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| Large Woody Debris Planned for Cheakamus - August 2007 |
| See the document below for details on LWD structures planned to be installed on the Cheakamus this summer. The location is immediately below the bridge that canoeists use as a take out by the North Vancouver Outdoor School. If you are interested in being involved in the installation, or if you have any comments for the proponents or Navigable Waters DOT, please send them to the email address below. |
| newsflash/Cheakamus_2007_LWD_restoration_Backgrounder_from_BCCF.pdf |
| Cheakamus Minimum Flows 2006 |
| The link below will take you to the BC Hydro Website and the details of the flow agreement in place following the chemical spill in the Cheakamus Canyon. |
| http://www.bchydro.com/info/res_hydromet/res_hydromet19698.html |
| Cheakamus Toxic Spill Info |
| If you are interested in the Cheakamus toxic spill on August 5th, the Pacific Streamkeepers Federation has a good collection of articles on their website. The water has returned back to normal, and paddlers have been using the river. It is still a beautiful river, however the lack of waterfowl and fish is very noticeable if you know the river well. |
| http://www.pskf.ca/publications/cheakums05/ |
| environment@bccanoe.com |
| BC Hydro Pushing Lower Flows on Cheakamus River. |
| From WKABC's "RiverWatch" July 2005. Despite documented evidence that demonstrates the proposed WUP will remove more water from the Cheakamus, and negatively impact, angling, kayaking commercial rafting, local residents, and just about everyone who uses the river, BC Hydro is pushing their WUP, and the BC government is on the brink of approving it. This will mean dewatering to the extent that the commerical operations (rafting, guiding, etc) are likely to fail. Instream use will become possible only in high flow periods when they can not capture the flows behind the dam. When 12 of the 15 member Consultative Committee voted to oppose this flow regime, BC Hydro simply pushed forward. |
| http://www.bccanoe.com/enviroflash/Cheakamus Water Use Plan-July 14-05.htm |
| environment@bccanoe.com |
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