JBL Environmental Services Ltd. has over 30 years’ experience in conducting fish inventories and stream classification. JBL also has developed mitigation and compensation plans for various projects throughout British Columbia. In BC, fisheries protection falls under federal, provincial and municipal legislation. JBL has provided fisheries permitting service on a large range of projects in the forestry, mining, hydro and transportation sectors. In conjunction with our permitting services, JBL has conducted Riparian Areas Protection Regulation (RAPR) assessments, developed environmental management plans, and conducted environmental monitoring programs and fish salvages.

Selected Projects:

– JBL developed a detailed fish habitat assessment, restoration planting plan, and permitting for the re-location of a watercourse on a rural property west of Abbotsford. JBL oversaw the stream relocation and riparian restoration, conducted environmental monitoring and prepared the As-Built report for the property. For: Ross Road Community Church, 2022 – 2023.

– JBL conducted detailed fish habitat assessments for a proposed multi-family residential development in Abbotsford. This included RAPR assessment, riparian impact assessment, and development of mitigation measures and compensation options to offset the infringement of the development into the 30 m municipal streamside setback along Mill Lake. For: Heinrichs Developments Ltd., 2020 – 2021.

– Developed mitigation and compensation strategies to offset the adverse effects from Forest Service Road upgrades along Lillooet Lake on fish and riparian habitat. For: Sea to Sky Resource District, BC, 2018/19.

– Conducted a 1:20,000 fish and fish habitat inventory of Deroche Creek watershed. As part of completing the stream habitat assessment, JBL also assessed the impacts from erosion and slope instability as a result of existing and proposed logging roads. For: Leq’á: Mel First Nation and Western Canada Timber Products, near Mission, BC, 2016.

– Developed mitigation and compensation measures to address the adverse effects on fish and fish habitat from road widening into the freshet high water area of the Lillooet River. For: Sea to Sky Resource District, BC, 2015.