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Lakelse Lake Limnology and Juvenile Fish Ecology: 2003 Update
In 2003, Fisheries and Oceans Canada personnel carried out a study of the limnology and fish ecology of Lakelse Lake. A similar study was also carried out in 1994. The focus of the study was on juvenile sockeye rearing habitat, which is the offshore portion... -
Winter Measurements of Dissolved Oxygen at Selected Sites in the Bulkley Wate...
This report describes dissolved oxygen and water temperature measurements conducted at 50 locations in the Bulkley Watershed during the period March 12 to March 18, 1996. -
Waterfall Creek Enhancement Project 2000
A restoration/rehabilitation plan was developed that recommended and initiated measures to address community concerns by supplying survey and design for rehabilitation work, while providing community involvement and focus through trail development and... -
Water Quality in the Toboggan Creek Watershed 1996-1998: Are Land Use Activit...
FO Habitat and Enhancement Branch initiated water quality monitoring in Toboggan Creek watershed in early 1996. Toboggan Creek is an important nursery stream for both wild and hatchery fish, primarily coho, pink, steelhead and Dolly Varden, with smaller... -
Water Quality and Accumulation of Periphyton (attached algae) in the Bulkley ...
In recent years, studies in the upper Bulkley River upstream of Houston have noted elevated levels of bacteria, nutrients and attached algae (periphyton). A 1992 fisheries study in the upper Bulkley at Houston found fish species composition was dominated by... -
Water Quality Sampling for the 2001 Spring Runoff in the Bulkley Valley
The objective of the sampling program was to gather information on the water quality of specific streams during the spring runoff period, and from that information, determine which areas may require a more comprehensive sampling and inspection program. -
Upper Bulkley River and Toboggan Creek Overwintering Studies
An overwintering study was conducted over three winters (November 1998 to March 2001) in the Upper Bulkley and Toboggan Creek watersheds in north-central British Columbia. The study area includes the lower portion of the Upper Bulkley watershed upstream of... -
Upper Bulkley River Watershed Stream Surveys Summer 2007
A stream assessment study was conducted between July and August 2007 for several creeks in the Bulkley River watershed east of Houston, British Columbia. The study area consisted of five creeks of interest - Richfield Creek, Johnny David Creek, Byman Creek,... -
Upper Bulkley Floodplain Habitat: Modifications, Physical Barriers, and Sites...
The Bulkley River upstream of the Morice River has some of the most intense public and private land use in the Skeena watershed. The purpose of this assessment was to document human-induced modifications to floodplain habitat and river channelization,... -
Toboggan Creek Groundwater Channel Monitoring Project
Toboggan Creek is a tributary of the Bulkley River whose headwaters originate at the Hudson Bay glacier. Toboggan Creek has high fish value and is the indicator stream for Upper Skeena River coho stocks. Due to its importance as an indicator stream,... -
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,... -
Proctor Creek Groundwater Channel Coho Assessment
A groundwater study was conducted from May 15, 2007 to August 07, 2007 on a small groundwater channel (GWC) located on private property near Proctor Road just east of Smithers, B C. For the purpose of this report, this groundwater channel is referred to as... -
Nutrients and Algae in the Upper Bulkley River watershed 1997-2000
This study focused on the diffuse sources of nutrients and the trophic status of the Upper Bulkley River. Monthly water chemistry monitoring of the Upper Bulkley and tributaries was conducted between November 1997 and March 2000, and the end of growing... -
McDonell and Stephens Lakes Hydroacoustic Survey Report 2005
This report contains the results of the Gitksan Watershed Authorities sockeye fry hydroacoustic survey of McDonell and Stephens Lakes. -
Habitat Restoration & Salmon Enhancement Program (HRSEP) 1998/99 Summary Report
The Habitat Restoration and Salmon Enhancement Program (HRSEP) was established in 1996/97 to complement the Pacific Salmon Revitalization Strategy. The main objective of the federally funded HRSEP is to revitalize salmonid populations in British Columbia... -
Effects of Beaver on Juvenile Coho Salmon Habitat in Kispiox River Tributaries
The purpose of this study was to collect data to determine how beaver dams might affect coho populations in tributaries of the Kispiox River, and to provide a review of the literature on the effects of beaver activity on salmonid populations. -
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... -
Bulkley River Watershed Overwintering Study Reports
This dataset contains all of the overwintering studies in the Bulkley River watershed. This over-wintering monitoring was conducted to provide background data to assist Habitat Management staff and Resource Restoration staff in liaising with various... -
Assessment of overwintering habitat and distribution of Coho Salmon (Oncorhyn...
This report conducts a preliminary assessment of the winter distribution of coho salmon, and the locations, suitability, and water qualities of coho overwintering habitats. -
Sockeye Egg-to-Fry Mortality in the Fulton River Spawning Channels
Possible causes of low egg-to-fry survival of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the Babine Lake artificial spawning channels were studied from November, 1971 to March, 1972. Concurrent studies were conducted on the Fulton River and Pinkut Creek...