Waterfowl’s Habitat Protection
Currently, large waterfowl populations have grown and been conserved due to actions taken to preserve their habitats. These actions are directed by the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) and …
Assessment of White Sturgeon abundance from the Lower Fraser river
The lower Fraser river provides significant habitat to White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus), and per a collaborative assessment between the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) and …
Got Bats? A BC Guide for Managing Bats in Buildings
The BC Community Bat Program create a document to provide some basic information about bats and also some misinformation and misunderstanding. It has meant to help people to understand bats …
Cougar
The cougar is the largest native cat in Canada. Usually averaging around 125lb for adult males and 100lb for adult females. But animals have been recorded in the past that …
The Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
The porcupine is almost like a beaver but can be recognized by the 30 000 quills that cover the whole body except for the stomach, nose and his feet. Porcupines …
Monitoring Projects of the Cheakamus Project Water Use Plan
The 2011 BC Hydro Cheakamus Project Water Use Plan involves ten monitoring programs specific to salmonids and their habitats. This article describes the monitoring programs implemented in 2011 and the …
Salmonids in the Bridge Seton Watershed
The Bridge and Seton watersheds are adjacent watersheds located 200km northeast of Vancouver in the rain shadow of the Southern Coast Mountains. The upper watershed is fed by the Bridge …
Wolf predation in a multiple-ungulate system in northern British Columbia
The problem with wolf predation as well as bear in BC has been regarded as a limiting factor in the growth of moose and caribou population. The report will focus …
Common Loon
The Common Loon is a native bird of the North American Continent. Although records of the common loon have been around for 20 to 30 million years, the emergence of …
Sharp-Tailed Grouse
Introduction The Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) is one of four species of grouse that inhabit steep, grasslands. Historically, Sharp-tailed Grouse were distributed over most of the central and western United …