Sixty-eight tributaries to the Bulkley River were examined by topographic maps and air photo interpretation to assess the degree and nature of the impacts on these streams by transportation and hydro-electric powerline corridors and...

A link to a recording of the Pacific Salmon Foundation 2021 Climate Adaptation Workshop hosted by the Pacific Salmon Foundation. The goal of this workshop was to bring together salmon scientists and stewards to discuss issues, challenges and solutions...

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) is writing to inform Fisheries and Oceans Canada that in performing the duties and functions of the responsible authority for the environmental assessment (EA) of the proposed Aurora LNG Project (the...

This report examines the salmon habitat utilization of five species of Pacific salmon in the greater Skeena River estuary. In particular, interest is given in salmon habitat utilization in light of several large-scale industrial development projects pending...

This report has been prepared in support of the Ministry of Environment permit P.E.4475 and the Ministry of EMNG reclamation permit M-114. This report focuses on the environmental performance of Goldcorp Canada Ltd – Equity Division during 2012.

This guidebook has been prepared to help forest resource managers plan, prescribe and implement sound forest practices that comply with the Forest Practices Code. The information provided in each guidebook is intended to help users exercise their...

Link to access/download dataset from the BC Data Catalogue

Klohn-Crippen Consultants Ltd. was retained by the Fisheries Branch of the BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks in Smithers (MELP), British Columbia, to conduct a reconnaissance level survey of Twin Lake within the Babine River watershed. The field...

The purpose of this design brief is to present a description of the methodologies used and results of the study undertaken to delineate the floodplain for Lakelse River and Lake.

The Morrison River enters Babine Lake from the northwest. Morrison and Tahlo Lakes are important sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) nursery lakes that collectively host the second largest wild sockeye population in the Skeena. Downstream migration of juvenile...

Skeena Fisheries Commission (SFC), in partnership with the Lax Kw’alaams Fisheries Program conducted a feasibility assessment to determine whether salmon productivity in the Kloiya River and Rainbow Lake watersheds could be improved by modifying a series of...

OIL AND GAS interests and the government recently offered a First Nation in the Skeena River estuary (BC, Canada) $1 billion to consent to construction of a controversial terminal to load fossil fuels onto tankers. Despite the First Nation rejecting the...

This report outlines results from three years of RCA model development for the Skeena Region. It includes the development of standard methods for collecting and analyzing data for use in the RCA for bio monitoring in the Skeena region, results of...

The Trout Creek Landscape Unit Plan (LUP) outlines the objectives and the strategies for the resource management of the Trout Creek and Toboggan watershed within the Bulkley portion of the Bulkley/Cassiar Forest District. The objectives address core...

This project included the planning, data collection and analysis phases of closed bottom structure assessments for the purpose of identifying fish passage barriers in need of restoration within the Lower Skeena priority area. The purpose of the project is...

The Watershed Restoration Program of British Columbia is a program whereby watersheds that have been damaged by past logging practices undergo restoration. The program involves a number of steps that commence with an overview study, followed by a detailed...

The projects in this report are planning exercises based upon the simple thesis, “If you want this specific value in 50 years (be it swimming or water quality or grizzly bears), these are the requirements for that value which must be in place in order for...

This report shows the results from various analyses such as Boat Limit Method, Shoreline Development Method, Chlorophyll-a Limiting Method, Morpheodaphic and Other Parameters Method to assess the capacity of Lakelse Lake for development.

Management prescriptions for specific waters have been identified. In most situations, these have or will be incorporated into the production program. The immediate future of the stock assessment program should include fine tuning of the production model,...

This project develops a framework for implementing a collaborative freshwater salmon habitat-monitoring program in the Skeena watershed. Its purpose is to help catalyze federal Wild Salmon Policy strategy 2 implementation and stimulate ecosystem based...