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Site C Clean Energy Project Joint Review PanelPublic Hearing Procedures

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Attachment C – Public Hearing Registration Form

This attachment outlines the process for registering to participate in the public hearing. When registering, please include the following information:

Full name

Organization

Email address

Mailing address

Telephone

I intend to participate

In a general session – Location: In a community session – Location:In a topic-specific session – Location and Topic:

In writingOrally (I request ___ minutes to present)

If you requiretranslation, specify language

Please submit a synopsis of the information to be presented

(attach a separate sheet if necessary)

Environment CanadaEnvironment [email protected]

201 - 401 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 3S5

604-666-8342

✔ 2 sessions - see below for details

✔ 80✔

Environment Canada (EC) plans to present at two of the Topic-SpecificSessions: Aquatic and Downstream Environment; and Wildlife.

At the Aquatic and Downstream Environment Session, EC will present asummary of Chapter 3 of our written submission regarding hydrology, ice andclimate change. Departmental representatives will be available to answerquestions after the presentation as per the attached schedule and topics list.Due to the complexity of the topic, EC requests 40 minutes for thispresentation.

At the Wildlife Session, EC will present a summary of Chapter 4 of our writtensubmission regarding migratory birds (including species at risk) and theirhabitat (including wetlands). Departmental representatives will be available toanswer questions after the presentation as per the attached schedule andtopics list. Due to the complexity of the topic, EC requests 40 minutes for thispresentation.

Environment Canada will also have a representative available at theTopic-Specific Session for Aquatic Environment.

Please see Appendix A for the proposed schedule of EC representatives bytopic and Appendix B for the CVs of EC representatives and additionalcontributing authors.

Appendix A – ENVIRONMENT CANADA SCHEDULE AND TOPICS FOR SITE C JOINT REVIEW PANEL HEARINGS 1. Topic Specific Session: Aquatic and Downstream Environment (January 10-11, 2014) Presentation: Hydrology, ice and climate change – Daniel Peters Available for questions after the presentation:

EC Departmental Lead (TBD) Daniel Peters – hydrology Spyros Beltaos – river ice processes Yonas Dibike – hydraulic modelling Emma Watson – climate change

2. Topic Specific Session: Aquatic Environment (January 13, 2014)

EC Departmental Lead (TBD) – available in the hearing room Daniel Peters – hydrology – available in the hearing room

3. Topic Specific Session: Wildlife (January 15-16, 2014) Presentation: Migratory birds (including species at risk) and their habitats (including wetlands) – Andrew Robinson Available for questions after the presentation:

EC Departmental Lead (TBD) Andrew Robinson – Migratory birds and their habitats, general Andre Breault - Migratory birds and their habitats, waterfowl Wendy Easton – Migratory birds and their habitats, landbirds Coral DeShield - Migratory birds and their habitats, general

CVs for the above confirmed Environment Canada representatives are included in Appendix B. Please note that CVs are also included for the following additional technical contributors to Environment Canada’s written submission:

Chapter 4 – Kella Sadler, Rene McKibbin, Neil Burgess Chapter 5 – Raymond Kotchorek, Eric Soprovich, Janice Boyd, John Miller Chapter 6 – Jason Milbrandt, Mark Barton

Appendix B - ENVIRONMENT CANADA CVs FOR SITE C JOINT REVIEW PANEL HEARINGS

MARK BARTON, M.SC., CLIMATOLOGIST ................................................................................................................................... 1

SPYROS BELTAOS, PH.D., P.ENG., FCSCE .................................................................................................................................... 5

JANICE BOYD BSC (HONOURS) ZOOLOGY ................................................................................................................................21

ANDRÉ M. BREAULT......................................................................................................................................................................24

NEIL MURRAY BURGESS...............................................................................................................................................................27

CORAL G. DESHIELD, B.SC., M.SC. ..............................................................................................................................................34

YONAS B. DIBIKE, PH.D., P.ENG. ................................................................................................................................................36

WENDY EASTON ............................................................................................................................................................................41

RAYMOND KOTCHOREK, B.SC., MNRM....................................................................................................................................46

RENÉ MCKIBBIN, M.SC .................................................................................................................................................................49

JASON MILBRANDT, PH.D. ..........................................................................................................................................................55

JOHN MILLER, MSC., P.GEO. .......................................................................................................................................................61

DANIEL PETERS, PHD, PGEO ........................................................................................................................................................63

ANDREW GORDON ROBINSON ..................................................................................................................................................72

KELLA SADLER, PH.D., R.P.BIO....................................................................................................................................................73

ERIC A. SOPROVICH, B.SC., M.N.R.N. ........................................................................................................................................75

EMMA WATSON, PH.D.................................................................................................................................................................79

Environment Canada | Expert CVs for Site C Panel Hearings 1

Mark Barton, M.Sc., Climatologist Meteorological Service of Canada, Science Section

Environment Canada

Curriculum Vitae

SUMMARY Mr. Barton, Climatologist, Meteorological Service of Canada, Science Section has more than 12 years’ work experience as a climatologist with several years of that period spent working on solving instrument related measurement issues. Also, much field experience was built up in fieldwork as an undergraduate working in the harsh conditions of Hudson’s Bay for about two and a half months. WORK EXPERIENCE

Nov. 2011 Meteorological Service of Canada, Science Section Present

The bulk of the work relates to the study of various aspects of the hydro-climate of British Columbia

May 2010 - Meteorological Service of Canada, Atmospheric Monitoring Nov. 2011

Ran the maintenance of Cooperative Climate Station Network in the Pacific & Yukon region for 18 months: trained apprentice technicians; planned the maintenance/inspection of 200+ stations and occasionally worked on the configuration of automatic weather stations (e.g. Delta Burns Bog & Yoho Park), Also, presented information related to the climate network at national network committee meetings; gave recommendations to supervisor and manager and answered questions from internal and external clients

Aug. 2001 - Meteorological Service of Canada, Science Section May 2010

Research, collect, analyze, evaluate and present information related to the climate and ecosystems, develop reports; present work; give recommendations to and answer queries from internal and external clients

Jan. 2001 - Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada Aug. 2001 Vancouver

Applied Climatologist (one year contract position) Climate Data Analyst Quality controlled climate data and forwarded data to national archive.

EDUCATION 2002 M.Sc. Master of Science (urban-rural climatology)

University of British Columbia Thesis: Development and Testing of an Operational Urban Heat Island Scheme

- Evaluation of the performance of an approach to modelling the urban-rural air temperature difference; limitations of both model algorithms and evaluation datasets were explored


- Presented research findings at the American Meteorological Society Third Symposium on the Urban Environment, and at the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 34th Congress in 2000 (California and U. Vic. BC)

1997 Instructional Skills Course UBC A two weekend teaching skills course for teaching

assistants at the University of British Columbia 1997 B.A. (Hons.) Bachelor of Arts in Geography York University, Toronto, Ontario

Member of Dean's Honour Roll Thesis: Evapotranspiration from Dwarf Birch (Betula glandulosa) Forest

- Two and a half month field research in Churchill, Manitoba, which included the installation and use of meteorological equipment to monitor the weather and water in the lakes near Hudson’s Bay

1983 Course Certificates: Engineering Appreciation Part I and II, Design and

Manufacture - Designed and built machine tool (pass with merit) North-East Liverpool Technical College, England

A certificate for the practical portion of the Mechanical Engineering Program at Liverpool Polytechnic (now John Moores University)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2011 Surface Weather Observing Course, Environment Canada, Richmond, British

Columbia. A one week instructional course with multiple weeks with periods of hourly weather observation

2011 Aviation Network Maintenance Course, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario.

A two week maintenance course

INTERNAL REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Major projects and reports: Development of a Storminess Indicator for Coastal BC, An initial investigation of

measurements of British Columbia coastal storminess (2005) - Directed atmospheric science co-op students in electronic and paper based

data and information collection, formatting and analysis - Extracted information from paper records during a work visit to Environment

Canada headquarters in Toronto.

A report on the climate of the proposed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBT) site at Institute of Ocean Sciences Sidney, BC (Victoria, BC) for Health Canada (2006)

Kelowna Airport Fischer and Porter Precipitation Gauge Data Quality Issues (2006). A report analysing and comparing the performance of instruments.

Preliminary Study Proposal – Orographic Precipitation Patterns in the Sea-to-Sky Corridor Southwest British Columbia (2006)

The 2010 Winter Olympic weather services project (2003 to 2010) Olympic / Paralympic work: Providing climate information, analysis and

recommendations to the Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC); work includes:


- An analysis report (requested by lead Olympic weather forecaster) on snow density data from 11 years of paper records of Whistler Mountain Ski Patrol measurements at Whistler Mountain. Report included statistics on air temperature to snow density relationship, snow density histogram and suggestions on improving the analysis (2007).

- Co-authored 6 separate annual Olympic reports: Weather and Climate of the Vancouver to Whistler Region 2005; 2006; 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

The 2009 & 2010 reports were about 100 pages. These reports provide venue weather analysis of February and March conditions in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

- Whistler Weather Analysis, January & February 1998-2007 (2007) An analysis report for VANOC to obtain venue Olympic weather risk

insurance at an appropriate premium, given the probability of disruptive weather

- Snow load assessment of a collapsed 6 months old Maintenance Building at the Callaghan Valley Olympic Park (2007). An urgent project required the coordination of a skidoo trip into the remote site with field technicians and the obtaining of equipment and learning how to use them. A technical report was produced for Work Safe BC engineers.

- Created graphic presentation package on 5 Olympic Venues of January to March average and peak wind speed and direction analysis for event planning and forecaster training for the 2010 Olympic. (2007)

- Created graphic presentation package on Vancouver Airport February wind speed and direction hourly analysis for event planning and forecaster training of the 2010 Olympic. (2007)

- Snow Density at 2010 Weather Stations from Automatic Instrument Reading (2006)

A report to assist Olympic venue forecasters by comparing manual and automatic snowfall measurements.

- A technical engineering report for VANOC on the comparison of Salt Lake City and Whistler sunshine for engineering of the sliding centre ice cooling system capacity. (2006)

The Okanagan Basin Studies (2002 to 2006) A large joint research project involving: Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada,

Environment Canada, University of British Columbia and the Government of British Columbia. It was funded by the Climate Change Action Fund of Natural Resources Canada.

- Expanding the Dialogue on Climate Change and Water Management in the Okanagan Basin, British Columbia (2004) 230 page final report.

Field-study scientist; lead author of Chapter 6: Microclimate Network ; co-author of Chapter 4: Climate, and Chapter 5: Climate Change Scenarios

JOURNAL & BOOK PUBLICATIONS

- Hydrologic response to scenarios of climate change in sub-watersheds of the Okanagan basin, British Columbia

Wendy S. Merritt, Younes Alila, Mark Barton, Bill Taylor, Stewart Cohen, Denise Neilsen. Journal of Hydrology 326 (2006) 79–108.

- Agricultural Water Supply in the Okanagan Basin: Using Climate Change Scenarios to Inform Dialogue and Planning Processes


Neilsen, D., Cohen S., Smith, S., Frank, G., Koch, W., Alila, Y., Merritt, W., Mark Barton and Taylor, B. In: Wall, E. ed. Farming in a Changing Climate, Agricultural Adaptation in Canada (2007), Vancouver, UBC Press, pp. 81-100.

SCIENTIFIC PAPER REVIEW

Reviewed a precipitation paper for the Atmospheric Environment Journal


Spyros Beltaos, Ph.D., P.Eng., FCSCE Research Scientist, WHERD/WSTD

Environment Canada

Curriculum Vitae

SUMMARY Dr. Beltaos is a Research Scientist, Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate, Science and Technology Branch, with Environment Canada. He leads research programs on river ice processes. Extreme events, such as ice jams, and their interactions with aquatic ecosystems, such as the Peace-Athabasca Delta, are of particular interest. Together with a five-year service as Research Officer with Alberta Research Council, Dr. Beltaos has nearly forty-years’ experience on studies of river ice processes, and especially on processes controll ing ice breakup and jamming. Research studies have been conducted on many Canadian rivers, including the Athabasca, Peace, Smoky, Mackenzie, St. John, Restigouche, SW Miramichi, Thames, and others. Dr. Beltaos has published extensively on river ice processes and he is often invited to present theme papers and lectures at conferences or to teach portions of short courses. He has received several national and international awards.

EXPERIENCE 1979 – present: Research Scientist, Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Burlington, ON Responsible for formulating and leading research programs on the climatic controls of river ice processes. Extreme events, such as ice jams, and their interactions with aquatic ecosystems, are of particular interest. Mitigation of ice-related flooding and damages to infrastructure are also major concerns. Other activities include: participation in, and leadership of, National and International Committees; teaching of short courses and seminars; supervision of graduate students; organizing conferences and workshops; contributing to, and leading production of, books, major reports, manuals; writing and presenting invited theme papers and lectures. 1974-1979: Research Officer, Alberta Research Council, Edmonton, AB Responsible for formulating and leading field research programs on the load bearing capacity of river and lake ice covers, river ice jams, hydraulic aspects of black fly abatement in the Athabasca River, and dispersion processes in natural streams. Other duties included lectures at the University of Alberta and advice to other provincial agencies. EDUCATION

Dipl. Eng. (Civil Engineering), National Technical University, Athens, Greece, 1967 M.Sc. (Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1972 Ph.D. (Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1974

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS P.Eng. (Ontario), 1980 PUBLICATIONS Journals


1. Beltaos, S. and Rajaratnam, N. 1973. Plane turbulent impinging jets. J. of Hydraulic Research, IAHR,11(1),29-59.

2. Beltaos, S. and Rajaratnam, N. 1974. Impinging circular turbulent jets. J. of Hydraulics Div., ASCE,100(HY10),1313-1328.

3. Beltaos, S. 1975. Evaluation of transverse mixing coefficients from slug tests. J. of Hydr. Res., IAHR, 13(4), 351-360.

4. Beltaos, S. 1976. The bed load function. J. of Hydr. Div., ASCE, 102(HY1), 131-136.

5. Beltaos, S. 1976. Oblique impingement of circular turbulent jets. J. of Hydr. Res., IAHR, 14(1), 17-36.

6. Rajaratnam, N., Muralidhar, D., and Beltaos, S. 1976. Roughness effects of the rectangular free overfall. J. of Hydr. Div., ASCE, 102(HY5), 599-614.

7. Beltaos, S. 1976. Oblique impingement of plane turbulent jets. J. of Hydr. Div., ASCE, 102(HY9), 1177-1192.

8. Beltaos, S. and Rajaratnam, N. 1977. Impingement of developing jets. J. of Hydr. Res., IAHR, 15(4), 311-326.

9. Rajaratnam, N. and Beltaos, S. 1977. Erosion by impinging circular turbulent jets. J. of Hydr. Div., ASCE, 103(HY10), 1191-1205.

10. Beltaos, S. 1978. Discussion: short jet impingement. J. of Hydr. Div., ASCE, 103(HY12), 1504-1506.

11. Beltaos, S. 1978. Discussion: equilibrium thickness of ice jams. J. of Hydr. Div., ASCE 104(HY4), 578-581.

12. Beltaos, S. 1978. A strain energy criterion for failure of floating ice sheets. Canadian J. of Civ. Eng., 5(3), 352-361.

13. Beltaos, S. and Day, T.J. 1978. A field study of longitudinal dispersion. Can, J. of Civ. Eng., 5(4), 572-585.

14. Beltaos, S. 1979. Transverse mixing in natural streams. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 6(4), 575-591.

15. Beltaos, S. 1980. Transverse mixing tests in natural streams. J. of Hyd. Div., ASCE, 106(HY10), 1607-1625.

16. Beltaos, S. 1980. Longitudinal dispersion in rivers. J. of Hyd. Div., ASCE, 106(HY1), 171-172.

17. Beltaos, S. 1981. Field studies on the response of floating ice sheets to moving loads. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 8(1), 1-8.

