The Shuswap River Watershed Sustainability Plan working group has been working on some of the implementation actions for the Shuswap River Watershed Sustainability Plan.
In the various priority setting exercises undertaken during the plan’s development, pursuing boating regulations always came out as the highest priority.
The SRWSP working group is now at a point to undertake consultation specific to the proposed regulations.
After examining all possible solutions, the sustainability plan calls for restricting power boat activity on portions of the river.
These restrictions are intended to:
1) Reduce the negative impacts of power boats on the natural environment including fish and wildlife,
2) increase safety for all users,
3) protect water quality,
4) reduce erosion of private land and,
5) promote the benefits of non-motorized recreation.
For an outline on the proposed regulations, including maps of the proposed boating regulation zones and a survey for your input, visit www.rdno.ca/boating.
This is an important initiative toward improving how we live and manage ourselves more sustainably in the region, including how we move and recreate on greenways and blueways. Please participate.
Submitted by the Shuswap Trail Alliance.