| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
Canadian federal and provincial government researchers and resource managers, in partnership with university researchers, the forest industry and local First Nations, initiated the Stuart-Takla Fish-Forestry Interaction Study in 1990. The study was designed as a long-term, multidisciplinary project with the goal of improving our knowledge of the effects of forest harvest activities on stream ecosystems and fish habitat in the north and central interior forests of British Columbia. Watersheds tributary to Takla Lake and Middle River were selected as the research sites because of their importance as sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) spawning streams and the plans for future forest harvesting in some of the watersheds. Small watersheds were also included to investigate the effects of variable-retention riparian management and road crossings on small headwater streams. This compendium contains 17 papers that describe completed and on-going research and data collection, and it provides a record of the wide range of research activities conducted in the Stuart-Takla study watersheds. |
