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Location: Thompson Project Summary
Overview The SRWR has been undertaking streambank restoration sites with many partners for over 15 years. A standard process with levels of local understanding have developed over that time so that materials can be economically procured, permits obtained, landowner cooperation gained. Based on the partnerships and local awareness generated over past projects, essentially as many sites can be undertaken as can be funded. The methods used are well known locally and are based on standard bioengineering techniques with a relatively low risk of failure. Wood materials have already been stockpiled for these sites as an in kind contribution from the MOF Skimikin seed orchard and is on hold for the SRWR for this project. Over its history the SRWR has been able to complete an average of approx 10 sites per year over the past 15 years , until last year when an unusual opportunity with FSWP and EFP occurred that enabled 127 sites to be completed withy help from other partners including landowners, local contractors, Okanagen Indian Band, Tolko Industries, Skimikin Seed Orchard, the Salmon Arm Rugby Team, and others. That record breaking year has put the SRWR within reach of completing its 20 year goal of restoring the majority of the severely eroding streambank sites on the Salmon River. This proposal would enable 22 more sites to be undertaken, which is thought to be sufficient to put the SRWR within 20% of its 1995 streambank restoration goal. Monitoring is becoming part of the annual activity planning, as that goal is approached, using a suite of parameters (riparian vegetation, sediment sampling, water quality, eroding streambank ratios, etc) that will collectively indicate when the threshold has been reached. If successful this will mark a significant event in the history of watershed scale restoration activities in BC
Methods Standard bioengineering methods will be used to restore eroding streambanks at 22 key sites along the Salmon River. These include various combinations of streambank structures, instream complexing and riparian plantings as specifically prescribed for each site. Most prescriptions are based on recombinations of tree revetment, wood and rock spurs, plantings and fencing. A Biologist familiar with streambank restoration will design the site prescriptions and undertake the task of submitting applications for Section 9 permitting, organizing materials and equipment, working with landowners on cost share and in kind contributions. Each project offers the opportunity for interaction to develop improved understanding of the principles behind streambank stabilization and the value of healthy functioning riparian areas with landowners and other partners during project planning and construction. Linkage to FSWP salmonid and watershed sustainability goals, EFP Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) to reduce agri-environmental risks as well as with WEBs and MOE monitoring results to describe how each site is incrementally important to making a change at a landscape (watershed ) level will be explained to participants to help affect behaviour change that supports salmonids and watersheds. In this project technical skills will be combined with social marketing skills to not only stabilze eroding banks efficiently but also to inspire behaviour change amongst partners to improve salmonid sustainability.
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Could you please give me some contact names for this project. I am working with some schools and may be able to help with planting projects.
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