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Fish and Fish Habitat Investigations for the Proposed Kitimat-Summit Lake Nat...
The primary objective of the inventory programme was to identify and confirm the locations and fish habitat potential of watercourses along the KSL Project pipeline route, from KP 0 to KP 462.2. Sampling also documented fish presence/absence and habitat... -
Fish Passage Assessment of Highway 16 and CN Rail in the Bulkley Watershed
This Bulkley fish passage assessment is part of a larger regional effort to improve fish passage limited by highways and secondary roads throughout the Skeena Basin. The purpose of this report is to present background information and survey results for fish... -
Expansion and Recalibration of a Benthic Invertebrate Index of Biological Int...
The purpose of this project is to further explore the use of a B-IBI's as an effectiveness monitoring and stream condition assessment tool for long-term trend monitoring of water quality, specific to resources and land use influences within the Upper... -
Davidson Environmental Assessment Fish Habitat Addendum Report
This report describes baseline studies of fish habitat conducted in the Davidson Project area in 2007 and 2008. The objectives of these studies were to 1) assess fish habitat and classify watercourses along the proposed northern haul road, and 2) evaluate... -
Dahlie Creek Salmonid Overwintering and Water Quality Studies: Interim Report
This document contains a detailed fish habitat, riparian, and channel assessment of Dahlie Creek. Low channel complexity, removal of riparian vegetation, culvert obstructions to fish passage, sedimentation, altered flow regime, and channelization were some... -
Conceptual Fish Habitat Offsetting Plan: Proposed Aurora LNG Project
This Conceptual Fish Habitat Offsetting Plan marks the first step along the path to developing a Final Fish Habitat Offsetting Plan in support of an application for a Fisheries Act Authorization. More immediately, this plan is intended to support Aurora... -
Coastal Watershed Assessment Procedure Guidebook (CWAP) Interior Watershed As...
This guidebook has been prepared to help forest resource managers plan, prescribe and implement sound forest practices that comply with the Forest Practices Code. The information provided in each guidebook is intended to help users exercise their... -
Calibration of a Multimetric benthic Invertebrate Index of Biological Integri...
The Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) is arguably the 'most widely used and effective' multimetric index of stream condition. The purpose of this project was to calibrate the IBI, which has already been proven effective, for the upper Bulkley River... -
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... -
Bioassessment of Streams in North-Central British Columbia Using the Referenc...
This report outlines results from three years of RCA model development for the Skeena Region. It includes the development of standard methods for collecting and analyzing data for use in the RCA for bio monitoring in the Skeena region, results of... -
Bioassessment of Streams in North Central British Columbia Using the Referenc...
In this project, a bioassessment tool known as the Reference Condition Approach (RCA) was developed for north-central British Columbia. In the RCA, benthic invertebrates and habitat descriptors from a large number of reference sites are used to build a... -
Babine River Interim Local Resource Use Plan
This plan describes the management consensus option and resource management issues for the Babine River area. It includes the watershed management prescriptions developed to meet the objectives of the consensus option. -
Aurora LNG Freshwater Fish and Fish Habitat Final Report 2014-2015
The objective of the Freshwater Fish and Fish Habitat Program was to conduct field surveys of streams within and adjacent to the Project area (i.e., location of LNG plant infrastructure and ancillary facilities on Digby Island). This report presents the... -
Assessment of Stream Protection Practices in the Interior of the Prince Ruper...
Assessment of stream protection practices in the interior of the Prince Rupert Forest Region. Stream protection measures used in forestry operations in the interior of the Prince Rupert Forest Region were reviewed through interviews and field inspections.... -
Aquatic Stream Inventory: Operational Stream Inventory in the Morrison IRM Un...
The overall purpose of this project was to conduct fisheries inventory in operational areas identified by Houston Forest Products in the Morrison Integrated Resource Management Unit (IRM). The objectives were to conduct a literature review of inventory... -
Lakelse Lake: A Collation of Research Studies and Government Documents
This reference guide has been put together for the Lakelse Watershed Stewards Society and while some aspects will seem quite familiar, other portions may be new material and have relevance to some of the concerns raised by the Lakelse Watershed Stewards... -
Historical Changes in Channel Morphology in Bulkley River and Maxan Creek
Report includes the analysis of historical air photos to identify the location and magnitude of changes in channel morphology over time. The area of interest is the lower 10 km of Maxan Creek and the upper 10 km of Bulkley River in the vicinity of Bulkley... -
Stream Inventory: Owen Creek Watershed 1998
An aquatic inventory was conducted in the Owen Creek Watershed from late June through mid-August 1998. These studies were a continuation of an aquatic inventory program initiated in 1996 in the Thautil and Owen Operating Areas (Morice TSA 20). The major... -
Guidelines for Responsible Waterfront Development
Simple guidelines for responsible waterfront development in the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako. -
Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Babine Lake Inlet Streams and a Tributary to...
The study area is located in upper Babine watershed of the Skeena drainage in north- central British Columbia (Figure 1). Selected streams in the area were inventoried for Forest Practice Code (FPC) stream classification and evaluation of requirements for...