| A Commitment to Healthy Streams
Corner Brook Pulp and Paper recognizes the
importance of our water resources, particularly in protected water
supply areas. Other resource values are associated with our rivers,
lakes and streams are fish habitat, water quality and aesthetics.
All these values are given special
considerations when developing and implementing forest management
plans. Treed buffers, proper bridge construction and culvert
installation, and sedimentation and erosion control are just some
measures taken to ensure the protection of water quality as well as the
preservation and enhancement of fish habitat.
Watercourse crossing construction
techniques have vastly improved. In the past, bridges and culverts
constructed from materials logged at the site of the stream crossing,
eventually rotted and fell into the streams, altering stream flow and
blocking fish passage. All major watercourse crossings are now
constructed from concrete and steel, with steel culverts used on small
crossings. Utilization of buffer zones, minimized equipment activity,
and stabilization of slopes and banks are just some measures taken to
protect our waterbodies. In addition, all stream crossings are approved
by the Department of Environment as well as the Department of Fisheries
and Oceans.
For more information
on Water Resources download section 6 on our FMPOPs
page |
Water Resources
