Bouchie Lake Stewardship CommitteeOver the last several months, the BLSC and BCES have been hard at work. In addition to community and stakeholder meetings and planning with provincial and local government, we have been able to begin work on the ground.
One of the areas of concern is Purser Creek Road. Along a portion of the road is a bank that has been eroding into the creek. The sediment being released carries a high nutrient load that is being deposited in Bouchie Lake. In October of 2009, Bouchie Lake Elementary students walked (!) to Purser Creek Road to help harvest plant material and begin building a wattle fence to combat the erosion on the bank. BCES staff, BLSC volunteers, Quesnel River Environmental Restoration Services, and students harvested willow and cottonwood trees from the nearby area and started work on the living wattle fence (more information on living wattle fences and how they can stabilize a bank here). The next day, volunteers from the community, including members of the Bouchie Lake Volunteer Fire Department, completed a section of the fencing and planted native vegetation. They also planted native vegetation on three lakeshore properties to improve riparian habitat.