18. Beltaos, S. 1981. Discussion: modified Fickian model for predicting dispersion. J. of Hyd. Div., ASCE, 107(HY6), 790-792.

19. Beltaos, S. 1982. Dispersion in tumbling flow. J. of Hyd. Div., ASCE, 108(HY4), 591-612.

20. Beltaos, S. and Krishnappan, B.G. 1982. Surges from ice jam releases: a case study. J. of Civ. Eng., 9(2), 276-284.(Modified version of a paper published in Proc., 5th Can. Hydrotechnical Conf.,1981, 663-684, and later submitted to the Journal at the request of the Editor).

21. Beltaos, S. 1983. River ice jams: theory, case studies and applications. J. of Hyd. Eng., ASCE, 109(10), 1338-1359.

22. Beltaos, S. 1984. A conceptual model of river ice breakup. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 11(3), 516-529.

23. Beltaos, S. 1984. Discussion: ice jams in shallow rivers with floodplain flow. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 11(2), 370-371.

24. Beltaos, S. 1985. Discussion: comparison of field data with theories on ice cover progression in large rivers. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 12(4), 936-938.

25. Wong, J., Beltaos, S., and Krishnappan, B.G. 1985. Seepage through simulated grounded jam. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 12(4), 926- 929.

26. Wong, J., Beltaos, S., and Krishnappan, B.G. 1985. Laboratory tests on surges created by ice jam releases. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 12(4), 930-933.

27. Beltaos, S. and Wong, J. 1986. Downstream transition of river ice jams. J. of Hyd. Eng., ASCE, 112(2), 91-110.

28. Beltaos, S. 1987. Closure: River ice jams-theory, case studies and applications. J. of Hyd. Eng.,ASCE, 113(2), 246-255.

29. Beltaos, S. 1988. Configuration and properties of a breakup jam. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 15(4), 685-697.


30. Beltaos, S. and Arora, V. 1988. An explicit algorithm to simulate transient transverse mixing in rivers. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 15(6), 964-976.

31. Beltaos, S. 1990. Fracture and breakup of river ice cover. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 17(2), 173-183.

32. Belore, S.H., Burrell, B.C., and Beltaos, S. 1990. Ice jam mitigation. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 17(5), 675-685.

33. Beltaos, S. 1993. Numerical computation of river ice jams. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 20 (1), 88-99.

34. Beltaos, S. 1993. discussion: Bend ice jams-laboratory observations. Can. J. Of Civ. Eng., 20(2), 326-327.

35. Beltaos, S., Burrell, B.C., and Ismail, S. 1996. 1991 Ice jamming along the Saint John River: A case study. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 23(2), 381-394.

36. Beltaos, S. 1996. Hindsight on river ice jam stability. ASCE J. of Cold Regions Engrg, 10(3), 122-133.

37. Beltaos, S. and Doyle, P.F. 1996. Ice jam mitigation using setback dykes: Coldwater river at Merritt, BC. ASCE J. of Cold Regions Engrg, Vol. 10(4), 190-206.

38. Beltaos, S. and Ismail, S. 1996. Saint John River Ice and Sedimentation Study. Canadian Civil Engineer (CSCE), 13(8), 6-7.

39. Beltaos, S. 1997. Onset of river ice breakup. Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 25, No. 3, 183-196.

40. Beltaos, S. 1998. Longitudinal dispersion in ice-covered rivers. ASCE J. of Cold Regions Engineering, 12 (4), 184-201.

41. Beltaos, S. 1999. Flow through breakup ice jams. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 26 (2), 177-185.

42. Beltaos, S. 1999. Discussion: Round jet in ambient counterflowing stream. ASCE J. Hyd. Engrg., 124(4): 428-430.

43. Beltaos, S. 2000. Advances in River Ice Hydrology. Hydrological Processes 14: 1613-1625.

44. Brown, R.S., Power, G., Beltaos, S. and Beddow, T. 2000. Effects of hanging ice dams on winter movements and swimming activity of fish. Journal of Fish Biology 57, 1150-1159.

45. Sull ivan, D. and Beltaos, S. 2000. River Ice Jams at Bridges. Canadian Civil Engineer (CSCE), 17(6), 14-15.

46. Beltaos, S. and Prowse, T. 2001. Climate impacts on extreme ice jam events in Canadian rivers. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 46(1), February, 157-182

47. Beltaos, S. 2001. Hydraulic roughness of breakup ice jams. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 127 (8), 650-656.

48. Brown, R.S., Power, G., Beltaos, S. 2001. Winter movements and habitat use of riverine brown trout, white sucker and common carp in relation to flooding and ice break-up. Journal of Fish Biology 59, 1126-1141.

49. Prowse, T. and Beltaos, S. 2002. Climatic control of river-ice hydrology: a review. Hydrological Processes, Volume 16, Issue 4, 805-822.

50. Beltaos, S. 2002. Effects of cl imate on mid-winter ice jams. Hydrological Processes, Volume 16, Issue 4, 789-804.

51. Beltaos, S. 2002. Collapse of floating ice covers under vertical loads: test data vs. theory. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 34 (3). 191-207

52. Prowse, T.D., Peters, D., Beltaos, S., Pietroniro, A. Romolo, L. Töyrä, J., and Leconte, R. 2002. Restoring ice-jam floodwater to a drying delta ecosystem. Water International. 27(1). 58-69

53. Beltaos, S. Ismail, S. and Burrell, B.C. 2003. Mid-winter breakup and jamming on the upper Saint John River: a case study. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., Vol. 30, No. 1, pages 77-88.

54. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 2003. Climatic change and river ice breakup. - Can. J. of Civ. Eng., Vol. 30, No. 1, pages 145-155.

55. K. Van Steenis, F.E. Hicks, T.M. Hrudey, and S. Beltaos. 2003. Modelling creep deformation in floating ice. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., Vol. 30,No. 1, pages 28-41.


56. Beltaos, S. 2003. Numerical modelling of ice-jam flooding on the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Hydrological Processes, Volume 17, Issue 18, p 3685-3702

57. Beltaos, S. 2003. Threshold between mechanical and thermal breakup of river ice cover. Cold Regions Science and Technology, vol 37, No. 1, pp 1 – 13.

58. Beltaos, S. 2003. Discussion of “Ice-jam release surges, ice runs, and breaking fronts; field measurements, physical descriptions, and research needs”. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., Vol. 30: 949-950.

59. Beltaos, S. 2004. Wave-generated fractures in river ice covers. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 40(3), 179-191.

60. Beltaos, S. 2004. Climate impacts on the ice regime of an Atlantic river. Nordic Hydrology, Vol 35, No. 2, April 2004, 81-99 {also National Water Research Institute Contribution No. 02-024, Burlington, Canada.)

61. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 2005. Field measurements of ice-jam-release surges. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Volume 32, Number 4, August 2005, 699-711.

62. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 2005. Determining ice-jam surge characteristics from measured wave forms. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Volume 32, Number 4, August 2005, 687-698.

63. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 2006. Water temperature decay under breakup ice jams. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 45 (3) 123–136.

64. Prowse, T.D., Beltaos, S., Gardner, J.T., Gibson, J.J., Granger, R.J., Peters, D.L., Pietroniro, A. Romolo, L.A. 2006. Climate change, flow regulation and land-use effects on the hydrology of the Peace-Athabasca-Slave system; findings from the Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol 113, Iss 1-3, pp 167-197.

65. Beltaos, S., Prowse, T.D. and Carter, T. 2006. Ice regime of the lower Peace River and ice-jam flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Hydrological Processes, Volume 20, Issue 19, pp 4009-4029.

66. Beltaos, S., Prowse, T. Bonsal, B., MacKay, R., Romolo, L., Pietroniro, A., and Toth, B. 2006. Climatic effects on ice-jam flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Hydrological Processes, Volume 20, Issue 19, pp 4031-4050.

67. Beltaos, S., Miller, L., Burrell, B.C., Sull ivan, D. 2006. Formation of Breakup Ice Jams at Bridges. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Volume 132, Issue 11, pp. 1121-1246.

68. Beltaos, S. 2007. River ice breakup processes: Recent advances and future directions. Can. J. of Civ. Eng., 34(6), 703-716.

69. Beltaos, S., Miller, L., Burrell, B.C., Sull ivan, D. 2007. Hydraulic effects of ice breakup on bridges. Can. J. of Civil Engineering, 34(4), 539-548.

70. Beltaos, S. 2007. The role of waves in ice-jam flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Hydrological Processes, 21(19), 2548-2559.

71. Beltaos, S. 2007. Discussion of “Dispersion in Varying-Geometry Rivers with Application to Methanol Releases” by Mirmosadegh Jamali, Gregory A. Lawrence, and Kevin Maloney. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 133(9), 1092-1093.

72. Gharabaghi, B, Inkratas, C., Beltaos, S. and Krishnappan, B. 2007. Modelling of 3D Flow Velocities in a Deep hole in the East Channel of the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 34(10), 1312-1323.

73. Beltaos, S. 2008. Progress in the study and management of river ice jams. Cold Regions Science and Technology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 2-19. Review paper, prepared at the invitation of the Journal Editor.

74. Beltaos, S. 2008. Hydro-climatic impacts on the ice cover of the lower Peace River. Hydrological Processes, 22(17), 3252-3263.

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75. de Rham, L.P., Prowse, T.D. , Beltaos, S. and Lacroix, M.P. 2008. Assessment of annual high-water events for the Mackenzie River basin, Canada. Hydrological Processes, 22: 3864–3880.

76. Beltaos, S. and Prowse, T. 2009. River-ice hydrology in a shrinking cryosphere. Hydrological Processes, 23: 122–144. Invited Review paper.

77. Beltaos, S. and Carter, T. 2009. Field studies of ice breakup and jamming in lower Peace River, Canada. Cold Regions Science and Technology Journal. 56(2-3): 102-114.

78. Goulding, H., Prowse, T. and Beltaos, S. 2009. Spatial and temporal patterns of break-up and ice jam flooding in the Mackenzie Delta, NWT. Hydrological Processes, 23(18): 2555 – 2704.

79. Beltaos, S. 2009. River flow abstraction due to hydraulic storage at freezeup. Can. J. Civ. Eng. 36: 519-523.

80. Inkratas, C., Gharabaghi, B., Beltaos, S. and Krishnappan, B. 2009. 3D modelling of ice-covered flows in the vicinity of a deep hole in the East Channel of the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 36(5), 791-800.

81. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 2010. Ice-jam model testing: Matapedia River case studies, 1994 and 1995. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 60: 29–39.

82. Beltaos, S. 2010. Discussion of “Smoothed particle hydrodynamics hybrid model of ice-jam formation and release”. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 37: 657-658.

83. Beltaos, S. 2010. Internal strength properties of river ice jams. Cold Regions Science and Technology 62 (2010) 83–91.

84. Beltaos, S. 2011. Developing winter flow rating relationships using slope-area hydraulics. River Research and Applications. 27(9): 1076-1089. Published Online: Jun 15 2010 8:22AM DOI: 10.1002/rra.1404.

85. Carson, R., Beltaos, S. Groenevelt, J., Healy, D., She, Y., Malenchak, J., Morris, M., Saucet, J-P., Kolerski, T. and Shen, H.T. 2011. Comparative Testing of Numerical Models of River Ice Jams. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 38: 669-678.

86. Beltaos, S., Carter, T. and Prowse, T. 2011. Morphology and genesis of deep scour holes in the Mackenzie Delta. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 38: 638-649. doi:10.1139/L11-034

87. Beltaos, S., Rowsell, R. and Tang, P. 2011. Remote data collection on ice breakup dynamics: Saint John River case study. Cold Regions Science and Technology 67(3): 135-145.

88. Prowse, T., K. Alfredsen, S. Beltaos, B. Bonsal, W.B. Bowden, C. Duguay, A., Korhola, J. McNamara, W.F. Vincent, V. Vuglinsky, K.M.W. Anthony and G.A. Weyhenmeyer. 2011. Arctic Freshwater Ice and its Climatic Role. Ambio, 40: 46-52.

89. Prowse, T., K. Alfredsen, S. Beltaos, B. Bonsal, W.B. Bowden, C. Duguay, A. , Korhola, J., McNamara, W.F. Vincent, V. Vuglinsky, K.M.W. Anthony and G.A., Weyhenmeyer. 2011. Arctic Past and Future Changes in Arctic Lake and River Ice. Ambio, 40: 53-62.

90. Prowse, T., K. Alfredsen, S. Beltaos, B. Bonsal, W.B. Bowden, C. Duguay, A., Korhola, J. McNamara, W.F. Vincent, V. Vuglinsky, K.M.W. Anthony and G.A. , Weyhenmeyer. 2011. Effects of changes in Arctic lake and river ice. Ambio, 40: 63-74.

91. Beltaos, S. 2012. Distributed function analysis of ice jam flood frequency. Cold Regions Science and Technology. 71 (2012) 1–10.

92. Beltaos, S. 2012. Mackenzie Delta flow during spring breakup: Uncertainties and potential improvements. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 39(5): 579-588.

93. Beltaos, S., Krishnappan, B.G., Rowsell, R., Carter, T., Pil l ing, R., and Bergeron, P.E. 2012. Flow Structure and Channel Stabil ity at the Site of a Deep Scour Hole, Mackenzie Delta, Canada. Arctic, 65(2): 182-194.


94. Beltaos, S., Tang, P. and Rowsell, R. 2012. Ice jam modelling and field data collection for flood forecasting in the Saint John River, Canada. Hydrological Processes, 26: 2535–2545.

95. Beltaos, S., Carter, T., and Rowsell, R. 2012. Measurements and analysis of ice breakup and jamming characteristics in the Mackenzie Delta, Canada. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 82: 110-123.

96. Beltaos, S. 2012. Canadian Geophysical Union Hydrology Section Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment: Brief History. ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, 26(3), 71–78.

97. Beltaos, S. 2013. Hydrodynamic characteristics and effects of river waves caused by ice jam releases. Cold Regions Science and Technology 85: 42–55.

98. Beltaos, S. 2013. Hydrodynamic and climatic drivers of ice breakup in the lower Mackenzie River. Cold Regions Science and Technology 95: 39-52.

99. Beltaos, S. and Kääb, A. 2013. Estimating river discharge during ice breakup from near-simultaneous satellite imagery. Cold Regions Science and Technology (in press, Available online 6 November 2013).

Conference Papers

(*) denotes refereed paper; (INV) denotes invited paper

1. Beltaos, S. and Rajaratnam, N. 1973. Circular turbulent jet in an opposing infinite stream. Proc. 1st Can. Hydrotechnical Conf., Edmonton, Canada, 220-237. (*)

2. Beltaos, S. 1977. A strain energy criterion for failure of floating ice sheets. Proc., Workshop on the mechanical properties of ice, Calgary, Canada, NRCC Tech. Memo. 121, 82-106.

3. Beltaos, S. 1978. Field investigations of river ice jams. Proc. IAHR Intern. ice symp., Lulea, Sweden, Part 2, 355-371. (*)

4. Beltaos, S. 1978. Field studies on the response of floating ice sheets to moving loads. Proc., Workshop on Bearing Capacity of ice covers, Winnipeg, Canada, NRCC Tech. Memo. 123, 1-13.

5. Beltaos, S. 1978. Mixing processes in natural streams. Proc., Workshop on Transport Processes and River Modelling, Burlington, Canada.

6. Beltaos, S. and Lipsett, A.W. 1978. An empirical analysis of the creep of floating ice sheets. Proc. Workshop on Bearing capacity of ice covers, Winnipeg, Canada, NRCC Tech. Memo. 123, 124-138.

