Safety Plan

Al Irvine


Al Irvine
New Graph Environment

250-777-1518
Date: 2021-10-11


Safety Plan - 2021-041-nupqu-elk-fish-passage

The latest version of this pdf can be downloaded here.


A zip file which includes kml (google earth) and gpx (garmin) files of the sites to be potentially assessed can be downloaded here. Georeferenced pdf maps can be accessed and downloaded here.


Accomodations

Al - Unit 216 - 1500 McDonald Avenue Fernie, BC - Contact - Matthew
Brody - Unit 305 - 1500 McDonald Avenue Fernie, BC - Contact - Bob

project_number project_name
2021-041 nupqu-elk-fish-passage


Table 1: Crew members details and emergency contacts
name email phone satellite emerg_name emerg_email emerg_phone
Al Irvine 250-777-1518 Tara Stark 250-505-9854
Brody Klenk 250-921-6062 – Sabrina Cook 250-231-4865

Equipment Checklists

Personal Equipment Checklist
GPS food
Suncreen gloves work
Bugspray glasses safety
Polarized glasses headlamp
Bear Spray hard hat
phone/camera steel toed boots
battery pack booster for phone clinometer
Hat field vest
first aid kit personal note book
Waders Extra clothes
Boots rain gear
Ski poles hand lens
water –


Crew Equipment Checklist
Hand saw pilon x 2
Linesman Gloves x 3 Measuring board
Backroads Mapbook Scale
Locational maps Permits
Background Documents Fish ID book
radio road Site Cards / Field Guide
Inreach Minnow Traps
Field Safety Plan Catfood
first aid kit level 1 Flagging
First Aid binder stocked Laptop w/basecamp
Throw bags GPS cable
polaski Lazer level
shovel Assessment cards fish passage
fire extinguisher backpack UAV
fire extinguisher pressurized Flow meter
Battery booster ATV
Compressor 12V bucket rigid x 2
Rubber boots (no-slip soles) bucket foldable
Small BT Speaker (for bears) clove oil kit w/ instructions
Oakton Multimeter gloves leather
Backpack Electrofisher sharpies
stop nets x 4 ATV gas
salt blocks ATV lock
loose salt UAV battery charger
dip nets x 2 wader disinfectant kit
tape measure hand GPS batteries
tape measure eslon ATV helmets


Nearest Hospitals

Elk Valley Hospital - 1501 5 Ave, Fernie, BC V0B 1M0 - 250-423-4453Elk Valley Hospital - 1501 5 Ave, Fernie, BC V0B 1M0 - 250-423-4453


my_captionElkford Health Centre - Interior Health Authority - 212 Alpine Way, Elkford, BC V0B 1H0 - 250-865-2247


Field Plan

Field work methods will result in products feeding reporting formats such as the 2020 deliverables and will generally follow procedures in:


Presence/absence of fish, species composition/density and distribution limits can be useful for prioritizing which crossings are a best fit for fish passage restoration and help inform follow up monitoring so electrofishing and minnowtrapping may be conducted. Standard Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory Standard Field Form site cards are used to gather habitat data.


A summary of sites to be potentially assessed is included as Table 2 and an overview map of displaying potential sample locations is included as Figure 1.


Check In Procedures


Call, text or inreach Tara Stark (2505059854) each morning to share the plan for the day (i.e. name of roads and sites). Check in time is before 7 pm each evening although we regularly check in throughout the day (ex. at arrival to site, 1pm and 4pm) on the inreach or by text and report position/provide updates.


Procedures for Failed Check-In - for Check in person


Procedures are summarized in the following Figure. If phone call or inReach check-in is not received by 7pm send text to inreach units, call or text cell phones of field crew members. If no response please call accommodations then personal emergency contacts to see if they have heard anything. Wait 1 hour and text inreach, text or call cell phones and personal emergency contacts and accomodations again. Repeat after 2 hours (9 pm) - if no response then notify the RCMP of a missing persons in field.


Procedures for failed check-in








Figure 1. Map of potential sampling areas. High priority sites in red and moderate priority in green.

















