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Review of Cattle-Community Watershed Conflicts in the Skeena Region
This report provides the B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks (BCE) with a review of cattle farming in the Skeena Region, and a recommendation for monitoring the impact of cattle and other livestock operations on community watersheds, including... -
An Investigation of the Condition of Kathlyn Lake, with Suggestions for Rehab...
As early as 1970, and continuing into the year 1973, concerned citizens of the Smithers area brought to the attention of the Water Resources Services the fact that nuisance weed growths were occurring (and increasing) in Kathlyn Lake. In response to this... -
Water Quality in British Columbia Objectives Attainment
The setting of water quality objectives in priority basins in British Columbia began in 1982. By the end of 2002, the Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection had set water quality objectives in 51 areas or basins and updated them throughout the... -
Water Quality Objectives for Bulkley and Morice Rivers (1986)
This report includes an assessment of present water quality, a prediction of future water quality, recommended water uses that should be protected, and recommended monitoring to check whether those objectives are being met and to develop future objectives. -
The Flooded Tailings Impoundment at the Equity Silver Mine
The Equity Silver Mine operated between 1980 and 1994, producing silver, gold, and copper from three open pits and a small underground operation. Mine components include a flooded tailings impoundment constructed from till and waste and quarried rock. This... -
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... -
Telkwa Coal Project: Application for a Project Approval Certificate
The Application should be read in the context that it is the basis for the first major stage of the Environmental Assessment Process as it applies to new mine developments proposed for British Columbia. The purpose of the Application is to provide an... -
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-Nass Area Bulkley River Basin Water Quality Assessment and Objectives
This historical report includes: (i) an assessment of water quality using available information (up to April, 1984) on waste discharges, water quality, streamflows, and water uses; (ii) a prediction of future water quality, considering future waste... -
Skeena River Estuary Assessment Project
This project assessed key pressures on salmon habitat in the Skeena River estuary. The authors used benchmarks to assess the status of salmon habitat indicators and identified critical knowledge gaps and future monitoring needs. -
Skeena Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) Pre-Design Reference Document
This document provides a basis for the design phase of an environmental effects monitoring program (EEM) for Repap's pulp and paper mill, Skeena Cellulose Inc., located near Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The pre-design document is essentially a "State of... -
Site-Specific Water Quality Guidelines for Skeena River at Usk for the Purpos...
Site-specific water quality guidelines for the Skeena River at Usk for the purpose of national reporting (May 2005). This document is one in a series that presents ambient site-specific water quality guidelines (SSGs) for British Columbia and the Yukon.... -
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... -
Sampling of Metals and Aquatic Life in the Bulkley River Adjacent to the Form...
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... -
Review and Assessment of Water Quality in the Skeena River Watershed, British...
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,... -
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... -
Natural Resource Stewardship Monitoring and Assessment Report for the Wet'suw...
Natural Resource Stewardship Monitoring and Assessment Reports are a summary of existing resource value monitoring and assessment information for a given geographic area. Data in this report has been arranged into the following categories: fish and water,... -
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... -
Morrison Copper/Gold Project 3rd Party Review Response Report
This report presents the response to the 3rd Party Review of the Environmental Assessment for the Morrison Copper/Gold Project. The 3rd Party Review was requested by the Environmental Assessment Office and was mainly directed towards the hydrogeology, water... -
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).