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STREAM Data Portal
Co-delivered by Living Lakes Canada, World Wildlife Fund-Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and the University of Guelph, STREAM (Sequencing The Rivers for Environmental Assessment and Monitoring) is contributing to the better understanding of... -
Water Quality: Second Report on Chemical Sensitivity of BC Lakes to Acidic In...
This second summary document provides information (pH, alkalinity, calcium, and sensitivity rating) for about 760 lakes sampled between 1977 and 1986. This represents about 3.5% of the estimated 22,000 lakes in British Columbia. It provides locations where... -
Upper Bulkley River and Toboggan Creek Overwintering Studies
An overwintering study was conducted over three winters (November 1998 to March 2001) in the Upper Bulkley and Toboggan Creek watersheds in north-central British Columbia. The study area includes the lower portion of the Upper Bulkley watershed upstream of... -
Salmonid Habitat Sensitivity Mapping Morice Forest District: Summary Report
In 1997, the British Columbia Conservation Foundation (BCCF) was contracted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to produce a map that would allow licensees and contractors to direct their referrals more efficiently. DFO was receiving referrals... -
SSAF State of the Value Report for Fish and Fish Habitat 2020 - Data
The Skeena Sustainability Assessment Forum’s (SSAF) State of the Value Report for Fish and Fish Habitat provides an overview of the current condition of fish and fish habitat in the SSAF study area and describes some of the key drivers behind these results.... -
Reconnaissance Inventory of Chrisholm Lake
This report contains information about Chrisholm Lake habitat quality. The data presented in this document includes information regarding aquatic vegetation, terrain features, physical and chemical water characteristics, pollution, fish habitation, and fish... -
Reconnaissance Inventory of Brown Paint Lake
This report contains information about Brown Paint Lake habitat quality. The data presented in this document includes information regarding aquatic vegetation, terrain features, physical and chemical water characteristics, pollution, and fish habitation. In... -
Morice Fish and Aquatic Habitat Review 2013
The purpose of this project is to document alterations and impacts to Wet’suwet’en land and resources, particularly in regard to anadromous and freshwater resident fish and their habitats in Morice watershed. Alterations and impacts resulting from... -
Juvenile Coho Salmon and Steelhead Assessment of Lower Toboggan Creek, Septem...
Juvenile sampling and habitat assessment was conducted in the lower three kilometers of Toboggan Creek from September to November, 1998. The lower two kilometers of the stream is of lower habitat quality (higher gradient, greater velocity, little cover)... -
Effects of Beaver on Juvenile Coho Salmon Habitat in Kispiox River Tributaries
The purpose of this study was to collect data to determine how beaver dams might affect coho populations in tributaries of the Kispiox River, and to provide a review of the literature on the effects of beaver activity on salmonid populations. -
Canada's Policy for Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon: Stream, Lake, and Es...
This report documents the methodology used by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to identify potential Strategy 2 habitat indicators, metrics, and benchmarks (as well as possible sampling protocols). The proposed list of indicators presented in... -
Canada's Policy for Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon
Links to sites related to the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Wild Pacific Salmon Policy -
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...