Appendix B – Partners and Detailed Methods

Partners

Table 13: Lower Nicola River WCRP Planning Team members. Planning Team members contributed to the development of this plan by participating in scoping and planning meetings, and reviewing documents and data.

Name	Organization	Member Status
Betty Rebellato	Canadian Wildlife Federation	Present
Nicolas Lapointe	Canadian Wildlife Federation	Present
Nick Mazany-Wright	Canadian Wildlife Federation	Present
Sarah Sra	Canadian Wildlife Federation	Present
Colin McGregor	Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada	Present
Sarah Ostoforoff	Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada	Present
Josh Noseworthy	Global Conservation Solutions	Past
Simon Norris	Hillcrest Geographics	Present
Alex LaForce	Lower Nicola Indian Band	Present
Mac Jedrzejczyk	Lower Nicola Indian Band	Past
Macus Ong	Lower Nicola Indian Band	Past
Roderick Malcom	Lower Nicola Indian Band	Past
Mark Philpotts	Ministry of Forests	Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Present
Patrick Farmer	Ministry of Forests	Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Present
Tom Willms	Nicola Valley Institute of Technology	Present
Al Mackay-Smith	Nicola Watershed Community Roundtable	Present
Lou Cook	Nicola Watershed Community Roundtable	Past
Richard Bailey	Independent Consultant	Present
David Lawrence	Nooaitch Band	Past
Nathan Lustig	Scw’exmx Tribal Council	Present
Jess Urqhart	Scw’exmx Tribal Council	Present
Paul Mozin	Scw’exmx Tribal Council	Past

Table 14: Lower Nicola River WCRP Planning Team members. Planning Team members contributed to the development of this plan by participating in scoping and planning meetings, and reviewing documents and data.

Individual / Organization Name	Role and Primary Interest
City Councillors of Merritt	Local government that would like to be apprised of this initiative’s progress.
Coldwater Band	A First Nation band with territory in the watershed and a member of the Scw'exmx Tribal Council (STC). Through the STC and NWGP, the Coldwater Band will be a key actor for engagement and implementation.
Fraser Basin Council (FBC)	The FBC website could be used to host the plan, and FBC is open to helping CWF pursue future funding opportunities and supporting collaboration for the initiative where possible.
Nicola Basin Collaborative	Coordinated by the FBC, the Nicola Basin Collaborative comprises a number of groups, agencies, organizations, and private landowners to collaboratively plan, identify, prioritize, and address issues in the Nicola watershed. The collaborative includes a Research and Technical Committee, which can be a forum to promote coordination and collaboration for the implementation of this plan.
Nicola Stock Breeders Association	Local agricultural landowners in the watershed. They can help facilitate construction as well as consent to or facilitate complimentary works on private property to improve connectivity.
Nicola Watershed Governance Project (NWGP)	This project fosters a collaborative working relationship between five First Nations bands and the provincial government to resolve shared water-management issues in the watershed. The WCRP process can complement existing work being undertaken by the Nicola Watershed Governance Project, and the Planning Team recommended that the NWGP should be a main decision-making body on any project implementation related to this plan.
Shackan Band	A First Nation band with territory in the watershed and a member of the Scw'exmx Tribal Council (STC). Through the STC and NWGP, the Shackan Band will be a key actor for engagement and implementation.

Detailed Methods

For details about accessibility, habitat, or connectivity models including structure-ranking methods, see detailed documentation for BCFishPass here:NSFishPass GitHub