Inventory of reservoirs and transmission line Right-of-Way areas where provincial red or blue-listed species or federal COSEWIC ¹ -identified species are present, our potential impacts, and completed or potential stewardship and restorative initiatives.

Potential Impacts Addressed Abbreviations
Habitat Loss/ Fragmentation	HL
Species at Risk	SR
Biodiversity Loss	BD
Nutrient Loss/Gain	NL/G
Fish Entrainment 2	FE
Supersaturation	S
Cultural Loss	CL

Receptor Species	Stewardship 3 and Restorative Initiative 4 Name	Activity Undertaken or Results Achieved	Potential Impacts Addressed
Columbia
Red-listed terrestrial plants: Wheatgrass/ Junegrass; Ponderosa Pine; Trembling Aspen; Douglas fir; Snowberry-balsamroot; Western Snowberry; Idaho fescue		No new programs for F04
Townsend Big-eared bat ( blue)	Ft. Sheperd Wildlife Inventory	Discovery of a cave containing 20 females; species and habitat inventories.	HL, BD
N. Leopard Frog ( ENd)	Northern Leopard Frog Recovery Project	Used radio telemetry to study movements of frogs and to determine habitat use and distribution. Survey revealed only 1,200 adults breed at three areas within a 400-hectare wetland sub-compartment. Identifying habitat enhancement opportunities; evaluating success of previous release programs.	HL, SR, BD
Badger ( red, ENd)	E. Kootenay Badger Conservation	Initiated a recovery action plan to conserve this local population, which included radiotagging and monitoring 31 resident badgers and translocating 7 badgers from Montana to augment the local population.	HL, SR, BD
Wolverine species ( blue)	Female Wolverine Reproduction and Survival Report	Continued to monitor 2 radio tagged wolverines in order to gather information on reproduction, females, including age at first breeding, number of kits and den site characteristics, as well as survival rates of females and their young.	HL, BD
Cavity-nesting ducks	Non-Game Species Habitat Enhancement	Monitor and maintain duck nestboxes.	HL, BD
Western painted turtle ( blue)		Control vegetation and monitor use of alternate man-made nest sites.	HL, BD
Townsend's big-eared bat ( blue); Other bat species		Monitor/maintain maternity roosts; inventory abandoned mine works used by bats and recommend conservation measures; resurvey bat roost trees.	HL, BD
Various wetland wildlife species		Identify and implement wetland enhancement opportunities.	HL
Racer snake ( blue)		Species and population inventory.	BD
Sharp-tailed grouse ( blue)		Survey historical breeding grounds.	HL, BD
Mountain caribou ( red, THr)	Mountain Caribou Recovery	A transplant of up to 20 adult caribou from northern BC as part of species recovery plan was planned, but did not take place.	HL, SR, BD
Great Blue Heron ( blue)	Breeding Inventory & Habitat Assessment	Heron inventory performed (185 individuals documented 352 sightings); habitat characteristics described at breeding colonies and important feeding sites to reduce human threats and improve conservation efforts.	HL, BD
Short-eared Owl ( blue); American Bittern ( blue)	Breeding Inventory & Habitat Assessment	Areas with remaining available habitat inventoried to identify additional breeding sites; regional distributions defined; conservation recommendations for key sites prepared.	HL, BD
White Sturgeon ( red); Kokanee; Umatilla dace ( red); Columbia Mottled Sculpin ( blue, SC) Bull trout ( blue); Cutthroat trout ( red) rainbow trout	Arrow Lakes Reservoir Fertilization & Monitoring	Continuation of nitrogen/phosphorus fertilization has led to documented to increase in zooplanton populations supporting fish species, which have also increased as a result.	HL, SR, BD, NL/G
White Sturgeon ( red, SC)	Upper Columbia Sturgeon Culture at Kootenay Sturgeon Hatchery	Hatchery program continued to augment low survivability of juveniles; a total of 20,469 juveniles were tagged and released in the last 2 yrs and are being monitored.	HL, SR, BD
Kokanee and Gerrard rainbow trout	Kootenay Lake Fertilization & Adaptive Management	Continuation of Kootenay Lake fertilization to boost zooplanton population supporting Kokanee and Gerrard rainbow trout populations; monitoring of populations demonstrate continued increases in all target populations. Fertilizer addition amounts optimized.	HL, BD, NL/G
