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February 2005
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Minutes of Meeting February
11, 2005 – Smithers Attending: 1. John Alderliesten, Nechako Valley Regional Cattlemen’s Association 2. Dan Bouillon, Alcan 3. Phyllis Davidson, BC Trappers Association 4. Gord Enemark, Province of British Columbia 5. Byron Goerz, District of Fort St. James 6. Henry Klassen, Vanderhoof Chamber of Commerce
Guests:
Welcome and Introductions Henry Klassen welcomed all
to Smithers. Business Meeting Decision: The
NWC adopts the agenda with changes. Decision: The
NWC accepts the minutes from the November 19, 2004, meeting in Smithers, with
changes. Decision:
The NWC accepts the Interim Financial Statements
for the 9 Months Ending November 19, 2004, as presented by Daryl Manwaring. Action: Dan Bouillon will have a discussion
with Louise Remillard regarding her action item, as it pertains to the ability
to manage forced spills for down stream benefits, to determine where she is with
it. Action:
NWC
will send a card to Roger Harris to wish him a quick recovery. Dan Bouillon gave a presentation on Alcan Water
Management Ethics. Bob
Murray gave a presentation regarding the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic on behalf
of the BC Forest Service. Andrew
Wilkinson, Deputy Minister of Small Business and Economic Development,
Government of British Columbia, arrived with his colleagues, Shannon Baskerville
and Jim Mattison. The NWC
introduced themselves and gave a brief description of their interests in the
Nechako Watershed, regarding the value of a Cold Water Release Facility at
Kenney Dam. Nechako
Enhancement Society Update Gord Enemark and Clyde Mitchell gave a presentation on the NES Year 3 Activities. Flow
Regime Dan Bouillon gave a summary of his Nechako Down Stream Allocation Model
(N-DAM) Revised Simulation Results. NWC Consultant Kristann Boudreau presented her report, Assessment of
Potential Flow Regimes for the Nechako Watershed, and went through her
recommendations in Chapter 7 of the report. Action: Joan
Chess will research the correctness of the data on Line 8 of the Table from Page
24 of Kristann’s Report. Action: Flows
Committee will take the recommendations from Chapter 7 of Kristann’s report
and prepare “next steps” for discussion at the next NWC meeting. Dave Marek, BCFS, and his associates gave a presentation regarding Fire
in the Mountain Pine Beetle killed fuel complexes and operations perspectives. Decision: Financial
Statement for 9 Months Ending December 31, 2005, is accepted as presented. Decision: The
next meeting of the NWC will be April 29, 2005, in Vanderhoof. |
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