Watershed Ecosystems and Human Interconnections: A New Model of Governance for Peachland Creek, B.C.
Congratulations to Rheanne Kroschinsky for successfully defending her thesis, “Watershed Ecosystems and Human Interconnections: A New Model of Governance for Peachland Creek, B.C.” in August. Rheanne is the first of seven graduate students to complete their Watershed Ecosystems Project research activities.
Rheanne’s work presents the Peachland Creek community watershed, within unceded Syilx territory in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, as a prime case study of the challenges faced by many multi-use community watersheds throughout the province. These challenges include the need for recognition of unrelinquished Syilx rights and title, and the management of the cumulative impacts of a changing climate, rapid population growth, tourism, recreational use, ranching, and logging on water quality and the environment.
To read more about Peachland Creek’s complex jurisdictional and regulatory landscape and suggestions for future governance, see her full thesis here.
