Suggested Reading and Websites
The following British Columbia government search engines and libraries are recommended for queries related to provincial documents. They were accurate at the time of printing (March 2003):
Government of British Columbia Search Engine
http://datafind.gov.bc.ca/
Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management and Ministry of Water, Land,
and Air Protection Library
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/
Government of BC, BC Connects Topics: Environment and Ecology
http://www.bcconnects.gov.bc.ca/Topics/envecol.htm
To access the full text of applicable federal and provincial legislation, try the following links:
Canadian Department of Justice – provides alphabetized links to
federal statutes and regulations, including the Fisheries Act, Migratory
Birds Convention Act, 1994, and Navigable Waters Protection Act.
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/
The Revised Statutes and Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia
–provides links to provincial legislation including the Water Act
Regulations, Forest and Range Practices Act, and Wildlife Act.
http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/
For further information regarding the Water Act Regulation, refer to the following Provincial websites:
Users Guide to Working in and Around Water, Regulation Under British
Columbia’s Water Act
http://lwbc.bc.ca/water/brochures/user_guide.pdf
Water Act Regulations
http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/wat/wrs/waterreg/
consolidatedreg.pdf
The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans websites contain information on responsibilities pertaining to the Fisheries Act:
The Canada Fisheries Act
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/F-14/
DFO Habitat Protection and Conservation Guidelines (1998)
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/habitat/c&pguide/english/index_e.htm
DFO Policy for Management of Fish Habitat
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/habitat/Policy/
english/index_e.htm
DFO Guidelines for Attaining No Net Loss
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/habitat/GuideLin/english/index_e.htm
“What the Law Requires” information
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/habitat/Law_Req/english/index_e.htm
“Working Around Water?” Fact Sheet Series
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/regions/central/pub/fact-fait/index_e.htm
For further standards and best practices documents, refer to the following websites:
Land Development Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Habitat, Barry
Chilibeck et al, 1992.
http://www-heb.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/publications/
pdf/guidelines /ldg_e.pdf
Water Quality Best Management Practices
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/NPS_web_page/
BMP_Compendium/BMP_Introduction/BMP_Home.htm
Stormwater Planning: A Guidebook for British Columbia
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/epdpa/mpp/
stormwater/stormwater.html
Forest Practices Code of BC: Guidebook on Fish Stream Crossings
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/tasb/legsregs/fpc/
FPCGUIDE/FishStreamCrossing/FSCGdBk.pdf
Environmental Best Management Practices and Requirements for Land Developments,
Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Vancouver Island Region, March
2001.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/van-island/pa/bmp_dev.pdf
Washington State Integrated Streambank Protection Guidelines
http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/hab/ahg/ispgdoc.htm
Cement and Concrete: Environmental Considerations
http://www.buildinggreen.com/features/
cem/cementconc.html
Carbon Dioxide for Concrete Wash Water Treatment
http://www.praxair.com/Praxair.nsf/
d63afe71c771b0d785256519006c5ea1/
78b5b272ccfbcd88852565550069e32d?OpenDocument
For information on British Columbia’s fish and wildlife species, including species at risk, that may help you to plan your works, refer to the following websites:
FishInfo BC – a Ministry of Sustainable Resources site providing
on-line access to the BC Fisheries Data Warehouse and containing links
to fish distribution data searchable with a mapping tool called Fish Wizard.
http://www.bcfisheries.gov.bc.ca/fishinfobc.html
BC Conservaton Data Centre – a site including links to information
on species at risk including red and blue listed plant and animal species.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cdc/
British Columbia Stewardship Centre - Lists information ranging from
sensitive habitat inventories and habitat maps to stewardship and land
development guidelines. This site has a wide variety of links to other
online documents and resources.
http://www.stewardshipcentre.bc.ca/
sc_bc/main/index.asp?sProv=bcB
British Columbia Lake Stewardship Society
http://www/nalms.org/bclss/
Biodiversity and Wildlife in BC, MOE
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/
“The Wildlife Act Permit Regulation, An Introduction”
and “Wildlife Act: New Requirements” pamphlets. Printed Sept
1, 2000, revised Aug 6, 2002.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/permreg/permreg.htm
For maps, atlases, and habitat inventories relating to your project area, try the following links:
Community Mapping Network Maps and Data Entry, including habitat mapping
from regions across the province of BC
http://www.shim.bc.ca/maps2.html
Sensitive Ecosystem Inventories of BC, MOE and the Canadian Wildlife
Service
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/sei/
Fraser River Estuary Management Program/Burrard Inlet Environmental Action
Program
http://www.bieapfremp.org
Natural Areas Atlas for the Capital Regional District (CRD) covering
southern Vancouver Island
http://www.crd.bc.ca/es/natatlas/
Sunshine Coast Habitat Atlas, Sunshine Coast Regional District and Fisheries
and Oceans Canada
http://habitat.scrd.bc.ca/
Habitat Atlas for Wildlife at Risk – South Okanagan and Similkameen,
MWLAP
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/sir/
fwh/wld/atlas/index.html
Watershed maps for the District of Campbell River
http://www.dcr.ca/RANDOM_PICS/
maps/index1.shtml
Skeena-Bulkley Natural Resource Information Access Project
http://www.nwcc.bc.ca/sbnr/
Bulkley-Morice Watershed Library
http://www.nwcc.bc.ca/sbnr/bmwlib.html
For information on fish habitat restoration techniques, refer to the following websites and documents:
Fish Habitat Rehabilitation Procedures, Watershed Restoration Technical
Circular No.9 and other Watershed Restoration Program documents
documents/wrp/wrtc_9.pdf
Fish Habitat Enhancement: A Manual for Freshwater, Estuarine, and Marine
Habitats, available from:
http://www-heb.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/
english/pubn_order.pdf
General Best Practices Documents and Publication
http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/sry/csd/forms/
Instream Works Best Practices Information Documents and Checklists
http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/sry/csd/forms/
index.htm#hpur_frm
Stewardship Series Documents
http://www.stewardshipcentre.org/code/
main/cs_frset.htm
Access Near Aquatic Areas
http://www.stewardshipcentre.org/code/
main/cs_frset.htm
For information on beaver biology, refer to:
Bergstrom, D. 1985. Beavers: biologists rediscover a natural resource. Forestry Research West, Oct. 1985. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 5 p.
De Almeida, Maria H.,1987: Nuisance Furbearer Damage Control in Urban and Suburban Areas, Wildlife Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Finnigan and Marshall, 1987: Managing Beaver Habitat for Salmonids: Working With Beavers, Watershed Restoration Technical Circular No.9.
Kwon, Hye Yeong, 1998: The Return of the Beaver, Center for Watershed Protection.
Beaver Damage Control in Agricultural Areas of BC, BC Environment Stream Restoration Technical Bulletin QP#98358
The Beaver Handbook: A Guide to Understanding and Coping with Beaver Activity, 1995
BEAVER, Management Guidelines in British Columbia, Province of British Columbia, Wildlife Branch QP#92195
For information on the “Beaver Stop” culvert screening device, contact:
DCP Consulting Limited. 3219 Coleman Rd. NW, Calgary. T2L 1G6
Ph (403)282-2506 Fax (403)220-9591 Toll free 1-800-565-1152
Website: http://www.fsiculvert.com/BeaverStop.htm
