Hi everyone

I'd just like to bring to your attention that today, until Feb 9, is the comment period for the proposed hydro developments on the three above noted creeks. Here's a link to the BC EAO webpage - the comment forms can be found in the left hand navigation menu.

http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca/

Every voice counts!

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You can find the information that is directly related to kayak recreation in the three navigation assessments, found in the three links below. This is the basis of the proposed mitigation measures.

Tretheway: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/epic/documents/p326/d33959/1325713372961_bc5695953c488917d15f01fd7a4e35ea941ee14eb041ab8e46f8cdc2a64cf0cd.pdf

Shovel: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/epic/documents/p327/d33956/1325708783091_7abf8e77679fd2255bc1a37076d4f46f782626aafb958bec3304f12c106fb007.pdf

Big Silver: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/epic/documents/p325/d33955/1325710670712_bc5695953c488917d15f01fd7a4e35ea941ee14eb041ab8e46f8cdc2a64cf0cd.pdf

Of note: the development of Statlu Creek has been dropped from this group of projects. That's good news in the short term - we just have to wait and see what happens next on that front.

Interesting to look through those documents. They seem to give weight to the importance of documentation of these runs (and any/all runs) through any means possible, including blogs and websites.

These assessments were developed by a contractor called Typlan.  This company (a one man show as far as I know) has situated themselves with the developers in SW BC as the go-to guys for this sort of thing.  They have done assessments for all the recent project, including the Skookum project which hasn't been made public yet.

Unfortunately, while the assessments state consultation with users is a top priority it seems that their 'consultation' simply involved data mining the internet using google.  Anybody could find what is in that document with 20 minutes online.  As far as I know, no persons have been contacted, nor has there been any inquiries about these projects on public forums like this one or others in BC.  Obviously, this means 1) many days of use go unaccounted for and 2) people with an interest in preserving navigation are effectively not consulted when in the creation of these documents, despite the claim that this is of high priority for them.

This, and several other important issues, are some of the things we will be addressing at the open house that will be held on Jan 19 in Chilliwack.

Here is an update:

http://www.liquidlore.blogspot.com/2012/01/preserve-navigation-on-big-silver-and.html


The open house went well, however only written comments are officially considered.  Send in your comments when you can!