Our Focus
To ensure repairs are done to properties, roads and water resources in the Sorrento area of British Columbia by advocating for quality watershed management.
CSRD Submits Grant Application For Funds to Fix Problems in Newsome Creek
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District has submitted an application through the Building Canada Infrastructure Program – Rural and Northern Communities Grant for $6.3 million to do repair work in Newsome Creek. Area C Director Paul Demenok was made aware of the grant through the 2020 Union of BC Municipalities conference. CSRD did the work on the application this Spring in the midst of the covid lockdown. … Read more
Minister Farnworth turns down opportunity to help with practical solution for Newsome Creek
July 8, 2020Minister Farnworth has replied to both NCWAG and the CSRD letters that laid out a practical way to assist residents of Newsome Creek. Minister Farnworth continues to deflect provincial responsibility … Read more
Requests Sent To Minister Farnworth For Help In Newsome Creek
March 25, 2020Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) and Newsome Creek Watershed Action Group (NCWAG) have sent letters to Minister Farnworth requesting the province includes work on the Newsome Creek hazard area as … Read more
Monitoring Re-instated in Newsome Creek
March 10, 2020Newsome Creek continues to be in a dynamic state. Over the winter trees have fallen in the ravine. The CSRD has initiated more monitoring as the banks slough and silt … Read more
Next Meeting:
Tuesday, Nov 24, 6:30 - ZOOM
- Update on the work underway at Dieppe Road
Sorrento Centre
1159 Passchendaele
Past Newsletters
Since the forest fires of 2009 the Newsome Creek Watershed has been under stresses that are resulting in damage to valuable community assets. The provincial Government has jurisdiction over the waterways, but they’re slow to take responsibility for the events that are unfolding in Sorrento and Notch Hill.
Background Articles
Washed Out Roads
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has said they plan to replace all the culverts along Newsome Creek, perhaps as early as … Read more
Property Damage
Below Highway 1 an Evacuation Alert was placed on thirteen properties in May 2018. Rapid erosion has undercut the creek banks and … Read more
Water Contamination
Sorrento’s water has frequently been turbid in the Spring run off, notably in the 2017 and 2018 freshets which deposited large amounts … Read more
Newsome Creek In A Nutshell
Newsome Creek is a complex situation with a lot of moving parts. You can find detailed information in our Background Articles, but … Read more
Background Articles
Washed Out Roads
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has said they plan to replace all the culverts along Newsome Creek, perhaps as early as … Read more
Property Damage
Below Highway 1 an Evacuation Alert was placed on thirteen properties in May 2018. Rapid erosion has undercut the creek banks and … Read more
Water Contamination
Sorrento’s water has frequently been turbid in the Spring run off, notably in the 2017 and 2018 freshets which deposited large amounts … Read more
Newsome Creek In A Nutshell
Newsome Creek is a complex situation with a lot of moving parts. You can find detailed information in our Background Articles, but … Read more
Reports
Newsome Creek – 2019 Erosion Monitoring 018-073
September 18, 2019
Proposal for Newsome Creek Watershed Assessment
July 31, 2019
Danger Tree Report
October 9, 2018
Geotechnical Final Report
October 6, 2018
Kerr Wood Liedal Emergency Site Assessment
May 27, 2018
In The News
Columbia Shuswap Regional District applies for grant to fund Newsome Creek work
Salmon Arm Observer – November 20, 2020 – Jim ElliotEfforts Continue To Solve Newsome Creek Erosion
South Shuswap Scoop – February 5, 2020 – Barbra FaircloughNewsome Creek Watershed Action Group Puts Focus on Spring
South Shuswap Scoop – April 5, 2019 – Barb FaircloughGlobal News Report
October 22, 2018
October 22, 2018
Watch this report about property damage to residents on Caen Road
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About The Watershed
Google EarthTM imagery showing the estimated Newsome Creek watershed (red line) looking southeast.
Newsome Creek Watershed covers the area south of Sorrento coming down from Black Mountain where the 2009 wildfire occurred. The creek has a number of tributaries that merge in the Notch Hill area. Eventually it forms a single creek running along Notch Hill Road crossing under Dilworth Road, the Trans-Canada Highway and Dieppe Road. Newsome Creek Erosion Report describes it this way … Continue reading about wildfire and logging activity in the watershed…