BERDI – a data bank for Biophysical, (Socio)Economic, and Regional Data and Information (pronounced “birdie”) - was created to make data collected by the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) more accessible to the public. Since 1965, the CER has collected...

This report outlines the unaddressed issues that remain after the mitigation proposal presented by Petronas for a suspension bridge over Flora Bank.

This report was prepared for the Kispiox Watershed-based Fish Sustainability Plan (KWFSP) planning table. It briefly describes the origin, purpose, and benefits of Watershed-based Fish Sustainability Planning (WFSP), a four-stage planning sequence that...

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 report contains a concise summary report outlining the findings of this study on the potential impact of coal and coal contaminated sediments on marine life.

A preliminary environmental effects assessment relating to the potential port sites identified in the Port Development Study by Wright Engineers Limited for the National Harbours Board.

A review of the Skeena estuary and the proposed industrial developments in the area.

Sediment samples were collected from the sea floor off the delta front, from the lower reaches of the Skeena River channels, and from small beaches and basins in the vicinity of Ridley Island. This paper describes the results of the grain analysis and...

This report contains the findings of an EPS program carried out in the summer of 1982 to monitor the effects on the receiving environment of port construction activities underway on National Harbours Board-owned Ridley Island and vicinity near Prince...

Environmental effects evaluation for the Ridley Island Export Logistics Park Project. The project is an export logistics platform that is intended to enhance the Port of Prince Rupert's export transloading capacity and improve operational logistics.

A review of oceanographic data in the Prince Rupert to evaluate suitable sites for ocean dumping. The review includes assessments of data on historic use of dump sites in the region, physical oceanography, biological resources, sediment bedload transport,...

This thesis analyzed the long term history of the salmon canning industry along the B.C. coast between 1870 and 1970 to understand the spatial pattern of the processing plants and some of the factors that controlled the pattern.

This study provides Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) with an assessment of the risks due to future operations of LNG and oil tankers in the Prince Rupert gateway, to compare these risks with similar existing gateways in North America, and to identify...

An assessment of discharge regulation, aquatic monitoring, and aquatic impacts related to Bell and Granisle Mines.

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...

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) is writing to inform Fisheries and Oceans Canada that in performing the duties and functions of the responsible authority for the environmental assessment (EA) of the proposed Aurora LNG Project (the...

This dataset contains the 1937 mosaic of the Lakelse area and corresponding air photo scans belonging to Phase II of the collaborative WWF-UBC Skeena Historical Land Use Change and Ecological Function Project. This project entailed collecting air photos at...

This dataset contains the 1937 mosaic of the Lakelse area and corresponding air photo scans belonging to Phase II of the collaborative WWF-UBC Skeena Historical Land Use Change and Ecological Function Project. This project entailed collecting air photos at...