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AQUARIUS WebPortal
Portal accessing real-time water-related data, including dataset download, mapping, and creation of charts. Parameters include snow surveys, surface water discharge, groundwater levels, water temperature, air temperature, precipitation, etc. The SSDC houses... -
Northern BC Climate Research Stations
Weblink to an interactive map that provides access to the locations of climate research stations in Northern BC and their respective data. -
BC Fisheries Information
Provides web linkages to Fisheries Information Summary System (FISS), FISS Known Distribution maps, FISS standards and Fisheries Inventory Data Query (FIDQ), -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Summary of Data, Methodology, Results,...
The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review project (October 2016) 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... -
Reconnaissance Inventory of Aconitum Lake
This report contains information about Aconitum 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... -
Provincial Obstacles to Fish Passage
The Provincial Obstacles to Fish Passage theme presents records of all known obstacles to fish passage from several fisheries datasets including the Fisheries Information Summary System (FISS); the Fish Habitat Inventory and Information Program (FHIIP); the... -
Provincial Climate Data Set (PCDS) Portal
The Provincial Climate Data Set (PCDS) Portal contains observations of weather and climate variables (such as temperature and rainfall amounts) for British Columbia. Locations of observation stations are shown on an interactive map of the province which... -
Pooling Shared Information and Knowledge Governance
This document states the importance of trusted, shared information to create trusted processes, informed decisions and ultimately better outcomes for watersheds in British Columbia. A variety of models for managing and supporting local water and watershed... -
Pacific Coastal Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data
Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for over 10 sites in the Pacific Coastal Basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by... -
Old Growth Deferral Areas
In November 2021, the BC Old Growth Technical Advisory Panel released eight maps outlining the most at risk old forest for immediate deferral. This dataset includes the background report describing the development of the maps, an html link to the original... -
NORTH COAST MARINE PLAN
The purpose of the North Coast Marine Plan is to provide recommendations for achieving ecosystem health, social and cultural wellbeing, and economic development through an ecosystem-based approach to planning and management. This plan provides... -
Interim Assessment Protocol for Aquatic Ecosystems in British Columbia: Stand...
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... -
Increasing Dominance of Odd-Year Returning Pink Salmon
The hypothesis that abundance patterns differ between even- and odd-year returning Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) was examined using data from the eastern and western North Pacific Ocean, northern and southern British Columbia, and biologically based... -
Ground Water Wells Database & Map
Point features showing the location of groundwater wells in BC joined with attributes and information from the WELLS database. -
Current and Proposed Mining, Energy, and Forestry Development in Northwest Br...
Map showing salmon habitat overlain with current and proposed infrastructure development in northwest BC. Infrastructure includes roads, forestry cutblocks, mines, transmission lines, pipelines, transmission lines, major projects, agricultural land tenures,... -
Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN)
The Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) is an aquatic biomonitoring program for assessing the health of fresh water ecosystems in Canada. Benthic macroinvertebrates are collected at a site location and their counts are used as an indicator of the... -
BC Water Resources Atlas
The Water Resources Atlas is an iMapBC application with enhanced query functionality to enable the display of detailed water related data, including watersheds, water quantity and quality monitoring sites, aquifers, water wells and flood protection works. -
BC Points of Diversion with Water Licence Information
Province-wide SDE spatial layer displaying water licence points of diversion joined with licence information. This layer contains a record for each water licence on each Point of Diversion that exists in the province (each Point of Diversion can have... -
Abundance, age, size, sex and coded wire tag recoveries for chinook salmon es...
A key streams program was initiated in 1984 by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to monitor the success of management actions in several important chinook producing streams throughout British Columbia. The objectives of the key streams program are: 1)...