The Northwest pilot has investigated a range of cumulative effect related topics as well as developed methods to assess impacts of industrial development on a selection of values at a broad spatial scale. The goal of the pilot was to improve the consistency...

This report constitutes the Skeena Watershed Fish Sustainability Process Stage I document. Conserving Skeena Fish Populations and Their Habitat describes the planning process that includes prioritizing and selecting sub-basins to review. A biophysical...

The Office of the Wet'suwet'en (OW) presents this submission to British Columbia Environmental Assessment Agency (BC EAO). This submission is a component of the Wet'suwet'en response in respect of the proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline project within...

This submission from the Office of the Wet'suwet'en (OW) to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) is a response to the CEAA report regarding the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG project near LeLu Island.

The Office of the Wet'suwet'en (OW) presents this submission to the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel. This submission is a component of the Wet'suwet'en response in respect of the proposed Northern Gateway project within Wet'suwet'en territory. The...

WWF has completed the first Canada-wide assessment of the country’s watersheds, focusing on four indicators of river health and seven key threats. The resources below link to the WWF Watershed Reports at a national level and provide access to the detailed...

This report is an update to WWF's initial Canadian-wide assessment of the country's watershed from 2017. This reassessment was only done for the health indicators (flow, water quality, benthic invertebrates and fish) as the threats assessment data sources...

This report by WWF-Canada is the first-ever national assessment on the health of and threats to freshwater in Canada. By identifying standard key health and threat indicators, WWF-Canada was able to explore the state of our streams and rivers and give...

The purpose of the Project is to provide berthing and loading facilities for bulk liquid cargo that will be received via the existing rail loop on Ridley Island. Due to the shortage of market access, many products cannot reach international markets where...

Telkwa Coal Limited (TCL) is proposing to develop the Tenas Project (the Project), a surface coal mine designed to produce approximately 15.0 million tonnes of washed metallurgical coal product at about 0.750 million saleable tonnes per year to be used in...

This report is a follow-up to an earlier volume (Gottesfeld et al. 2002) which was prepared as part of the Skeena Watershed Fish Sustainability Plan process. The earlier report, Conserving Skeena Fish Populations and Their Habitat, presents an overview of...

This Skeena Cumulative Effects Assessment (SCEA) documents the analysis of the cumulative effects of individual and multiple physical, biological and chemical stressors associated with human activities on three key species: eulachon, Chinook salmon and...

This study was carried out to monitor the effects, if any, of the former Topley Concentrate Shed Site ("Topley Site") on concentrations of dissolved and total metals and other parameters and on aquatic life in the Bulkley River. The study included three...

Historical water quality data presented for the Skeena River watershed are divided into nine subsequent sections, corresponding to the nine major watershed reaches. Each section is divided into 6 subsections: hydrology, land use history, water withdrawals,...

This Assessment Report considers the proposed project's potential to cause significant adverse environmental, social, economic, heritage, and health effects. It identifies measures to prevent or reduce adverse effects, and sets out EAO's analysis and...

This dataset contains elements of the Morrison Copper/Gold mine application which are relevant to salmon in the Skeena watershed. The document itself and its appendices constitute Pacific Booker Minerals' application for a certificate under the British...

Oceanographic surveys were conducted from 1957 to 1967 in a number of the inlets along the west coast of Vancouver Island, and on the north coast of British Columbia, in order to study the effects of existing pulp mills and to predict the effects of...

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...

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...

An overview of the evolutionary and ecological impacts of infectious diseases, shifting climates, and opportunistic predators in wild salmon and suggested ways in which modern technologies can elucidate the microparasites of greatest potential import.