Project Partners

Planning Team

Table 1:

Horsefly River watershed WCRP planning team members. Planning team members contributed to the development of this plan by participating in a series of workshops and document and data review. The plan was generated based on the input and feedback of the local groups and organizations listed in this table.

Name	Organization
Greg Archie	Tsqescen First Nation
Nicholas Coutu	Williams Lake First Nation
Aaron Higginbottom	Williams Lake First Nation
Spencer Neufeld	Williams Lake First Nation
Nishitha Singi	Williams Lake First Nation
John Walker	Williams Lake First Nation
Teena Sellars	Xatsull First Nation
Robin Hawes	Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Tyler Thibault	Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Kirsten Jorgensen	Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Steward Pearce	Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Josh Noseworthy	Global Conservation Solutions
Simon Norris	Hillcrest Geographics
Brian Englund	Horsefly River Roundtable
Helen Englund	Horsefly River Roundtable
Judy Hillaby	Horsefly River Roundtable
Rick Walters	Horsefly River Roundtable
Betty Rebellato	Canadian Wildlife Federation
Nicolas Lapointe	Canadian Wildlife Federation
Nick Mazany-Wright	Canadian Wildlife Federation
Sarah Sra	Canadian Wildlife Federation

Key Actors

Table 2:

Additional Key Actors in the Horsefly River watershed. Key Actors are the individuals, groups, and/or organizations, outside of the planning team, with influence and relevant experience in the watershed, whose engagement will be critical for the successful implementation of this WCRP.

Individual or Organization Name	Role and Primary Interest
Borland Creek Mining	Borland Creek Logging Ltd. Is 100% owned and operated by Williams Lake First Nation. The company has provided fundraising support, and can assist with remediation efforts.
Cariboo Mining Association	A mining company that has been operating in central BC since the 1950’s and can help provide data and facilitate rehabilitation work.
Consus Management Ltd.	Local wildlife consultants in the watershed to consider for future work.
Dawson Road Maintenance Ltd	A road design and maintenance company at the roadway-watershed interface.
DWB Consulting Services Ltd.	Local wildlife consultants in the watershed to consider for future work.
Freshwater Fisheries Society of British Columbia	This group can provide project assistance with non-anadromous species.
Larry Davis	A biologist and local wildlife consultant in the watershed.
Local ranchers	These individuals can facilitate construction and consent to or facilitate complementary works on private property to improve fish habitat upstream and downstream.
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO)	FLNRO can assist with providing local knowledge, data, and expertise and can facilitate rehabilitation work.
Northern Shuswap Tribal Council	The Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw (NStQ) a coalition of four communities of T’exelc(Williams Lake First Nation), Tsq’escen (Canim Lake Band), Xatsull First Nation, and Stswecem’c-Xget’tem First Nation that participated in the early stages of the planning and prioritization process.
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI)	MOTI may own barriers and can play a role in improving and replacing their road-stream corssings that are barreirs.
Property owners along river and tributaries	These individuals can facilitate construction as well as consent/facilitate complimentary works on private property to improve fish habitat upstream and downstream.
Quesnel River Research Centre	This group can help with field assessments and project implementation.
Steve Hocquard	A local consultant (Steve Hocquard Consulting) that provided valuable review of barrier and habitat data to inform the spatial models used in this plan, Steve can help with field assessments and project implementation.
Tolko Industries Ltd.	A privately-owned Canadian forest products company that maintains forest service road-stream crossings in the Horsefly River watershed.
Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance	This group can be contacted for advice and assistance.
West Fraser	An integrated forestry and diversified wood products company that maintains forest service road-stream crossings in the Horsefly River watershed.