Canadian Water Network convened an expert workshop to update Canada’s conceptual model of nutrient source and transport. The experts’ discussion, as well as the research cited, informed the insights that are presented in this white paper, which has been written to support those who make decisions about nutrient management actions.
This report summarizes the work completed by the research nodes of the Canadian Watershed Research Consortium and shares what has been learned about adaptive monitoring and the implementation of collaborative monitoring frameworks, as well as the potential benefits partners foresee in using these frameworks.
Public concern about the environmental health of the Northumberland Strait developed
around the time of construction of the Confederation Bridge, when significant declines in fishery yields of lobster, rock crab, scallops and herring were being reported. The Northumberland Strait Environmental Monitoring Partnership was created to improve cumulative effects assessment in the region and facilitate collaborative [...]
The Grand River is a large watershed in southern Ontario that drains into eastern Lake Erie. This project focused on understanding natural variability of the watershed and the relationships among biological, physical and chemical processes. Researchers investigated nutrient inputs, oxygen dynamics, community composition and function of macroinvertebrates, as well as fish population level and individual [...]
The Saint John Harbour is a major marine port with high shipping traffic. It is also an urban centre, with dredging, discharges of municipal wastewater and industrial effluents from oil refining, brewing, and pulp and paper production. All of these activities are overlaid on 8 metre semi-diurnal tides. This multi-year project established baseline data that [...]
The results of this research are being used to assess the effects of existing and future best management practices (BMPs) implemented within the Tobacco Creek watershed, to inform the design of monitoring programs for hydrology, aquatic chemistry, and biotic integrity, and to support management decisions aimed at remediating and protecting Lake Winnipeg and other prairie [...]
In 2010, the Slave River and Delta Partnership (SRDP) was formed to address the changes people were noticing in their environments and in harvested foods from the watershed. In 2011, community members worked with Paul Jones from the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) to collect fish samples to analyze fish health in the Slave [...]
Monitoring is an important component of managing lakes within the Muskoka River Watershed because it provides information about lake conditions over time. This monitoring enables managers to evaluate whether human activities are adversely affecting the physical, chemical and biological quality of a lake.
The 2016 National Water and Hydraulic Fracturing Survey report summarizes the methods, results and observations of a survey that was conducted in 2015 to identify national and region-specific priorities for water and hydraulic fracturing activities in Canada.
The 2015 Water and Hydraulic Fracturing report takes a high-level look at where the knowledge base is relative to the key questions being asked. The report highlights the critical work done to assess the state of the knowledge relative to decision-making; where its lack is most impacting progress; and the capacity to advance knowledge priorities [...]