Moose and Watershed Stewardship Pilot

Tripartite Working Group Overview

(Please be advised this website is monitored and updated on an on-going basis)

The Moose and Watershed Stewardship Pilot is about collaboration between Government, Secwepemc Reconciliation Framework Agreement (RFA) signatory First Nations (Secwepemc) and major forest licensees to foster better stewardship of the forest resource and associated moose and watershed values in the Pilot Area.  The Pilot Area encompasses three adjacent watersheds (Criss Creek, Tranquille River and Jamieson Creek).

The Working Group members retained Fraser Basin Council to coordinate and facilitate a collaborative planning process and to develop the plan.  After over a year working together, the planning process wrapped up in December 2015, and the plan was ratified by all parties on April 5, 2016.

The collaborative plan provides for:

• Improved land and resource management planning;
• Improved communications and relationships;
• Improved resource management of moose habitat, riparian systems and functioning, and access, while maintaining forest productivity.

The content for the plan were generated by the Working Group participants during monthly meetings.  Meeting summaries were approved by the Working Group, and then posted on this MFLNRO District public website, along with other presentation material, existing information and plans, and new emerging information.  Working Group Meetings were generally not open to the public, but submissions and requests could be made for consideration by the Working Group.

Photo provided by: Chris Procter, Wildlife Biologist

Final Draft Plan and Maps

At their meeting on December 9, 2015, the Tripate Working Group recommended this final draft plan goes for approval as per the steps outlined in Chapter 18. This draft plan was ratified on April 5, 2016, with implementation beginning immediatley.

• Final Approved Plan V.7
• Map 1 - Moose polygon
• Map 2 - Moose management zones around key habitat features
• Map 3 - Ben Vinje's polygon for road deactivation
• Map 4 - Sub-basin
• Shapefiles

Implementation: Access Management

One of the key implementation items in the plan is a “recommendation to create an access management plan, addressing multiple goals, using multiple approaches, and with a list of desired deliverables.”. To that end, a draft Access Management Plan has been developed and is now open for review and comment.
Comments on this draft plan are welcomed until June 10th, 2016. After that date, the plan will be finalized and implementation will begin. Questions and comments can be directed to Rachael Pollard, Resource Manager, Thompson Rivers Natural Resource District (Rachael.Pollard@gov.bc.ca).

• Draft proposed Access Management Plan

Proposed Moose and Watershed Stewardship Pilot Tripartite Working Group - Terms of Reference:

• Terms of Reference - October 8, 2015
• Map of Pilot Area

Satellite Moose Tracking Image and Photo provided by: Chris Procter, Wildlife Biologist

Meeting Resources:

• Compendium of forest hydrology and geomorphology in British Columbia
• November 26, 2014 - agenda
• December 8, 2014 - agenda
• January 14, 2015 - agenda
• January 16, 2015 - draft plan
• High moose use polygons
• Management zones - map
• Thermal year - map

Meeting Summaries:

• November 26, 2014
• December 8, 2014
• January 14, 2015
• February 11, 2015
• March 11, 2015
• April 8, 2015
• May 13, 2015
• June 10, 2015
• July 11, 2015
• July 29, 2015
• August 26, 2015
• September 9, 2015
• October 14, 2015
• November 4, 2015
• December 9, 2015

Meeting Presentations:

• Moose Watershed Value and CRMZs - May 12, 2015
• Secwepemc Cultural Heritage - Moose and Watershed - May 13, 2015
• Security Hiding - May 12, 2015
• Forage - May 12, 2015
• Moose and Watershed Stewardship OGMA

Secwepemc Reconciliation and Framework Agreement (RFA):

Secwepemc RFA signatory First Nations that are participating in the MWSP are Tk’emlups to Secwepemc (TteS), Skeetchestn Indian Band (SkIB), Adams Lake Indian Band, Splatsin First Nation and Shuswap Indian Band).  Secwepemc and the Province have entered into the Secwepemc Reconciliation Framework Agreement (Secwepemc RFA) effective April 10, 2013.

• RFA Agreement
• RFA Presentation

Learning Opportunities and Existing Resources:

Emerging Information, New Studies or Initiatives, or Topic Experts

• Cummulative Effects Presentation - January 14, 2015
• Introduction to TSR 101
• Kamloops Timber Supply Review – Data Package, Sept 2014
• CEF Moose Value Presentation - March 11, 2015
• Moose Habitat & Population Management & Research - March 11, 2015
• Watershed Management - April 8, 2015
• Development of a Strategic Level GIS Indicator

Existing Plans, Reports and Strategies

• Tranquille Watershed Assessment - 2013
• Fort St. John Pilot Project - Review Report - 2010
• Variable-Retention Riparian Harvesting Effects - 2012
• Lemke Moose Habitat Handbook

Access Management Information

• Security Hiding - May 12, 2015
• Forage - May 12, 2015
• Calving - May 11, 2015
• Preliminary Access Management Plan - March 26, 2012
• Mow Creek Deactivation Overview Map
• Tranquille Lake Road Atlas
• Bonaparte Access Map - March 8, 2012
• Bonaparte Plateau Non-Status Roads - April 16, 2012

Skeetchestn

• Riparian Research
• Skeetchestn Silvicultural Strategy

Established Processes, or Topic Experts

• Forestry Streams and Fish Habitat

Stakeholders:

• Content coming soon

Feedback:

Rachael Pollard, Resource Manager

1265 Dalhousie Street, Kamloops, BC

250-371-6503

Email: ThompsonRiversDistrict@gov.bc.ca

Riparian Assessment

Riparian Habitat Study