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FWR Student Reports

In Year Two of BCIT's Fish, Wildlife & Recreation program students participate in a year-long project related to renewable resources. Students conduct a supervised research project in fish, wildlife or recreation. Many of these projects are requested and sponsored by resource management agencies., All reports in this series are available on-line in PDF format.

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The serpentine project
The serpentine project
Report written by Scott Cabianca and Jennifer Young. The Serpentine Project is a waterfowl, raptor and wildlife census on the Serpentine Wildlife Management Area (SWA) and Serpentine Annex (SA) in Surrey, British Columbia. The site is adjacent to the lower Serpentine River and bordered on two sides by Highway 99 and Highway 99A. The project was commissioned by Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks who together share management responsibilities for the SWA and SA. Submitted to Danny Catt.
Trout utilization of side-channels on the East Coast of Vancouver Island
Trout utilization of side-channels on the East Coast of Vancouver Island
Report written by Terry Steele. This report presents the results of research on fish utilization, and habitat preference in six existing East Coast Vancouver Island side-channels, and to recommend design standards for future side-channel construction projects. Species studied included juvenile steelhead and cutt-throat trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, O.clarkii clarkii) and coho salmon (O. kisutch), with an emphasis on trout.
Utilization of constructed large woody debris structures by cottids and juvenile salmonids in a coastal western stream
Utilization of constructed large woody debris structures by cottids and juvenile salmonids in a coastal western stream
Submitted by Shaun Korman, Katharine Scotton and Dave Taylor in May 2006. Large woody debris (LWD) in streams provides critical habitat for many fishes. This habitat feature is now largely missing in western North American coastal streams compared to historic levels due to human activities relating to land clearing, damming and outright removal. In the South Alouette River near Maple Ridge, British Columbia, thirty triangular LWD structures were placed in this stream in 1997 and 1998 to address this deficiency of natural wood. In order to determine the effectiveness of this wood in creating habitat, this study assessed fish utilization of these structures during the fall and winter of 2005/2006 throughout four defined habitat types: riffle with LWD, riffle without LWD, pool with LWD and pool without LWD.
Weaver Creek chum salmon stream residence time
Weaver Creek chum salmon stream residence time
Report submitted to: Gary Rosberg, Fisheries Management Instructor, and Sue Grant, Chum Salmon Biologist, Stock Assessment Department of Fisheries and Oceans, New Westminster, BC. Report submitted by Tim Wenman on May 14, 2004. On October 8, 2003, BCIT entered into a joint project with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). This project was to establish the stream residency time of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in the Weaver Creek spawning channel and the natural section of Weaver Creek above the spawning channel diversion fence. The objective of this study was to generate a residence time estimate for chum salmon by gathering field data through foot surveys of the natural portion of Weaver Creek and the Weaver Creek spawning channel and to compare the results.
Wildlife highway mortality on Vancouver Island
Wildlife highway mortality on Vancouver Island
Report written by Wade Jones, Greg Koldewijn and James Wyllie May 10, 2000. Submitted to Daniel J. Catt. The authors in conjunction with Keystone Wildlife Research collected baseline data (sightings and track counts) for Columbian Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) and particularly Roosevelt Elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) both of which winter in the Union Bay area on Vancouver Island. In 1995 Keystone Wildlife Research was asked by the Ministry of Transportation and Highways to investigate the need for wildlife fencing when construction of the Inland Island Highway had begun.

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