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Water Quality Effectiveness Evaluations and Fish Passage Culvert Inspection
Water Quality Effectiveness Evaluations arose out of the Forest and Range Practices Act as a way of measuring the effectiveness of the Act in accomplishing its forest stewardship objectives. The field procedure for Water Quality Effectiveness Evaluation... -
Lakelse Lake Limnology and Juvenile Fish Ecology: 2003 Update
In 2003, Fisheries and Oceans Canada personnel carried out a study of the limnology and fish ecology of Lakelse Lake. A similar study was also carried out in 1994. The focus of the study was on juvenile sockeye rearing habitat, which is the offshore portion... -
Estuaries Poster
Provides general information on estuaries and their importance. -
Conserving Morice Watershed Fish Populations and their Habitat: Stage II Biop...
This report addresses Stage II of the Watershed-based Fish Sustainability Planning process by developing the biophysical profile of the Morice Watershed. Stage II produced a biophysical and sociopolitical profile of each of the priority watershed planning... -
Toboggan Creek Fan Sensitive Area Management Plan
This document outlines the reasoning behind designating a portion of the Glacier Gulch/Toboggan Creek fan a sensitive area. The objectives of the sensitive area are statements of desired future conditions of the area and they provide legally Âbinding... -
Sustaining Lakelse Lake
A brief summary and visual results to natural resources and perks in Lakelse Lake. -
Spatial Distribution of Mature and Old Forests Phase I: Uncertainty Related...
This project aims to inform the Babine Watershed Monitoring Trust about new research related to spatial patterns on landscapes, and to thereby reduce uncertainty related to pattern. Phase II will analyse old and mature forest distribution. -
Secondary Lake Inventory of Unnamed Lake - Watershed Code: 480-502100
A secondary lake inventory (RIC 1999, 2000) was conducted on an Unnamed Lake located approximately 13 km west of the outlet of Morrison Lake and 13.3 km north of Smithers Landing on Babine Lake, B.C.. The main objectives of the secondary lake inventory... -
Review of the Hydrology, Geomorphology, Ecology & Management of the Skeena Ri...
Review of the hydrology, geomorphology, ecology and management of the Skeena River floodplain. This review of the natural and human history of the floodplain of the lower Skeena River was initiated to provide background information to support future... -
Review of Resident Game Fish Life History and Abundance Information for Babin...
Babine Lake is the largest unimpounded lake entirely within the province of British Columbia, and likely receives more annual angler days than any other lake in Skeena Region. It is also the most important sockeye salmon nursery lake in the Skeena... -
Range of Natural Variation in Structural Attributes of Young Stands
This study estimates the range of natural variability (RONV) for structural attributes remaining after fire, insects and wind disturbances within a variety of ecosystems of the Sub-boreal Spruce (SBS) and Engelmann Spruce-Subalpine Fir (ESSF) biogeoclimatic... -
Morice-Nanika Sockeye Recovery Plan
The Morice-Nanika Sockeye Recovery Plan process provides a framework for aboriginal, government, industry, and public groups to work together towards stock recovery. -
Kitimat to Summit Lake Natural Gas Pipeline Looping Project: Conceptual Compe...
Construction of the Kitimat to Summit Lake Natural Gas Pipeline Looping Project (the KSL Project) will enable delivery of natural gas from the Kitimat Liquefied Natural Gas (KLNG) facility to the Spectra Energy Transmission BC pipeline facilities located... -
Kitimat - Summit Lake Pipeline Looping Project: Assessment Report
The purpose of this Assessment Report is to: describe the Project; summarize the process for the review of the Application; report on the adequacy of the Proponent’s distribution of information during the Application Review; report on whether the... -
Killutsal Creek Rearing Pond Enhancement
The Lakelse is a prized recreational area both locally and regionally. Many small and large creeks enter the river along its 14-km length and fish values in these creeks are exceptionally high. As a result of forest harvesting, road build, and utility... -
Estuaries on the North Coast of British Columbia: a Reconnaissance Survey of ...
This survey acquires the ecological information on plant community types occurring in estuaries on the north coast and creates a site classification. It also surveys and describes a range of estuaries on the north coast, summarizing basic biological and... -
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... -
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... -
Historical Climate Variability from the Instrumental Record in Northern Briti...
This thesis examines historical climate variability and its effects on slope stability in northern British Columbia. It comprises three parts: (1) an analysis of climate trends and variability from the instrumental climate record; (2) an examination of...