8. Lipsett, A.W. and Beltaos, S. 1979. Tributary mixing characteristics using water quality parameters. Proc., 4th Can. Hydrotechnical Conf., Vancouver, Canada, 602-618. (*)

9. Beltaos, S. 1979. Flow resistance of unconsolidated fragmented ice covers(ice jams). Contribution to a state-of-the-art report by the NRCC Working Group on Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers. Published in Proc., Can. Hydrology Symp., Vancouver, Canada, 93- 126. (*)

10. Beltaos, S. 1980. Monitoring Techniques-river ice breakup. Proc., Ice Management Seminar, London, Canada, F1-F11.

11. Beltaos, S. and Dean, A.M. 1981. Field investigations of a hanging ice dam. Proc. IAHR Intern. Ice Symp., Quebec, Canada, II, 475-488. (*)

12. Beltaos, S. 1982. River ice jams: theory versus case studies. Proc., Workshop on hydraulics of ice covered rivers, Edmonton, Canada, 319-336.

13. Beltaos, S. 1982. Initiation of river ice breakup. Invited Canadian contribution, Proc., 4th Northern Research Basins Symposium Workshop, Ullensvang, Norway, 163-177. (INV)

14. Beltaos, S. 1983. Ice jams. Invited theme paper, Proc., ASCE Hydr. Div. Conf. on Frontiers in Hydraulic Engineering, Cambridge, USA, 230-235. (INV)


15. Beltaos, S. 1984. Study of river ice breakup using hydrometric station records. Proc., 3rd Workshop on the Hydraulics of river ice, Fredericton, Canada, 41-64.

16. Beltaos, S. 1984. River ice breakup. Invited theme lecture, Proc. IAHR Intern. Ice Symp., Hamburg, W.Germany, 4, 365-386. (INV)

17. Beltaos, S. and Wong, J. 1986. Preliminary studies of grounded ice jams. Proc., IAHR Intern. Ice Symp., Iowa City, USA, II, 3- 14. (*)

18. Tang, P., Beltaos, S., Burrell, B.C., and Lane, R. 1986. Study of ice breakup in the Meduxnekeag river, N.B., using hydrometric station records. Proc., 4th Workshop on Hydraulics of River Ice, Montreal, Canada.

19. IAHR Working Group on River Ice Hydraulics. 1986. River ice jams: a state of the art report. Proc., IAHR Intern. Ice Symp., Iowa City, USA, III, 561-594. (partly written by S.Beltaos). (*)

20. Beltaos, S. 1987. Current North American trends in river ice research. Invited opening address, Proc., Nordic Expert meeting on River Ice, Espoo, Finland, 1-29. (INV)

21. Anderson, J.E., Bungay, L.D., Beltaos, S. and Hil l, I.K. 1988. Ice related flooding on Harry's river. Proc., 5th Workshop on Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers/Ice Jams, Winnipeg, Canada, 369-391.

22. Beltaos, S. 1988. The Monograph on river ice jams. Invited theme paper, Proc., 5th Workshop on Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers/Ice Jams, Winnipeg, Canada, 1-14. (INV)

23. Ongley, E.D., Beltaos, S., Lam, D.C.L., and Marsalek, J. 1988. Models for river basin management. Proc., 6th IWRA World Congress on Water Resources, Ottawa, Canada, III, 378-387.

24. Prowse, T.D., Beltaos, S., Burrell, B.C., Tang, P., and Dublin, J. 1989. Breakup of the Nashwaak River, New Brunswick. Proc., 46th Eastern Snow Conf., Quebec City, Canada, 142-155.

25. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 1990. Case study of a grounded jam; Restigouche River, N.B. Proc., Northern Hydrology Symposium, Saskatoon, Canada, NHRI Symposium No. 6, 1-15. (*)

26. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 1990. Restigouche River ice project. Proc., 47th Eastern Snow Conf., Bangor, USA, 159-173.

27. Beltaos, S., Wong, J., and Moody, W.J. 1990. A model material for ice breakup studies. Proc., IAHR 10th Intern. Ice Symp., Espoo, Finland, 1, 575-585. (*)

28. Beltaos, S. and Wong, J. 1991. Ice jam configuration: Second generation model. Proc., ASCE 6th International Specialty Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, W. Lebanon. N.H., USA, 306-315.

29. Petryk, S., Carson, R., Holder, G., Ko, P., and Beltaos, S. 1991. Numerical river ice model RIVICE. Proc., CSCE Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

30. Snyder, G., Davar, K.S., Arisz, J., and S. Beltaos. 1991. RIVJAM applications on the Miramichi River. Proc., 6th Workshop on Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers, Ottawa, Canada, 246-267.

31. Ford, J.S., Beltaos, S., Moody, W.J., and N. Madsen. 1991. Remote measurement of ice jam thickness. Proc., 6th Workshop on Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers, Ottawa, Canada, 270-296.

32. Petryk, S., Saade, R., Sydor, M., and S. Beltaos. 1991. Global design of the numerical ice model RIVICE. Proc., 6th Workshop on Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers, Ottawa, Canada, 3-23.

33. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 1992. Ice breakup and jamming in the Restigouche River, New Brunswick. Proc., IAHR Ice Symposium, Banff, Canada, Vol. 1, 437-449. (*)

34. Abdel-Zaher, Davar, K.S., Dawe, J.L. and Beltaos, S. 1992. Experimental Investigations of River Ice Cover Cracking. Proc., IAHR Ice Symposium, Banff, Canada, Vol. 1, 90-103. (*)

35. Beltaos, S. 1993. Flow through breakup jams. Proceedings of 11th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Fredericton, Canada, June, 643-652.


36. Beltaos, S. 1993. Longitudinal dispersion in ice covered rivers. Proceedings, 7th River Ice Workshop/Environmental Aspects of River Ice, August, Saskatoon, 197-214.

47. Martinson, K., Sydor, M., Marcotte, N. and S. Beltaos. 1993. Rivice model update. Proceedings, 7th River Ice Workshop/Environmental Aspects of River Ice, August, Saskatoon, 126-141.

38. Beltaos, S., Burrell, B.C. and Ismail, S. 1994. Ice and sedimentation processes in the Saint John River, Canada. Proceedings of IAHR International Ice Symposium, Trondheim, Norway, August, Vol. 1, 11-21. (*)

39. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 1995. "1994 ice jamming along the Matapedia River, Quebec". Proceedings of CSCE Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Ottawa, Vol. I, 97-106.

40. Beltaos, S. 1995. Breakup Forecasting. Proceedings, 8th Workshop on River Ice: Winter Environments of Regulated Rivers, Kamloops, Canada, 463-482.

41. Beltaos, S. 1995. Hydraulics of ice covered rivers. Invited theme paper, Proc., International Colloquium on Issues and Directions in Hydraulics, organized by the Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research, University of Iowa, in honour of Professor John F. Kennedy (IIHR Director, 1966-1991). May 22-24, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. (INV)

42. Beltaos, S., Ford, J.S., and Burrell, B.C. 1996. Remote measurements of ice jam thickness profiles. Proc. 13th IAHR International Symposium on Ice, Beijing, China, Vol. II, 577-584. (*)

43. Beltaos, S. 1997. Effects of Climate on River Ice Jams. Invited theme paper, Proceedings, 9th Workshop on River Ice, Fredericton, Canada, 225-244. (INV)

44. Healy D., Hicks, F. and Beltaos, S. 1997. Comparison of the ICEJAM and RIVJAM ice jam profile models. Proceedings, 9th Workshop on River Ice, Fredericton, Canada, 269-288.

45. Clair, T., Beltaos, S., Brimley, W., and A. Diamond. 1997. Climate change sensitivities of Atlantic Canada’s hydrological and ecological systems. Synthesis paper, Section 6: Ecosystem science and water resources, Proc., Workshop on Climate Change and Climate Variability in Atlantic Canada, R.K. Shaw (editor), EC-AR, Occasional report No. 9, Bedford, NS, 59-77. (*)

46. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 1998. Transport of Metals on Sediment During the Spring Breakup of River Ice. Proc., 14th International Ice Symposium, July 1998, Potsdam, NY, USA, Vol. 2, 793-800. (*)

47. Beltaos, S. 1998. Scale Effects on River Ice Fracture and Breakup. Invited contribution to special session on scale effects, Proc., 14th International Ice Symposium, July 1998, Potsdam, NY, USA, Vol. 1, 631-636. (*), (INV)

48. Beltaos, S., Ford, J.S., Burrell, B.C., Pedrosa, M. and N.K. Madsen, 1998. Remote measurements of temperature and surge levels in ice-laden rivers. Proc., 14th International Ice Symposium, July 1998, Potsdam, NY, USA, Vol. 1, 35-40. (*)

49. Brown, R.S., Power, G., McKinley, R.S., and S. Beltaos. 1998. Effects of hanging dams, surface ice breakup, and flooding on fish. 14th International Ice Symposium, July 1998, Potsdam, NY, USA, Vol. 1, 175-182. (*)

50. Beltaos, S. 1999. Climatic effects on the changing ice-breakup regime of the Saint John River. Proceedings, 10th Workshop on River Ice, Winnipeg, 251-264.

51. Grover, P., Vrkljan, C., Beltaos, S. and Andres, D. 1999. Prediction of ice jam water levels in a multi-channel river: Fort Albany, Ontario. Proceedings, 10th Workshop on River Ice, Winnipeg, 15-29.

52. Beltaos, S., Miller, L., Sull ivan, D. and Burrell, B. 1999. A study of river ice runs and jams at bridges. Proceedings, 14th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Regina, 21-30.

53. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 2000. Suspended sediment concentrations in the Saint John River during ice breakup. Proceedings, 2000 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, London, Ontario, 235-242.

54. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 2002. Extreme ice jam floods along the Saint John River, New Brunswick, Canada. In: The Extremes of the Extremes: Extraordinary Floods. (Proceedings of a Symposium held at Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2000). IAHS Publ. No. 271, pp. 9-14, Wallingford, UK. (*)


55. Beltaos, S. 2001. Bearing Capacity of Floating Ice Covers: Theory versus Fact. Proceedings (available in CD format), 11th Workshop on River Ice, Ottawa, Canada, 18-36.

56. Beltaos, S. and Rowsell, R. 2001. Field Study of Pre-Breakup River Waves. Proceedings (available in CD format), 11th Workshop on River Ice, Ottawa, Canada, 4-17.

57. Carson, R.W., D. Andres, S. Beltaos, J. Groeneveld, D. Healy, F. Hicks, L.-W. Liu and H.T. Shen. 2001. Tests of river ice jam models. In Proceedings of the 11th Canadian River Ice Workshop, River Ice Processes within a Changing Environment, 14-16 May, 2001, Ottawa, ON, 37-56.

58. Beltaos, S., Burrell, B.C., and Miller, L. 2001. A study of the interaction of ice and bridges: Southwest Miramichi River, New Brunswick. Proceedings (available in CD format), 15th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Victoria, Canada, paper No. H005, 8 p.

59. Beltaos, S. and Prowse, T. 2001. Climate Impacts on Ice-Jam Flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Presented at 27th annual scientific meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Ottawa, Canada (abstract only)

60. Prowse, T.D., Lacroix, M.P. and Beltaos, S. 2001. Flood Frequencies on Cold-Regions Rivers. Presented at 27th annual scientific meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Ottawa, Canada (abstract only)

61. Beltaos, S., Prowse, T.D. and Pietroniro, A. 2002. Climate impacts on ice-jam floods in northern rivers with specific focus on the hydroelectric industry in Western Canada. Proceedings of the 7th Mackenzie Annual Scientific Meeting of the Mackenzie GEWEX Study (MAGS), November 7-9, 2001 (edited by Peter di Cenzo), Hamilton, ON, pp 108-114.

62. Beltaos, S. 2002. Numerical modelling of ice-jam flooding on the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Proc., 10th annual Scientific meeting of CGU-HS, Banff, (abstract); full manuscript submitted for possible publication in specila issue of Hydrological Processes.

63. Prowse, T.D., Bonsal, B.R.. Beltaos, S. and Lacroix, M.P. 2002. Mid-winter warming: an increasing source of hydrologic extreme events? Proc., 10th annual Scientific meeting of CGU-HS, Banff, (abstract).

64. Prowse TD, Bonsal BR. Lacroix MP, Beltaos S. 2002. Trends in river-ice break-up and related temperature controls. In: Squire, V.A. & Langhorne, P. J. (eds.), Ice in the Environment: Proceedings of the 16thIAHR Conference on Sea Ice Processes. International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research, Dunedin, New Zealand, pp 64-71

65. Beltaos, S., Prowse, T.D. and Pietroniro, A. 2003. Climate impacts on ice-jam floods in northern rivers with specific focus on the hydroelectric industry in Western Canada. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Mackenzie GEWEX Study (MAGS), November 6-8, 2002 (edited by Peter di Cenzo), Jasper, AB, pp 141-150.

66. Beltaos, S., Burrell, B.C., Miller, L and Sull ivan, D. 2003. Hydraulic Interaction Between Ice and Bridges. Proceedings, 12th Workshop on the Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers. Available in CD format. Edmonton, AB, June 19-20, 2003, pp. 95-114.

67. Carson, R.W., Beltaos, S. Groenevelt, J., and Healy, D. 2003. Tests of River Ice Jam Models – Phase 2. Proceedings CD, 12th Workshop on the Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers, Edmonton, AB, June 19-20, 2003, pp. 291-305.

68. Beltaos, S. 2003. Threshold condition between mechanical and thermal breakup. Proceedings, 12th Workshop on the Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers. Available in CD format. Edmonton, AB, June 19-20, 2003, pp. 331-347.

69. Burrell, B.C., Beltaos, S., Miller, L. and Sull ivan, D. (2003). The ice regime of the Southwest Miramichi River, New Brunswick. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, October 22-24, 2003, Burlington, Ontario, CD, Session CH-5, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 13 pages.

70. Beltaos, Prowse, T., Bonsal, B. Pietroniro, A., Carter, T., Mackay, R., Romolo, L., and Toth, B. 2004. Climate impacts on ice-jam floods in northern rivers with specific focus on the hydroelectric industry in Western Canada. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Mackenzie GEWEX Study (MAGS), held at Montreal, November 12-14, 2003 (edited by Peter di Cenzo), Saskatoon, Canada, 115-123.


71. Pietroniro, A., Conly, M., Mackay, M., Soulis, E.D., Kouwen, N. Leconte, R., Bullas, J., Beltaos, Prowse, T.D., Martz, L. and D. Peters. 2004. Evaluation of Eco-sensitive operational strategies for the W.A.C. Bennett Dam relative to hydro-climatic relationships affecting northern deltas. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Mackenzie GEWEX Study (MAGS), held at Montreal, November 12-14, 2003 (edited by Peter di Cenzo), Saskatoon, Canada, 138-123.

72. Beltaos, S., Miller, L., Sull ivan, D. and Burrell, B.C. 2004. Effect of bridge piers on ice passage. Proceedings. 13th Atlantic Region Hydrotechnical Conference, held at Fredericton, NB, Oct 20-22, 2004, p. 30 (abstract only).

73. Tang, P. and Beltaos, S. 2004. Operational ice jam modelling for changing ice regimes and uncertain climatic conditions along the Saint John River, NB. Proceedings. 13th Atlantic Region Hydrotechnical Conference, held at Fredericton, NB, Oct 20-22, 2004, p. 34.

74. Beltaos, S. 2005. Field Measurements and Analysis of Waves Generated by Ice-Jam Releases. Proceedings, 13th Workshop on the Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers, Hanover, NH, September 15-16, 2005, pp. 227-249. Available in CD format. CGU-HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment, Edmonton, Canada.

75. Beltaos, S. and Andres, D.D. 2005. Ice Cover Consolidation and Effects on Ice Cover Stabil ity of Peace River below Dunvegan. Proceedings, 13th Workshop on the Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers, Hanover, NH, September 15-16, 2005, pp. 279-291, CGU HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment, Edmonton, Canada.

