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Surface Water Quality
Groundwater
Surface Water Use

Protected Areas
•
 Road density by watershed group for 1988 and 1999
•
 Percentage of selected habitat types that are lost
•
 Number of species at risk that are dependent on selected habitat types
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 Large areas of habitat
•
 Protected estuaries
Wildlife
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What Areas of the Province are Roadless?

Road Density by Watershed Group for 1988 and 1998

Table 1. Data Summary
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Entire Province
 ~40% of the Province that was Resurveyed
Late 1980s
Late 1980s
Late 1990s
Road density (km/km2)
Number of watershed groups
Percentage of total watershed groups
Number of watershed groups
Percentage of total watershed groups
Number of watershed groups
Percentage of total watershed groups
>2.0
4
1.6
1
0.6
10
6.4
1.0-2.0
26
10.6
21
13.5
36
23.1
0.5-1.0
46
18.7
35
22.4
42
26.9
0.25-0.5
46
18.7
35
22.4
19
12.2
0.1-0.25
47
19.1
28
17.9
26
16.7
<0.1
77
31.3
36
23.2
23
14.7

Table Two - Watershed Values
Watershed Group
Total land area of watershed group (ha)
Total road length TRIM 1 (km)
Total road length density TRIM 1 (km/km2)
Area of watershed group covered by TRIM 2 (ha)
% of watershed group total
Total road length TRIM 2 (km)
Total road length density TRIM 2 (km/km2)
Average interval between TRIM photography (years)
Adams River (ADMS)
318999
2259.55
0.71
79751
25%
820.51
1.03
10
Alberni Inlet (ALBN)
366902
4390.47
1.2
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Atlin  Lake (ATLL)
461990
972.58
0.21
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Atnarko River (ATNA)
247101
188.37
0.08
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Babine Lake (BABL)
597918
3177.74
0.53
210290
35%
1402.78
0.67
10.9
Babine River (BABR)
386956
205.23
0.05
47577
12%
79.34
0.17
10.7
Barrington River (BARR)
517848
0
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Beaver River (BEAV)
607646
526.55
0.09
322098
53%
596.94
0.19
11.1
Bella Coola River (BELA)
282051
369.47
0.13
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Big Bar Creek (BBAR)
360486
2937.32
0.81
135478
38%
2116.23
1.56
12.8
Big Creek (BIGC)
240623
1053.68
0.44
3171
1%
0
0
9.7
Blackwater River (BLAR)
404522
1629.91
0.4
404522
100%
2942.83
0.73
8.4
Blue River (BLUR)
169703
125.91
0.07
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bonaparte River (BONP)
389218
3657.69
0.94
4780
1%
6.31
0.13
12.9
Bowron (BOWR)
354774
2484.95
0.7
354774
100%
4592.56
1.29
11.9
Bridge Creek (BRID)
143496
2141.15
1.49
834
1%
10.5
1.26
13.8
Brooks Peninsula (BRKS)
196892
1689.52
0.86
28287
14%
246.26
0.87
8.8
Bulkley River (BULK)
773436
5085.12
0.66
81054
10%
793.96
0.98
11.5
Bull River (BULL)
375769
4283.87
1.14
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Campbell River (CAMB)
162714
1430.29
0.88
30978
19%
411.54
1.33
8.9
Canoe Reach (CANO)
306040
426.7
0.14
305995
100%
958.94
0.31
11.5
Cariboo River (CARR)
316574
1306.21
0.41
303004
96%
2335.47
0.77
11.2
Carp Lake (CARP)
168677
528.34
0.31
168677
100%
1114.57
0.66
10.4
Cheslatta River (CHES)
201134
801.02
0.4
118443
59%
743.93
0.63
8
Chilako River (CHIL)
153905
1005.53
0.65
153905
100%
1363.63
0.89
8
Chilko River (CHIR)
335062
727.53
0.22
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Chilliwack River (CHWK)
118067
1933.05
1.64
31572
27%
271.33
0.86
6.8
Chukachida River (CHUK)
124892
0
0
28890
23%
0
0
13.6
Clayoquot (CLAY)
314475
1427.72
0.45
3226
1%
33.23
1.03
8.8
Clearwater River (CLWR)
309488
914.6
0.3
43547
14%
61.17
0.14
11.4
Coal River (COAL)
486872
169.99
0.03
54521
11%
69.89
0.13
12.4
Columbia Reach (CLRH)
756836
1637.95
0.22
24046
3%
23.57
0.1
11.6
Columbia River (COLR)
438781
4084.15
0.93
404842
92%
5394.7
1.33
9.3
Comox (COMX)
231283
4000.48
1.73
115255
50%
3203.96
2.78
9.5
Cottonwood River (COTR)
464029
3789.75
0.82
464029
100%
7757.48
1.67
11.5
Cowichan (COWN)
272633
6725.82
2.47
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Crooked River (CRKD)
213487
1389.8
0.65
213487
100%
2548.81
1.19
12
Cry Lake (CRYL)
203369
0
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Deadman River (DEAD)
149474
1208.58
0.81
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Dease Lake (DEAL)
403391
501.82
0.12
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Dease River (DEAR)
272443
349.41
0.13
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Dog Creek (DOGC)
297649
2106.52
0.71
97185
33%
1505.38
1.55
11.4
Driftwood River (DRIR)
175070
181.07
0.1
175070
100%
330.57
0.19
10.6
Duncan Lake (DUNC)
465195
1413.65
0.3
1122
0%
0
0
8.8
Dunedin River (DUNE)
562733
371.69
0.07
512323
91%
929.25
0.18
11.1
Elk River (ELKR)
587957
5241.59
0.89
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Euchiniko Lake (EUCL)
268361
314.66
0.12
268270
100%
498.65
0.19
8.7
Euchiniko River (EUCH)
139577
644.46
0.46
139577
100%
1026.32
0.74
8.1
Finlay Arm (FINA)
641334
1833.02
0.29
476474
74%
3202.63
0.67
10.8