Hallmarks of MCRI are collaboration, functionality and efficiency
Interior Land Reclamation’s Mike Kamann says Phase 1 of the Mission Creek Restoration Initiative (MCRI) is the “most collaborative construction project he’s ever been part of,” and that it’s also “a showcase for functionality and efficiency.” Dike relocation and...
MCRI monitors protect environmental and archaeological resources
As restoration work continues on Mission Creek between Casorso Road and Gordon Drive, we can rest easy knowing that natural and archaeological assets are being protected by monitors trained to identify and preserve them. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING Okanagan Nation...
MCRI dike realignment will expand channel width by almost 400 percent
Phase 1 of the Mission Creek Restoration Initiative (MCRI) is officially underway, meaning that the south dike between Casorso Road and Gordon Drive is closed, environmental and archaeological monitoring is underway, and trees and vegetation that hinder project design...
MCRI plans ensure environmental protection during construction and restoration
Mission Creek is an invaluable and much-loved environmental asset that warrants continual protection. To that end, the Mission Creek Restoration Initiative (MCRI) has created an Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) and a Riparian Management Plan (RMP) that will guide...
Dike design aims to restore Mission Creek’s natural function
Phase-1 construction activities for the Mission Creek Restoration Initiative (MCRI) are focused on two major integrated tasks. The first is to renaturalize floodplain function by realigning a 475-metre section of dike on the south side of the creek between Casorso...
Major Mission Creek restoration project moving forward
Short-term pain for long-term gain… that summarizes two upcoming Mission Creek Restoration Initiative (MCRI) activities that are part of a large-scale habitat restoration project. First, the south side of the Mission Creek Greenway between Casorso Road and Gordon...
MCRI welcomes new project coordinator as Phase-1 construction approaches
The Mission Creek Restoration Initiative (MCRI) is moving ahead with Phase-1 construction under the watchful eye of its new project coordinator, Steve Matthews. With 38 years of provincial fisheries and related project management experience, Matthews is highly...
Restocking Mission Creek, one child at a time!
Project coordinator Joanne de Vries with MCRI’s amazing display at Kelowna City Hall that showcases fish, turtles, and owls created by children at the 2014 Fat Cat Festival. Each of the more than 400 children who visited the booth created a unique and special Kokanee...
Report concludes that creek restoration will increase natural capital
Can you calculate the true value of a Painted Turtle sunning itself on a log in a bog near Gordon Drive where Mission Creek empties into Okanagan Lake? Or measure the worth of a child’s delight as he watches Kokanee fighting single-mindedly upstream to spawn in...
Baseline bio-inventory sets the stage for Mission Creek restoration
Imagine it’s a chilly 3 AM and you’re sitting in a Black Cottonwood stand along Mission Creek, just south of the Casorso Road bridge. You’ve just played a digital recording of a Western Screech Owl call, and await the real thing in return. Nothing. So you move on to...