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RIPARIAN AREA PROTECTION REGULATIONS https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/178_2019?fbclid=IwVERTSATEvjVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR4A14KIaXulENpAshYmnh_6MOxlWnGBomWpijVVBSvjGymmPO3V4tZJ8jxhHA_aem_D0FhLX99RVSP5wKgxVRggA#section9

Email copied to Mayor and Council: ATTENTION Ms. Ashliegh Gilbert, M.Sc., P.Ag., R.B. Tech. Environmental Coordinator Re: TOWNSHIP OF LANGLEY ZONING BYLAW 1987 NO. 2500 AMENDMENT (161884 CANADA INC.) BYLAW NO.5827 Development Permit No. 101259

J3 page 20 / PDF page 500 Development Permit No. 101259″Obtaining relevant senior government environmental regulatory agency approvals and/or submission of notifications and provisions of copies of approval/submissions to the Township; and”J 3 SCHEDULE A page 23A letter of advice for these works has been issued by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) under the Fisheries Act. SEE ATTACHED EXPIRED DFO LETTER OF ADVICE which states the project will result in the “DEATH of fish” The Letter of Advice gave specifica instructions in order to protect riparian areas. Clearcutting of the property appears to be in non compliance of the DFO requirements.

J 3 page 23 Fish and fish habitat – the Property includes one relatively large wetland that is tributary to West Creek. This large wetland is currently protected by a DFO covenant. Five small “pocket” wetlands occur on the Property. Three of these pocket wetlands are isolated (not connected by overland flow to any other stream feature). The other two are connected to each other by a small culvert and together drain eastward in a ditch along 60 Avenue into Abbotsford where they are tributary to Nathan Creek. Fish are absent from the connected wetlands on the Property. Fish access to the Property from Nathan Creek is precluded by steep channel slopes downstream of the Property. Fish presence in the onsite tributary of West Creek is not expected due obstructions, primarily beaver dams, downstream of the Property which are likely barriers to fish passage. Envirowest completed a fish salvage on the Property in relation to 60 Avenue culvert replacement works in 2012; no fish were captured as part of the salvage. Envirowest completed fish sampling at the Property on October 8 and December 7, 2021. Baited minnow traps were set in the tributary to West Creek on the Property as well as north of 60 Avenue (downstream of the Property). Fish were captured north of 60 Avenue, downstream of the Property; the only fish species captured was threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). No fish were captured on the Property. Nathan Creek is classified by the Township of Langley’s online mapping system (Geosource) as a Class A watercourse based on documented presence of fish. Steep slopes preclude fish access to the Property from Nathan Creek. A tributary of West Creek occurs on the western portion of the Property and is classified by Geosource as a Class B watercourse, based on the absence of fish but is a source of nutrients and water to downstream fish populations. Flows in the tributary are conveyed beneath 60 Avenue to West Creek through two concrete culverts. The main channel of West Creek, north of 60 Avenue, is classified by Geosource as a Class A watercourse. Fish presence on the Property via the tributary of West Creek is precluded by downstream obstacles to fish passage, primarily beaver dams. Fish presence is documented in West Creek, northwest of the Property with documented species including chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), coho salmon (O. kisutch), cutthroat trout (O. clarkii), pink salmon (O. gorbuscha), chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha), rainbow trout (O. mykiss), as well as various non-salmonid species. Fish presence has also been documented in Nathan Creek, downstream of the Property; documented species include cutthroat trout, coho salmon, and rainbow trout.”Please confirm that the Township of Langley has received copies of the WSA and Fisheries Act permits required per Development Permit No. 101259

NO RESPONSE AS OF JUNE 30 2026