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Report: Middle Shuswap River Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory (SEI)

Report Documents

Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory: Middle Shuswap River Methods, Ecological Descriptions, Results, Conservation Analysis,and Recommendations for SEI (pdf/6.9 Mb)
Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping: Middle Shuswap River Volume 2: Terrestrial Ecosystem and Terrain Mapping and Expanded Legend (pdf/5.2 Mb)
Wildlife Habitat Mapping: Middle Shuswap River Volume 3: Wildlife Habitat Mapping (pdf/10.4 Mb)

Map Plotfiles

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Data Files

Field Plot Data VENUS file of field Inspection data (zip/125 Kb)
SEI Non-spatial attributes Non spatial SEI attributes file (zip/12.2 Kb)
SEI Project Information SEI Project Metadata file (zip/483 bytes)
SEI Ratings Table Ratings table to relate SEI classification to TEM ecosystem units. (zip/1.4 Kb)
SEI User-defined Attribute Definitions Non-standard SEI attribute definitions (zip/376 bytes)
TEM Non-spatial attributes Non-spatial TEM attributes file (zip/22.2 Kb)
TEM Project Information TEM project metadata file (zip/417 bytes)
TEM User-defined Attribute Definitions Non standard TEM attribute definitions (zip/527 bytes)
TEM User-defined Attributes Non-standard TEM attributes file (zip/3.4 Kb)
WHR Ratings Table Ratings table relating WHR values to TEM ecosystem units. (zip/2.8 Kb)
WHR ratings results table Excel table with ratings results (for conservation analysis area only) (xls/332 Kb)

Digital Map Files

Field Plot Locations Arc Export (.e00) file of Field inspection locations (zip/7.2 Kb)
Spatial Polygon File Arc Export file (.e00) of spatial polygons (zip/646.1 Kb)
WHR Shapefiles Shapefiles for wildlife suitability ratings (zip/5.2 Mb)

Image Document

SEI Map: 82L0264 SEI theme map (pdf/4.7 Mb)
SEI Map: 82L0271 SEI Theme Map (pdf/4.6 Mb)
SEI Map: 82L0272 SEI Theme Map (pdf/4.8 Mb)
SEI Map: 82L0273 SEI Theme Map (pdf/5.1 Mb)
SEI Map: 82L0274 SEI Theme Map (pdf/4.9 Mb)
SEI Map: 82L0281 SEI Theme Map (pdf/4.6 Mb)
SEI Map: 82L0283 SEI Theme Map (pdf/4.7 Mb)
SEI Map: 82L0362 SEI Theme Map (pdf/4.7 Mb)
SEI Map: 82L0381 SEI Theme Map (pdf/4.8 Mb)
SEI Map: 82L0383 SEI Theme Map (pdf/4.5 Mb)
WHR Maps and Species Accounts PDFS of WHR theme maps and Species Accounts (zip/7.5 Mb)

Video Files

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Contact

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The Middle Shuswap River Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory (SEI) was initiated in 2006. Mapping at a scale of 1:20,000 and survey intensity level four was completed according to the Standard for Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping in British Columbia. Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM) is used as a base to develop the SEI theme. The project includes Wildlife Habitat mapping themes for seven at-risk wildlife species.

Author: Iverson, Kristi

Old Reference Number: 5678

Old Reference System: BAPID

Date Published: Mar 2012

Report ID: 32683

Audience: Government and Public

The Middle Shuswap River SEI was initiated in 2006 to provide inventory information on rare and fragile ecosystems that can be used for ecologically sustainable land use and development planning. The study area includes a swath varying from about 200 m to over two kilometres on either side of the 29 km of the middle Shuswap River between the Wilsey and Sugar Lake (Peers) dams and approximately two kilometres up Cherry, Ferry and Woodward Creeks, and some areas below Wilsey dam. The study area includes part of the Northern Okanagan Highland Ecosection (NOH) and the Shuswap Highland Ecosection(SHH) and two biogeoclimatic variants, the Shuswap Moist Warm Interior Douglas-fir Variant (IDFmw1) and the Shuswap Moist Warm Interior Cedar Hemlock Variant (ICHmw2). Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM) is used as a base to develop the Sensitive Ecosystems theme map. A model assigned Wildlife Habitat Ratings (WHR) for seven at-risk wildlife species to different ecosystem units from the TEM. These ratings are displayed on wildlife habitat maps for Western Toad, Western Painted Turtle, Northern Rubber Boa, Western Skink, Flammulated Owl, Western Screech-owl and American Badger The inventory was compiled through aerial photograph interpretation and field sampling in the summer of 2011. Draft ecosystem mapping was completed in 2006 and was revised in the fall of 2011 following field sampling. Mapping at a scale of 1:20,000 and survey intensity level four was completed according to the methods in Standard for Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping in British Columbia.

Report Type

	Terrestrial Information

Subject

	Amphibians & Reptiles - Painted Turtle: Chrysemys picta
	Amphibians & Reptiles - Rubber Boa: Charina bottae
	Amphibians & Reptiles - Western Toad: Bufo boreas
	Birds - Flammulated Owl: Otus flammeolus
	Birds - Western Screech-Owl: Otus kennicottii
	Biogeoclimatic Zone - ICH Interior Cedar - Hemlock Zone
	Biogeoclimatic Zone - IDF Interior Douglas-fir Zone
	Mammals - Badger: Taxidea taxus
	Terrestrial Information - Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM)
	Terrestrial Information - Wildlife Habitat Ratings (WHR)
	Terrestrial Information - Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory (SEI)

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