76. Hicks, F. and Beltaos, S. 2006. River Ice. Proceedings of the Final (11th) Annual Scientific Meeting of the Mackenzie GEWEX study (MAGS), Ottawa, 22-25 Nov., 2005, edited by Peter Di Cenzo, Saskatoon, Canada, pp 154-170.

77. Beltaos, S. 2006. Climate and regulation effects on ice-jam flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Invited presentation to Workshop on Hydropower and Climate Change. Sponsored by C-CIARN Water Resources and Manitoba Hydro. March 2 and 3, 2006.

78. Beltaos, S., Prowse, T., Bonsal, B., Carter, T., Mackay, R. Romolo, L., Pietroniro, A., and Toth, B. 2006. Climate impacts on ice-jam floods in northern rivers with specific focus on the hydroelectric industry in Western Canada. Proceedings of the Final (11th) Annual Scientific Meeting of the Mackenzie GEWEX study (MAGS), Ottawa, 22-25 Nov., 2005, edited by Peter Di Cenzo, Saskatoon, Canada, pp 463-475.

80. Beltaos, S., Boyle, P., and Hryciw, K. 2007. 2005-06 ice-jam flooding, Kaministiquia River near Fort Will iam Historical Park. Proc., 14th River Ice Workshop, apper no. a1, Quebec City, June 19-22, CGU-HS CRIPE, Edmonton, Canada.

81. Beltaos, S., Hulley, M., Keene, B. and Watt, E. 2007. Frazil-ice flooding and potential mitigation: Moira River at Bellevil le. Proc., 14th River Ice Workshop, paper No. a29, Quebec City, June 19-22, CGU-HS CRIPE, Edmonton, Canada.

82. Beltaos, S. Bergeron, P-E, Pil l ing, R. and Rowsell, R. 2007. ADCP measurement of bathymetry and velocity field over a deep scour hole in the Mackenzie River Delta. Proceedings (Abstract). USGS National Surface Water Conference and Hydroacoustic Workshop, St. Louis, Missouri , April 2-6, 2007.

83. Tang, P. and Beltaos, S. 2008. Modelling of River Ice Jams for Flood Forecasting in New Brunswick. Proceedings, 65th Eastern Snow Conference (R. Hellström and S. Frankenstein, eds), Fairlee, Vermont, USA, Bridgewater State College and ERDC-CRREL, 167-178.

84. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B. 2008. Ice-jam measurements versus model predictions: a case study, Matapedia River, 1995. Proceedings of the IAHR 19th International Symposium on Ice, edited by M. Jasek, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Vol. 1, p. 335-346. (*)

85. Beltaos, S. 2008. Challenges and opportunities in the study of river ice processes. Keynote presentation at the 19th International Ice Symposium of IAHR, Vancouver, July 6-11, 2008. edited by M. Jasek. Vancouver, BC, Canada.Volume 1, pp 3-27. [Available in electronic format from: BC Hydro, 6911 Southpoint Drive (E15), Burnaby, BC, V3N 4X8, Canada, Attention: Martin Jasek ([email protected])]. (INV)

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86. Beltaos, S. 2009. Developing winter flow rating relationships using slope-area hydraulics. Proceedings, 15th Workshop on River Ice (F. Hicks and S. Warren, co-chairs), St. John’s, NL, June 15 - 17, 2009, CGU HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment, Edmonton, 183-198.

87. Beltaos, S. and Carter, T. 2009. Field studies of ice breakup and jamming in the Mackenzie Delta. Proceedings, 15th Workshop on River Ice (F. Hicks and S. Warren, co-chairs), St. John’s, NL, June 15 - 17, 2009, CGU HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment, Edmonton, 266-283.

88. Van der Sanden, J.J., Drouin, H., Hicks, F.E. and S. Beltaos. 2009. Satell ite Radar Observations of Spring Ice Breakup in the Mackenzie Delta. Proceedings, 15th Workshop on River Ice (F. Hicks and S. Warren, co-chairs), St. John’s, NL, June 15 - 17, 2009, CGU HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment, Edmonton, 364-377.

89. Van der Sanden, J.J., Drouin, H., Beltaos, S. and Hicks, F.E. 2009. Potential of RADARSAT-2 for the monitoring of river freeze-up processes. Proceedings, 15th Workshop on River Ice (F. Hicks and S. Warren, co-chairs), St. John’s, NL, June 15 - 17, 2009, CGU HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment, Edmonton (Poster abstract: 424).

90. Beltaos, S. 2010. Assessing Ice-Jam Flood Risk: Methodology and Limitations. Keynote paper. Proceedings, 20th IAHR International Symposium on Ice, Lahti, Finland, June 14-17, 2010. Available in CD format; paper No. 036. (INV)

91. Beltaos, S., Tang, P. and Rowsell, R. 2011. Ice jam modelling and field data collection for flood forecasting in the Saint John River, New Brunswick. Proceedings of the 68th Eastern Snow Conference. Montreal, June 14-16, 2011 (edited by Alex Langois and Susan Frankenstein), 105-124.

92. Beltaos, S. 2011. Alternative Method for Synthetic Frequency Analysis of Breakup-Jam Floods. Proceedings, 16th Workshop on River Ice, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 18 – 22, 2011, CGU HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment, pp 291-302. Available in electronic form, http://cripe.civil .ualberta.ca/proceedings/cripe-workshop16.html

93. Morley, J., Nafziger, J., Hicks, F., Marsh, P., Lesackm L., Beltaos, S., Van der Sanden, J.J. and Carter, T. 2011. Modelling the Effects of Ice on Flow Distributions in the Mackenzie Delta. Proceedings, 16th Workshop on River Ice, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 18 – 22, 2011, CGU HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment, pp 414-416 (Extended abstract), Available in electronic form. http://cripe.civil .ualberta.ca/proceedings/cripe-workshop16.html

94. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, 2012. The Past Thirty Years of Accomplishment and Future Direction of Canadian River-Ice Science and Engineering. In: Dore, G. and Morse, B (editors) Proceedings of the 15th International Specialty Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, August 19-22, 2012, Quebec City, ASCE, Reston, USA, pp 231-241. (INV)

95. Beltaos, S. and Tang, P. 2013. Applying HEC-RAS to simulate river ice jams: snags and practical hints. Proc. 17th Workshop on River Ice, held at Edmonton, July 21-24, CGU HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment, Edmonton, (pp. 415-430).

Technical reports

1. Beltaos, S. 1972. Non-rotating Pitot Cylinder. Tech. Report, Dept. of Civ. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

2. Beltaos, S. 1972. Normal impingement of plane turbulent jets on smooth walls. M.Sc. Thesis, Dept. of Civ. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

3. Beltaos, S. 1974. A theory of longitudinal dispersion. Alberta Research Council Report REH/74/2, Edmonton, Canada.

4. Beltaos, S. 1974. Turbulent impinging jets. Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Civ. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

5. Day, T.J. and Beltaos, S. 1976. Similarity analysis of a tracer mass along a meandering channel: Lesser Slave River, Alberta. Geological Survey of Canada report of activities, Part C, Paper 76-1C, Ottawa, Canada, 305-324.

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6. Beltaos, S. and Day, T.J. 1976. Longitudinal dispersion in a natural stream: Lesser Slave River. Alberta Research Council Report REH/76-1, Edmonton, Canada.

7. Beltaos, S. 1977. Brief assessment of water tracing techniques. Unpublished report, Alberta Research Council, Edmonton, Canada.

8. Beltaos, S. 1978. Transverse mixing in natural streams. Alberta Research Council Report SWE-78-1, Edmonton, Canada.

9. Lipsett, A.W. and Beltaos, S. 1978. Tributary mixing characteristics using water quality parameters. Alberta Research Council Report SWE-78-4, Edmonton, Canada.

10. Beltaos, S. 1978. An interpretation of longitudinal dispersion data in rivers. Alberta Research Council Report SWE-78-3, Edmonton, Canada.

11. Beltaos, S. 1979. Mixing characteristics of the Athabasca River below Fort McMurray-winter conditions.Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program (AOSERP) Report 40, Edmontom, Canada.

12. Beltaos, S. and Anderson, M.D. 1979. Mixing characteristics of the North Saskatchewan River below Edmonton-Part I. Alberta Research Council Report SWE-79-1, Edmonton, Canada.

13. Charnetski, W.A., Depner, K.R. and Beltaos, S. 1980. Distribution and persistence of Methoxychlor in Athabasca River water. Published in "Control of Black Flies in the Athabasca River", Technical Report issued by Alberta Environment, comprising the results of an interdisciplinary study for the chemical control of simulium arcticum malloch, Edmonton, Canada, 39-61.

14. Beltaos, S. 1980. Mixing and effects of insecticides: a working hypothesis for an analytical model. Published in above noted Report, 97-122.

15. Beltaos, S. and Charnetski, W.A. 1980. Mixing of insecticides: one-dimensional analysis of methoxychlor concentration data. Published in above noted Report, 123-130.

16. Beltaos, S. 1981. Ice freeze-up and breakup in the lower Thames River: 1979-80 observations. NWRI (National Water Research Institute) Report, Burlington, Canada.

17. Beltaos, S. 1982. Notes on ice hydraulics. summary of lecture notes presented at IWD training seminar "Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers and Ice Jam Analysis", NWRI Report, Burlington, Canada.

18. Beltaos, S. 1983. Ice freezeup and breakup in the lower Thames River: 1980-81 observations. NWRI Report, Burlington, Canada.

19. Beltaos, S. 1983. Research proposal to improve techniques for breaking ice jams. NWRI Report, Burlington, Canada.

20. Wong, J., Beltaos, S. and Krishnappan, B.G. 1983. Laboratory tests on ice jam dynamics. NWRI Report, Burlington, Canada.

21. Wong, J. and Beltaos, S. 1983. Ice freezeup and breakup observations in the upper Grand River: 1980-81 and 1981-82 observations. NWRI Contribution 84-02, Burlington, Canada.

22. Beltaos, S. 1984. Lecture notes on ice jams. Notes from short course on river ice engineering, held at Fredericton. NWRI Report, Burlington, Canada.

23. Wong, J. and Beltaos, S. 1985. Ice freezeup and breakup in the upper Grand River: 1982-83 observations. NWRI Contribution 85-12, Burlington, Canada.

24. Beltaos, S. 1985. Ice freezeup and breakup in the lower Thames River: 1982-83 observations. NWRI Contribution 85-10, Burlington, Canada.

25. Beltaos, S. 1985. Initial fracture patterns of river ice cover. NWRI Contribution 85-139, Burlington, Canada.

26. Beltaos, S. and Moody, W.J. 1986. Measurements of the configuration of a breakup jam. NWRI Contribution 86-123, Burlington, Canada.


27. Beltaos, S. 1987. Ice freezeup and breakup in the lower Thames River: 1983-84 observations. NWRI Contribution 87-19, Burlington, Canada.

28. Wong, J., Beltaos, S. and Moody, W. 1988. SYG-ICE: a model material for river ice breakup studies. NWRI Contribution 88-86, Burlington, Canada.

29. Beltaos, S. 1989. Environmental aspects of river ice-transport and mixing processes. NWRI Contribution 89-158, Burlington, Canada.(submitted to NRCC Task Force on Environmental Aspects of River Ice for inclusion in a state of the art report).

30. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, B.C. 1990. Ice breakup and jamming in the Restigouche River, New Brunswick: 1987-1988 observations. NWRI Contribution 90-169.

31. Beltaos, S. and Krishnappan, B.G. 1990. The dambreak problem: effects of an ice cover. NWRI Contribution 90-69, Burlington, Canada.

32. Beltaos, S. and Wong, J. 1990. Ice jam configuration: second generation model. NWRI Contribution 90-65, Burlington, Canada. (submitted to ASCE Cold Regions Engineering Conference, Hanover, N.H., USA, Feb. 1991).

33. Beltaos, S. 1991. RIVJAM, A model to predict the configuration of river ice jams. NWRI Contribution 91-78, Burlington, Canada.

34. Beltaos, S. 1993. Lagrangian method to compute water temperature in rivers. Technical Note prepared for RIVICE Project Working Group. NWRI unpublished manuscript.

35. Beltaos, S. 1993. Assessment of the "Marching Downstream" scheme to compute water temperatures. Technical Note prepared for RIVICE Project Working Group. NWRI unpublished manuscript.

36. Beltaos, S. 1996. User’s Manual for the RIVJAM model. NWRI Contribution 96-37, Burlington, Canada.

37. Beltaos, S., Pomerleau, R., and Hall iday, R. A.: 2000, Ice-jam effects on Red River flooding and possible mitigation methods, March 2000. Report prepared for the International Red River Basin Task Force, International Joint Commission http://www.ijc.org/pdf/icereport.pdf

38. Beltaos, S. 2009. Potential ice impacts on the conveyance of the St. Clair River. Report to International Upper Great Lakes Study, International Joint Commission. Unpublished Report, National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, Burlingon. http://pub.iugls.org/en/St_Clair_Reports/Hydraulic/Hydraulic-16.pdf (accessed Dec. 14, 2010)

Books

1. Tsang, G. and Beltaos, S. (Editors). 1980. Proceedings of 1st Workshop on Hydraulic Resistance of River Ice, Burlington, Canada, Sept. 23&24.

2. Ashton, G.D. (Editor) 1986. River and lake ice engineering. Water Resources Publications, Littleton, Colo., USA. (S. Beltaos wrote sections on breakup jams and field measurements).

3. New Brunswick Subcommittee on River Ice. 1989. New Brunswick river ice manual. Fredericton, Canada. (S. Beltaos wrote sections on Predictive Methods and Ice Formation).

4. Beltaos, S., Gerard, R., Petryk, S., and Prowse, T.D. 1990. Working group on river ice jams-Field studies and research needs. NHRI Science Report #2, Saskatoon, Canada.

5. Beltaos, S. 1990. Breakup Ice Jams. In: Cold regions hydrology and hydraulics (ed. by Ryan, W.L. and Crissman, R.D.). ASCE, New York, N.Y., USA., 739-760).

6. Beltaos, S. 1993. Transport and Mixing Processes. In: "Environmental Aspects of River Ice", Environment Canada, NHRI Science Report No. 5, Saskatoon, 31-42.

7. Beltaos, S. (Editor). 1995. River ice jams. Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA.

http://pub.iugls.org/en/St_Clair_Reports/Hydraulic/Hydraulic-16.pdf


8. Beltaos, S. 1995. Chapter 3. Ice Jam Processes. In: River Ice Jams, (ed. By S. Beltaos), Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA. , 71-104.

9. Beltaos, S. 1995. Chapter 4. Theory. In: River Ice Jams, (ed. By S. Beltaos), Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA. , 105-146.

10. Petryk, S., Gatto, L. Prowse, T.D., Demuth, M., Wuebben, J.L. and Beltaos, S. 1995. Chapter 8. Field observations and measurements. In: River Ice Jams, (ed. By S. Beltaos), Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA., 253-286.

11. Beltaos, S. 1995. Technical Appendices. In: River Ice Jams, (ed. By S. Beltaos), Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA., 309-324.

12. Beltaos, S. 1996. Hydraulics of ice covered rivers. In: Issues and Directions in Hydraulics (T. Nakato and R. Ettema, Editors), A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield. 159-166.

13. Davar, K.S., Beltaos, S. and Pratte, B. (Editors). 1996. A Primer on Hydraulics of River Ice. Compiled by the Canadian Committee on River Ice Processes (CGU-Hydrology Section). Fredericton, Canada.

14. Beltaos, S. 1996. User's Manual for the RIVJAM model. National Water Research Institute Contribution 96-37, Burlington, Canada.

15. Clair, T., Beltaos, S., Brimley, W., and A. Diamond. 1997. Ecosystem Science and Water Resources. Section 3.3, Chapter 3, Volume 6: Climate Change and Climate Variability in Atlantic Canada, of the Canada Country Study on Climate Impacts and Adaptation. Edited by J. Abraham, T. Canavan, R. Shaw, EC-AR, Bedford, NS.

