Monitoring Goldway Road In the Winter.

Chu Cho Environmental’s Senior Terrestrial Ecologist Sean Rapai and Wildlife Biologist Gord Emery kicked off last year’s field season with a helicopter visit to the Goldway Road. This legacy mineral exploration route north of Johansen Lake in the Skeena Region, Northern BC, is home to the Chase herd of southern mountain caribou and many other wildlife species.
With heavy snowfall, the roads were difficult to access, so our team moved along by ski and snowboard in the early season, and enjoyed a few runs while we were at it. Getting eyes on the ground and collecting our camera data provides us with information on use of the road by caribou and their predators, and other road users, and see how effective our ongoing restoration efforts have been.
With support from organizations such as the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, Chu Cho Environmental and Tsay Keh Dene First Nation have now completed restoration work on four roads within the Chase caribou herd boundary since 2019. Collectively, these projects have been a part of the larger Chase Caribou Road Restoration Program (CCRRP)), which won the 2021 Indigenous Project Award from the Environmental Managers Association of BC.
Filmed by: Jake Daly at Tiny Life Media
Edited by: Mike Tilson

[@jantatlock7223]

Looks like fun too!

[@zachbujold]

that's so rad

[@ChuChoEnvironmental]

Thanks Zach! All rad days all the time!

[@rickszabo4312]

In August of 84 we rented a helicopter from the Northern Mountain which had a base at Johansson lake . We flew over Goldway on our way to prospect the Axel Gold range, as we flew over the southeast side of Goldway I took a picture of 2 Geo's taking samples about 2 /3 the way up. Funny how things worked out .

[@ChuChoEnvironmental]

Wow! That's super cool! There is such a long history in this province and the desire to explore is still alive and well. Thanks for sharing! I wonder if you still have the picture hidden away anywhere?!?

[@mitchellmayo4351]

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