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Water Monitoring in British Columbia: Scanning the Data Landscape Public Report
The overall goal of this scan is to inform a shared vision for water monitoring and reporting in BC. This scan collected information on surface and groundwater quality and quantity monitoring and reporting in British Columbia, providing examples of who is... -
Water Management at Equity Silver Mines Ltd.
Predominantly all wastes, both tailing and blasted rock, contain pyrite and are classified acid generating. Acid generation occurs within waste rock fills around the property however not within tailing thus far due to sub- aqueous disposal of the product.... -
Value of the Fisheries Resources in the Bulkley River System
The purpose of this report is to provide an indication of the net economic value of the fisheries stocks in the Bulkley river system. This is done by assessing current and future values of recreational, commercial and, to some degree, Indigenous fishing... -
Upper Bulkley River Steelhead Population Monitoring
The upper Bulkley River system, near Houston, was first assessed by the Fish Habitat Improvement Section in 1981. The initial assessment identified probably areas of importance for steelhead recruitment and juvenile rearing. In 1982 an index sampling... -
Tenas Project: Project Description
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... -
Skeena-Nass Area Water Quality Assessment and Objectives: Technical Appendix
This report assess present water quality of the mainstem Bulkley and Morice Rivers, to predict future water quality, and to recommend water uses that should be protected, and to recommend provisional water quality objectives to protect those uses. -
Skeena Cellulose Inc. Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) Cycle Three Desi...
The purpose of this design document is to summarize and update mill process information and results from previous cycles and other studies, and to provide a rationale for the design of the Cycle Three program. Five elements of the EEM program will be... -
Site Specific Risk Assessments of Two Former Copper Concentrate Shed Sites Ne...
In summary, the risk assessments identified COCs in soil that may have potential to cause adverse effects, especially to soil invertebrates and plants, although this is principally a theoretical risk owing to important habitat limitations in the most... -
Review of the Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of Marine Pollution in...
This report attempts to provide a preliminary review of the some of the possible impacts, monitoring, and mitigation measures for many of the pollution issues including sewage and waste disposal, mining and smelter activities, various large industrial... -
Prince Rupert Landfill Leachate: Impact on Hays Creek
This report documents the leachate and creek water chemistry findings and remove all doubt that the creek is adversely affected. -
Prince Rupert Area Coastal Fish Habitat Bibliography
A bibliography of existing coastal information describing habitat and biota. -
Northwest Transmission Line: Bell-Irving Route Study
Sheffield studies and office-based reviews for this Bell-Irving Route Study Report were completed in August 2010. This report presents the results of baseline information collected as well as an evaluation of potential project effects on VECs along the... -
Morrison Copper/Gold Project Assessment Report
This Assessment Report considers the proposed Morrison Copper/Gold Mine Project’s potential to cause significant adverse environmental, economic, social, heritage, and health effects. It identifies measures to prevent or reduce adverse effects, and sets out... -
Morice Water Management Area - Multi-Year Operational Plan
This operational plan is the initial product of a partnership between the Office of the Wet’suwet’en and the Province of British Columbia to develop a water monitoring and assessment system for the recently established Morice Water Management Area (MWMA). -
Lakelse Lake Water Quality Assessment and Objectives
This study assesses the water quality of Lakelse Lake. A summary report and detailed technical appendix are included. Report published February 1986. -
Fish Monitoring Studies in Buck, Foxy and Crow Creeks and Goosly Lake
These reports present the results of the 2012 and 2017 fish monitoring programs conducted in the vicinity of Equity Mine near Houston BC. -
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... -
Baseline Fish Health Monitoring Program Bulkley and Babine Rivers
Six stocks of salmon from the Babine and Bulkley Rivers were sampled for prevalence of bacterial and viral infections and for the presence and level of parasite infestation. -
A Summary of the 1992 Water Quality Objectives Monitoring Results at Tyhee Lake
The summary of this report is to analyze the 1992 sampling results for Tyhee Lake, determine the impacts on the lake, and the possible steps that could be taken to control the eutrophication and ensure limited protection of the lake habitat and ecology.