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Bouchie Lake Watershed Society Receives Legacy Funding For Their Latest Project

A Quesnel organization was given some financial help to fund a project they’ll be working on through the College of New Caledonia Research Forest Society Legacy Fund.

Director of CNC Research Forest Carl Pollard said the Bouchie Lake Watershed Stewardship Society had applied twice for this funding and were successful this year.

Pollard says they were planning to do access improvements to Milburn Lake which is part of the Bouchie Lake watershed system.

“They been studying water quality in the Bouchie Lake and Milburn Lake system for a number of years and have identified erosion as a leading cause of water quality issues along with phosphorous deposits. So they’re looking to improve the public access to Milburn Lake because that’s actually one large source of erosion.”

Pollard said that area commonly gets flooded that creates much erosion that goes into the lake so they’re looking to improve the boat launch area, fill in the boat launch properly with gravel material and develop a small recreation site so it’s no longer a sediment input.

“We’ve already created an agreement for the funding and the project can start as soon as the water conditions are appropriate and I don’t know when exactly that is, I suspect mid-summer.”

Pollard noted that the Bouchie Lake Watershed Stewardship Society is very deserving of our Legacy Funding and I hope their project is successful.

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Pat Matthews
Pat Matthews
Pat started working in the Cariboo in 1989 after spending several years in radio in Terrace. He worked in the creative department until 2017 when he switched over to news covering Williams Lake and the South Cariboo as well as being the afternoon host on Country 840 in 100 Mile House.

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