16. Beltaos, S. and Prowse, T.D. 2000. Climate impacts on extreme ice jam events in Canadian rivers. In: Contributions to IHP-V by Canadian Experts, UNESCO-IHP-V Technical Documents in Hydrology, No. 33, p. 22-46.

17. Moore, D, Beltaos, S. Ouarda, T.B.M.J., and Woo, M.K. (Guest Editors). 2003. Special Issue on Canadian Hydrology. Hydrological Processes, Volume 17, Issue 18.

18. Prowse, T.D., Beltaos, S., Bonsal, B., Carter, T., English, M.C., Gardner, T., Gibson, J.J., Peters, D.L., Romolo, L. 2003. Hydro-climatic Impacts Affecting the Peace- Athabasca-Slave Catchments and Deltas. NREI Technical Report, National Water Research Institute, Saskatoon, 69 p.

19. Beltaos, S., Martz, L.W., Moore, D. and Pomeroy, J. (Guest Editors) 2004. Special Issue on Canadian Hydrology. Hydrological Processes. Volume 19, Issue 1.

20. Martz, L.W., Buttle, J., Beltaos, S., and Price, J. (Guest Editors) 2006. Special Issue on Canadian Hydrology. Hydrological Processes. Volume 20, Issue 17.

21. Beltaos, S., Prowse, T. Bonsal, B., Carter T., MacKay, R., Romolo, L., Pietroniro, A., and Toth, B. 2007. Climate Impacts on Ice-Jam Floods in a Regulated Northern River. In: Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Studies, The Mackezie GEWEX Experience Vol. II: Hydrologic Processes. Springer, Berlin, pp 345-361.

22. Hicks, F. and Beltaos, S. 2007. River Ice. In: Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Studies, The Mackezie GEWEX Experience Vol. II: Hydrologic Processes. Springer, Berlin, pp 281-305

23. Beltaos S. 2008 (Editor). River Ice Breakup, Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Co., USA.

24. Beltaos, S. 2008. Chapter 3: Overview of breakup process. In: River Ice Breakup, Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Co., USA.

25. Beltaos, S. 2008. Chapter 5: Pre-breakup phase. In River Ice Breakup, Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Co., USA.

26. Beltaos, S. 2008. Chapter 6: Onset of breakup. In: River Ice Breakup, Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Co., USA.

27. Beltaos, S. 2008. Chapter 7. Ice Jams. In: River Ice Breakup, Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Co., USA.


28. Jasek, M. and Beltaos, S. 2008. Chapter 8. Ice-jam release: javes, ice runs and breaking fronts. In: River Ice Breakup, Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Co., USA.

29. White, K.D. and Beltaos, S. 2008. Chapter 9. Development of Ice-Affected Stage Frequency Curves. In: River Ice Breakup, Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Co., USA.

30. Beltaos, S. and Burrell, 2008. Chapter 12: Climatic Aspects. In: River Ice Breakup, Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Co., USA.

31. Chapter 6. Changing Lake and River Ice Regimes: Trends, Effects and Implications. Pp 6-1 to 6-52. In: AMAP, 2011. Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA): Climate Change and the Cryosphere. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway. xi i + 538 pp; Coordinating Lead Author: Terry Prowse. Lead Authors: Knut Alfredsen, Spyros Beltaos, Barrie Bonsal, Claude Duguay, Atte Korhola, James McNamara, Warwick F. Vincent, Valery Vuglinsky, Gesa Weyhenmeyer. Contributing Authors: Katey Walter Anthony, Breck Bowden, Vladimir Buzin, Yonas Dibike, Nikolaus Gantner, Larry Hinzman, Leif Lia, Taha Ouarda, Reinhard Pienitz, James D. Reist, Morten Stickler, Jan Weckström, Fred Wrona.

32. Beltaos, S. (Editor). 2013. River Ice Formation. CGU-HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment (CRIPE), Edmonton.

33. Burrell, B.C. and Beltaos, S. 2013. Chapter 1 Introduction. In: River Ice Formation. CGU-HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment (CRIPE), Edmonton, pp 1-17.

34. Beltaos, S. Chapter 7. Freezeup jamming and formation of ice cover. In: River Ice Formation. CGU-HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment (CRIPE), Edmonton, pp 181-255.

35. Ashton, G.D. and Beltaos, S. 2013. Thermal growth of Ice cover. In: River Ice Formation. CGU-HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment (CRIPE), Edmonton, pp 257-296.

Papers presented at meetings (not published)

1. Beltaos, S. 1985. Research on river ice jams and floods: relevance of hydrometric measurements and need for additional data. Invited presentation at Discharge Measurement Techniques and Instrumentation Working Group, Peace River, Canada.

2. Beltaos, S. 1987. Ice Jams. Invited keynote paper, IAHS Intern. Workshop on River Ice, Vancouver, Canada (proceedings not published).

3. Beltaos, S. 1999. Advances in River Ice Hydrology. Review of the main advances in river ice hydrology in Canada, during 1994-1998, as part of the Canadian National Committee of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences Report to the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (CNC/IAHS-IUGG report). Presented at the CGU-HS 1999 annual meeting, Banff, Alberta.

4. Beltaos, S. 1999. Effects of cl imate on mid-winter ice jams. Invited contribution to the international IAHS workshop on the Hydrology of Ice-Covered Rivers, held at Birmingham, UK, July 29-30, 1999, as a part of the XXII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.

5. Peters, D.L., S. Beltaos, B.R. Bonsal, B.G. Krishnappan , M.P. Lacroix, and T.D. Prowse. 2005. Extreme hydrological events in the Mackenzie River Delta, Canada: Project overview and preliminary findings. (abstract). Second International Conference on Arctic Research Planning, November 10-12, Copenhagen, Denmark.

6. Beltaos, S. 2005. River ice breakup processes: Recent advances and future directions. Invited presentation at the CSCE Symposium honouring Prof. N. Rajaratnam, Aug. 2005, Edmonton.

7. Beltaos, S. 2006. Climate and regulation effects on ice-jam flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Invited presentation to Workshop on Hydropower and Climate Change. Sponsored by C-CIARN Water Resources and Manitoba Hydro. March 2 and 3, 2006.


8. Hicks, F. and Beltaos, S. 2005. Advances in River Ice Science during MAGS. Invited presentation to GEWEX-MAGS Special Session, CGU Annual Scientific Meeting, May 8-11, 2005, Banff.

9. Beltaos, S. 2005. The Role of Ice-Jams in Flooding the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Invited presentation to Symposium on Managing water in the Peace-Athabasca-Slave River Corridor. 15-16 April 2005, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo. (Abstract only)

10. Beltaos, S. 2006. The role of waves in ice-jam flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta Proc., Annual Scientific meeting of CGU-HS, Banff, (abstract).

11. Beltaos, S. 2007. Climate and infrastructure impacts of extreme ice jams in the Saint John River. (Abstract only). State of the Saint John River Workshop, January 8-9, 2007, Fredericton, NB, Canada.


Janice Boyd BSc (Honours) Zoology Program Scientist, Compliance Promotion & Environmental Effects Monitoring Division

Environment Canada

Curriculum Vitae

SUMMARY

Ms. Boyd is a Program Scientist in Compliance Promotion & Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) Division, Environmental Stewardship Branch with Environment Canada. She has been with Environment Canada for more than 25 years and her present role administering the EEM requirement for B.C. pulp and paper mills under the Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations (PPER) since 1996 and also for B.C. metal mines under the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER) within the last two years. She was also asked to provide her expertise to the Cohen Commission inquires regarding the effects of pulp and paper mills effluents which discharge to the Fraser River basin.

EXPERIENCE 1996 to present: Program Scientist, Compliance Promotion and Environmental Effects

Monitoring (EEM) Division, Environment Canada

• Administers the Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) program for B.C. pulp mills and metal mines under two Fisheries Act regulations: Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations (PPER) and Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER), respectively. Ensures conformity with the regulatory requirements, quality science, accurate interpretation and consistent delivery in the region.

• Provides technical and regulatory advise and promotes compliance to regulated industries: pulp and paper and metal mining (Fisheries Act, PPER/ MMER; Canadian Environmental Protection Act pulp mill regulations)

• Represents Environment Canada on multi-disciplinary committees (federal, provincial, and local governments, industry, consultants, First Nations, environmental groups or the public) to advise on federal mandates and support common pollution prevention goals

• Provides advice to develop or amend federal legislation, policy and national/ regional environmental programs to more effectively address environmental impacts to aquatic environments

• Provides technical advice on potential environmental impacts on proposed Environmental Assessment projects

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science (Honours) Zoology University of Western Ontario, 1979


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2012/2013 October 39th/40th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Kamloops BC/ Moncton NB. 2010 October 37th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Toronto, ON (periodic attendance of this

annual Canadian 4-day workshop to keep current with environmental methods and interpretation of effects in aquatic receiving environments)

2009 June 7th International Conference on Fate and Effects of Pulp & Paper Mill Effluents and 9th IWA Symposium on Forest Industry Wastewaters, Fredericton, NB, 4-day event (also Seattle, WA, June 2003 and Vancouver, BC, June 1996)

2007 December 3-day Summary Statistics course, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC 2006 June BCIT Pulp and Paper Technology Summer Institute – 5-day, Prince George, BC 2004 June North American Benthological Society (NABS) Annual Meeting, 5-days, Vancouver,

BC 2001-2002 29th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Whistler, BC Organizaing Committee

member (responsible for sponsorships, tradeshow exhibits, website and registration l iason)

1994 November Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Denver, CO 1993 December International Symposium: Interactions Sediments and Water, Santa Barbara, CA PUBLICATIONS

Journals

N. Tang, On the equil ibrium partial pressures of nitric acid and ammonia in the atmosphere. Atmos. Environ.14, 819-834 (1980). [one author]

Technical reports

G. B. Shaw, "Practical uses of l itmus paper in Möbius strips" (Tech. Rep. CUCS-29-82, Columbia Univ., New York, 1982).

Books

M. Lister, Fundamentals of Operating Systems (Springer-Verlag, New York, ed. 3, 1984), pp. 7-11. [third edition]

Paper presented at a meeting (not published)

• M. Konishi, paper presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Anaheim, CA, 10 October 1984.

• Courtenay, S.C., K.R. Munkittrick, H.M.C. Dupuis, R.Parker and J. Boyd. 2002. Quantifying Impacts of Pulp Mill Effluent on Fish in Canadian Marine and Estuarine Environments: Problems and Progress. Water Qual. Res. J. Canada 37(1): 79-99.

• Burd, B., R. Macdonald and J. Boyd. 2000. Punctuated recovery of sediments and benthic infauna: a 19-year study of tail ing deposition in a British Columbia fjord. Marine Environmental Research 49: 145-175.


• Yunker, M.B., R.W. Macdonald, D. Goyette, D.W. Paton, B.R. Fowler, D. Sull ivan and J. Boyd. 1999. Natural and anthropogenic inputs of hydrocarbon to the Strait of Georgia. The Science of the Total Environment 225: 181-209

• BIEAP Enviornmental Quality Objectives and Monitoring Action Team (EQOAMAT). 1997. Burrard Inlet Point Source Discharge Inventory. Prepared for the Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program (BIEAP) by Bion Research Inc. and revised by the BIEAP EQOMAT.

• Boyd, J.M., J. Baumann, K. Hutton, S. Bertold and B. Moore. 1998. Sediment Quality in Burrard Inlet using various Chemical and Biological Benchmarks. Prepared for the Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program (BIEAP) by the BIEAP Environmental Quality Objectives and Monitoring Action Team (EQOMAT).

• Boyd, J.M and D.E. Goyette. 1993. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) and Dioxin/Furan Concentrations in Vancouver Harbour Sediments – January 1991. Environment Canada, Environmental Protection. Regional Data Report DR91-07. 10 pp. + appendices.

• Green, R.H., J.M. Boyd and J.S. Macdonald. 1993. Relating sets of variables in environmental studies: the Sediment Quality Triad as a paradigm. Envirometrics 4(4): 439-457.

• Cross, S.F., J.M. Boyd, P.M. Chapman and R.O. Brinkhurst. 1990. A Multivariate Approach to Assessing the Spatial Extent of Benthic Impacts Established Using the Sediment Quality Triad. Prepared for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Environment Canada.

• Goyette, D. and J. Boyd. 1989. Distribution and Environmental Impact of Selected Benthic Contaminants in Vancouver Harbour, BC: 1985 to 1987. Regional Program Report 89-02. 99 pp. + appendix reports.

• Zallen, M.R. and J. M. Boyd. 1986. Investigation of juvenile chinook salmon in the Fraser River mainstem, Floods-Hope area. Prepared by ESL Environmental Sciences Limited for the Ministry of Transportation and Highways, Victoria, BC. 31 pp. + appendices.

• Hickey, D.G., I.W. Whyte, C.M. Movold and J.M. Boyd. 1984. Similkameen River Habitat Inventory for Enloe Dam Passage. Prepared by IEC BEAK consultants Limited for Bonnevil le Power Administration, Portland, Oregon. 73 pp. + appendices.


André M. Breault Canadian Wildlife Service

Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environmental Conservation Service Environment Canada

CURRICULUM VITAE

WORK EXPERIENCE 1997 to present: Migratory Game Bird Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, 5421, Robertson Road, RR1, Delta, B.C. V4K 3N2

• Assessment of population status, trends and harvest of migratory birds • Development and assessment of migratory bird hunting regulations and their impacts for British Columbia • Delivery and support of provincial, national or international research and management programs • National and international coordination of the Canadian Wildlife Service migratory bird program for the Pacific

and Yukon Region • Planning, delivery and analyses of field surveys of migratory birds for regulatory and environmental study

purposes.

1994 to 1997: Habitat Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, 5421, Robertson Road, RR1, Delta, B.C. V4K 3N2

• Assessment of waterbird populations in coastal and central BC • Delivery of the Pacific Flyway duck banding program • Development and implementation of management programs for bird habitats and bird populations • Planning and delivery of migratory bird surveys for regulatory and environmental study purposes.

1991 to 1994: Habitat Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, 5421, Robertson Road, RR1, Delta, B.C. V4K 3N2

• Delivery of habitat management programs in National Wildlife Areas (NWAs) and Migratory Bird Sanctuaries

(MBSs) • Population and habitat inventories in NWAs and MBSs • Support and contribution to the CWS National habitat program • Development of management programs and strategies for other federally controlled lands and critical habitats

1988 to 1990: (Self-employed) Bird Survey Biologist Vancouver and Nanaimo, B.C.

• Assessment of waterfowl populations wintering in the Fraser River delta • Assessment of waterfowl use of agricultural lands in the Fraser River delta • Assessment of the distribution and abundance of Harlequin Ducks in B.C.