Table 2: CWF - Potential sample locations.
id_xing Stream east north source id_map comments sp_upstr
61504 Coal Creek 645312.9 5483687 cwf 082G.113 Bridge {BT,CT,CT/RB,WCT}
197527 Crossing Creek 648724.3 5548196 cwf 082J.103 Dry last year. Lots of survey sites and no fish. Not likely of any value! {EB}
1004600533 Chauncey Creek 656890.0 5554160 cwf 082J.103 Ford {WCT}
1004600762 Fording River 651282.0 5562574 cwf 082J.103 Recently replaced multiplate? {WCT}
1004601280 Harmer Trib 659427.0 5517583 cwf 082G.119 Ford (likely) {WCT}
1004601704 Morrissey Creek 650166.0 5473852 cwf 082G.108 Ford –
1004601984 Lodgepole trib 654301.7 5458678 cwf 082G.108 Could be a decent candidate if not dry –
1004601993 Rabbit Creek 656655.0 5431721 cwf 082G.103 Ford (likely) –
1004601995 Rabbit Creek 655890.2 5431860 cwf 082G.103 Ford (likely) –
1004602163 Morrissey Creek 651609.1 5475661 cwf 082G.113 Above a huge falls –
1004602359 Rabbit Creek 655618.0 5431721 cwf 082G.103 Ford (likely) –
1004602514 Harmer Creek 659393.0 5517830 cwf 082G.119 Doubt there is a crossing. Dams ~500m upstream {WCT}
1004602646 Wigwam trib 647364.0 5452095 cwf 082G.108 Looks like a tiny stream and suspect road is removed since the bridge across the Wigwam is not there –
1004602949 Weigert Creek 647247.0 5534524 cwf 082G.123 Deactivated (could confirm with FLNR) –
1004603334 Fording River 651460.9 5566706 cwf 082J.108 Ford - in the middle of the mines {WCT}
1004603413 Henretta Creek 654825.0 5567436 cwf 082J.108 Ford - walk in {WCT}
1004603432 Cadoma trib 639196.0 5591178 cwf 082J.113 Ford (likely). Elk Lakes Park. Waaay in there. –
1004603480 Bean Creek 650539.0 5464640 cwf 082G.108 Bridge –
1004603553 Bighorn Creek 663230.0 5447429 cwf 082G.104 Ford. {DV}
1004603791 Lodgepole Trib 660586.0 5461227 cwf 082G.109 Ford (likely). Road appears overgrown. {WCT}
1004603793 Lodgepole Creek 663619.0 5462235 cwf 082G.109 Ford (likely). Road appears overgrown. {WCT}
1004604677 Henretta Creek 652123.3 5566424 cwf 082J.108 Fording mine. Massive looking structure. {WCT}
1004604696 Henretta Creek 652346.1 5566461 cwf 082J.108 Ford. Stream is not mapped correctly. Not there. {WCT}
1004605216 Wigwam trib 647730.0 5449516 cwf 082G.103 Keen to check this out. –
1004605338 Wigwam trib 658388.0 5436172 cwf 082G.103 Max 360m to steep gradients –
1004605499 Bean trib 650057.1 5463543 cwf 082G.108 Keen –
1004605937 Wigwam trib 662247.0 5431294 cwf 082G.104 Keen –
1004606007 Weigert Creek 647156.3 5534676 cwf 082G.123 Removed (could confirm with FLNR) –
1004606129 Wigwam trib 649481.2 5446732 cwf 082G.103 Keen. Drains snowshoe Lake {BT,CT,RB,WCT}
1004606284 Fording River 652990.0 5571951 cwf 082J.108 Ford (likely). Need permission? –
1004606347 Bean Creek 650414.6 5463819 cwf 082G.108 Keen –
1004606370 Lodgepole Creek 664905.1 5462562 cwf 082G.109 Keen {WCT}
1004606398 Lodgepole Creek 665796.1 5462152 cwf 082G.109 Keen –
1004606411 Lodgepole Trib 658765.0 5459547 cwf 082G.108 Ford (likely). {WCT}
1004606545 Cummings Creek 644862.0 5520738 cwf 082G.123 Keen. Need quad? –
1004606926 Bighorn Creek 664112.2 5445241 cwf 082G.104 Keen –
1004607022 McCool Creek 648168.1 5499879 cwf 082G.118 Ford (likely) {WCT}
1004607449 Ewin Trib 659283.9 5547544 cwf 082J.104 Ford (likely) –
1024706614 Henretta Creek 653180.2 5566732 cwf 082J.108 Ford {WCT}
1024733953 Lodgepole Trib 652220.8 5461435 cwf 082G.108 Bridge –
1024734790 Brûlé Creek 649910.2 5528007 cwf 082G.123 Ford (likely) {RB,WCT}
1024735049 Weigert Creek 650009.9 5531958 cwf 082G.123 Ford (assessed last year) –
1024735443 Abruzzi Creek 638867.1 5591423 cwf 082J.113 Ford (likely). Elk Lakes Park. Waaay in there. {WCT}
1100001086 Harmer Creek 657050.7 5522119 cwf 082G.123 Harmer Creek Dam. Elkview operations. {WCT}
1100002606 Boivin Creek 647275.1 5541987 cwf 082J.103 Dam. Elkford water intake? –


