Kettle River Watershed Management Plan Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting #3 – July 19, 2012

1. Kettle River Watershed Management PlanStakeholder Advisory GroupMeeting #3 – July 19, 2012

2. Draft Agenda • 6:30 Agenda / Meeting #2 Minutes / Actions • 6:45 Discussion: Response to Phase 1 report • Overview of major issues addressed in report • Identification of further studies • 7:45 Preview: Stakeholder Engagement Plan • 8:15 Round Table • 8:30 Next meeting / adjourn

3. Round table response to Phase 1 • [notes] –

4. MAJOR INFORMATION GAPS • Groundwater outside Grand Forks, especially GW – SW interaction • Irrigation water return • High elevation climate data • Water quality in sub-basins with potential for mining • Riparian function • What is potential to improve habitat conditions for target fish species? (flow, temperature, riparian function, channel morphology) • … others?

5. RECOMMENDATIONS – Part 1b • Develop watershed population and economic development future scenarios • Review groundwater demand, considering potential switches from SW; set priorities for detailed study • Desktop assessment of GW-SW interaction for higher priority aquifers • Additional runs of Climate & Agricultural Demand Models (present & future) • Water quality survey • Creel surveys – update angler use • Radio-telemetry to identify critical habitats and confirm fate of adults fish in the summer (do they depart or die?) • Organize “riparian working group” to collate existing knowledge and set priorities for assessment and/or restoration

6. MONITORING NETWORK UPGRADES • High elevation climate station & one or more Farmwest stations • Boundary Creek hydrometric station • Observation wells (e.g. Midway & Grand Forks) • Fisheries monitoring in support of management strategies • Regular assessments of riparian function • Others?

7. Next steps • Recommendations: • Address issues related to flow calculations and water balance corrections due to irrigation water demand • Finalize minor revisions with Summit • Publish final document, with good printed copies sent to key organizations • Prepare addendum if required with further calculations.

8. Preview of Stakeholder Engagement Plan • Purpose – template to guide our involvement of public in support of planning outcome: • “strategic vision for the watershed with concrete actions to be undertaken by the various agencies and stakeholders who have a role in the management of water and land resources within the basin, including individual citizens”

10. Commitments • Different stakeholders have different needs and interests in being involve • Challenge is to provide all four levels of involvement here, as appropriate for community members (examples)

11. Engagement themes • Support a planning process that is credible, legitimate, fair, open, and learns from public knowledge and experience and best available scientific information • Use education, outreach, and dialogue to build awareness of the watershed, support for watershed management and public understanding of its function

12. Stakeholder Engagement Opportunities • Commencing • Presentations to public on state of the watershed • Newspaper / radio / web site (throughout) • Public release / review / comment at each milestone • Issues, values, visions • Attending public events / gatherings to share info & hear issues (throughout) • Survey #2 on watershed issues & values • Community mapping & visioning sessions (mid-fall) • Goals, objectives, priorities • Special meeting to map issues to governance to support prioritization • Linking with other processes (OBWB, CBT) • Solutions – special meetings / workshops • Draft Plan – public presentations, open houses, survey #3 • Implementation Planning – meetings with key stakeholders & groups interested in implementation role

13. Comments on engagement plan

14. Round table