Safety Plan

Al Irvine


Al Irvine
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250-777-1518
Date: 2022-09-22


Safety Plan - 2022-056-nupqu-elk-cwf

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.


A summary of sites to be potentially assessed is included as Table 2.

Accomodations

Al - 2013 Toyota Tundra black w/flatdeck and yellow can-am quad:

Mateo - 2007 Taoyota Tacoma - gold with canopy:


Table 1: Crew members details and emergency contacts
name email phone satellite emerg_name emerg_email emerg_phone
Allan Irvine 250-777-1518 Tara Stark 250-505-9854
Mateo Winterscheidt 672-998-5293 807-790-7943 Felicitas Winterscheidt 519-636-5251

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 here for 2020 and here for 2021. Still picking away at 2021 and just updating version IDs as I get through it 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. Field guide is here


We have PIT tagging equipment so we could consider tagging fish captured at electrofishing sites to help us better understand population sizes and fish movement upstream and downstream of sites over the years.


We are running digital field form tests using a product called Mergin Maps which syncs with QGIS. Crews can access projects with a free account. Please send me your usernames and we can begin to share projects/forms.


A guide to freshwater fish id such as McPhail and Carveth (1993) can be useful and can be downloaded here.


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

















Table 2: Potential sample locations.
id Stream easting northing comments
1004603432 Trib to Cadorna 639196 5591178 unlikely to exist
1004605514 (197844) Trib to Bighorn 657920 5452802 8.8% avg gradient but decent habitat upstream, Bighorn important WCT stream. Partial dewatering downstream.
1004605937 (197783) Trib to Wigwam 662247 5431294 Not on shortlist, low quality habitat: dry with poorly defined channel downstream but Wigwam important WCT stream
1004606347 (197793) Bean 650415 5463819 Large, dry channel, no fish records, abundant pools upstream of xing
1024735443 Abruzzi 638867 5591423 unlikely to exist

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.
McPhail, J. D., and R Carveth. 1993. “Field Key to the Freshwater Fishes of British Columbia.” https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/nr-laws-policy/risc/field_key_to_freshwater_fishes_of_bc_field_size_water_resistant_version.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.