Open AccessCharacterization of shallow aquifers and assessment of potential impacts of oil and gas development activities on these aquifers in the Fox Creek area (AB) - October 2021 update
Author(s) -
Christine Rivard
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.4095/329088
Subject(s) - wetland , aquifer , scope (computer science) , habitat , environmental impact assessment , vegetation (pathology) , woodland , environmental protection , environmental science , groundwater , environmental planning , geography , hydrology (agriculture) , water resource management , geology , ecology , medicine , geotechnical engineering , pathology , computer science , biology , programming language
A multidisciplinary and multi-institutional project was initiated in the Fox Creek area (west-central Alberta) in April 2019 to study environmental impacts of hydrocarbon development activities. The initial objective was to specifically study potential impacts onshallow groundwater. However, different Sectors within NRCan later identified the Fox Creek area as a region of interest for developing regional cumulative effects evaluation methods in support of new impact assessment legislation. As a result, the scope is now much broader and the project includesstudies of vegetation, forest, snow cover, wetlands, and contributes to a woodland caribou habitat study. The project involves many collaborators from the federal and provincial governments, as well as from the academic community. This project is supported by the GGP and EGPprograms.