2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/23/2019 | 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | BIOMONITORING IN NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA: INCREASING KNOWLEDGE OF BASELINE CONDITIONS IN AREAS OF OIL AND GAS INTEREST | 150 DEF
BIOMONITORING IN NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA: INCREASING KNOWLEDGE OF BASELINE CONDITIONS IN AREAS OF OIL AND GAS INTEREST
Northeast British Columbia has been the focus of much petroleum exploration over the past 60 years. There are several large rivers that flow through this area and cross provincial and territorial borders. The BC and federal governments have operated under a joint water quality monitoring agreement since 1985 and have worked together over the last 10-15 years to expand biological monitoring and assessment in BC. Biological monitoring can be an effective method for assessing aquatic ecosystems in remote areas like northeast BC, where costs for routine chemical water quality monitoring are high due to travel requirements and ability to meet laboratory holding times is not possible. The Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) bioassessment tools have been developed for watersheds in northeast BC. This baseline information will be critical for the assessment of future development in the area as well as the investigation of potential climate change effects in the north. Preliminary assessments have been conducted at several sites in the area of oil and gas development, but further work is required to differentiate the potential effects of climate variability versus the potential effect of oil and gas development.
- Monitoring
- Water Quality
- Modeling
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Stephanie Strachan
(), Environment and Climate Change Canada, stephanie.strachan@canada.ca;
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Sheena Pappas
(), Environment Canada, sheena.pappas@ec.gc.ca;
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Jolene Raggett
(), British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Jolene.Raggett@gov.bc.ca;
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