• Assessment of the abundance, productivity and foraging habits of Great Blue Herons and Bald Eagles in the Strait of Georgia

EDUCATION

1989 Completion of M. Sc. in Biological Sciences, Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,

British Columbia

1984 Completion of B.Sc. in Biological Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec ASSOCIATIONS/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Current:

Chair, Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority Board Member of the British Columbia Technical Waterfowl Committee Member of the Canadian Wildlife Service National Waterfowl Committee Member of the Canadian Wildlife Service National Waterbird Committee Member of the Pacific Flyway Technical Committee Member of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan Science Support Team Member of the Pacific Coast Joint Venture Technical Team Member of the Canadian Intermountain Joint Venture Technical Team Member of the Seaduck Joint Venture Monitoring Working Group

Past:

Chair of the Canadian Wildlife Service National Waterfowl Committee Member of the Western Working Group of Partners In Flight Member of the Canadian Wildlife Service National Habitat Committee Graduate student advisor at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC Graduate student advisor at Royal Roads College, Victoria BC Member of the Association of Field Ornithologists Member of the Society for Conservation Biology Member of the Wilson Ornithological Society Member of the Wildlife Society Member of the Cooper Ornithological Society Member of the Colonial Waterbird Society

PUBLICATIONS a) Refereed publications:

• Boulet, M., C. Potvin, F. Shaffer and A. Breault. 2005. Conservation Genetics of the threatened Horned Grebe

(Podiceps auritus L.) population of the Magdalen Islands, Quebec. Conservation Genetics 6:539-550. • Lougheed, L.W., A. Breault and D.B.Lank. 1999. Estimating statistical power to evaluate ongoing waterfowl

population monitoring. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:1359-1369. • Butler, R.W., P.E. Whitehead, A.M. Breault and I.E. Moul. 1995. Colony effects on fledging success of Great

Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) in British Columbia. Colonial Waterbirds 18:159-165. • Hawkings, J.S., A. Breault, S. Boyd, M. Norton, G. Beyersbergen and P. Latour. 2002. Trumpeter Swan

Numbers and Distribution in Western Canada, 1970-2000. Waterbirds 25: 8-21. • Breault, A.M. and K.M. Cheng. 1990. Use of submerged mist nets to capture diving birds. J. Field Ornithol.

61:328-330.


• Butler, R.W., A.M. Breault, and T.M. Sull ivan. 1990. Measuring animals through a telescope. J. Field Ornithol. 61:111-114.

• Breault, A.M. and K.M. Cheng. 1989. Surplus kil ling of Eared Grebes by Mink. Canadian Field-Naturalist 102:98-99.

• Norman, D.M., A. M. Breault and I. E. Moul. 1989. Bald Eagle Incursions and Predation at Great Blue Heron Colonies. Colonial Waterbirds 12:215-217.

b) Selected non-refereed publications:

• Bunnell, F.L., R.W. Wells, B. Harrison, and A. Breault. 2012. One size does not fit all: differential responses of waterfowl species to impacts of cl imate change in central British Columbia British Columbia Birds 23:27-38.

• Breault, A. 2006. Migratory Gamebird Populations in British Columbia: Surveys and Trends. March 2006 Draft. Can. Wildl. Serv. Unpubl. Rep. 32.

• Zydelis, R, W.S. Boyd, A. Breault and T.M. Sull ivan. 2005. Abundance and distribution of waterbirds on the West Coast of Vancouver Island during spring 1999 and winter 2000. Can. Wildl. Serv. Tech. Rep. Series No. 437. 108pp.

• Boyd, W.S., K. Hagmeier and A. Breault. 2005. A summary of Brant research and monitoring programs in British Columbia. Can. Wildl. Serv.Tech. Rep. Series No. 435. 85pp.

• Breault, A. and P. Watts. 1998. Preliminary Assessment of the Responses of Waterfowl Populations to Habitat initiatives undertaken under the Interior Wetland Program. Can. Wildl. Serv. Unpubl. Report. 28p.

• Watts, P. and A. Breault. 1996. Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program (BIEAP) Bird Survey Project: Seasonal and spatial trends in the distribution and abundance of waterbirds in Burrard Inlet. BIEAP Action Plan Unpubl. Rep. 156pp.

• Breault, A.M. and R.W. Butler. 1992. Abundance, distribution and habitat requirements of American Wigeons, Northern Pintails and Mallards in farmland. Pp. 19-41 2 in: Butler, R.W. (editor). Abundance, Distribution and Conservation of Birds in the Vicinity of Boundary Bay, British Columbia. Can. Wildl. Serv. Tech. Rep. Ser. No. 155. 132pp.

• Breault, A.M. and J-P. Savard. 1991. Status report on the distribution and ecology of Harlequin Ducks in British Columbia. Can. Wildl. Serv. Tech. Rep. Series No. 110., Delta, B.C. 108pp.

• Breault, A.M. and R.W. McKelvey. 1991. Canada Geese in the Fraser River Valley: a Problem Analysis. Can. Wildl. Serv. Tech. Rep. Series No. 133., Delta, B.C. 42p.

• Butler, R.W., Breault, A.M., Sull ivan, T.M. and D.L. Dunbar. 1990. Population estimates and seasonal distribution of birds around Boundary Bay, British Columbia - Progress made to 30 April 1990. Can. Wildl. Serv. Unpubl. Progr. Note, 21pp.


Neil Murray Burgess Wildlife Toxicologist

Ecotoxicology & Wildlife Health Division Science & Technology Branch

Environment Canada

CURRICULUM VITAE

Employment • Wildlife Toxicologist, Science & Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland &

Labrador, 2010 to present. • Wildlife Toxicologist, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada - Atlantic Region, Mount Pearl,

Newfoundland & Labrador, 2000 to 2010, Sackvil le, New Brunswick, 1991 to 2000. • Contract Wildlife Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada - Ontario Region, Burlington,

Ontario, 1988 to 1991. • Contract Wildlife Biologist, Wildlife Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Toronto, Ontario, 1987 to

1988. • Canadian Forces Reserve Officer, Kingston, Ontario and Banff, Alberta, 1978 to 1981. Education • M.Sc. (Zoology). University of Toronto. 1987. Thesis: Removal and replacement of female spruce grouse in a

young jack pine forest. Supervisor: Dr. Jim Bendell. • B.Sc. (Agriculture): Environmental Conservation. Macdonald College, McGill University. 1984. Academic Appointments • Honorary Research Associate, School of Graduate Studies, University of New Brunswick, 2008 to present. • Adjunct Lecturer, Dept. of Biology, Queen’s University, 2008 to present. Professional Development and Training • Environment Canada Leadership for New Challenges; 2002. • Environment Canada Teambuilding & Coaching; 2003. • Environment Canada Policy-making in Action; 2005. • Part-time French Language Training; 2005-2006. • More than a dozen professional development short courses in ecological risk assessment, ecotoxicology,

biostatistics, database management, geographic information systems, media relations, and occupational health & safety; 1991-present.

Scientific Output • Peer-reviewed publications: 43 journal papers and book chapters • Other publications: 20 scientific reports and articles • Conference, workshop, and management presentations: more than 100


Mentoring Graduate Students and Post-doctoral Fellows • Mentored two post-doctoral fellows, two Ph.D. and seven M.Sc. students and five Science Horizons interns;

1995-present. • Post-doctoral fellow:

Dr. Alexander Bond, visiting fellow, Environment Canada, 2013-2014: Role of trophic dynamics in the bioaccumulation of mercury in seabird eggs. Supervisor: Neil Burgess. Dr. Alexander Bond, University of Saskatchewan, 2011-2013: Role of trophic dynamics in the bioaccumulation of mercury in seabird eggs. Supervisor: Dr. Keith Hobson. Dr. David Depew, Queen’s University, 2009-2012: Ecological risk assessment of mercury in predatory fish and wildlife across Canada. Co-supervisor: Dr. Linda Campbell, Queen’s.

• Ph.D. students: Kelly Johnson, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2006-2010: Biomarkers of PCB impacts in fish and wildlife at Saglek, Labrador. Co-supervisors: Dr. David Schneider, MUN & Dr. Ken Reimer, RMC. Tim Jardine, University of New Brunswick-Saint John, 2005-2008: Using multiple sentinel species and stable isotopes to understand mercury sources and fate in temperate streams. Supervisor: Dr. Karen Kidd, UNB.

• M.Sc. students: Katharina Batchelar, University of New Brunswick – Saint John, 2009-2012: The effects of mercury on yellow perch reproductive and general health in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. Supervisor: Dr. Karen Kidd, UNB. Brianna Wyn, University of New Brunswick – Saint John, 2006-2008: Mercury bioaccumulation in food webs of acidic vs. circumneutral lakes in Kejimkujik National Park. Supervisor: Dr. Karen Kidd, UNB. Chris DeSorbo, Antioch University (New Hampshire), 2005-2008: Evaluating exposure of Maine's bald eagle population to mercury: assessing spatial patterns and reproductive impacts. Supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Atwood, Antioch. Holly Stewart, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2001-2004: Food habits of and contaminants in Newfoundland river otter. Co-supervisors: Dr. Ted Miller, MUN & Dr. Garry Stenson, DFO. Beth Pollock, Atlantic Veterinary College, 2000-2004: Health parameters of three terrestrial wildlife species harvested by Innu hunters in Labrador, Canada, in relation to tissue concentrations of environmental contaminants. Supervisor: Dr. Pierre-Yves Daoust, AVC. Joseph Nocera, Acadia University, 1996-1999: Behavioural toxicology of common loons (Gavia immer) in the Canadian Maritimes. Supervisor: Dr. Phil ip Taylor, Acadia. Laura Dominguez, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1995-1998: Reproductive success and environmental contaminants among bald eagles in Placentia and Bonavista Bays, Newfoundland. Supervisor: Dr. Will iam Montevecchi, MUN.

• External examiner for M.Sc. defence: Samuel Edmonds, Acadia University, 2011: Range-wide distribution of mercury burdens in Rusty Blackbirds and factors contributing to methylmercury bioavailability at Northeastern breeding sites. Supervisor: Dr. Nelson O’Driscoll, Acadia. Kevin Haines, Trent University, 2004: Accumulation of mercury and selenium in the brain of river otter and mink from Nova Scotia, Canada. Supervisor: Dr. Douglas Evans, Trent.

Science-Policy Influence • Contributed to Environment Canada research and risk assessment that provided the scientific basis for

banning the insecticide fenitrothion for spruce budworm control in Canada; 1991-94. • Contributed to inter-agency research that provided the basis for the rapid regulatory approval of the new

insecticide tebufenozide for spruce budworm control in Canada; 1995. • Collaborated with colleagues in Environment Canada on research and ecological risk assessment that

motivated the Nova Scotia Dept. of Environment to remediate PCB contamination at Five Island Lake; 1995-96. • Led research which identified Kejimkujik loons as having the highest mercury levels in North America;

spokesperson for extensive national and regional media coverage of findings; 1995-1997. • Participated in or led several applied research teams and networks focused on environmental mercury in

northeastern North America (Toxic Substances Research Initiative, Collaborative Mercury Research Network,


Northeastern Ecosystem Research Cooperative Mercury Project, Environment Canada-Atlantic Region Mercury Team, Northeast Loon Study Work Group, Coastal and Marine Mercury Ecosystem Research Collaborative, and CARA Mercury Ecological Risk Mapping Project).

• Participated in or led several applied research teams and networks focused on environmental contaminants in the Canadian Arctic (ArcticNet, Northern Contaminants Program, Northern Ecosystem Initiative’s Contaminants Partner-Issue Table, Toxic Substances Research Initiative, Labrador Contaminants Working Group).

• Co-organized the first Eastern Canada & Northeast States Mercury Conference which brought together 159 environmental chemists, biologists, toxicologists, policy-makers, and students from the USA and Canada in Fredericton, NB; 1998.

• Led the creation of the Environment Canada report Mercury in Atlantic Canada: a progress report, which motivated the subsequent Toxic Substances Research Initiative project on mercury at Kejimkujik, Nova Scotia ($647K funding from Health Canada), led by the Geological Survey of Canada; 1998-2002.

• Led inter-agency research in 1999, 2000 and 2007 to assess the impacts of PCB contamination on seabirds at Saglek, Labrador. Contributed to an ecological risk assessment of marine PCB contamination in Saglek Bay. These provided the basis for the Dept. of National Defence to develop a management and monitoring strategy for PCB-contaminated sediments at Saglek; 1998-2013.

• Invited speaker or session chair at mercury science or science-policy workshops hosted by the US Electric Power Research Institute/Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources (Fairfax, VI 1996), Gulf of Maine Council for the Environment (Campobello, NB 1997), Canadian Mercury Symposium (Toronto, ON 1997), US Environmental Protection Agency (Las Vegas, NV 1998 & Narragansett, RI 2000), International Joint Commission (Windsor, ON 2003), US Geological Survey (Reston, VI 2004), the Coastal and Marine Mercury Ecosystem Research Collaborative (Durham, NH 2006 & Portsmouth, ME 2010), the Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (Boston 2011 & Long Beach 2012) and the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (Halifax 2011).

• Representative for Environment Canada-Atlantic Region on national Wildlife Toxicology Committee (1991-2010); New England Governors & Eastern Canadian Premiers Mercury Task Force (1999); EC Acid Rain Experts Group (2000-2009); EC Endocrine Disruptor

• 4Working Group (1997-2001); Pest Management Regulatory Agency’s Eco-risk Assessment Endpoints Workshop (2002), Northeast Loon Study Workgroup (1996-present), and the EC Mercury Working Group (1997 & 2004).

• Provided scientific review of dozens of environmental assessment and ecological risk assessment reports submitted to Environment Canada, including the New Brunswick Forest Pest Control Program, Argentia Naval Facil ity Remediation, Irving Whale Remediation, Newfoundland Forest Pest Control Program, Voisey’s Bay Nickel Mine/Mill, Argentia Nickel Smelter/Refinery, Sydney Tar Ponds & Coke Ovens Remediation, Saglek PCB Remediation, Stephenvil le Upper Air Station Remediation, Coleson Cove Power Plant Fuel Conversion, the Belledune Toxic Waste Incinerator, the Long Harbour Nickel Smelter/Refinery, the Lower Churchil l Hydroelectric Project and the Site C Hydroelectric Project (BC).

• Lead author on two review chapters in Environment Canada’s Canadian Mercury Science Assessment 2013 entitled Mercury in terrestrial and aquatic biota across Canada: geographic variation and Assessment of current mercury risks to piscivorous fish and wildlife in Canada. The assessment report was aimed at communicating the state of mercury science in Canada to policy-makers, regulators and the public.

Peer-reviewed Scientific Publications • Nussbaumer, C., Burgess, N.M., and Weeber, R.C. 2013. Distribution and abundance of benthic

macroinvertebrates and zooplankton in lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. Can. Field-Nat. in press. • Depew, D.C., Burgess, N.M., and Campbell, L.M. 2013. Spatial patterns of methylmercury risks to common

loons and piscivorous fish in Canada. Environ. Sci. Technol. 47: 13093-13103. • Chen, D., Martin, P., Burgess, N.M., Champoux, L., Ell iott, J.E., Forsyth, D.J., Idrissi, A., Letcher, R.J. 2013.

European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) suggest that landfil ls are an important source of bioaccumulative flame retardants to Canadian terrestrial ecosystems. Environ. Sci. Technol. 47: 12238-12247.


• Batchelar, K.L., Kidd, K.A., Munkittrick, K.R., Drevnick, P.E., and Burgess, N.M. 2013. Reproductive health of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from a biological mercury hotspot in Nova Scotia, Canada. Sci. Tot. Environ. 454-455: 319-327.

• Depew, D.C., Burgess, N.M., and Campbell, L.M. 2013. Modeling mercury concentrations in prey fish: Derivation of a national-scale common indicator of dietary mercury exposure for piscivorous fish and wildlife. Environ. Pollut. 176: 234-243.

• Depew, D.C., Burgess, N.M., Anderson, M.R., Baker, R., Bhavsar, S.P., Bodaly, R.A., Eckley, C.S., Evans, M.S., Gantner, N., Graydon, J.A., Jacobs, K., LeBlanc, J.E., St. Louis, V.L., and Campbell, L.M. 2013. An overview of mercury concentrations in freshwater fish species: A national fish mercury dataset for Canada. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 70: 436-451.

• Batchelar, K., Kidd, K.A., Drevnick, Munkittrick, K.R., Burgess, N.M., Roberts, A.P., and Smith, J.D. 2013. Evidence of impaired health in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from a biological mercury hotspot in northeastern North America. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 32: 627-637.

• Brown, T.M., Kuzyk, Z.A., Stow, J.P., Burgess, N.M., Solomon, S.M., Sheldon, T.A., and Reimer, K.J. 2013. An effects-based marine ecological risk assessment at a PCB-contaminated site in Saglek, Labrador. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 32: 453-467.

