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Report: Desktop Watershed Characterization Resources and Methods for British Columbia
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A desktop watershed characterization is often a first step in describing key watershed attributes, such as watershed function and what stressors may be actively (or historically) present. This report provides an updated list of publicly available resources, data sources and information to more easily undertake a watershed characterization in British Columbia. This document also links key guiding questions to characterization resources, and provides a detailed characterization example.
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Author: David Reid, Robin G. Pike and Daniel Lamhonwah
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Date Published: Sep 2024
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Report ID: 63110
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Audience: Government and Public
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A desktop watershed characterization is often a first step in gathering knowledge about a watershed of interest. The primary objective of a watershed characterization is to provide context surrounding how the watershed functions and what stressors may be actively (or historically) influencing watershed processes and dynamics through space and time. In contrast to a watershed assessment, a characterization is broader in scope and is not indicator-based.
Over the past decade, a wide array of new tools and resources have become available to support watershed characterizations. This 2024 report provides an updated, comprehensive list of publicly available resources, data sources and information to better understand watersheds in British Columbia. In addition to a list of resources, this report contains a summary of relevant guiding questions to ask during the process of developing a watershed characterization. These questions are linked to resources to enable users to most easily locate and connect different tools and information to characterization objectives. The report concludes with an example which works through many of the characterization components for a small stream in the interior of BC.
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Fish Species - Salmon (General) - Oncorhynchus spp. |
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Fish Species - Trout (General) |
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Invertebrates - Aquatic |
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Region - Province Wide |
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Terrestrial Information - Habitat Monitoring |
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Terrestrial Information - Restoration |
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Terrestrial Information - Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM) |
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Fish and Fish Habitat - Channel Assessment |
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Fish and Fish Habitat - Habitat and Stream Assessment |
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Fish and Fish Habitat - Management |
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Fish and Fish Habitat - Research |
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Fish and Fish Habitat - Restoration |
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Fish and Fish Habitat - Stream Classification |
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Vegetation - Aquatic Vegetation |
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Vegetation - Riparian |
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Vegetation - Vegetation (VRI) |
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Water Information - Channel Monitoring Surveys |
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Water Information - Channel Surveys |
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Water Information - Diversions - Preliminary and As Constructed |
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Water Information - Floodplain Mapping Program |
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Water Information - Hydrometric / Hydrology |
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Water Information - Water Management |
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Water Information - Watershed Assessment Studies |
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