Table 3: 2020_field_planning - Potential sample locations.
id_xing Stream east north source id_map comments sp_upstr
50060 Harvey Creek 666579.3 5461445 2020_planning 082G.109 Harvey Lake is 1ha lake upstream ~230m upstream of the crossing. –
50061 Fuel Creek 667651.2 5459223 2020_planning 082G.109 Large stream but dry during assessment. WCT known upstream and wetted at 50151 (ford) located 600m upstream. {WCT}
50063 Kisoo Creek 668960.5 5458806 2020_planning 082G.109 Relatively large channel width. Good flow and hab value rated high. –
50072 – 682784.9 5447731 2020_planning 082G.104 Small stream with good flow in photos. Assessment comments indicate good gravels. Very close to the mainstem of the Flathead. –
50073 – 682180.0 5446356 2020_planning 082G.104 Fairly steep. comments indicate “WCT found upstream by Artech in 1995 according to Habitat Wizard” –
50075 – 683797.4 5445297 2020_planning 082G.104 Smaller stream. –
50081 – 681879.8 5443723 2020_planning 082G.104 Large stream. Potential barrier. –
50084 – 680147.4 5439436 2020_planning 082G.104 Fish observed at outlet. Falls in FISS just downstream. Culvert appears passable to all life stages/species at time of survey but may be velocity barrier at higher flows. –
50085 – 680488.4 5435930 2020_planning 082G.104 Larger channel width habitat rated as high value. –
50086 – 680428.7 5435744 2020_planning 082G.104 Appears passable at most flows. Rocky mountain sculpin nearby and their swim speeds could be a consideration. –
50090 – 681743.0 5430951 2020_planning 082G.104 If this is the mainstem, habitat upstream at bridge appears mod to high value. –
50091 – 681610.6 5431531 2020_planning 082G.104 Good flow in photos. Smaller channel width. Not on mapped stream location –
50100 – 669510.1 5442206 2020_planning 082G.104 Larger stream but fairly steep with relatively low habitat gain potential. –
50101 – 669469.8 5442312 2020_planning 082G.104 Larger stream with good flow. Gradients model as >15 downstream so naturally occuring barriers are fairly likely. –
50102 – 668217.8 5442479 2020_planning 082G.104 Good flow but very steep then extremely steep upstream. –
50152 – 638002.9 5483401 2020_field 082G.113 – –
50181 – 648276.6 5468171 2020_field 082G.108 – –
50185 – 645679.3 5469020 2020_field 082G.108 – –
50240 – 659199.0 5499658 2020_planning 082G.119 Comments indicate partially embedded and backwatered. Other comments indicate good candidate for bridge. –
50261 – 669029.6 5481120 2020_field 082G.114 – –
50273 Robert Creek 657671.1 5506277 2020_planning 082G.118 Dry channel. Small stream. –
62120 – 676693.1 5464482 2020_planning 082G.109 Small potential habitat gain but assessment comments indicate good rearing habitat and good potential fix candidate. –
62265 – 647692.6 5578674 2020_planning 082J.108 Splits upstream and gets very steep. Grainger indicates “Good potential for fix. Rearing habitat upstream.” –
62423 Grave Creek 660493.7 5524263 2020_field 082G.124 – {RB,WCT}
62425 Grave Creek 661478.0 5524388 2020_field 082G.124 – {WCT}
62426 Grave Creek 661662.7 5524440 2020_field 082G.124 – {WCT}
197533 Brûlé Creek 651625.5 5528887 2020_field 082G.123 – {BT,DV,RB,WCT}
197534 Weigert Creek 650147.8 5532049 2020_field 082G.123 – –
197542 Hartley Creek 643536.7 5490723 2020_field 082G.113 – {DV,EB,WCT}
197555 – 646737.2 5554528 2020_field 082J.103 – –
197559 Brûlé Creek 651512.4 5528837 2020_field 082G.123 – {RB,WCT}
1004600156 – 641368.8 5487802 2020_planning 082G.113 Industrial area with stream splitting 3 ways just upstream. {EB,LSU,SP,WCT}
1004600264 – 666528.9 5472653 2020_planning 082G.109 WCT upstream with modelled low gradient habitat. Smaller watershed though. {WCT}
1004600267 – 666187.7 5472563 2020_planning 082G.109 Mottled Sculpin upstream. {BT,CBA}
1004600621 Quail Creek 645057.0 5492118 2020_planning 082G.113 Private agricultural land. Very low gradient so suspect passable at most flows. –
1004601149 – 659817.1 5528849 2020_planning 082G.124 WCT upstream. {WCT}
1004601582 – 641508.0 5477910 2020_planning 082G.113 Stream splits with numerous crossings upstream. –
1004601687 – 670843.0 5469802 2020_planning 082G.109 Large amount of lower grade habitat modelled upstream. Survey site from Kokannee 2001 (http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=29) upstream 600m. –
1004602098 – 657221.1 5479085 2020_planning 082G.113 Crossing appears to be likely located 40m to north-east. Interior Reforestation sample site just upstream. No ecocat report link. –
1004602218 – 654343.0 5497892 2020_planning 082G.118 Large amount of potential habitat but suspect deactivated road. Review before surveying. {WCT}
1004602564 – 667163.0 5464077 2020_planning 082G.109 Steeper habitat upstream. –
1004602620 – 680897.0 5453543 2020_planning 082G.109 Kokanee 2001 (http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=29) report resident fish population does not have access to Flathead river at FISS site downstream. –
1004602726 Flanders Brook 697247.9 5446252 2020_planning 082G.105 Seems like road may be deactivated in aerial imagery. Recommend checking with local foresters. –
1004602869 Couldrey Creek 667844.0 5434398 2020_planning 082G.104 Suspect deactivation from review of aerial imagey. Large potential habitat gain. –
1004603040 – 648387.0 5545039 2020_planning 082J.103 Private land. {EB,WCT}
1004603477 Burnham Creek 675878.1 5436608 2020_planning 082G.104 Large watershed with WCT know upstream. Good candidate. {WCT}
1004603597 – 675469.0 5451829 2020_planning 082G.104 Step-pool system. Relatively larger watershed. BT close by. –
1004603725 Pollock Creek 678149.9 5469459 2020_planning 082G.109 Large stream. {BT,WCT}
1004603904 – 668900.0 5468357 2020_planning 082G.109 Decent amount of habitat upstream in 5-8% slope class. Road may be overgrown and/or deactivated by appearance of google satelite imagery. –
1004603908 McLatchie Creek 667049.0 5464485 2020_planning 082G.109 Steeper habitat upstream. –
1004604006 Gardner Creek 647065.1 5584911 2020_planning 082J.108 Primarily wetland type habitat upstream. {BSU,BT,DV,LSU,MW,WCT}
1004605451 Nettie Creek 686581.3 5436976 2020_planning 082G.104 Phase 1 required. WCT known upstream. Connected to Proctor Lake which has recorded RB. Large potential habitat gain. {CC,WCT}
1004605458 – 686473.0 5437250 2020_planning 082G.104 First order watershed. –
1004606501 – 668124.2 5468514 2020_planning 082G.109 Steeper stream. –
1004606506 – 670699.0 5469925 2020_planning 082G.109 Extensive low gradient and wetland habitat upstream. –
1004606597 – 683097.0 5444416 2020_planning 082G.104 Stream splits to mult iple channels just upstream with relatively small - low elevation watershed. –
1004606751 Whiting Creek 652940.4 5515013 2020_planning 082G.118 Railway. Appears potentially backwatered. –
1004606800 – 644278.7 5471741 2020_planning 082G.108 Large railway crossing structures in aerial photo. Suspect passable. –
1004606821 Erickson Creek 659887.7 5505156 2020_planning 082G.119 Immediately adjacent to mine {BT,DV,EB,WCT}
1004607003 – 659238.0 5489723 2020_planning 082G.114 Appears to be PSCIS 50225. –
1004607273 Packhorse Creek 677870.1 5463568 2020_planning 082G.109 Road looks overgrown in aerial imagery. Suspect ford. {WCT}
1004607406 – 659304.0 5478557 2020_planning 082G.113 WCT upsstream. Large habitat gain before next potential barrier. {WCT}
1004607464 – 682774.0 5448438 2020_planning 082G.104 Culvert documented in FISS. Survey sites upstream of crossing. {WCT}
1004607567 – 655995.0 5472834 2020_planning 082G.108 Fish upstream and down. {TR}


