Carnation Creek and Queen Charlotte Islands Fish/Forestry Workshop: Applying 20 Years of Coastal Research to Management Solutions
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LAND MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK 41 Carnation Creek and Queen Charlotte Islands Fish/Forestry Workshop: Applying 20 Years of Coastal Research to Management Solutions 1998 Ministry of Forests Research Program Carnation Creek and Queen Charlotte Islands Fish/Forestry Workshop: Applying 20 Years of Coast Research to Management Solutions Dan L. Hogan, Peter J. Tschaplinski, and Stephen Chatwin (editors) Ministry of Forests Research Program Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Carnation Creek and Queen Charlotte Island Fish/Forestry Workshop (1994 : Queen Charlotte City, B.C.) Carnation Creek and Queen Charlotte Island Fish/Forestry Workshop : applying 20 years of coast research to management solutions (Land management handbook ; 41) ISBN 0-7726-3510-2 1. Fish habitat improvement – British Columbia – Carnation Creek Region – Congresses. 2. Habitat (Ecology) – British Columbia – Carnation Creek Region – Management – Congresses. 3. Forest management – Environmental aspects – British Columbia – Carnation Creek Region – Congresses. I. Hogan, Daniel Lewis, 1954– . II. Tschaplinski, Peter John, 1953– . III. Chatwin, Stephen C. IV. British Columbia. Ministry of Forests. Research Branch. V. Series. SH173.C36 1998 639.9’77’097112 C98-960079-3 Citation Hogan, D.L., P.J. Tschaplinski, and S. Chatwin (Editors). 1998. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Land Manage. Handb. No. 41. Prepared by D.L. Hogan, P.J. Tschaplinski and S. Chatwin (editors) for B.C. Ministry of Forests Research Branch 31 Bastion Square Victoria, BC © 1998 Province of British Columbia Copies of this and other Ministry of Forests titles are available from: Crown Publications Inc. 521 Fort Street Victoria, BC Ministry of Forests Publication Internet Catalogue: www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Name Address J.M.E. Balke Lacon Road, Denman Island, BC William J. Beese MacMillan Bloedel Limited, Front Street, Nanaimo, BC Stephen A. Bird Pacific Watershed Research Association, – West th Avenue, Vancouver, BC M.J. Bovis Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Tom G. Brown Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC Michael Brownlee Integrated Resources Branch, B.C. Ministry of Forests, Victoria, BC Anthony L. Cheong B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Fisheries Branch, nd Floor, Blanshard Street, Victoria, BC Michael Church Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC S.J. Crockford Pacific Identifications, Nelthorpe Street, Victoria, BC James E. Doyle Mt. Baker Snoqualmie N.F., U.S. Forest Service, th Avenue West, Mountlake Terrace, WA R.J. Fannin University of British Columbia, Faculty of Forestry, Vancouver, BC Darren Ham University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Gordon F. Hartman Fisheries Research and Education Services, Rose Ann Drive, Nanaimo, BC Judith K. Haschenburger Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Eugene D. Hetherington E.D. Hetherington and Associates Ltd., Dunnett Crescent, Victoria, BC (formerly Research Hydrologist with the Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC) Dan Hogan B.C. Ministry of Forests, Research Branch, PO Box Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC L.B. Holtby Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC Canada Josh Korman West th Avenue, Vancouver, BC Ray Krag Group Supervisor, Harvest Engineering, Forest Engineering Research, Institute of Canada, East Mall, Vancouver, BC iii Werner Kurz ESSA Technologies Ltd., ‒ West th Avenue, Vancouver, BC C. Peter Lewis B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Victoria, BC J. Stevenson Macdonald Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Department of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC D. Marmorek ESSA Technologies Ltd., ‒ West th Avenue, Vancouver, BC T.H. Millard B.C. Ministry of Forests, Labieux Road, Nanaimo, BC Greta Movassaghi Mt. Baker Snoqualmie N.F., U.S. Forest Service, th Avenue West, Mountlake Terrace, WA Roger Nichols Mt. Baker Snoqualmie N.F., U.S. Forest Service, th Avenue West, Mountlake Terrace, WA M.E. Oden Madrone Consultants Ltd., Herd Road, RR#, Duncan, BC Ian Parnell ESSA Technologies Ltd., ‒ West th Avenue, Vancouver, BC Stephen Rice University of British Columbia, Department of Geography, Vancouver, BC T.P. Rollerson B.C. Ministry of Forests, Labieux Road, Nanaimo, BC Jim W. Schwab B.C. Forest Service, Forest Sciences Section, PO Box , Smithers, BC J. Charles Scrivener