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Kispiox River Watershed Stewardship Decision Support Tool
Results of the 2023 Equivalent Clearcut Area (ECA) analysis at six Watershed Management Levels (WMLs) for the Kispiox River Watershed with respect to Peak-Flow-Sensitivity (PFS) thresholds for risk categorization. The analysis was completed for SkeenaWild... -
Eelgrass Bed Mapping
Land use changes and developments have led to a loss of natural estuarine habitat in British Columbia. Agriculture, forestry, and dredging for commercial and residential development have all contributed to the loss. It is anticipated that the pressure to... -
Fish Passage GIS Analysis Version 2 Methodology and Output Data Specification...
The BC Land Based Investment (LBI) fish passage program is focused on remediating stream crossings that impede freshwater fish migration. The most common barrier to fish is improperly designed and installed closed bottom structures such as culverts.... -
Wild Salmon Policy Indicator Analysis for the Kispiox TSA
Wild Salmon Policy indicators including road density, stream crossing density, riparian disturbance, and anthropogenic total land cover alternation (TLCA) were calculated for the Kispiox Timber Supply Area (TSA) using BC freshwater atlas (FWA) assessment... -
Watershed Status Evaluation: An Assessment of 71 Watersheds Meeting BC's Fish...
This pilot project used the WSE Tier I GIS-based methods described in Porter et al. (2013) to assess the watershed indicator “risk” status of 71 watersheds across most of British Columbia’s natural resource regions. Measured values for as many as nine... -
Water Rights Licenses - Public
This is a province-wide SDE spatial layer displaying water rights licence data administrated under the Water Sustainability Act which includes data for both surface water and groundwater Points of Diversions. -
Upper Bulkley Watershed Reconnaissance July 26, 2018
Photographs and field notes from July 26, 2018 Upper Bulkley River (UBR) Watershed reconnaissance conducted by Cindy Verbeek and Margaret Letkeman. Field descriptions include water and air temperatures, fish observations, and streamflow and channel... -
Trophic Status of B.C. Lakes
Map and listing of B.C. lakes assessed through the B.C. Lake Monitoring Network. Lakes are characterized as Oligotrophic, Mesotrophic, or Eutrophic. -
SSAF State of the Values Report for Wetlands 2020 - Data
Spatial data, data dictionaries and methodology for the SSAF State of the Values Report for Wetlands 2020. To download and view interactive maps for each indicator please use the links provided below. 4.1 Equivalent Clearcut Area 4.2 Point Sources for... -
SSAF State of the Value Report for Fish and Fish Habitat 2020 - Data
The Skeena Sustainability Assessment Forum’s (SSAF) State of the Value Report for Fish and Fish Habitat provides an overview of the current condition of fish and fish habitat in the SSAF study area and describes some of the key drivers behind these results.... -
PSCIS Assessments
Points where a fish passage assessment has been performed on a stream crossing structure. These includes culverts, bridges, fords, etc. The assessments are carried out to determine whether fish are able to migrate through the structure. -
Natural Resource Sector Major Projects
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Morice Watershed-Based Fish Sustainability Plan: A Plan to Conserve and Prote...
The purpose of the Morice Watershed-based Fish Sustainability Plan is to sustain robust fish populations and fully functioning aquatic ecosystems in the Morice River watershed. The goals of the plan are to: • Maintain and protect existing fish habitat; •... -
Morice Land and Resource Management Plan
The Morice LRMP provides policy direction on the management of land and resources in the Morice LRMP area, and provides direction for the establishment of landscape level legal objectives. There are four main sections to the plan: General Management... -
MINFILE Mineral Occurrence Database
The mineral occurrence feature depicts a body of rock containing, or thought to contain, ore minerals or potential ore minerals. A geographic location depicts the most significant physical reference point to the mineralization. MINFILE contains geological,... -
Lower Skeena Fish Passage: Closed Bottom Structure Assessments 2009
This project included the planning, data collection and analysis phases of closed bottom structure assessments for the purpose of identifying fish passage barriers in need of restoration within the Lower Skeena priority area. The purpose of the project is... -
Interim Assessment Protocol for Aquatic Ecosystems in British Columbia: Stand...
The Aquatic Ecosystems assessment protocol currently describes the derivation of a core set of watershed indicators that can be calculated consistently across the province using GIS data layers readily available from GeoBC or other ministry providers. The... -
Harvested Areas of BC (Consolidated Cutblocks)
This is spatial data depicting the cut block boundaries and year of harvest for crown lands within British Columbia. It is created from the provincial Forest Cover, from The RESULTS Reporting system, from Forest Tenures applications and from satellite... -
Forest Tenure Road Section Lines
This is a spatial layer that reflects operational activities for road sections contained within a road permit. The Forest Tenures Section (FTS) is responsible for the creation and maintenance of digital Forest Atlas files for the province of British... -
Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) - Points (SVW)
The dataset contains projects that are currently, or have been, subject to environmental assessment review. Attributes include the project description, project phase, decision, and proponent name.