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The format of the conference was informed by a traditional Syilx process used for planning, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and decision-making. For more background, see Section 1.1 in the following document: https://www.syilx.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Okanagan-Syilx-Nation-Health-Plan-2010.pdf
CONFERENCE FACILITATORS
SESSION 1: FOCUS ON LOCAL
Brian Guy – EFN in the Okanagan context
Tessa Terbasket – Syilx (Okanagan) Water Declaration
Lee Hesketh – Ranching and EFNs
Rich McCleary and Patrick Farmer – Merritt EFN work and Nicola pilot project
Rod MacLean – Impacts and pressures within the watershed
SESSION 2: CURRENT EFN STRESSORS
Natasha Neumann – Managing EFN data
Drew Lejbak – Streamflow Naturalization to support the Identification of Environmental Flow Needs in Okanagan Streams
Karilyn Alex – Okanagan approach: Tennant & Weighted Usable Width
Mike Epp – Application of EFN in decision‐making British Columbia
Keiko Parker – Development and Application of EFNs by a large water system
SESSION 3: NATURAL RESOURCES & ECOSYSTEMS
Richard Bussanich – History and status of Okanagan fisheries and salmon reintroduction & ecosystem valuation
Shaun Reimer and Dawn Machin – Fish/Water Management Tool for decision support
Mark Lorang – Understanding Rivers through the lens of Ecohydrology
Kim Hyatt – Fisheries climate adaptation
Andrew Petersen – BC Agriculture and EFNs
MEDIA PANEL
SESSION 4: INTERACTION AND COMPLEXITY
Craig Nichol – Groundwater‐EFN interface
Rita Winkler – Forests and water
David Thomson – Effects of the timing of groundwater use
Suzan Lapp – Incorporating EFNs in water management
Matt Kennedy – Managing run-of-river hydroelectric projects
SESSION 5: HUMAN DIMENSIONS
David Tickner – Potential applications of EFN approaches
Michelle Tung and Chief Larry Nooski – Carrier‐Sekani surface water management case study
Claudia Pahl-Wostl – EFNs and water governance: managing sustainable water uses
SESSION 6: POLICY
Deana Machin – Implications of Okanagan EFN setting work for policy in BC
Ted White – Regulatory opportunities under WSA
Deborah Curran – Water law and policy in BC
Rosie Simms – EFNs in BC
POSTER ABSTRACTS:
Andrew Harwood and Susan Johnson
Listen to the River: Lessons From a Global Review of Environmental Flow Success Stories
Rob Friberg
Strengthening Community Resilience to Landscape-Level Change in Ecosystem Services
Neil Taylor
Incorporating Environmental Flow Considerations into Watershed Planning for Streams of the Toronto Region
Krysta Giles-Hansen
The Effects of Forest Disturbance and Climate Change on Hydrology in the Deadman River Watershed: Implications for Environmental Flow Needs
Sadia Ishaq, Rehan Sadiq, Shaukat Farooq, Kasun Hewage
A Critical Review of Stormwater Regulations and Guidelines: Making a Case for Promoting LID Alternatives in Canada
Dan Bewley
Implementing an Instream Flow Assessment in the Crowsnest Pass
James Hager
Optimization of Urban Stormwater Management Strategy to Support Environmental Flow Needs
Berthot | St. Hilarie | Caissie | El-Jabi
Environmental Flow Determination in Southern Quebec (Canada): Actual and Future Hydrologic and Climatic Context
Stefan Gronsdahl, Dan Moore, Brett Eaton, Jordan Rosenfeld
Effects of Forestry on Late Summer Low Flows and Fish Habitat in Headwater Catchments of the Pacific Northwest
Faye Hirshfield
Examining the Environmental Flow Needs of the Tod Creek Watershed: Opportunities and Barriers
Michael Blackstock
Blue Ecology: A Water First Approach
Taylor McRae and Bernard Bauer
Escaping The Heat: Stream Temperature as a Critical Environmental Flow Need in the BC Interior
Louise Porto
Environmental Flow Needs (RFN) For SARA-Listed Shorthead Sculpin In Norns Creek, Castlegar, BC
Alexander MacDuff
A Strategic Assessment of Potential Temperature Sensitive Streams (TSS) in the Thompson Okanagan Region
Richard McCleary and Kim DeRose
Achieving Late Summer Flow Targets During Drought in the Nicola River Watershed Through a Combination of Reservoir Releases and Curtailment of Surface Water and Groundwater Withdrawals
VIDEOS:
Our Salmon Our People
This film celebrates the return of the Okanagan Nation Sockeye from the brink of extinction – and the revitalization of the Syilx people themselves. This inspiring account of the importance of continued Indigenous stewardship was made by an inter-generational Syilx team led by mother/daughter filmmakers Kelly and Madeline Terbasket and post production by father/son duo Rick Sagayadan and Jordan Coble.
Picking Up the Pieces
Find the story of the 4 Food Chiefs at the 1:30 mark in this film directed by Kelly Terbasket.