Consultant Biologist, Rutherford Road, Nanaimo, BC G. Suther Ecofocus Environmental Consultants, Lacon Road, Denman Island, BC B. Thomson B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, –nd Street, Surrey, BC Derek B. Tripp Tripp Biological Consultants Ltd., Extension Road, Nanaimo, BC Peter J. Tschaplinski B.C. Ministry of Forests, Research Branch, PO Box Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC Tim Webb ESSA Technologies Ltd., ‒ West th Avenue, Vancouver, BC David Wilford B.C. Ministry of Forests, Prince Rupert Forest Region, Forest Sciences Section, Bag , Smithers, BC Robert P. Willington Integrated Resource Analysis Section, TimberWest Limited, PO Box , Crofton, BC M.P. Wise International Forest Products, Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, BC Michael Z’Graggen East th Avenue, Vancouver, BC iv CONTENTS List of Contributors ....................................................................................................................................................... iii Introductory Comments for FFIP/Carnation Creek Workshop David Wilford ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction to Day 1: Focus on Research Michael Brownlee ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction: Workshop Outline and Experimental Design C. Peter Lewis ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 The Landscape of the Pacific Northwest Michael Church ............................................................................................................................................................ 13 An Introduction to the Ecological Complexity of Salmonid Life History Strategies and of Forest Harvesting Impacts in Coastal British Columbia J. Charles Scrivener, Peter J. Tschaplinski, and J. Stevenson Macdonald .............................................................. 23 Focus on Forestry-fisheries Problems: Lessons Learned from Reviewing Applications of the Coastal Fisheries-Forestry Guidelines D. Tripp and D. Hogan ................................................................................................................................................ 29 Watershed Hydrology Eugene D. Hetherington .............................................................................................................................................. 33 Landslides on the Queen Charlotte Islands: Processes, Rates, and Climatic Events Jim W. Schwab ............................................................................................................................................................... 41 Gully Processes in Coastal British Columbia: The Role of Woody Debris M.J. Bovis, T.H. Millard, and M.E. Oden .................................................................................................................. 49 Stream Channel Morphology and Recovery Processes D. L. Hogan, S. A. Bird, and S. Rice ............................................................................................................................ 77 Evolution of Fish Habitat Structure and Diversity at Log Jams in Logged and Unlogged Streams Subject to Mass Wasting Derek Tripp ................................................................................................................................................................... 97 Channel Scour and Fill in Coastal Streams Judith K. Haschenburger .............................................................................................................................................109 Fine Sediments in Small Streams in Coastal British Columbia: A Review of Research Progress Michael Church ............................................................................................................................................................ 119 Changes of Spawning Gravel Characteristics after Forest Harvesting in Queen Charlotte Islands and Carnation Creek Watersheds and the Apparent Impacts on Incubating Salmonid Eggs J. Charles Scrivener and Derek B. Tripp .................................................................................................................... 135 Overwintering Habitats and Survival of Juvenile Salmonids in Coastal Streams of British Columbia Gordon F. Hartman, Derek B. Tripp, and Tom G. Brown ...................................................................................... 141 v Long-term Patterns in the Abundance of Carnation Creek Salmon, and the Effects of Logging, Climate Variation, and Fishing on Adult Returns Peter J. Tschaplinski, J. Charles Scrivener, and L.B. Holtby .................................................................................... 155 Watershed Hydrology: