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Report: Survey of 2 Tributary Creeks in the Courtenay River Estuary FWCP COA-F17-F-1352

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In 2016, the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society (CVPWS) obtained seed funding from the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) to update mapping and surveying of habitat features for two tributary streams, Glen-Urquhart and Mallard Creeks, both of which enter into Dyke Slough and then the Komoks Estuary. This data collection was a necessary first step to help identify restoration opportunities and guide future restoration planning.

Author:  J. Sutherst

Old Reference Number:  COA-F17-F-1352

Old Reference System:  FWCP Fish Wildlife Compensation Program - Coastal

Date Published:  Mar 2017

Report ID:  52596

Audience:  Government and Public

In 2016, the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society (CVPWS) obtained seed funding from the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) to update mapping and surveying of habitat features for two tributary streams, Glen-Urquhart and Mallard Creeks, both of which enter into Dyke Slough and then the Komoks Estuary. This data collection was a necessary first step to help identify restoration opportunities and guide future restoration planning. It was also an information gap that was recognized by a local stakeholder committee organized by the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD). This committee is looking at the functioning of the tide gates, which control saltwater intrusion into the Dyke slough, and how the workings of the gates could be modified to improve the area for fish and wildlife. Landowners along both creeks were contacted by CVPWS, either directly or through a mail-out, and asked for permission to access their property in order to conduct the necessary stream survey work. These property owners were also informed of the project rationale and the potential for future habitat restoration or enhancement works. Landowners were receptive to this work and some synergistic opportunities to address their specific issues and/or concerns, while at the same time improving habitat for fish and wildlife, were identified. A team from Ecofish Research Limited (Ecofish) and the Komoks First Nation undertook the field survey work of the two creeks in the fall. CVPWS provided Ecofish with all the background documentation required to conduct this work including the previous mapping and report. Ecofish verified the mapping data previously collected on the system and recorded habitat features, issues of concern and some opportunities for improving habitat. The final deliverables included updated field verified ArcGIS and Excel SHIM datasets for Glen-Urquhart and Mallard Creeks, and associated maps and geo-referenced feature photos as well as drone surveys of both these streams. CVPWS reviewed and complied the field data received from Ecofish in order to create and update reports for these two systems with photos, as well as potential restoration and/or enhancement opportunities along these systems. This information will be passed along to the CVRD committee in order to inform their decision making process about the management of the tidal gates and the estuary floodplain. It will also be vetted through the CVPWS Technical Committee in order to prioritize future restoration planning along these two systems.

Report Type
  Fish and Aquatic Habitat Information
 
Subject
  Region - Vancouver Island
  Terrestrial Information - Restoration
  Fish and Fish Habitat - Habitat and Stream Assessment
 


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