ktunaxa tribal council meeting notes, may 1, 2003

Thursday, May 01, 2003 Reference notes of meeting April 30, 2003 at St Eugene Tribal Council office. In Attendance : Tom Munson KKTC Lands Coordinator Jim Whitehead KKTC Treaty Liaison Dan Gravelle KKTC Treaty Liaison Vic Clement KKTC Resource Protection Manager Robert Williams Traditional Use Program Technician Diana Cote Shuswap Band Natural Resource Coordinator Jim Beare Columbia Lake Band Natural Resource Coordinator Glenn Stewart ENKON Environmental Grant Costello Pheidias Project Management Wayne Choquette Consulting Archaeologist Meeting got underway at 3:00 PM with Tom Munson in Chair. After introductions Tom stated purpose of meeting. Meeting was requested by Glen Stewart of ENKON on behalf of client Pheidias as a courtesy to the Tribal Council to keep it informed of environmental work being done on Jumbo Project to fulfill requirements under the Environmental Assessment Act of BC. Second purpose was to provide background environmental information for an archeology and traditional use study to be proposed for the area. Glen Stewart gave his report outlining the studies done by his firm since his first involvement with the Jumbo project in 1989. The studies included: Monthly wildlife aerial and ground surveys from September 1992 to August 1993. Results indicated that ungulates move into Jumbo Valley in late April-May and move out in October-November. A few moose ov erwinter in t he valley dependent on snowpack. This seasonal movement is typical for the side valleys off the Columbia Valley. Fish habitat and population surveys conducted in September 1992 and May 1993. Results indicated that bull and rainbow/cutthroat trout were in lower Jumbo Creek but no fish in upper Jumbo near the proposed village site Water quality sampling conducted four times (September 1992, February, April and May 1993) to characteriz e water quality in Jumbo Creek. Metals were ty pical of glacier fed streams in the Kootenays Invertebrate sampling conducted in Jumbo Creek in September 1992 and May 1993. Results indicated that the benthic invertebrate community of Jumbo Creek is typical of an undisturbed stream Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping at 1:20,000 scale for the entire Jumbo Valley was completed in 1992-1993 to assess wildlife habitat impacts from the Jumbo project Grizzly bear population study jointly funded by the EAO and the Proponent was conducted in the spring and summer of 1998. Results indi cated that male grizzl y bears were generally found within the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy and females were spread out throughout the remainder of the 1500 km 2 study area. Two female grizzly bears were located within Jumbo Valley which was on the low side of densities compared to the r emainder of the study area. The total population estimated for the entire 1500 km 2 study area was approximately 45 grizzly bears, although it was recognized that due to the large home range of grizzly bears, many of these bears would use other habitat outside of the study area

Upload: jumboglacier

Post on 04-Apr-2018

215 views

Category: