Environmental concerns noted here are applicable to all of the drainage areas around Port Moody Arm.

Trends and Environmental Concerns

• Increasing population around the inlet places greater demands on the environmental resources of the area (residential, recreational and commercial pressures). The following are the direct changes and pressures placed on the local environment:
• Surface water pollution - Increased traffic, industrial and commercial spills, frequent residential releases of common household products.
• Alterations to hydrology due to increasing proportions of impermeable surfaces
• Physical disruption of spawning/rearing channels, heavy use of trails, and off trail areas, increased domestic animal presence in parks.
• Casual releases of pesticides, fertilizers, paint thinners, automotive fluids, and all other household products - Increasingly dense residential development
• Increase in the probability of spills and/or pollution from industrial and commercial activities.
• Encroachment into wildlife habitat areas, threatening the survival of resident wildlife species due to habitat destruction, introduction of pests and predators, pollution and the addition of physical barriers to wildlife movement.

Enhancement and Environmental Protection

• All creeks around Port Moody Arm will benefit from riparian area management, instream fish habitat enhancement, and the protection of wildlife habitat and buffer areas to limit casual interactions with the residents and domestic pets.
• Maintain or enhance stream corridors.
• Protect areas which are considered to be environmentally sensitive, important wildlife, fisheries or vegetation features, and aesthetically important to the community.
• Daylight appropriate stream reaches to increase the proportion of useable habitat within the accessible portions of local creeks.
• Accurate survey and mapping information of all creeks.
• Improve infrastructure of trails which cross creeks to lower the impact of recreational use on the stability of a stream.
• Improve culvers for fish passage.
• Increase the accuracy and amount of information on all streams. Protection and enhancement are bolstered by knowing the existing conditions.
• Encourage the growth of stream monitoring programs to create and maintain baseline datasets for the areas.

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