Teacher Resource Centre

Environmental Impact Assessments and Monitoring

• Environmental Impact Assessments
• Ecosystem Monitoring

Environmental Impact Assessments

• Environmental Impact Assessments
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/eie-eia/index_e.asp
    
    
• Environmental Impact Assessments: Public Statements
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/eie-eia/itm4-/index_e.asp
    
    
• Environmental Screening
  • Banff National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/plan/plan9a_e.asp
    
    
• Environmental Assessments: Senior Class Projects
  • Point Pelee National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/sub/pelee/index_e.asp
    
    

Ecosystem Monitoring

• State of the Park Reports
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/bib-lib/docs5hi.aspx
    
    
• Annual Research and Monitoring Report for National Parks in the Western Arctic
  • 2001: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2001/sec1.aspx
  • 2002: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2002/sec1.aspx
  • 2003: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2003/sec1.aspx
    
    
• Kluane National Park and Reserve of Canada - Natural and Cultural Wonders
  • Monitoring Ecological Health 2006
  • Kluane's Kokanee Salmon
  • Change can be Challenging
  • The Plant Chasers (January 7, 2008 edition)
  • Close Encounters (May 8, 2006 Edition)
  • The Dall Sheep of Tachäl Dhäl (April Edition, 2003)
  • Once Upon a Time in the Boreal Forest (February Edition, 2003)
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/yt/kluane/natcul/index_e.asp
    
    
• Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada - Natural Wonders and Cultural Treasures
  • Blanding's Turtle Monitoring and Research
  • Common Loon Research
  • Mercury Concentrations in Brook Trout and White Perch
  • The Annual White-tailed Deer Census
  • The Piping Plover Monitoring Program
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ns/kejimkujik/natcul/natcul5_e.asp
    
    
• Restoring a trampled campground - Time for Nature, January 23, 2006
  • Kejimkujik National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-01-23_e.asp
    
    
• Supporting Science
  • Bruce Peninsula National Park
  • Fathom Five National Marine Conservation Area
  • http://www.castlebluff.com/bffscience/index.html
    
    
• Conservation in Action
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • The Common Loon Under Strict Surveillance
  • Controlled Burning to the Rescue of the White Pine
  • For the Survival of the Wood Turtle
  • Keeping an Eye on an Opportunist: The Black Bear
  • Moose and Wolf: A Question of Survival
  • Lakes: A Look Beneath the Surface
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/qc/mauricie/natcul/natcul1c_e.asp
    
    
• Find out more on the science of nature in Gros Morne National Park:
  • There are over 30 ongoing monitoring projects in Gros Morne National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4a_e.asp
    
    
• Ecological Integrity Monitoring Program
  • Prince Edward Island National Park of Canada
  • Forest – Link to the Future
  • Freshwater – Life on the Edge
  • Coastal – Protecting Piping Plover
  • Wetlands – Dragonfly Detectives
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/pe/pei-ipe/plan/page01_e.asp
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/pe/pei-ipe/plan/page02_e.asp
    
    
• Pitching in for the piping plover - Time for Nature, August 21, 2006
  • Prince Edward Island National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-08-21_e.asp
    
    
• Black Oystercatcher Survey
  • Gulf Islands National Park Reserave of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/gulf/natcul/natcul8_e.asp
  • http://www.pwlf.org/blackoystercatcher.htm
    
    
• Teaming Up for Salmon
  • Terra Nova National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/terranova/natcul/natcul2_e.asp
    
    
• Restoring the Speckled Trout - Time for Nature, January 12, 2009
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2009/2009-01-12_e.asp
    
    
• Hudson Bay Project: Ecosystem Studies and Conservation of Coastal Arctic Tundra
  • Lesser Snow Geese and the effects on the tundra
  • http://research.amnh.org/users/rfr/hbp/index.html
    
    
• Winter Research, page 3
  • Wapusk National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/~/media/pn-np/mb/wapusk/Wap2008_V01N01_e.ashx
    
    
• Researching the Wilds: Where Everything Connects
  • Pukaskwa National Park of Canada
    • Article: "Committed to Wild Ways"
    • Article: "Researching the Wilds: Where Everything Connects"
    • Ecosystem Conservation Plan Executive Summary
    • Fire Management Program
    • Prescribed Fire as a Vegetation Management Tool in an Eastern White Pine Stand
    • Fire Management Activities for 2004
    • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/pukaskwa/natcul/natcul2_e.asp
      
      
• Management Plan Summary: Pukaskwa National Park
  • Pukaskwa National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/pukaskwa/plan/plan8_e.asp
    
    
• Importance of Ecological Monitoring Following a Black Tide - Time for Nature, January 17, 2005
  • Mingan National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-01-17_e.asp
    
    
• A check-up for coastal wetlands - Time for Nature,  September 17, 2007
  • Fathom Five National Marine Conservation Area
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2007/2007-09-17_e.asp
    
    
• Restoring the integrity of aquatic ecosystems in Mountain National Parks
  • 30 years of monitoring shows improved water quality is directly related to better park management practices
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec5/page4.aspx
    
    
• Local residents, Aboriginal communities and fishers work together to restore Soft-shelled clams
  • Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec7/page5.aspx
    
    
• Eelgrass
  • Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www2.stewardshipcentre.bc.ca/eelgrass/index.html
  • http://www2.stewardshipcentre.bc.ca/eelgrass/eelgrassrestoration.html
  • http://cmnbc.ca/atlas_gallery/eelgrass-bed-mapping
    
    
• Road Salt Management
  • Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada
  • Http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ns/cbreton/plan/plan4a_e.asp