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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 Management at Equity Silver Mines Ltd.
Predominantly all wastes, both tailing and blasted rock, contain pyrite and are classified acid generating. Acid generation occurs within waste rock fills around the property however not within tailing thus far due to sub- aqueous disposal of the product.... -
Skeena Cellulose Inc. Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) Cycle Three Desi...
The purpose of this design document is to summarize and update mill process information and results from previous cycles and other studies, and to provide a rationale for the design of the Cycle Three program. Five elements of the EEM program will be... -
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.... -
Round Lake 2002-2005
A report detailing the water quality of Round Lake located in Smithers, BC between the years 2002-2005. Data was gathered as part of The BC Lake Stewardship and Monitoring program to provide communities with monitoring results and educational material on... -
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,... -
Refining habitat indicators for Strategy 2 of the Wild Salmon Policy: Identif...
This report provides results from Step 3, Identifying Metrics and Benchmarks for habitat indicators being considered by DFO for Strategy 2 of the Wild Salmon Policy. -
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... -
Prince Rupert Regional Ocean Observatories
Ocean Networks Canada’s observing systems deliver freely available, locally-relevant environmental data in real-time for scientific research that helps communities, governments, and industry make evidence-based decisions on ocean management, marine safety,... -
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). -
Morice Land and Resource Management Plan
The Morice LRMP provides policy direction on the management of land and resources in the Morice LRMP area, and provides direction for the establishment of landscape level legal objectives. There are four main sections to the plan: General Management... -
Life History, Stock Assessment, and Recommendation for a Sustainable Recreati...
Buckley Lake was sampled September 8-10, 2003 by Skeena Region Fisheries staff in an effort to address: 1) rainbow trout history characteristics; and 2) provide advice to Skeena Region Protected Areas staff on the sensitivity of the population to angler... -
Lakelse Lake Water Quality Assessment and Objectives
This study assesses the water quality of Lakelse Lake. A summary report and detailed technical appendix are included. Report published February 1986. -
Kathlyn, Seymour, Round, and Tyhee Lakes: Water Quality Assessment and Object...
This study quantifies the inputs of phosphorus from various sources and determines the extent to which additional phosphorus could be tolerated by each lake without a serious decrease in water quality. Based on this information, appropriate land uses and... -
Distribution, Timing, and Numbers of Steelhead Returning to the Skeena Waters...
This report summarizes the data collected during the July to November 1995 period and describes the fate and timing information of steelhead movements to the end of November 1995. Fishwheels operated by the Kitselas Band Office were used to catch and apply... -
Conceptual Fish Habitat Offsetting Plan: Proposed Aurora LNG Project
This Conceptual Fish Habitat Offsetting Plan marks the first step along the path to developing a Final Fish Habitat Offsetting Plan in support of an application for a Fisheries Act Authorization. More immediately, this plan is intended to support Aurora... -
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... -
Canada's Policy for Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon
Links to sites related to the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Wild Pacific Salmon Policy -
1:5,000 Fish and Fish Habitat Inventories of Unnamed Tributaries to Toboggan ...
This report presents the results of the stream inventories, including stream classifications and a summary of fish captured, along with site, reach, and fish cards and site photos. The accompanying TRIM maps show sample site locations for only those sites...