• Burgess, N.M., Bond, A.L., Hebert, C.E., Neugebauer, W.E., and Champoux, L. 2013. Mercury trends in herring gull (Larus argentatus) eggs from Atlantic Canada, 1972-2008: temporal change or dietary shift? Environ. Pollut. 172: 216-222.

• Depew, D.C., Basu, N., Burgess, N.M., Campbell, L.M., Evers, D.C., Grasman, and Scheuhammer, A.M. 2012. Derivation of screening benchmarks for dietary methylmercury exposure for the common loon (Gavia immer): Rationale for use in ecological risk assessment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 31: 2399-2407.

• Sunderland, E., Amirbahman, A., Burgess, N.M., Dalziel, J., Harding, G., Jones, S.H., Kamai, E., Karagas, M.R., Shi, X., and Chen, C.Y. 2012. Mercury sources and fate in the Gulf of Maine. Environ. Res. 119: 27-41.

• Chen, D., Letcher, R.J., Burgess, N.M., Champoux, L., Ell iott, J.E., Hebert, C.E., Martin, P., Wayland, M., Weseloh, C.D., and Wilson, L. 2012. Flame retardants in eggs of four gull species (Laridae) from breeding sites spanning Atlantic to Pacific Canada. Environ. Pollut. 168: 1-9.

• Depew, D.C., Basu, N., Burgess, N.M., Campbell, L.M., Devlin, E.W., Drevnick, P., Hammerschmidt, C.R., Murphy, C.A., Sandheinrich, M.B., and Wiener, J.G. 2012. Toxicity of dietary methylmercury to fish: Derivation of ecologically meaningful threshold concentrations. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 31: 1536-1547.

• Gebbink, W.A., Letcher, R.J., Burgess, N.M., Champoux, L., Ell iott, J.E., Hebert, C.E., Martin, P., Wayland, M., Weseloh, D.V.C., and Wilson, L. 2011. Perfluoroalkyl carboxylates and sulfonates and precursors in relation to dietary source tracers in the eggs of four species of gulls (Larids) from breeding sites spanning Atlantic to Pacific Canada. Environ. Int. 37: 1175-1182.

• Wyn, B., Kidd, K.A., Burgess, N.M., Curry, R.A., and Munkittrick, K.R. 2010. Increasing mercury in yellow perch at a hotspot in Atlantic Canada, Kejimkujik National Park. Environ. Sci. Technol. 44: 9176-9181.

• Wyn, B., Kidd, K.A., Burgess, N.M., and Curry, R.A. 2009. Mercury biomagnification in the food webs of acidic lakes in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, Nova Scotia. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 66: 1532-1545.

• Brown, T.M., Sheldon, T.A., Burgess, N.M., and Reimer, K.J. 2009. Reduction of PCB contamination in an Arctic coastal ecosystem: a first step in assessing ecosystem recovery after the removal of a point source. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43: 7635-7642.

• Pollock, B., Penashue, B., McBurney, S., Vanleeuwen, J., Daoust, P.-Y., Burgess, N.M., and Tasker, A.R. 2009. Liver parasites and body condition in relation to environmental contaminants in caribou (Rangifer tarandus) from Labrador, Canada. Arctic, 62: 1-12.

• Evers, D.C., Mason, R.P., Kamman, N.C., Chen, C.Y., Bogomolni, A.L., Taylor, D.L., Hammerschmidt, C.R., Jones, S.H., Burgess, N.M., Munney, K., and Parsons, K. 2008. An integrated mercury monitoring program for temperate estuarine and marine ecosystems on the North American Atlantic Coast. EcoHealth, 5: 426-441.

• Goodale, M.W., Evers, D.C., Mierzykowski, S.E., Bond, A.L., Burgess, N.M., Otorowski, C.I., Welch, L.J., Hall, C.S., Ell is, J.C., Allen, R.B., Diamond, A.W., Kress, S.W., and Taylor, R.J.

• 2008. Marine foraging birds as bioindicators of mercury in the Gulf of Maine. EcoHealth, 5: 409-425. • Burgess, N.M. and Meyer, M.W. 2008. Methylmercury exposure associated with reduced productivity in

common loons. Ecotoxicology, 17: 83-91.


• Scheuhammer, A.M., Basu, N., Burgess, N.M., Ell iott, J.E., Campbell, G.D., Wayland, M., Champoux, L., and Rodrigue, J. 2008. Relationships among mercury, selenium, and neurochemical parameters in common loons (Gavia immer) and bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). Ecotoxicology, 17: 93-101.

• Burgess, N.M. and Hobson, K.A. 2006. Bioaccumulation of mercury in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and common loons (Gavia immer) in relation to lake chemistry in Atlantic Canada. Hydrobiologia, 567: 275-282.

• Burgess, N.M. 2005. Mercury in biota and its effects. In: Mercury: sources, measurements, cycles and effects. M.B. Parsons and J.B. Percival (eds.). Mineral. Assoc. Canada, Short Course 34, 235-258.

• Drysdale, C., Burgess, N.M., d'Entremont, A., Carter, J., and Brun, G. 2005. Mercury in brook trout, white perch and yellow perch in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site. In: Mercury cycling in a wetland dominated ecosystem: a multidisciplinary study. A.N. Rencz, N.J. O'Driscoll and D.R.S. Lean (eds.). SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL. pp. 321-346.

• Fisk, A.T., de Wit, C.A., Wayland, M., Kuzyk, Z.A., Burgess, N.M., Letcher, R., Braune, B., Norstrom, R., Blum, S.P., Sandau, C., Lie, E., Jørgen, H., Larsen, S., Skaare, J.A., and Muir, D.C.G. 2005. An assessment of the toxicological significance of anthropogenic contaminants in Canadian arctic wildlife. Sci. Total Environ. 351-352: 57-93.

• Weeber, R.C., Brook, R.W., Burgess, N., Champoux, L., Masse, D., and McNicol, D.K. 2005. Breeding waterbirds. In: Chapter 6, Effects on aquatic chemistry and biology; 2004 Canadian Acid Deposition Science Assessment. H.A. Morrison and S. Carou (eds.). Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON. pp. 245-255.

• Kuzyk, Z.A., Stow, J.P., Burgess, N.M., Solomon, S.M., and Reimer, K.J. 2005. PCBs in sediments and the coastal food web near a local contaminant source in Saglek Bay, Labrador. Sci. Total Environ. 351-352: 264-284.

• Burgess, N.M., Evers, D.C., and Kaplan, J.D. 2005. Mercury and other contaminants in common loons breeding in Atlantic Canada. Ecotoxicology 14: 241-252.

• Evers, D.C., Burgess, N.M., Champoux, L., Hoskins, B., Major, A., Goodale, W., Taylor, R.J., Poppenga, R.H., and Daigle, T. 2005. Patterns and interpretation of mercury exposure in freshwater avian communities in northeastern North America. Ecotoxicology 14: 193-221.

• Kamman, N.C., Burgess, N.M., Driscoll, C.T., Simonin, H.A., Goodale, W., Linehan, J., Estabrook, R., Hutcheson, M., Major, A., and Scheuhammer, A.M. 2005. Mercury in freshwater fish of northeast North America - a geographic perspective based on fish tissue monitoring databases. Ecotoxicology 14: 163-180.

• Dominguez, L., Montevecchi, W.A., Burgess, N.M., Brazil , J., and Hobson, K.A. 2003. Reproductive success, environmental contaminants, and trophic status of nesting bald eagles in eastern Newfoundland, Canada. J. Raptor Res. 37: 209-218.

• Fisk, A.T., Muir, D.C.G., Hobbs, K., Borg, H., Braune, B., Burgess, N., Culhane, M., de Wit, C.A., Evans, M., Hickie, B., Hoekstra, P., Kuzyk, Z., Kwan, M., Lockhart, L., Macdonald, C., Norstrom, R., Outridge, P., Roach, P., Stern, G., and Wayland, M. 2003. Part I. In: Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report II: Contaminant levels, trends and effects in the biological environment. A.T. Fisk, K. Hobbs and D.C.G. Muir (eds.).Indian & Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, ON. pp. 1-107.

• Kuzyk, Z.A., Burgess, N.M., Stow, J.P., and Fox, G.A. 2003. Biological effects of marine PCB contamination on black guil lemot nestlings at Saglek, Labrador: l iver biomarkers. Ecotoxicology 12: 183-197.

• Rencz, A.N., O'Driscoll, N.J., Hall, G.E.M., Peron, T., Telmer, K., and Burgess, N.M. 2003. Spatial variation and correlations of mercury levels in the terrestrial and aquatic components of a wetland dominated ecosystem: Kejimkujik Park, Nova Scotia, Canada. Water Air Soil Pollut. 143: 271-288.

• Scheuhammer, A.M., Bond, D.E., Burgess, N.M., and Rodrigues, J. 2003. Lead and stable lead isotope ratios in soil, earthworms, and bones of American wookcock (Scolopax minor) from eastern Canada. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 22: 2585-2591.

• Nocera, J.J. and Burgess, N.M. 2002. Diving schedules of common loons in varying environments. Can. J. Zool. 80: 1643-1648.

• Giberson, D.J., Bilyj, B., and Burgess, N. 2001. Species diversity and emergence patterns of nematocerous fl ies (Insecta: Diptera) from three coastal salt marshes in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Estuaries, 24: 862-874.

• Bishop, C.A., Coll ins, B., Mineau, P., Burgess, N.M., Read, W.F., and Risley, C. 2000. Reproduction of cavity-nesting birds in pesticide-sprayed apple orchards in southern Ontario, Canada. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 19: 588-599.


• Burgess, N.M., Hunt, K.A., Bishop, C., and Weseloh, D.V. 1999. Cholinesterase inhibition in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) and eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) exposed to organophosphorus insecticides in apple orchards in Ontario, Canada. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 18: 708-716.

• Daoust, P.Y., Conboy, G., McBurney, S., and Burgess, N.M. 1998. Interactive mortality factors in common loons from Maritime Canada. J. Wildl. Dis. 34: 524-531.

• Evers, D.C., Kaplan, J.D., Meyer, M.W., Reaman, P.S., Braselton, W.E., Major, A., Burgess, N., and Scheuhammer, A.M. 1998. Geographical trend in mercury measured in common loon feathers and blood. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17: 173-183.

• McAlpine, D.F., Burgess, N.M., and Busby, D.G. 1998. Densities of mink frogs, Rana septentrionalis, in New Brunswick forest ponds sprayed with the insecticide fenitrothion. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 60: 30-36. Burgess, N.M., Holmes, S.B., Pauli, B.D., and Mill ikin, R.L. 1995. Potential indirect impacts of Btk on insectivorous birds: Canadian concerns and research response. In: Bacillus thuringiensis biotechnology and environmental benefits, Vol. 1. T.-Y. Feng, K.-F. Chak, R.A. Smith, T. Yamamoto, J. Margalit, C. Chilcott and R.I. Rose (eds.).Hua Shiang Yuan Publ. Co., Taipei, Taiwan. pp. 505-519.

Other Scientific Publications • Hanson, A. R., Burgess, N.M., and Austen, E. 2007. Total mercury concentrations in fish from constructed

freshwater wetlands on Bay of Fundy dykeland soils in New Brunswick, Canada, In: Limnology and Aquatic Birds: Abstracts and Selected Papers from the Fourth Conference of Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL) Aquatic Birds Working Group. A. Hanson, J. Kerekes, and J. Paquet (eds.). Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service Technical Report Series No. 474. pp. 43-56.

• Carter, J., Drysdale, C., Burgess, N., Beauchamp, S., Brun, G. and d’Entremont, A. 2001. Mercury concentrations in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from 24 lakes at Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. Parks Canada, Technical Reports in Ecosystem Science 31.

• Kuzyk, Z.A., Stow, J.P., Reimer, K.J., Solomon, S. and Burgess, N.M. 2001. Risk-based approach to the assessment and management of contaminated marine sediments at Saglek, Labrador. Proceedings of Assessment & Remediation of Contaminated Sites in Arctic & Cold Climates Conference, Edmonton, AB, 7-8 May 2001.

• Burgess, N.M., Duggan, M.J. and Nocera, J.J. 2000. Monitoring of colour-banded common loons in Kejimkujik Park, 1999-2000. In: Kejimkujik ecosystem: a synopsis of current research, Kejimkujik fall conference 2000. L. Vasseur and K. Brooks (eds.). St. Mary’s University, Halifax, NS. pp. 117-124.

• Braune, B.M., Malone, B.J., Burgess, N.M., Ell iott, J.E., Garrity, N., Hawkings, J., Hines, J., Marshall, H., Marshall, W.K., Rodrigue, J., Wakeford, B., Wayland, M., Weseloh, D.V. and Whitehead, P.E. 1999. Chemical residues in waterfowl and gamebirds harvested in Canada, 1987-95. Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service Technical Report Series No. 326.

• d’Entremont, A., Carter, J., Burgess, N., Drysdale, C., Brun, G. and Beauchamp, S. 1998. Mercury concentrations in brook trout and white perch from Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. Parks Canada, Technical Reports in Ecosystem Science 18.

• Burgess, N., Beauchamp, S., Brun, G., Clair, T., Roberts, C., Rutherford, L., Tordon R. and Vaidya, O. (eds.). 1998. Mercury in Atlantic Canada: a progress report. Environment Canada, Sackvil le, NB. 129p.

• Burgess, N.M. 1998. Introduction. In: Mercury in Atlantic Canada: a progress report. N. Burgess, S. Beauchamp, G. Brun, T. Clair, C. Roberts, L. Rutherford, R. Tordon and O. Vaidya. (eds.). Environment Canada, Sackvil le, NB. pp. 1-9.

• Clair, T.A., Burgess, N., Brun, G.L. and Leger, D. 1998. The relationship between organic carbon, pH, total mercury and location in Atlantic Canada lakes. In: Mercury in Atlantic Canada: a progress report. N. Burgess, S. Beauchamp, G. Brun, T. Clair, C. Roberts, L. Rutherford, R. Tordon and O. Vaidya. (eds.). Environment Canada, Sackvil le, NB. pp. 54-62.

• Burgess, N.M., d’Entremont, A.A., Drysdale, C., Vaidya, O. and Brun, G.L. 1998. Mercury in yellow perch in Kejimkujik National Park. In: Mercury in Atlantic Canada: a progress report. N. Burgess, S. Beauchamp, G. Brun, T. Clair, C. Roberts, L. Rutherford, R. Tordon and O. Vaidya. (eds.). Environment Canada, Sackvil le, NB. pp. 72-76.


• d’Entremont, A.A., Carter, J.A., Burgess, N.M., Drysdale, C. and Brun, G.L. 1998. Mercury in brook trout and white perch in Kejimkujik National Park. In: Mercury in Atlantic Canada: a progress report. N. Burgess, S. Beauchamp, G. Brun, T. Clair, C. Roberts, L. Rutherford, R. Tordon and O. Vaidya. (eds.). Environment Canada, Sackvil le, NB. pp. 77-80.

• Burgess, N.M., Evers, D.C. and Kaplan, J.D. 1998. Mercury levels in the blood of common loons breeding in the Maritimes and their prey. In: Mercury in Atlantic Canada: a progress report. N. Burgess, S. Beauchamp, G. Brun, T. Clair, C. Roberts, L. Rutherford, R. Tordon and O. Vaidya. (eds.). Environment Canada, Sackvil le, NB. pp. 96-100.

• Burgess, N.M., and Garrity, N. 1998. Mercury in juvenile ospreys in the Maritimes and Maine. In: Mercury in Atlantic Canada: a progress report. N. Burgess, S. Beauchamp, G. Brun, T. Clair, C. Roberts, L. Rutherford, R. Tordon and O. Vaidya. (eds.). Environment Canada, Sackvil le, NB. pp. 101-103.

