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Review of Cattle-Community Watershed Conflicts in the Skeena Region
This report provides the B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks (BCE) with a review of cattle farming in the Skeena Region, and a recommendation for monitoring the impact of cattle and other livestock operations on community watersheds, including... -
Analysis and Priority Identification of Existing Fish Passage Data: Bulkley R...
For this project, existing fish passage information in the Bulkley River watershed located near Smithers, British Columbia, was reviewed in order to prioritize and rank culverts for further assessment and/or rehabilitation. A detailed review and... -
Bulkley River Steelhead Trout: A Report on Angler Use, Tagging, and Life Hist...
The Bulkley River and its major tributary, Morice River, support one of the most intense steelhead trout fisheries in British Columbia. Recent mailed questionnaire surveys of steelhead anglers have shown that the Bulkley-Morice system ranked second in... -
Annual Compendium of Aquatic Rehabilitation Projects for the Watershed Restor...
B.C.'s Watershed Restoration Program (WRP) was implemented under the Province's Forest Renewal Plan in mid-1994 in response to a historical lack of mechanisms for ensuring rehabilitation of logging-impacted hill slopes, riparian areas, and streams. -
Value of the Fisheries Resources in the Bulkley River System
The purpose of this report is to provide an indication of the net economic value of the fisheries stocks in the Bulkley river system. This is done by assessing current and future values of recreational, commercial and, to some degree, Indigenous fishing... -
Upper Bulkley River Steelhead Population Monitoring
The upper Bulkley River system, near Houston, was first assessed by the Fish Habitat Improvement Section in 1981. The initial assessment identified probably areas of importance for steelhead recruitment and juvenile rearing. In 1982 an index sampling... -
Survey of Bulkley Lake and its Inlet and Outlet Streams
Recent reports of serious declines of the rainbow trout sport fishery in this region have created a need for information on the annual recruitment and relative species composition at these lakes. The most recent concern has been an outburst of beaver... -
Skeena-Nass Area Bulkley River Basin Water Quality Assessment and Objectives
This historical report includes: (i) an assessment of water quality using available information (up to April, 1984) on waste discharges, water quality, streamflows, and water uses; (ii) a prediction of future water quality, considering future waste... -
Skeena Bulkley RMP: Enhancing Environmental Values
The Skeena Bulkley RMP was originally developed in 1999 and has been refined and updated annually. This document is the third section of the overall Skeena Bulkley RMP, and outlines the environmental issues and priorities associated with the provincial... -
Report on the Floodplain Mapping Study Bulkley River at Houston (Including Bu...
The purpose of this report is to present a description of the methodologies used and results of the study undertaken to produce the attached floodplain mapping sheets, Drawings 85-14 Sheets 1 to 3. The study area covers six kilometres of the Bulkley River... -
Reconnaissance Report: Upper Bulkley River Steelhead Population Monitoring
The purpose of this report is to outline results of the 1983 steelhead fry recruitment monitoring program in the upper Bulkley system. The conclusion is that a larger fry population existed in 1983 than in 1981 or 1982. This data will serve as valuable... -
Morice and Upper Bulkley Fisheries Sensitivity Watershed Process Reports
Watershed reviews for the process of designating Fisheries Sensitive Watersheds (FSW) under the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) to provide effective aquatic habitat protection and maintain conditions that sustain fish populations. -
Mid-Bulkley Detailed Fish Habitat/Riparian/Channel Assessment for Watershed R...
The Fish Habitat and Assessment Procedure (FHAP) is a means of assessing watersheds with a history of anthropogenic activity for impacts to fish and fish habitats using a set of integrated physical and biological indicators. For each area in the Mid-Bulkley... -
Maxan Creek Stream Survey 1974
This stream survey evaluates Maxan Creek. Elements included are the location, physical characteristics, and water quality of the creek, the species present, and the surrounding anthropogenic activities. -
Maxan Creek Stream Channel, Bank Stabilization and Aquatic Habitat Rehabilita...
This document is a proposal for a study focusing on aquatic habitat rehabilitation in the Maxan Creek stream channel. The need for this project is presented, as well as previous assessments and prescriptions. The proposal presents the required equipment, a... -
Fish Collection Permit Results: Goosly Lake and Buck Creek
On August 15, 1983, twenty-two rainbow trout samples were collected from Buck Creek upstream and at the confluence with Goosly Lake. Collection of these samples was by angling methods only. Samples were weighed, sized, gendered, and aged. -
Burns Lake Region: Rainbow Trout Sampling "Summary Report"
Ten small lakes between Burns Lake and Houston, British Columbia (Bulkley River headwaters) were surveyed: Bulkley Lake, Watson Lake, Day Lake, Elwin Lake, Gilmore Lake, Sunset Lake, Swans Lake, Lars Lake, Old Man Lake, and one unnamed lake. The objectives... -
A Reconnaissance Survey of Netalzul Meadow Lake (Alias)
Klohn-Crippen Consultants Ltd. was retained by the Fisheries Branch of the BC Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks in Smithers, British Columbia, to conduct a reconnaissance survey of Netalzul Meadow Lake (alias) within the Bulkley River watershed. The... -
A Multimetric Approach to Skeena Region Stream Assessments
In this report, the metric results and B-IBI scores for the sites sampled in 2003 and 2004 are provided and compared with the RCA modeling results. The benthic invertebrate index of biological integrity (B-IBI) is a multimetric approach to interpreting... -
A Design Brief on the Floodplain Mapping Project Bulkley River Quick to Houston
The purpose of this design brief is to present a description of the methodologies used and the results of the study undertaken to delineate the floodplain of the Bulkley River and tributaries between Quick and Houston in British Columbia.