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Exchamsiks Backchannel Rehabilitation 2008
The Exchamsiks Backchannel area was recognized as having tremendous potential to provide necessary juvenile salmonid habitat in the lower Skeena River. The project focused on enhancing fish access and habitat quality. Work was conducted on multiple sites... -
Zymoetz River Culvert Replacement (Site 77)
This project encompassed a culvert replacement to improve fish passage. Overwintering habitat by juvenile coho was isolated from the river by two perched culverts in the road. The project focused on culvert replacement, which occurred at 28 km on the Copper... -
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. This is... -
As-built Report of Fish Passage Improvement Projects within the Wet'suwet'en ...
This report describes the fish passage restoration projects completed at three high-priority sites on the upper Bulkley River within Wet'suwet'en First Nation territory in 2017. Restoration works involved the construction of rock riffles to backwater... -
Mid Skeena Watershed Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring
In 2006, Gitksan Watershed Authorities was retained by the Pacific Salmon Commission to conduct an effectiveness monitoring in three Mid Skeena sub-basins: the Kispiox, Kitseguecla, and the Suskwa. This watershed restoration effectiveness monitoring... -
Fish Passage Assessment of Kispiox Forestry Road Stream Crossing
The purpose of this report is to present background information and survey results for fish passage assessments conducted at Kispiox forestry road stream crossings. The Kispiox fish passage assessment is part of a larger regional effort to improve fish... -
Nilkitkwa River Fish Passage Restoration
Assessment found that a pre-code fish crossing on an unnamed stream in the Nilkitkwa river watershed acted as a partial barrier to juvenile fish passage upstream due to high culvert slope and water velocity at high flows, and that a culvert outflow drop... -
Cranberry and Kitwanga Rivers Fish Passage Inspection and Restoration projects
A series of 5 studies on the Kitwanga & Cranberry rivers pertaining to fish passage crossings and water quality evaluations. The first four studies were focused on determining which stream crossings on the rivers were impeding fish movement, as well as... -
Fulton River Watershed Fish Passage Restoration
A series of three restoration projects on the Fulton river (sites 8 & 13) and Harold Price creek (site 19) focused on amending pre-code stream crossings on forestry land to provide unrestricted fish passage. An analysis by Pacific Inland Resources (a... -
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... -
2008 Assessment of Forestry Road Crossings in the Kispiox River Watershed Usi...
The purpose of the 2008 Kispiox River Watershed, Forestry Road Crossing Assessment Project was to protect fish habitat by identifying stream crossings within the Cullon, Ironside, and Lower Kispiox Watersheds that are producing road related sediment that... -
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.... -
Skeena Salmon: Lake Sockeye Conservation Unit Snapshot: Lakelse
This habitat report card was developed by the Pacific Salmon Foundation with technical support from ESSA Technologies. This project summarizes pressures on habitat used by Skeena sockeye for migration, spawning, and rearing, as well as their relative... -
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... -
Waterfall Creek Enhancement Project 2000
A restoration/rehabilitation plan was developed that recommended and initiated measures to address community concerns by supplying survey and design for rehabilitation work, while providing community involvement and focus through trail development and... -
Upper Bulkley River Watershed Stream Surveys Summer 2007
A stream assessment study was conducted between July and August 2007 for several creeks in the Bulkley River watershed east of Houston, British Columbia. The study area consisted of five creeks of interest - Richfield Creek, Johnny David Creek, Byman Creek,... -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Summary of Data, Methodology, Results,...
The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review project produced a set of analyses focused on select pressure and quantity indicators as determined by the Wild Salmon Policy Strategy 2. Pressure Indicators included are Road Density, Riparian Disturbance, and... -
Toboggan Creek Watershed Restoration Project
These reports present the information found during the Toboggan Creek Watershed Restoration Project. This project assessed the historical background of the watershed, including a review of fish, fish habitat, impacts, and water quality. Furthermore, the... -
Technical Data Report: Conceptual Freshwater Fish Habitat Compensation Plan E...
The objectives of this plan are three-fold. First, the plan describes the methods that will be used to quantify the amount of compensatory fish habitat needed to offset the harmful alteration, disruption, or destruction (HADD) resulting from the Project.... -
Stream Inventory: Fenton Creek and Adjacent Tributaries 1997
This survey provides an assessment of fish presence/absence in Fenton Creek and its adjacent tributaries. It identifies stream gradients and reasons for obstructed fish passage, and identifies key habitat features that require special management attention....