Bull trout ( blue)	Revelstoke Reservoir Bull Trout Radio Telemetry	Continued telemtry and tracking of 39 tagged bull trout to increase knowledge of life history and identify key spawning, rearing and staging areas to protect and enhance their habitats.	HL, BD
	Jordan River Side Channel Rehabilitation	Flow stabilization project.	HL, BD
Rainbow trout sub-species ( blue)	Lizard Creek Tributary Habitat Restoration	Developed stewardship agreements with local landowners to help stabilize stream banks and prevent erosion as well as other habitat restoration measures.	HL, BD
Dione Copper Butterfly ( red)		No new programs for F04
Dinosaur Reservoir
Fish species; Aquatic plants		Planting of aquatic plants to improve fish habitat.	HL, BD
Lake trout	Dinosaur Reservoir Lake Trout population assessments	Population study to determine success of previous restoration projects.	BD
Peace River/Williston Reservoir area
Fisher ( red); Other wildlife species	Fisher Habitat Use Project	Controlled burns to provide winter habitat for deer, elk (F04: preparation for broadcast burn in 2005: construction of fireguard). Study of ecology and population dynamics; contribution to development of improved management strategies.	HL, SR, BD
		Cottonwood tree enhancement trial (Fisher habitat).	HL
Grizzly bear ( blue)	McLeod Lake Grizzly Bear Behaviour	Monitoring migration of McLeod Lake Grizzly Bears in Parsnip range.	HL
Mountain Goat	Nabesche Goats and Licks	Nabesche Goats and Licks – influence on population of availability of mineral licks.	BD
	Ospika Goat Project	Study of logging impacts to Mountain Goat population in the Ospika range.	HL, BD
Stone Sheep	20 Mile Point Stone Sheep Population Mortality Survey	Final report prepared on sheep/tick study.	BD
Migratory Bird species	Mugaha Marsh migratory bird studies	Funding of Mackenzie bird banding and monitoring and monitoring of migratory returns.	BD
Arctic Grayling ( red)	Parsnip Arctic Grayling Indexing	Action plan to increase Arctic Grayling fish population in Williston area. Population monitoring.	HL, SR, BD
Hatchery Kokanee	Classroom Kokanee Demonstration	Classroom Kokanee Demonstration Project (fish rearing from eggs to fingerlings, and release).	HL, BD
Offspring of released Hatchery Kokanee	Kokanee Escapement Survey	Kokanee Escapement Survey (tracking returns from hatching).	BD
Pygmy whitefish	Pygmy Whitefish Population Survey	Survey of Dina Lake population.	BD
Bull trout ( blue)	Bull Trout indexing	Population monitoring.	BD
Hatchery rainbow and brook trout	Small Lake Stocking Assessments	Small Lake fish stocking population evaluations.	BD
Reservoirs in Intermountain Zone
Species at Risk and other Bird species. Other wildlife species. Fish species and habitats.	Canadian Intermountain Joint Venture (CIJV)	In November 2003, BC Hydro officially joined the CIJV, a partnership of B.C.-based resource industries, conservation organizations, academia and government agencies. The CIJV was formed to address the challenges of sustaining healthy populations of birds and other wildlife while ensuring the viability of other uses of the landscape. It is designed to increase the effectiveness of existing and new initiatives through effective coordination, building on existing regional partnerships and fostering greater cooperation.	HL, SR, BD
Bridge River Coastal area
Fish species	South Alouette River Rearing Habitat	South Alouette off-channel enhancement.	HL
	Alouette Reservoir Fish Passage Feasibility Assessment	Feasibility study.	HL, BD
Coho salmon	Alouette River Coho Enhancement and Awareness	No information available.	HL, BD
	Fish Access Feasibility — Elsie Lake Reservoir Dam	Feasibility study.	HL
	Bridge River Fish Habitat Restoration Project Feasibility Project	Feasibility study of habitat restoration project.	HL
	Elk #3 side channel modifications	Improvements in fish habitat.	HL, S
	Campbell River Spawning Channel	Development of a Spawning/Incubation gravel platform template for Campbell R. Chinook.	HL
