Neexdzii Kwah Restoration Planning

Prepared for
Wet’suwet’en Treaty Office Society


Prepared by
Al Irvine, B.Sc., R.P.Bio. and Lucy Schick, B.Sc.
New Graph Environment Ltd.
on behalf of
Society for Ecosystem Restoration in Northern British Columbia

Version 0.2.5 DRAFT 2026-03-17

Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic) assisted with analysis, writing, and code development. All scientific interpretation and conclusions are the responsibility of the authors.

Acknowledgement

We understand our well-being as inseparable from the health of the land and waters we work within. When we care for ecosystems, we care for ourselves.

This work takes place within the Yintah of the Wet’suwet’en people, who have governed these lands and waters through their hereditary house system for thousands of years — through the balhats (feast system), clan-based laws, hereditary leadership, and an oral tradition grounded in accuracy, continuity, and collective memory (Morin 2016). The Neexdzii Kwa (Upper Bulkley River) and its tributaries sustain ecosystems, wildlife, salmon, and the communities connected to them.