, and Mary Louie from the Syilx Nation. Secondary literature sources complement the Elders' sharing of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). The Elders' emphasis on the spiritual importance of water is contrasted with Western science's emphasis on water's unique physical and chemical properties. This fundamental difference raises questions about Western science's approach to freshwater ecosystem management and study. Ultimately, this paper documents the wisdom of highly respected Elders about water in relation to the culture and freshwater ecosystems of South-Central British Columbia.Blackstock, M. 2001. Water: A First Nations' Spiritual and Ecological Perspective.Journal of Ecosystems and Management. 1(1):1-142001Nicola First NationsLiterature Search\216-1630-1-PB.pdfüüLowNANA Supporting documentsA presentation given that demonstrates an overview of a watershed management planning exercise.Michael Milne. N.D. Watershed ManagementN.D.Nicola WatershedWATERSHED MANAGEMENT.PPTXüüüüüüüüüüüüLowNANA ReportTERA Environmental Consultants (TERA) was commissioned to prepare the following Wetland Evaluation Technical Report. Provided in this report are the results of the desktop and literature review and the field programs conducted for the Project in 2012 and 2013. The report also provides the results of Aboriginal participation during the wetland field surveys.A desktop review and analysis of overflight photographs and satellite imagery was conducted for the entire proposed pipeline corridor. Wetland data collection for the Project during the 2012 and 2013 field programs utilized both helicopter reconnaissance and ground-based wetland surveys where ground access was available. The helicopter reconnaissance was used to gather high-level delineation and classification information for wetlands. Wetlands identified during the helicopter reconnaissance were ground-truthed where land access was available. The ground-based surveys allowed wetland ecologists to collect site-specific wetland function information (e.g., habitat, hydrological and biogeochemical) and confirm wetland classification and delineation. The field program focused on the 150 m wide proposed pipeline corridor. During the ground-based wetland field surveys, wetlands were classified to class and form hierarchical levels according to the Canadian Wetland Classification System (NWWG 1997) in Alberta and BC and to the Mackenzie and Moran (2004) Wetlands of British Columbia: A Guide to Identification in BC.Tera Environmental Consultants Ltd. 2013. Wetland evaluation technical report for the Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC, Trans Mountain Expansion Project. Prepared for Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC.2013Nicola WatershedV5C_TR_5C8_WETLAND.pdfüLowNANA Supporting documentsThis document presents background information pertaining to the Coldwater Indian Band with regards to the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project. The document makes references to other studies that have been conducted, including existing impacts on traditional use, and impacts of the proposed pipeline on rights and titleNo Author. 2015. Written evidence of the Coldwater Indian Band - Transmountain Pipeline2015Nicola First NationsC78-10-2 - Coldwater Written Evidence - A4Q0W6.pdfüüüüMediumNANA ReportScopes a variety of considerations (water use, land use, impacts on water, governments/governance, planning, data availability / gaps for the coldwater/nicola river watershed. Includes perspectives from Industry and First Nations. Likely a foundational document for this exercise as it summarizes the key concerns w/r/t the watershed.McCleary, R., Whitehouse, R., McFarlane, B., Thomson, S., Petersen, A., Pyett, N., Farmer, P. 2016. WSA Pilot Scoping Assessment - Coldwater/Nicola River Watershed.2016Coldwater RiverScoping Assessment - WSA Pilot - Coldwater Nicola River Systems August 10,16 PF.docxüüüüüüüüüüüMediumApplications of WSA Tools: • Area based regulations-basin closure, measuring and reporting • Watershed sensitivity designation • Water ObjectiveNo data gaps identified. Supporting documentsAdditional comments from stakeholders with regards to the short-list of additonal storage sites.No Author. 2007. WUMP Appendix AA Summary of Referral Comments / MSAC Reasons for Short listing 121 Potential Storage Sites2007Nicola WatershedAdditional Storage Sites Study - Phase 1\WUMPAppendixAAAdditionalStorageSites-Refe.pdfüüüüLowNANA Supporting documentsAdditional comments from referrals with regards to the short-list of additonal storage sites.No Author. 2007. WUMP Appendix AAA – Summary of Additional Comments to Short listed Storage Sites by Sub-Basin2007Nicola WatershedAdditional Storage Sites Study - Phase 1\WUMPAppendixAAAAdditionalStorageSites-Add.pdfüüüüLowNANA Supporting documentsThe report provides information on 345 identified water storage sites in the Nicola watershed. The goals of Phase 1 of the Additional Storage Sites Study were: a) to build a listing of sites with potential storage for water along the Nicola River and its tributaries; b) to develop criteria for identifying sites suitable for further study; c) to calculate the relative amount of water that could be stored a these sites. In addition to the report, a number of maps were produced showing swamps, topography and slope ranges, biogeoclimatic and moisture zones, land tenure and rural parcels, pine stands, agricultural land reserve, critical ungulate winter range and water catchment areas in each of the ten sub-basins of the Nicola watershed.No Author. 2007. Potential Storage Sites w/ Comments2007Nicola WatershedAdditional Storage Sites Study - Phase 1\WUMPFINALSEPARATED-345StorageSitesDEC2007.pdfüüüüLowNANA Supporting documentsThis report documents the regulatory components required to obtain permission to build a dam on a water body in BC.Davis, Ingrid. 2007. OUTLINE OF THE REGULATORY PROCESS FOR CONSTRUCTING A WATER STORAGE SITE2007Nicola WatershedAdditional Storage Sites Study - Phase 1\WUMPOutlineofRegulatoryProcessforDamsDec2.pdfüLowNANA Supporting documentsThis document contains additional notes from the DFO with regards to screening of the short-list of proposed additonal water storage sites.DFO. 2007. DFO general comments related to potential new or alteration of existing storage sites2007Nicola WatershedAdditional Storage Sites Study - Phase 1\WUMPStoragesites-generalcommentsbyDFONov2.pdfüüLowNANA Unknown