Lizard Creek (LIZ001)

Water samples and temperature readings are taken at Lizard Creek (LIZ001) at its intersection with the Elk River, as part of the Elk River Alliance's Community-based Water Monitoring program (CBWM) and Elk River Alliance's Hydrometric program. The CBWM program assesses aquatic habitat health at selected tributaries of the Elk River to fill in gaps in currently available watershed data and make these data accessible to the wider community. In 2020, ERA's CBWM program transitioned into a fully CABIN (Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network) based program, with macroinvertebrate sampling added on and occurring annually during low-flow conditions. In 2022, a hydrometric station was also installed at this site as part of the Elk River Watershed Collaborative Monitoring Program as well as the Living Lakes Canada Columbia Basin Water Monitoring Framework program (CBWMF). The CBWMF is a coordinated monitoring network that tracks how climate change and other impacts are affecting water supply for communities and ecosystems across the Canadian Columbia Basin region.

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Dataset Collection Organization Elk River Alliance
Dataset Steward Email info@elkriveralliance.ca
Dataset Citation Elk River Alliance. (2022). Lizard Creek (LIZ001) [Data set]. Columbia Basin Water Hub. https://doi.org/10.48511/H4PJ-Y952
Dataset Upload Year 2022
Dataset Earliest Record Start Date 2012-10-18
Dataset Latest Record End Date 2023-10-04
Dataset Funding Description The Columbia Basin Trust primarily funds the CBWM and Hydrometric programs. These programs would not have been possible without the continuing funding from the Trust. Other sources of financing for the CBWM program are generously provided by the BC Government’s Community Gaming Grant, the Real Estate Foundation of BC’s Healthy Watershed Initiative, Teck Resources Limited, the Vancouver Foundation, the Selkirk College, the Community Mapping Network, the Small Change Fund, Pacific Streamkeepers Foundation, Wildsight, and the Columbia Basin Watershed Network.
Dataset Data Disclaimer No warranty or guarantee exists that the information is accurate, complete, current, or suitable for any purpose. The individual user must confirm the accuracy of the data and whether it will be appropriate for their purpose.
Other Data Sources N/A
Brief description of dataset location Lizard Creek, Elk River Watershed
Dataset Type Stream
Dataset Keywords Community-based monitoring,Stream,Lab Water Quality,Water temperature,Technical Research Grade
Dataset Latitude 49.47094
Dataset Longitude -115.0766
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