In August of 1997, Carmanah Research was contracted by the of Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks (MELP), Skeena Region, to conduct a Level 1 Fish Habitat Assessment Procedure (FHAP) within the Taltapin watershed, a sub-basin of the Skeena watershed. The Level 1 assessment follows the overview assessment in the Fish Habitat Assessment Procedure, a process that attempts to identify opportunities for fish habitat restoration that are aimed at rejuvenating depressed stocks of fish in British Columbian streams.