Category Archives: Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council

The Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council (KRWAC) was initiated in 2012 (previously known as the Kettle River Watershed Authority) to support the creation and review of the Kettle River Watershed Management Plan (KRWMP). In 2014/2015 saw the publication of the KRWMP, shifting the KRWAC’s new role towards supporting the implementation of the KRWMP through an advisory role, providing recommendations to the RDKB Directors.

There are nine sectors making up the voting membership with two people per sector. These include: Agriculture, Forestry (Sm/Med), Forestry (Lg), Industry, (Community) Members at Large, Mining, NGO/Stewardship Groups, Tourism/Recreation, and Water System.

Non-voting members may include the RDKB Directors, Government staff (Federal, Provincial, Local, First Nations), US representatives, Kootenay Boundary Farm Advisors, etc. All meetings are open to the public.

2025 Meetings

Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council, 2025 Meetings

Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council 2025 Meetings

Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Location: Midway Social Centre
Presentation: Groundwater and Groundwater Mapping
Approved Meeting Minutes:

2025-02-25 KRWAC_ Minutes_FinalDownload

Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Location: Christina Lake Community Hall
Presentation: Xeriscape principles and plant selection
Approved Meeting Minutes:

2025-06-24 KRWAC Minutes_FinalDownload

Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Presentation: Overview of Beaverdell Mine – Teck Resources Ltd.
Meeting Minutes: will be posted following approval at the next meeting (February 2026)

Ray Proulx, site manager for the Beaverdell Mine, will present an overview of the site’s history and key features. This presentation will outline the current management programs, including site inspections, freshet surveillance and water quality monitoring.  Beaverdell Mine is operated by Teck Resources Limited under its Legacy Properties division

KRWAC Agenda_Oct7_2025

Meeting: Oct 31, 2023

Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council

Winter Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council (KRWAC) meeting coming up. All KRWAC meetings are open to the public. Click here for the agenda.

  • Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2023
  • Time: 9:30-noon
  • Location: Greenwood Community Hall (1355 Veterans Lane)

Following the meeting there will be an AFTERNOON FIELD TOUR hosted by the West Boundary Community Forest – Wilgress Outdoor Education Centre
Tour Time: 1:15-3:00pm
Location: Wilgress Outdoor Education Centre/WBCF
(Leaving at 1pm from the Greenwood Community Hall – please consider carpooling)
— Description: Tour will look at local fuel mitigation treatments, discussing wildfire risk reduction options; followed by the visit to the Wilgress Outdoor Education Centre. https://www.westboundarycommunityforest.com/education-centre.

Questions, please contact Kristina Anderson at [email protected]

Meeting: Sept 26, 2023

Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council

This years Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council (KRWAC) fall meeting (agenda) was held at Big White, with the main presentation focused on Big White’s watershed and water management. A recording of this presentation is provided below. Any questions, please reach out to [email protected]. Our next meeting will be October 31, 2023 in Greenwood.

Vote for the 2023 Chair and Vice Chair positions: A huge thank you to Kathy O’Malley who held the KRWAC Chair position for 2 terms (4 years) and Barry Noll who finished off the Vice Chair term prior to the election. Your guidance and support has been instrumental to this Council’s success. Following this meeting’s vote, I’m excited to present Barb Stewart as the KRWAC Chair and Ciel Sander as our Vice Chair. I look very forward to working with you both over the next two years with the KRWAC.

Meeting: Mar 28, 2023

Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council

This year’s spring KRWAC meeting will be held at the Christina Lake Community Hall; public are encouraged to attend. The agenda can be download from the link below. The Zoom registration link is located at the bottom of each agenda, and on the main KRWAC 2023 page. Any questions, please contact Kristina Anderson at [email protected].

KRWAC-Agenda_Mar28_2023Download

At each meeting we work to hold a presentation on a watershed topic pertinent to the Boundary Region. This meeting’s presentation will be on the upcoming prescribed burn proposed for a block in the Sutherland/Italy Creek watershed, presented by Interfor (Jamie Hibberson) and BC Wildfire Service (James Ritco and James Katasonoff) – see map and presentation description below. For information on an ecosystem restoration prescribed burn that happened last year in the Rock Creek area, please check out the webinar from BC Government (Lindsey Dewart and James Katasonoff) kettleriver.ca/2022/03/prescribed-burn/.

Sutherland-Cr-prescribed-burn-overview-mapDownload

Presentation Description: Broadcast burning was once a widely employed treatment for preparing harvested cutblocks for tree planting.  The treatment provided significant benefits beyond site preparation, including improved forage for wildlife, reduced forest fire fuel loading, and replication of the natural wildfire regime. The practice has been severely curtailed for the past 2 decades and there is an attempt by government and industry to reintroduce it as a wildfire management and silviculture tool.  A joint project involving Interfor and the BC Wildfire Service for a prescribed burn is scheduled for spring 2023, in a cutblock located in the Italy-Sutherland watershed. The benefits of broadcast burning in general and for this project in particular will be discussed at this presentation.