Kootenay Lake FIMP Report | |
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| type | Report |
| author | J. Schleppe; S. McPherson |
| abstract | The desire to live and recreate in the Kootenay Region of British Columbia (BC), combined with the generally positive economic climate, has resulted in rapid population growth and urban development. Lake foreshore (or shoreline) residential development pressures (both permanent and seasonal) have especially increased. Kootenay Lake, with its approximate 400 km of shoreline, has seen a pronounced amount of this growth. This development inevitably impacts the natural foreshore environment. Unfortunately, these impacts can diminish the natural values that draw people to live and recreate along the foreshore in the first place. Living Lakes Canada (LLC) has funded this shoreline mapping project through Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk (SAR) Program, to aid long-term lakeshore planning to protect high value fish and wildlife habitat values. |
| keywords | FIMP, Kootenay, lakes, lakeshore planning |
| url | https://data.cbwaterhub.ca/dataset/kootenay-lake-foreshore-inventory-mapping-open-2021 |
| date | 2022 |
| journal | Living Lakes Canada |
| publisher | Ecoscape Environmental Consultants |
Kootenay Lake FIMP Report
