Ecosystem Reports and Supporting Documents

The Omineca Ecosystem section has produced a variety of reports and documents. These reports relate to the delivery of ecosystem and habitat management program in the Omineca. These reports range in content from methodologies to assess habitat quality to discussions of land and resource use issues. This collection of reports is meant to compliment a more extensive collection of regional research results found on the Fish and Wildlife Publications section.

Title	Content
Lichen Assessment (PDF 3.14MB)	A Guide to Evaluating Forest Stands as Terrestrial Forage Lichen Habitat for Caribou (Lance, Art N. and Warren G. Eastland - March 2000) This guide was developed by Art N. Lance and Warren G. Eastland by Industrial Forest Service Ltd. for the Wildlife Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks (MELP) and was funded by Forest Renewal B.C. CLUPE Project #: OP713669.
Access Caribou (PDF 412KB)	Management of Motorized Access in High Elevation Mountain Caribou Habitat - Omineca Region (Brade, Bob December 2003) This paper assembles the best currently available information on the relationship between Mountain Caribou and snowmobiles and develop strategies to mitigate impacts on caribou.
Coarse Woody Debris - RV (PDF 919KB)	Robson Valley Enhanced Forest Management Pilot Project - Coarse Woody Debris Assessment Phase III (Rogers, Bruce February 2002) A Coarse Woody Debris (CWD) survey was conducted in the Robson Valley Forest District for the EFMPP as a pilot study. Data were collected to determine levels of volume, decay class, and wildlife habitat types found in clearcut versus unharvested areas across biogeoclimatic subzones located in this forest district.
Coarse Woody Debris - Manual (PDF 62KB)	Field Data Collection Protocol Manual - Robson Valley Enhanced Forest Management Pilot Project - Coarse Woody Debris Survey 2001 (Rogers, Bruce February 2002)
Grizzly Bear - Avalanche Chutes - Peace (PDF 72KB)	Peace Forest District Avalanche Tract Mapping Project (Wolowicz, Mike 2003) This report presents the results of an avalanche tract mapping project in a small area of the Rocky Mountain portion of the Peace Forest District.
Grizzly Bear - Avalanche Chutes - PG (PDF 547KB)	Prince George Forest District Avalanche Tract Mapping Project (Wolowicz, Mike 2003) This report presents the results of avalanche tract mapping and a test of grizzly bear habitat selection in mountainous portions of the Prince George forest district. The purpose of this project was to identify and map all avalanche tracts below 1700 metres elevation. Once tracts were identified and classified, a buffer of 100 metres maximum distance was built around the resulting avalanche tract layer.
Grizzly Bear - Avalanche Chutes - RV (PDF 336KB)	Robson Valley Avalanche Tract Mapping Project (Wolowicz, Mike 2003) The purpose of this project was to identify and map all warm aspect (south-east to south-west facing) avalanche tracts below 2000 meters elevation, important grizzly bear habitat in the Robson Valley district.
Grizzly Bear Silviculture (PDF 864KB)	Using Silviculture to Maintain and Enhance Grizzly Bear Habitat in Six Variants of the Prince George Forest Region (Beaudry, Leisbet, Marnie Martin and John Paczkowski, March 2001) This project was initiated to identify silviculture opportunities in second growth stands to enhance grizzly forage in the Prince George Timber Supply Area.
Red Mountain (PDF 3.40MB)	Recommended Legal Land Designation for the Upper Portion of the Red Mountain Watershed to Protect Grizzly Bear, Mountain Caribou and the Alpine Ecosystem (Floyd, Bill C. and Leisbet Beaudry, January 2003) A review of the land-use issues in the area and a recommended legal land designation along with appropriate objectives that will protect the grizzly bear, mountain caribou and sensitive alpine ecosystems found in the area.
UWR - Objectives (PDF 485KB)	Establishing Ungulate Winter Range Objectives – Omineca Region (Terry, Elliot October 2002) The primary purpose of this report is to critically review the existing information on ungulate winter habitat requirements and attempt to provide clear and defensible rationale for proposed management objectives for five species. The five ungulate species that require winter range objectives include: Mule Deer, Moose, Elk, Mountain Goat and Stone Sheep.