Since 2012, we have monitored fish populations within the Bridge River Region, near Lillooet, BC. The monitoring program, part of the BC Hydro Water Use Planning (WUP) process, is a highly collaborative initiative involving BC Hydro, government agencies, local first nations consultants, and outside consultants and experts. As a subcontractor of St’at’imc Eco Resources and Splitrock Environmental, we are involved in multiple aspects of the WUP monitoring program:
- Operating a paired sonar and resistivity counter on the Bridge River to enumerate salmon and steelhead trout
- Tracking salmon throughout the Bridge, Fraser, and Seton Rivers using fixed and mobile radio telemetry
- Enumerating juvenile sockeye salmon in the Seton River using inclined plane and rotary screw traps combined with PIT and radio telemetry
- Operating a resistivity counter and PIT antennas in the Seton Dam
- Bull Trout population monitoring on Carpenter Reservoir, including mark-recapture sampling and acoustic telemetry
- Monitoring of resident fish populations in the Seton River through mark-recapture electrofishing surveys , snorkel surveys, PIT telemetry, and seasonal growth sampling
