Water Stewardship Information Sources

Citation Smith, B. 2004. Fish habitat restoration, monitoring and assessment projects in the San Juan River watershed (2003). Prepared for BC Ministry of Environment.
Organization Ministry of Environment
URL http://www.bccf.com/steelhead/pdf/san_juan_2003_report_final.pdf
Abstract/Description or Keywords The San Juan River watershed, located near Port Renfrew on the west coast of Vancouver
Island (Figure 1), has been the focus
of intensive watershed restoration
activities since the mid-1990s.
Projects have been completed
through various partnerships
involving TimberWest,
Weyerhaeuser, Fisheries and Oceans
Canada (DFO), the Ministry of
Water, Land and Air Protection
(MWLAP; formerly the Ministry of
Environment, Lands and Parks),
Pacheedaht First Nation, the BC
Conservation Foundation (BCCF),
the San Juan Enhancement Society
(SJES) and the San Juan Watershed
Steering Committee.
Figure 1. Location of the San Juan River watershed, Vancouver Island.
Work conducted by BCCF during the 2003/04 fiscal year included:
• coho smolt enumeration at Lens Creek side-channel;
• stream enrichment of Harris, Hemmingsen, Lens and Renfrew creeks;
• monthly water sampling (June-September) in enriched streams to measure changes in
water chemistry;
• fish sampling in upper Harris Creek to compare growth of steelhead fry in enriched
sites versus untreated control sites;
• monitoring fish use of spawning gravel placed in the Lens Creek side-channel in
2002;
• monitoring beaver activity in Lens and Four Mile Creek side-channels; and,
• effectiveness monitoring of LWD and boulder enhancement sites in Harris Creek.
Information Type report
Regional Watershed Vancouver Island South
Sub-watershed if known San Juan River
Aquifer #
Comments
Project status complete
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