Paris Marshall Smith
Sustainability Planner
Representing Diverse Communities in the Kootenays
The RDCK recognizes the importance of protected water sources for drinking, habitat and recreation by providing effective management of its 19 water systems and being an advocate for safe, clean and abundant water.
The RDCK has completed Phase 2 of the Watershed Governance Initiative (WGI): Data Collation and Mapping and continued relationship building.
From May to August 2021, following months of planning and continued relationship building, the Watershed Governance Initiative team piloted the Data Collation and Mapping project to create a user-friendly map to access existing data related to watersheds. The 16 weeks of work included research, surveys, interviews, and numerous meetings with community groups and watershed stewards.
The WGI Data Collation and Mapping project has provided:
In 2020, following the guidance of the Regional Watershed Governance Initiative Report, the RDCK is initiated a multi-year initiative with the overall goal of creating the conditions for regional collaborative decision making to protect watersheds where drinking water sources are at risk. The RDCK wishes to acknowledge the funding support of the Real Estate Foundation of BC.
In April 2021 at the Community Sustainability Living Advisory Committee (CSLAC) meeting, an update on the WGI was provided, see the presentation slides here.
The Kootenay Lake Partnership was formed in 2010 as a multi-agency initiative to support management approaches for a productive and healthy Kootenay Lake ecosystem.
The Kootenay Lake Shoreline Guidance Document is a result of a comprehensive Sensitive Habitat Inventory Mapping project that involved an inventory and assessment of ecological, archaeological and Ktunaxa cultural values along the shoreline of Kootenay Lake. The resulting Shoreline Guidance Document directs shoreline development such as docks, retaining walls, or dredging activities in an effort to protect high value shoreline habitats.
The Slocan Lake Guidance Document was initiated in 2011 and completed in 2014. Read more.
The Brilliant Headpond Stewardship Collaborative aims to bring together residents of the Brilliant Headpond area communities, government, First Nations and industry in a collaborative effort to build a stewardship plan. Read more.
The content on this page was last updated September 9 2021 at 11:14 AM