There is a strong scientific consensus that the Earth’s climate is changing, primarily due to greenhouse gas emissions. This series of climate summaries, for the eight resource...

In 2010 we carried out the first watershed-wide radiotelemetry project for Chinook salmon in the Skeena River. Our objectives were to tag Chinook and trace them to their...

Because of the increasing industrial operations and rapidly growing human activities on the watershed of Babine Lake there have been many multi—disciplinary studies carried out...

The purpose of this catalogue is to bring under a single cover historical and recent information which describes salmon spawning grounds and annual escapements in the Skeena...

This series documents the scientific basis for the evaluation of fisheries resources in Canada. As such, it addresses the issues of the day in the time frames required and the...

The project objectives for Maxan creek were to remove the Strimbold Bridge that is impacting fish habitat and likely a barrier to fish passage at some flows, and may pose an...

The River Guardians conducted a creel survey of Bulkley River steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) anglers from late August until mid November. Two River Guardian teams collected...

This series documents the scientific basis for the evaluation of aquatic resources and ecosystems in Canada.

Data reports provide a medium for filing and archiving data compilations where little or no analysis is included. Such compilations commonly will have been prepared in support...

The primary goal of this paper is to assess whether the state of the knowledge and biological status of wild salmon in Canada has improved over the decade since the adoption of...

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...

Links to sites related to the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Wild Pacific Salmon Policy

CanMatrix products represent the 1:250,000 scale map collection of Natural Resources Canada. This collection is being replaced by the CanTopo series but coverage of the CanTopo...

The Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) is arguably the 'most widely used and effective' multimetric index of stream condition. The purpose of this project was to calibrate the...

Ten small lakes between Burns Lake and Houston, British Columbia (Bulkley River headwaters) were surveyed: Bulkley Lake, Watson Lake, Day Lake, Elwin Lake, Gilmore Lake, Sunset...

The objective of the project is to estimate the amount of potential, probable and known bull trout habitat within the various validated management zones (e.g. Protected Areas,...

This steelhead tagging program, combined with a recapture phase, allows an estimate of the number of steelhead in the Bulkley system upstream of Moricetown Canyon. In Autumn...

This report details the findings of the cancelled sampling project. The project's aim was to collect and collate data on steelhead in the Bulkley/Morice study area and to...

This dataset contains the Bulkley Valley Sustainable Resource Management Plan and associated maps and spatial data. This plan presents objectives and strategies for resource...

Triton Environmental Consultants Ltd. (Triton) was retained by the Ministry of Forests and Range (MOFR) to conduct a critical fish-stream reach inventory within the Bulkley...