Neexdzii Kwah Restoration Planning 2024
Acknowledgement
Executive Summary
1
Introduction
1.1
Wet’suwet’en
1.2
Widzin Kwah Water Sustainability Project
1.3
Widzin Kwah
1.4
Project Scope
1.4.1
Historic and Ongoing Ecosystem Degradation
1.4.2
Project Objectives
1.4.3
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
2
Background
2.1
Project Location
2.1.1
Neexdzii Kwah (Upper Bulkley River)
2.1.2
Buck Creek
2.1.3
Climate Anomalies
2.2
Skeena Knowledge Trust
2.3
Water Quality
2.4
Fisheries
2.4.1
Neexdzii Kwah
2.5
Historic Restoration Context
2.5.1
Morin (2016)
- Niwhts’ide’nï Hibi’itën: The Ways of Our Ancestors
2.5.2
Mitchell (1997)
- Riparian and In-stream Assessment of the Bulkley River System
2.5.3
Price (2014)
- Upper Bulkley Floodplain Habitat
2.5.4
MacKay et al. (1998)
- Mid-Bulkley Detailed Fish Habitat/Riparian/Channel Assessment
2.5.5
Gaboury and Smith (2016)
- Aquatic Restoration Designs and On-Farm Cattle Management
2.5.6
Skeena Sustainability Assessment Forum (2021)
- State of the Value Report
2.6
Restoration Philosophy
2.6.1
Process-based Restoration
2.6.2
Stage 0
3
Methods
3.1
Field Assessments
3.1.1
Site Reviews
3.1.2
Benthic Invertebrate Sampling
3.2
Collaborative Data Management
3.2.1
GIS Environment
3.2.2
Data Sourcing
3.2.3
Open Source Reporting Framework
3.3
Remote Sensing & Imagery
3.3.1
Aerial Imagery
3.3.2
Time Series Analysis
3.4
Background Research & Analysis
3.4.1
Historic Information
3.4.2
Future Restoration Site Selection
4
Results
4.1
Field Review
4.2
Collaborative GIS Environment
4.3
Aerial Imagery
4.4
Historic Data Products
4.4.1
Price (2014)
- Extracted Waypoints
4.4.2
MacKay et al. (1998)
- Extracted Prescriptions and Riparian Polygons
4.4.3
Gaboury and Smith (2016)
- Extracted Site Locations
4.4.4
State of the Value Data Integration
4.5
Future Restoration Site Selection
4.5.1
Evaluation of Historic and Current Imagery
4.5.2
Fish Passage
4.5.3
Local Knowledge for Riparian Area and Erosion Protection Site Selection
4.5.4
Delineation of Areas of High Fisheries Values
4.5.5
Parameter Ranking to Select Future Restoration Sites
5
Recommendations
References
Appendix 1 - Climate Anamoly Data
Appendix 2 - Effectiveness Monitoring Data and Potential Restoration Site Review
Appendix 3 - Skeena Knowledge Trust - Data Available for Download
Appendix 4 – State of the Value – Fish and Fish Habitat
Appendix 5 – Example of Potential Restoration Sites Prioritized
Attachment 1 - Riparian Prescription Example
Session Info
Scripts and Data
Neexdzii Kwah Restoration Planning 2024
Appendix 1 - Climate Anamoly Data
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