CASTLEGAR NEWS Thursday, February 25, 2016
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Vol.13 • Issue 08
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Board of governors approves student fees hike See page 3
Jo-Ann Bursey Mountainview Realty Ltd.
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Rebels presented with KIJHL awards
Castlegar releases Street Tree Master Plan
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SOUP
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SOUL Full story on page 5
Attendees enjoyed six delicious soups from their handmade pottery bowls.
Nancy Trotman Mortgage Broker
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Glade residents outraged by plans to log in watershed BETSY KLINE Castlegar News
PJ Poznekoff
Phil@castlegarrealty.ca
365-4679
An emotionally charged meeting was held Feb. 17 in Glade regarding plans for Kalesnikoff Lumber and Atco Wood Products to log in the Glade watershed. About 60 people turned up for the meeting, the primary purpose of which was to hear a report on the hydrogeomorphic assessment of the watershed. The report was completed by Kim Green P.Geo., PhD, of Apex Geoscience Consultants Ltd. The purpose of the investigation was intended to assess the likelihood of adverse cumulative impacts to water quantity, quality and timing of flows at the Glade Irrigation District intake and to provide guidance for forest development
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to limit the risk of such impacts occurring. The detailed report covers physiography; geology and soils; aspect, slope and elevation distribution; climate and hydrology, historical forest development, disturbance and recovery; and hydraulic geometry. According to the report, “… the most sensitive portion of the watershed to hydrological impacts associated with forest development is the 1224 ha area south of the north fork stream channel. This area has predominantly west to north aspects and appears to be the source area for extreme floods that are triggered by late-season rain-on-snow events.” The report also states that the proposed harvesting of Atco in the north fork tributary represents no change to the existing risk of a damaging flood event.
The block is situated on south aspect slopes along the northern boundary of the watershed. The report’s summary states that, “A total ECA [equivalent clear cut area] of less than 25% in total and 15% for the area south of the north fork channel, when situated on slopes with aspects other than north or northwest and over a range of elevations will not increase the existing risk of a damaging flood at the intake.” When asked by Castlegar News if the companies considered the recommendations in the report as binding and would keep within that 15 to 25 per cent recommendation, Tyler Hodkinson, woodlands manager with Kalesnikoff, stated, “If I went outside Kim’s report, and I was brought before my peers, I would be in trouble. Continued on A2
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