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Okanagan Fish/Water Management Tool: 2007/08 Premier’s Award Nominee
Through dedicated teamwork, innovation, and leadership, the Okanagan Fish-Water Management team has developed a cutting-edge and innovative computer model that allows all levels of government to participate and agree on trade-offs to best meet socio-economic and environmental goals associated with water management in the Okanagan River.
The team, with members from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Ministry of Environment, the Okanagan Nation Alliance, Douglas County Public Utility District and ESSA Technologies exemplifies partners working together to achieve multi-stakeholder water and fisheries management goals in the face of climate change. Jim Mattison, Assistant Deputy Minister of the Water Stewardship Division noted, “The tool has really helped, not only improving our operation of the [Okanagan] River, but also greatly improving stakeholder and public understanding of the decisions that we make”.
More information on the Okanagan Fish/Water Management Tool
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