East Kootenay Integrated Lakes Management Partnership (EKILMP)
Updated: January 22, 2010
What is EKILMP?
EKILMP was formed in early 2006 in response to concerns about the fast pace of shoreline development in the East Kootenay region. The aim is to protect lakes by producing ecologically based land use and development guidance documents and encouraging more integrated and coordinated approaches by all levels of government, property owners and developers. Current members of the partnership include:
What has EKILMP done?
EKILMP has contracted the development of a series of reports based on the
Sensitive Habitat Inventory and Mapping (SHIM) protocols that are being
developed in British Columbia for lakes in the East Kootenay region. Three
reports are generally completed for each lake: Foreshore Inventory and Mapping
(FIM), Fish and Wildlife Habitat Assessment and Shoreline Management
Guidelines.
Foreshore Inventory and Mapping (FIM) is a project where GIS, GPS and field
observation are used to identify and document the land uses (i.e. residential
development), shoreline modifications (i.e. docks), and biophysical attributes
(i.e. marshes) along the lake shoreline. The report identifies baseline
inventory information that can assist with monitoring, the development of land
management objectives for the shoreline and the development of management plans
and policies.
The
Fish and Wildlife Habitat Assessment reports are a result of a range of
activities to assess the values associated with the habitat. Activities can
include historical air photo analysis, fisheries, aquatic invertebrates and
wildlife field assessments, aquatic habitat indexing and determination of zones
of sensitivity for the lake foreshore. The result of the report is the
identification of Ecological Value rankings and recommendations of future
actions to be undertaken to provide direction for opportunities for conservation
and restoration.
The Shoreline Management Guidelines are intended to be used as an initial step when reviewing, planning for, or prescribing alterations along the shoreline. The Guidelines are developed based on the information contained within the FIM and Fish and Wildlife Habitat Assessment reports for each lake. The Guidelines identify shoreline color zones, activity risk analysis and the process of proceeding with applications for works along the shoreline. The Guidelines are intended to result in cooperative management between all levels of government who have responsibility for approvals and permits and to provide direction to applicants when considering development along the foreshore.
Available Reports and Mapping
Links to the reports and
associated maps that have been completed to date are available below:
Lake Windermere
Foreshore Inventory and Mapping (FIM) Report
Fish and Wildlife Habitat Assessment Report
Fish and
Wildlife Habitat Assessment Maps:
Shoreline Description – South Windermere
Shoreline Description
–
North Windermere
Habitat Index & Zones
of Sensitivity –
South Windermere
Habitat Index & Zones of Sensitivity – North Windermere
Shoreline Management Guidelines
Shoreline Management Guidelines Maps:
Shoreline Designation Map – South Windermere
Shoreline Designation Map – North Windermere
Reports completed by Interior
Reforestation Co. Ltd.
Moyie Lake
Foreshore Inventory and Mapping (FIM) Report*
Appendix E – Moyie Wildlife Appendix
Shoreline Management Guidelines**
Shoreline
Designation Maps:
* The FIM and Fish and Wildlife Habitat Assessment Reports have been combined into one document for Moyie Lake.
** Mapsheet 1 is the north end of the North Basin and Mapsheet 9 is the south end of the South Basin.
Reports completed by Ecoscape Environmental
Consultants Ltd.
Monroe Lake
Foreshore Inventory and Mapping (FIM) Report*
Shoreline Management Guidelines
Shoreline Designation Maps:
* The FIM and Fish and Wildlife Habitat Assessment Reports have been combined into one document for Monroe Lake.
Reports completed by Ecoscape Environmental Consultants Ltd.
Columbia Lake
Foreshore Inventory Mapping, Sept. 2009
Sensitive Habitat Inventory Mapping, Aug. 2010
Shoreline Management Guidelines, Aug. 2010
Report completed by Interior Reforestation Co. Ltd.
Wasa Lake
Draft Shoreline Management Guidelines
Draft Sensitive Habitat Inventory & Mapping
Foreshore Inventory and Mapping (FIM) Report
Report completed by Interior Reforestation Co. Ltd.
Tie and Rosen Lakes
Draft Foreshore Inventory and Mapping, Fish and Wildlife Assessment and Shoreline Management Guidelines
Draft Shoreline Management Guidelines
Reports completed by AMEC Earth and Environmental