Fish Passage Reporting Template
Acknowledgement
Executive Summary
1
Introduction
2
Background
2.1
Approach
2.2
Project Location
2.3
Lhtakoh
2.4
Nechakoh
2.5
Endako River
2.6
Tsalakoh
2.7
Tabor Creek
2.8
Willow River
2.9
Lower Salmon River
2.10
Floodplains and Watershed Function
2.11
Fisheries
2.11.1
Lhtakoh
2.11.2
Nechakoh
2.11.3
François Lake
2.11.4
Morkill River
2.11.5
Salmon Stock Assessment Data
2.11.6
Fish Species
3
Methods
3.1
Climate Departure
3.2
Collaborative GIS Environment
3.2.1
Mapping
3.3
Planning — Habitat, Connectivity and Floodplain Modelling
3.3.1
Habitat Modelling
3.3.2
Floodplain Delineation
3.4
Fish Passage Assessments
3.4.1
Natural Barriers to Fish Passage
3.4.2
Road Stream Crossings
3.4.3
Cost Estimates
3.4.4
Climate Change Risk Assessment
3.5
Habitat Confirmation Assessments
3.5.1
Fish Sampling
3.5.2
Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling
3.5.3
Open Source Reporting Framework
3.5.4
Aerial Imagery
3.6
Engineering Design
3.7
Remediations
3.8
Monitoring
4
Results and Discussion
4.1
Site Assessment Data
4.2
Climate Departure
4.3
Collaborative GIS Environment
4.4
Planning — Habitat, Connectivity and Floodplain Modelling
4.4.1
Habitat Modelling
4.4.2
Floodplain Delineation
4.5
Fish Passage Assessemnts
4.6
Habitat Confirmation Assessments
4.6.1
Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling
4.7
Engineering Design
4.8
Monitoring
5
Recommendations
Appendix - Phase 1 Fish Passage Assessment Data and Photos
Tributary To Stony Lake - 126158 - Appendix
Site Location
Background
Stream Characteristics at Crossing 126158
Stream Characteristics Downstream of Crossing 126158
Stream Characteristics Upstream of Crossing 126158
Environmental DNA Sampling
Structure Remediation and Cost Estimate
Conclusion
Tabor Creek - 196085 & 203582 - Appendix
Site Location
Background
Stream Characteristics at Crossings 196085 and 203582
Stream Characteristics Downstream of Crossing 196085
Stream Characteristics Upstream of Crossing 196085 and Downstream of Crossing 203582
Stream Characteristics Upstream of Crossing 203582
Environmental DNA Sampling
Structure Remediation and Cost Estimate
Conclusion
South Yuzkli Creek - 196332 - Appendix
Site Location
Background
Stream Characteristics at Crossing 196332
Stream Characteristics Downstream of Crossing 196332
Stream Characteristics Upstream of Crossing 196332
Environmental DNA Sampling
Structure Remediation and Cost Estimate
Conclusion
Tributary To Fraser River - 203581 & 196076 - Appendix
Site Location
Background
Stream Characteristics at Crossings 203581 and 196076
Stream Characteristics Downstream of Crossing 203581
Stream Characteristics Upstream of Crossing 203581
Stream Characteristics Downstream of Crossing 196076
Stream Characteristics Upstream of Crossing 196076
Environmental DNA Sampling
Structure Remediation and Cost Estimate
Conclusion
Appendix - Floodplain Delineation
Appendix - Climate Departure
Climate departure and fish passage
Area of interest
Recent decade versus pre-warming reference
Trends over the long record
Daytime highs and overnight lows
Snowpack
Seasonal snowpack curve
Annual snowpack signals
What this means
Spatial pattern of warming
Per-ecoregion variation
Snow by ecoregion
Watershed groups across ecoregions
Interpretation for fish passage
References
Session Info
Attachment - Maps
Attachment - Phase 1 Data and Photos
Attachment - Habitat Assessment and Fish Sampling Data
Attachment - Bayesian analysis to map stream discharge and temperature causal effects pathways
Scripts and Data
Restoring Fish Passage in the Fraser Region - 2025
Attachment - Maps
All georeferenced field maps are presented at:
https://hillcrestgeo.ca/outgoing/fishpassage/projects/parsnip/archive/2022-05-27/
Maps are also available zipped for bulk download at:
https://hillcrestgeo.ca/outgoing/fishpassage/projects/parsnip/archive/2022-05-27/2022-05-27.zip