Lower Columbia River Water Quality Objectives Monitoring Program - Birchbank to the International Boundary 1997-2005 Data Summary and Interpretive Summary (February 2008)
(PDF: 2.7 MB / 192 pages)

2005 Environmental Status Report

The Columbia River Integrated Environmental Monitoring Program (CRIEMP)
completed an Environmental Status Report in 2005 to provide an overview of
the changes and improvements in the Columbia River between Hugh Keenleyside
Dam and the Canada-US border since the early 1990s, and to update the public
on the health of the river since CRIEMP’s last report in 1994. This latest update
relies on the selected environmental indicators of water flow, water quality,
sediment quality, productivity, and fish to reflect the current status of the
Columbia River. Indicators are compared to accepted environmental guidelines
and scientific criteria.

Toward the Development of a Cumulative Effects Assessment Monitoring Program for the Lower Columbia River 2003 Technical Report (Sept. 2003)
(PDF: 1.1 MB / 123 pages)

Background Summary report: CRIEMP II Cumulative Effects Assessment Scoping Workshop, Sept 24-25, 2002 (Sept. 2002)
(PDF: 1.7 MB / 33 pages)

CRIEMP II Data Gap Analysis & Study Design Consideration Study Design Final Reports (May 2002)
(PDF: 22.4 MB / 132 pages)

Columbia River Integrated Environmental Monitoring Program (CRIEMP) 1991 - 1993 Interpretive Report (June 1994)
(PDF: 26.7 MB / 136 pages)

Columbia River Integrated Environmental Monitoring Program 1991 – 1993, (CRIEMP) Data Report (March 1993)
(PDF: 35.4 MB / 381 pages)

Columbia River Integrated Environmental Monitoring Program (CRIEMP) 1991 - 93 (CRIEMP 1991 – 93) Design Document (Jan 1993)
(PDF: 13.3 MB / 109 pages)

Columbia River Integrated Environmental Monitoring Program (Sept. 1990)
(PDF: 19.2 MB / 175 pages)

A 1992 Biological Reconnaissance and Sediment Sampling in the Columbia River between the Hugh Keenleyside Dam and the International Boundary (June 1993)
(PDF: 35.2 MB / 302 pages)

Columbia River Integrated Environmental Monitoring Program (CRIEMP) 1991 - 1993 - Sampling Audit by Environment Canada in 1991 and 1992 (1995)
(PDF: 13.7 MB / 101 pages)

Water Quality Assessment of Columbia River at Waneta (1979-2000)
(February 2002)
(PDF: 879 KB / 34 pages)

State of Water Quality of Columbia River at Waneta (1979-1996)
(September 1999)

State of Water Quality of Columbia River at Birchbank (1983-1997)
(September 1999)

Trend Analyses of Total Phosphorus in the Columbia River at Birchbank
(February 1999)

Levels of Metals and Metallothionein in Fish of the Columbia River near the International Boundary
(January 1987)
(PDF: 4.3 MB / 146 pages)

Columbia River at Birchbank Monitoring Station

Water Quality Index for the Columbia River at Birchbank Monitoring Station

Columbia River at Waneta Monitoring Station

Water Quality Index for the Columbia River at Waneta Monitoring Station

Pend D'Oreille River at Waneta Monitoring Station

Water Quality Index for the Pend D'Oreille River at Waneta Monitoring Station

Lower Columbia River Hugh Keenleyside Dam to Birchbank - Water Quality Assessment & Objectives – Technical Appendix (August 1992)
(PDF: 9.9 MB / 216 pages)

Ambient Water Quality Assessment and Objectives for the Lower Columbia River from Birchbank to the US Border – Overview Report (May 2000)

Lower Columbia River From Birchbank to the International Border: Water Quality Assessment & Recommended Objectives - Technical Report (Oct. 1997)
(PDF: 9.8 MB / 218 pages)

Lower Columbia River Water Quality Objectives Monitoring Program - Birchbank to the International Boundary 1997-2005 (Feb. 2008)
(PDF: 2.7 MB / 192 pages)

CRIEMP’s Total Gas Pressure Sub-Committee was formed in 1995. This sub-committee addresses information sharing, assessment, monitoring and management related to total gas pressure (TGP) in the lower Columbia River, including the Kootenay River.

TGP Performance Measures for the Columbia River WUP – A Brief Summary (June 2003)
(PDF: 170 KB / 8 pages)

Total Dissolved Gas Pressure (TGP) Monitoring on the Kootenay River at Creston British Columbia: 2002 Data Summary (Sept. 2002)
(PDF: 200 KB/ 13 pages)

Fisheries Resource Information and TGP Risk Assessment for the Canadian Portion of the Lower Columbia River Basin (July 2002)
(PDF: 5.4 MB / 78 pages)

Total Gas Pressure Monitoring At Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam - 1999 Investigations (March 2000)
(PDF: 451 KB / 21 pages)

Kootenay River Total Gas Pressure Monitoring - 1999 Investigations (March 2000)
(PDF: 1.41 MB / 29 pages)

Total gas Pressure New Release May 11, 1999

CRIEMP’s Sturgeon Contaminants Sub-Committee was formed to assist the Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative to determine if contaminants within the Lower Columbia River play a role in the population declines. The white sturgeon populations in the Columbia River have suffered a serious decline in numbers due to various environmental impacts. This species is described as “vulnerable” by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) and is red-listed or “critically imperiled” according to the BC Conservation Data Centre (CDC). The cause of this decline is not fully understood, but may be related to construction and operation of hydroelectric dams as well as inputs from municipal and industrial users.

Effects of Two Industrial Effluents on Juvenile White Sturgeon (March 2004)
(PDF: 285 KB / 22 pages)

Gene Expression Profiles of Columbia River White Sturgeon Exposed to Two Industrial Effluents (March 2004)
(PDF: 184 KB / 22 pages)

Celgar Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) Cycle 4 Interpretive Report (March 2007)
(PDF: 1.4 MB / 121 pages)

Celgar Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) Cycle 3 Interpretive Report (March 2004)
(PDF: 8.2 MB / 292 pages)

Celgar Pulpmill Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) Cycle Four Design Document (June 2005)
(PDF: 2.5 MB / 62 pages)