WILLISTON RESERVOIR WATERSHED: FISH AND ... - BC Hydro

ABSTRACT
BC Hydro established the Peace/Williston Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program
(PWFWCP) in 1988 to compensate for the environmental and ecological effects of the
W.A.C. Bennett Dam (constructed in 1968), which is located at the outlet of Williston
Reservoir, and the Peace Canyon Dam (20.5 km downstream of the outlet). The PWFWCP
Fish Technical Committee and Program Staff are, at this time, preparing a Fisheries
Strategic Plan that will chart the direction of the fish component the Program for the next
five years. The Fish Technical Committee has decided to review existing Williston
Watershed files and reports for relevant fish data and for data that may be functionally
pertinent to the watershed’s fish communities (e.g., water quality, benthos, physical
habitat and pollution) prior to developing the Strategic Plan, so that the Plan can be
developed in view of “what is already known” and “what has been accomplished to date”.
The primary objectives of this project are: (1) to identify fish-related work that has been
done in the Williston Reservoir Watershed to date (1959 to 1998) (Phase 1 work); and (2)
to review the basic findings, conclusions and recommendations of all Program-based
projects (1988 to 1998) (Phase 2 work). The results of the Phase 1 work are given in this
document in a bibliographical format. The results of the Phase 2 work are given in the
document: Rae, R., and T.D. French. 1999. Fish and Fish Habitat Projects in the Williston
Reservoir Watershed: A Review of Peace/Williston Compensation Program Reports (1988
to 1998). Peace/Williston Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, Report No. 193. 106
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