This has been an ongoing project which started in 2009. Repair work was done on the culvert located underhighway 99 in 2009 and 2010, part of which included relining the bottom of the culvert with concrete. This relining created a smooth bottom with no places for fish to rest, and also appeared to increase the …
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Environmental monitoring of numerous ditch maintenance, culvert installation and emergency works projects throughout the Greater Vancouver Regional District. Works were completed on both an as-needed and emergency basis. Instream Works (ISW) projects consist of preparing and submitting ISW Permit Applications or Notifications. Once permission had been granted from the regulatory agencies Department of Fisheries and …
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The initial works to build a stream channel and pond in the southeast portion of the property was started in 2007 and completed in 2009. This work was done to compensate for unauthorized works by a contractor who filled in several streams on the property. Marlim worked with the client, engineer and the DFO to …
Monitoring for the removal of Summit Creek Bridge #1 and construction of the new bridge was done to ensure minimal impact to the stream habitat and water quality of Summit Creek and waters downstream. Previous study findings (MarLim Ecol. Cons. 1994) determined that the riparian class of the stream at this location is “S1”. This class designation suggests …
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