	Cheakamus River Side-channel Restoration	Habitat restoration project.	HL, S
	Squamish River Estuary Tidal Channels and Marsh Restoration	Habitat restoration project.	HL
	Or Creek Stream Bank Stabilization	Project to reduce erosion, water turbidity, and habitat restoration.	HL
	Lower Seton Spawning Channel Complexing	Improvements made to spawning channel to increase fish productivity.	HL
	Gates Creek Fish Habitat Restoration	Riparian restoration project.	HL
Wildlife species	Restoration Prescriptions of Wildlife Habitats	Using information collected in 2002-03, wildlife habitat enhancement (including planting of riparian areas) was undertaken in the Ash River watershed.	HL
Roosevelt elk ( blue)	Strathcona Park Restoration	On-going since 2001, surveys have been completed and treatment techniques developed, resulting in 13 hectares of winter range in 10 separate areas being restored in the Thelwood Creek and Elk River Valleys for wintering elk.	HL
Harlequin Duck	Variation in Harlequin Duck Dist.	This project will provide the scientific background necessary to understand how variation in habitat (including that related to hydro development) affects harlequin ducks, and prescribe mitigation or restoration activities that would improve harlequin duck productivity.	HL, BD
Ungulate species	Ungulate Overwintering Range Habitat Improvement	This project, which will enhance approximately 595 ha of ungulate winter range in the Carpenter Reservoir area using controlled burns, was postponed because of the high fire hazard in the fall of 2003.	HL
Grizzly bear ( blue)	Historic Grizzly Bear Population Status in the Lillooet Area Proposal	Interviews and a document search were used to provide historical information on grizzly bears in the Lillooet area.	BD
Trans-mission Right-of-Ways
Townsend's vole ( red) Other wildlife species; Terrestrial plant species	Habitat risk ranking tool	Developed methodology for ranking habitat quality on ROWs so that action plans are targeted to areas where impacts are the most significant.	HL, SR, BD

Notes:

1. COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) compliance with the federal Species at Risk Act is required. This means recovery strategies and action plans must be completed for COSEWIC listed species. Red and Blue Listings is an inventory process used by the BC Conservation Data Centre. It does not have any regulatory requirements so legislative compliance is not required at this time. However, it is expected that this listing process will be entrenched in provincial legislation within the next 2 years. In the interest of reducing its regulatory risk BC Hydro has been proactive in seeking to identify and reduce its impacts on red and blue listed species.
2. In BC, there approximately 308 animal plus 991 plants that are provincially red-listed (extirpated, endangered, or threatened) or blue-listed (of special concern). Federally listed species under COSEWIC are either Endangered (ENd), Threatened (THr) or of Special Concern (SC). We are currently tallying which of these species and populations occur in lands owned or managed by BC Hydro while proceeding with programs to enhance, restore or maintain known endangered or threatened species and their habitats. This listing does not include stewardship initiatives undertaken solely as part of Water Use Planning.
3. Stewardship means preventative, restorative, enhancement or maintenance initiatives over the long-term time scale required to protect and maintain, restore, or enhance populations and their habitats.
4. Listings that are italicized were undertaken with partners as part of our Compensation Programs and were funded in full or in part by BC Hydro.
5. Mortality may result from fish passage through hydraulic turbines or over spillways during their downstream migration.
6. Supersaturation occurs when water falls turbulently from reservoir elevation to discharge elevation, usually via spillways. Air is forced into solution increasing the concentration of nitrogen and oxygen, as measured by Total Gas Pressure, which can interfere with normal gill function of aquatic species.