Fascieux Creek Restoration

2013

$500,240

$30,000

An arm of Fascieux Creek, a spring-fed fish bearing stream, crosses the grounds of Ecole KLO Middle School. By the 1980's the length of the creek on school grounds was enclosed in a concrete culvert and covered with concrete blocks. Since 2010, Western painted turtles, a BC protected species, have been nesting in the school's long jump pit. The goal is to naturalize this section of the creek, improve water quality, restore wildlife habitat and engage and educate students and the community on this worthwhile conservation project. The Fascieux Creek Restoration and Riparian Habitat Conservation project will naturalize the part of this important urban creek that crosses school property which will have a broad impact on the local ecosystem and restore the affected part of this spring-fed fish bearing stream. Fascieux Creek is home to a variety of wildlife species including the provincially blue-listed Western Painted turtle. This project will restore a riparian habitat for wildlife, particularly the turtles, improve the quality of the water of the creek and thus Okanagan Lake and provide a significant ecological educational opportunity for the city's school children. Once completed, not only will this project create an unsurpassed outdoor classroom for the children of KLO Middle School and Kelowna but this restored creek and habitat area will become available for the enjoyment of all.