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Bear Creek Recreation Area

Bear Creek Recreation Area . Protecting Water Quality at it’s Source. Condition of the Watershed WITHOUT Managed Recreation. Laying the Foundation. Bear Creek is a multiple use watershed including water, timber harvesting, mining, range, recreation, and private residences.

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Bear Creek Recreation Area

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  1. Bear Creek Recreation Area Protecting Water Quality at it’s Source

  2. Condition of the Watershed WITHOUT Managed Recreation

  3. Laying the Foundation • Bear Creek is a multiple use watershed including water, timber harvesting, mining, range, recreation, and private residences. • On April 11, 2001, Bear Creek was legally designated as a motorised Resource Management Zone (RMZ) under the Okanagan Shuswap LRMP. The LRMP was a public process including the Water Supply Association and Local Government. • On October 17, 2007, MTCA legally designated the area as a Recreation Site under FRPA S56(1) and entered into a management agreement with OTRA under FRPA S 118. • October 2007 A public advisory committee was established to gather input from all stakeholders in the development of strategic and operational recreation plans for the area. • November 10, 2009, Government announces ORV legislation.

  4. Protecting Water Quality #1 • MTCA in collaboration with other agencies, OTRA, and various stakeholders has lead a process to develop a managed ORV riding area to protect water quality, environmental, and recreational resources. • Significant investment over the past two years to mitigate recreation impacts to water quality. Over $1 million spent to date. • Focus is on repair of historical damage caused by unmanaged recreation, closing unsustainable trails, water quality assessments, development of a new sustainable trail system, signage, removing access from riparian and sensitive ecological areas by installing significant barriers, installing proper staging and camping facilities including outhouse facilities, and education materials. • Significant investment in all levels of planning including; LRMP, Strategic Concept Plan, Operational Plan, detailed Operational Trail Plan, Monitoring and Enforcement Plan. • Work is completed by professionals including; Professional Foresters, Geotechnical Engineers, Professional Engineers, Stream Biologists, Professional Agrologists and Professional Geoscientists.

  5. Stakeholder Involvement • Significant stakeholder involvement to date starting with the LRMP process: • Collaborative process from beginning including other agencies, trail users and various stakeholders. • Several advisory committee meetings held to date. • Over a dozen on-site visits with LID, stakeholders, and West Kelowna Council. • Helicopter flight with Drinking Water Officer. • Presentations to TOMC manager’s committee and the Regional Drinking Water Team. • Several meetings with LID, IHA, West Kelowna and the Regional District. • Public open house and information session. • Public FTP site with available planning and map information.

  6. EDUCATION Water Quality and Environment Invasive Weeds Signage Rider Etiquette Awareness Days/Open House Tech Checks Sound Checks 96db Spark Arrestors

  7. ENGINEERING Professionally designed and engineered sustainable trails. Water management through engineered solutions. Engineered structures to mitigate impacts to water, soil and the environment. Engineered staging areas to mitigate human impacts

  8. ENFORCEMENT COS, MFR, RCMP, DRO, Trail Patrol, Peers Recreation Regulations FRPA S 46.1 Spark Arrestors Sound 96 db NEW ORV legislation Stay on trails or stay home!!

  9. EVALUATION Water Quality Monitoring Sediment Monitoring Compliance Monitoring Effectiveness Monitoring Volunteer Trail Patrol Monitoring Plan and Evaluation forms on a regular basis

  10. Condition of the Watershed WITH Managed Recreation

  11. Where Do We Want to Be?? Past?? Future??

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