Also - this is email from Betty
1. Crossing Creek has been removed from the habitat confirmation list due to low quality habitat.
2. Brule Creek 1024734790 has been verified to not exist and has been removed from the list.
3. PSCIS crossings 62181 and 62182 on Dry Creek have been added for reassessment. These have had a habitat confirmation, but at the time the crossing was embedded and considered to be likely passable. This was 9 years ago, so they need to be reassessed.
4. Hartley Creek dam immediately upstream of PSCIS crossing 197542 has been added to the list. Requires assessment to determine passability by fish; however, a habitat confirmation has already been completed on the road crossing immediately downstream, so no habitat confirmation required.
5. Dam 2606 remains on the list. This dam is likely not impeding fish passage, as it was supposedly built as a side channel that has since filled in and become disconnected from the main channel. Just need to verify that this is the case.



References

Fish Passage Technical Working Group. 2011. “A Checklist for Fish Habitat Confirmation Prior to the Rehabilitation Fo a Stream Crossing.” https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/land-based-investment/forests-for-tomorrow/checklist-for-fish-habitat-confirmation-201112.pdf.
MoE. 2011. “Field Assessment for Determining Fish Passage Status of Closed Bottom Structures.” BC Ministry of Environment (MoE). https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/land-based-investment/forests-for-tomorrow/field-assessment-for-determining-fish-passage-status-of-cbs.pdf.