• Burgess, N.M., Evers, D.C., Kaplan, J.D., Duggan, M. and Kerekes, J.J. 1998. Mercury and reproductive success of common loons breeding in the Maritimes. In: Mercury in Atlantic Canada: a progress report. N. Burgess, S. Beauchamp, G. Brun, T. Clair, C. Roberts, L. Rutherford, R. Tordon and O. Vaidya. (eds.). Environment Canada, Sackvil le, NB. pp. 104-109.

• Rutherford, L.A., Beauchamp, S., Burgess, N.M., Brun, G.L., Clair, T.A., Tordon, R. and Vaidya O. 1998. Conclusions and recommendations. In: Mercury in Atlantic Canada: a progress report. N. Burgess, S. Beauchamp, G. Brun, T. Clair, C. Roberts, L. Rutherford, R. Tordon and O. Vaidya. (eds.). Environment Canada, Sackvil le, NB. pp. 113-117.

• Pilgrim, W., Burgess, N. and Giguère, M.-F. (eds.). 1998. Proceedings of the Conference on Mercury in Eastern Canada and the Northeast States. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Network, Fredricton, NB.

• Bredin, K.A., Burgess, N.M., McCorquodale, D.B. and Harris, D.L. 1997. Volunteer surveys of waterbirds of the Sydney, Nova Scotia Area, including the Sydney Tar Ponds, 1993-1996. Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service Technical Report Series No. 273.

• Beauchamp, S., Burgess, N., d’Entremont, A., Tordon, R., Brun, G., Leger, D., Schroeder, W. and Abraham, J. 1997. Mercury in air, water and biota in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada. Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Science & Management of Protected Areas, Calgary, AB, 12-16 May 1997.

• Hanson, D.J., Ernst, W.R., Burgess, N. and Rutherford, L.A. 1996. Maritimes region survey of integrated pest management (IPM) in three crops: apples, blueberries and potatoes. Environment Canada, Environmental Protection Service Surveil lance Report EPS-5-AR-96-3.

• Bishop, C.A., Weseloh, D.V., Burgess, N.M., Struger, J., Norstrom, R.J., Turle, R. and Logan, K.A. 1992. An atlas of the contaminants in eggs of fish-eating colonial birds of the Great Lakes

• (1970-1988), volumes I and II. Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service Technical Report Series No. 152.


Coral G. deShield, B.Sc., M.Sc. Canadian Wildlife Service


CURRICULUM VITAE WORK EXPERIENCE Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Delta, BC Head, Program and Planning Coordination Unit (Nov/07 - present)

• Managed a multi-disciplinary unit with responsibilities including environmental assessment, treaty negotiation, permitting, consultation, and office administration.

Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Delta, BC Acting Habitat Protection Biologist (Coordinator, Ecological Gifts Program) (Sept/07 – Nov/07)

• Coordinated EC’s Ecological Gifts Program within Pacific and Yukon Region. Worked with individual and corporate donors as well as land trust organizations and other recipients of land donated for conservation in order to administer the Eco-Gift Program in the region.

Fraser Basin Council , Vancouver, BC Program Manager - Fisheries (Interchange Assignment) (Sept/06 – Aug/07)

• Managed, on behalf of Fraser Basin Council (FBC), a multi-partnered program focused on salmon and watersheds (the Fraser Salmon and Watersheds Program, co-managed by FBC and Pacific Salmon Foundation). Worked with various organizations and individuals in order to develop the overall structure for the program, including developing tools and processes to operationalize the vision, goals and objectives. .

Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Delta, BC Acting Aboriginal Liaison Officer (June/05 – Aug/06)

• Responsible for program development related to Aboriginal peoples and lands and conservation of species at risk (SAR) in BC. Activities included development of the regional framework for the Species at Risk Aboriginal Program, chairing of the interdepartmental working group, development of a First Nations SAR strategy, and other activities related to the development of the Aboriginal component of the regional species at risk program.

Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Delta, BC Stewardship Coordinator (Feb/01 – June/05)

• Responsible for development, implementation, coordination, and administration of the regional Habitat Stewardship Program, a national conservation program for endangered species implemented regionally across three departments and with multiple project partners. As a part time assignment, developed Aboriginal program regarding species at risk (SAR), including preliminary development of the Aboriginal Capacity Building (SAR) Program, chairing the interdepartmental working group, developing a First Nations SAR strategy, and other related activities.

Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada (Management Trainee Program), Delta, BC Habitat Conservation Planner (Dec/98 – Oct/99; May/00 – Feb/01)


• Coordinated multi-agency committee to identify current plans, develop new directions, elaborate projects, and report against performance measurements as part of a major conservation initiative (Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative).

Science Policy Division, Environment Canada (Management Trainee Program), Ottawa, ON Science & Technology (S&T) Policy Analyst (Jan/98 – Dec/98)

• Drafted analytical documents as part of the Science Policy Division, Ecosystem Sciences Directorate, Environmental Conservation Service. Developed, in collaboration with others in the department, reports and other documentation on S&T Partnering in EC, consistent with federal S&T policy.

French Training (with Government of Canada, Management Trainee Program), Vancouver, BC (Jan/97-Dec/97) Private Consulting, Vancouver, BC Consultant for Department of Fisheries and Oceans (May/95 – Dec/96)

• Conducted studies and prepared reports on topics relating to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ involvement in integrated resource management and planning.

Landscope Consulting Corporation, Lillooet, BC Planner (1993-1995 – part time)

• Conducted land use planning studies, analyzed material and drafted recommendations and final reports based on data pertaining to land, land use information, and input from planning committees.

Integrated Rural Development Office, Saquisilí, Ecuador Volunteer Work Partner (1990)

• Planned and coordinated forestry projects with local communities and school groups in a local government office.

EDUCATION School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC (1991-1995) • M.Sc. (Natural Resource Management and Regional Planning, 1995) • Thesis conducted on using traditional and local knowledge of salmon in the St’at’imc area (Lil looet, BC),

drawing on theories of common pool resources, co-management, and community development. • Specialty in Natural Resource and Regional Planning supplemented basic coursework in theory, law, and

methods of planning Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC (1985-1989) • B.Sc. (Biology) emphasis on ecology, including ecological principles and processes.


Yonas B. Dibike, Ph.D., P.Eng. Physical Scientist, WHERD/S&T Branch

Environment Canada Univiversity of Victoria

Curriculum Vitae

SUMMARY Dr. Dibike is a Physical Scientist, Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division/ Science and Technology Branch, with Environment Canada. He is currently a study lead on "Hydrological and Hydraulic Modelling in the Lower Athabasca River Basin" for the EC/Alberta Joint Oil Sands Monitoring Program. Within this project, Dr. Dibike and other researchers under his supervision at EC are setting up and validating hydrological and hydraulic models for the lower Athabasca River Basin. He also has over ten years of research experience in hydro-climate analysis, hydrologic modelling and investigating the hydrologic impacts of cl imate change in different Canadian watersheds.

EXPERIENCE 2007 – present Physical Scientist, Science and Technology Branch/ Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division, Environment Canada

2012 - present: Study lead on "Hydrological and Hydraulic Modelling of the Lower Athabasca River Basin" under the EC/Alberta Joint Oil Sands Monitoring Program Component 1 (Water Quantity/Hydrology/Sediment);

2008 - 2011: Study co-lead on "Climate Impacts on the Landscape Hydrology and Nutrient Transport of the Lake Winnipeg Watershed" under EC science activities - Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiatives (LWBI)

2009 - present: Investigator on "Climate-Induced Redistribution of Water Resources in Western Canada" under EC's cl imate change program

2007 - 2008: Investigator on "Simulation of Current and Future Lake Ice Phenology and Composition" under Government of Canada Program for International Polar Year (IPY): State and Fate of the Cryosphere - Variability and Change in the Canadian Cryosphere

2008 – present Adjunct Associate/Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, and Member of the faculty of graduate studies, University of Victoria

Served as a sessional instructor in Hydrology, graduate students co-supervisor and member of graduate students advisory committees

2005 - 2007 NSERC Industrial Research Fellow at Hydro-Québec/OURANOS research consortium Researcher on Statistical Downscaling and Climate Change Scenario Analysis in Northern Canada 2002 - 2004 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, McMaster University, Department of Civil Engineering Researcher on statistical downscaling and hydrologic modeling to assess the impact of cl imate change on

the flood frequency of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean watershed in Quebec 1992 - 1994 Assistant Lecturer, Hydraulics Department, Arbaminch University (AMU), Ethiopia


Teaching courses in Hydraulics and Surface and Groundwater Hydrology EDUCATION 2002 Ph.D. in Hydroinformatics, Technical University of Delft (TU-Delft), Delft, The Netherlands, 1997 M.Sc. (with distinction) in Hydraulic Engineering, International Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE), Delft, The Netherlands 1992 B.Sc. (with distinction) in Hydraulic Engineering, Arbaminch University (AMU), Arbaminch, Ethiopia. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS 2004 - present Licensed Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario (P.Eng.) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1994 - 1995 Post Graduate course in Water Resources Engineering, Dar es Salaam University (UDSM), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania PUBLICATIONS Journals

Dibike, Y., T. Prowse, R. Shrestha and R. Ahmed. 2012. Observed Trends and Future Projections of Precipitation and Air Temperature in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed. Journal of Great Lakes Research, Special Issue: Lake Winnipeg - The Forgotten Great Lake. 38:72-82.

Shrestha, R.R., Y.B. Dibike and T.D. Prowse. 2012. Modelling of cl imate-induced hydrologic changes in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed.Journal of Great Lakes Research, Special Issue: Lake Winnipeg, The Forgotten Great Lake. 38:83-94

Shrestha, R.R., Y.B. Dibike and T.D. Prowse. 2012. Modelling climate change impacts on hydrology and nutrient loading in the upper Assiniboine Catchment. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 48(1):74-89

Dibike, Y., T. Prowse, B. Bonsal, L. de Rham and T. Saloranta. 2012. Simulation of North American Lake-ice Cover Characteristics under Contemporary and Future Climate Conditions. International Journal of Climatology. 32:695-709

Dibike,Y.B., T.D. Prowse, T. Saloranta and R. Ahmed. 2011. Response of Northern Hemisphere Lake-Ice Cover and Lake-Water Thermal Structure Patterns to a Changing Climate. CGU-HS special issue in Hydrologic Processes. 25:2942-2953

Prowse, T.D., R. Shrestha, B. Bonsal and Y. Dibike. 2010. Changing spring air-temperature gradients along large northern rivers: Implications for severity of river-ice floods. Geophysical Research Letters. 37(19 (L19706)):1-6


Sharma, M., Coulibaly, P., Dibike, Y. B. 2011. Assessing the need for downscaling RCM data for hydrologic impact study. ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 16(6): 534-539.

Dibike Y.B., Gachon P., St-Hilaire A., Ouarda T.B.M.J., Nguyen V.T.-V. 2008. Uncertainty analysis of statistically downscaled temperature and precipitation regimes in Northern Canada. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 91(39817) :149-170Winnipeg, The Forgotten Great Lake. 38:83-94

Dibike Y. B. and Coulibaly P., 2008. TDNN with logical values for hydrologic modelling in a cold and snowy climate, Journal of Hydroinformatics, Vol 10, No 4, pp 289–300.

Quilbé R., A.N. Rousseau, J.-S. Moquet, N.B. Trinh, Y. Dibike, P. Gachon, D. Chaumont (2008) : Assessing the effect of cl imate change on river flow using general circulation models and hydrological modelling – Application to the Chaudière River (Québec, Canada). Canadian Water Resource Journal, 33 (1): 73-93.

Gachon P. and Dibike Y. B. 2007. Temperature change signals in northern Canada: Convergence of statistical downscaling results using two driving GCMs, International Journal of Climatology, 27(12): pp. 1623-1641.

Dibike Y. B. and Coulibaly P. (2007) Validation of Hydrologic Models for Climate Scenario Simulation: The Case of Saguenay Watershed in Québec, Hydrological Processes, 21(23): pp. 3123-3135.

Dibike Y. B. and Coulibaly P., 2006. Temporal Neural Networks for Downscaling Climate Variability and Extremes, Neural Networks (Especial issue on Earth Sciences and Environmental Applications of Computational Intell igence), Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 135-144.

Khan M.S., Coulibaly P. and Dibike Y., 2006. Uncertainty Analysis of Statistical Downscaling Methods, Journal of Hydrology, 319(1-4):357-382

Khan M.S., Coulibaly P. and Dibike Y., 2006. Uncertainty analysis of statistical downscaling methods using Canadian Global Climate Model predictors, Hydrological Processes, 20(14): pp. 3085-3104.

Dibike Y. B. and Coulibaly P., 2005. Hydrologic Impact of Climate Change in the Saguenay Watershed: Comparison of Downscaling Methods and Hydrologic Models, Journal of Hydrology, 307(1-4):145-163

Coulibaly P., Dibike, Y. B. and Anctil , F., 2005. Downscaling Precipitation and Temperature with Temporal Neural Networks. Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp 483–496.

Lobbrecht A.H., Dibike Y.B., and Solomatine, D.P., 2005. Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Systems for Model Based Control: Application to the Water System of Overwaard, ASCE Journal of water resources planning and management, Vol. 131, No. 2, pp. 135- 145.

Dibike, Y.B., 2002, Developing generic hydrodynamic models using artificial neural networks, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol.40, No.2 pp. 183-190.

Dibike Y.B., Velickov S., Solomatine D. and Abbott M.B., 2001, Model Induction with Support Vector Machines: Introduction and Applications, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 208- 216.

Dibike Y.B. and Solomatine D., 2001, River Flow Forecasting Using Artificial Neural Networks, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere, Vol. 26, No.1, pp. 1-8

Solomatine D., Dibike Y.B. and Kukuric, N. 2000. Automatic calibration of groundwater models using global optimization techniques, In the Journal of Hydrological Sciences, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 879-893.

Dibike Y.B. and Abbott, M.B. 1999. Application of artificial neural networks to the simulation of a two dimensional flow, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 435-446.

Dibike, Y.B., Minns, A.W. and Abbott, M.B. 1999. Application of artificial neural networks to the generation of wave equations from hydraulic data, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol.37, No.1 pp. 81-97.

Dibike, Y.B. Solomatine, D. and Abbott, M.B. 1999. On the encapsulation of numerical-hydraulic models in artificial neural network, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol.37, No.2 pp. 147-161.


Technical reports

Brown, R., Lemay, M., Allard, M., Barrand, N. E., Barrette, C., Bégin, Y., Bell, T., Bernier, M., Bleau, S., Chadbourn, J., Chaumont, D., Dibike, Y., Frigon, A., Leblanc, P., Paquin, D. and M. J. Sharp. Climate variabil ity and change in the Canadian Eastern Subarctic IRIS region (Nunavik and Nunatsiavut). In: Allard, M. and M. Lemay. (Ed) 2012. Nunavik and Nunatsiavut: From science to policy. An Integrated Regional Impact Study (IRIS) of cl imate change and modernization. ArcticNet Inc., Quebec City, Canada, 303 pp.

Barrette, C., Bourdages, L., Brown, R., Chaumont, D., Dibike, Y., Frigon, A., Logan, T., Paquin, D. Climate Change Projections for Nunavut and Nunatsiavut for 2050. In: Allard, M. and M. Lemay. (Ed) 2012. Nunavik and Nunatsiavut: From science to policy. An Integrated Regional Impact Study (IRIS) of cl imate change and modernization. ArcticNet Inc., Quebec City, Canada, 303 pp.

Prowse, T., Alfredsen, K., Beltaos, S., Bonsal, B., Duguay, C., Korhola, A., McNamara, J., Vincent, W., Vuglinsky, V. and Weyhenmeyer, G., Bowden, B., Buzin, V., Dibike, Y., Gantner, N., Hinzman, L., Lia, L., Ouarda, T., Pienitz, R., Reist, J., Stickler, M., Anthony, K.W., Weckström, J., Wrona, F. Changing lake and river ice regimes: trends, effects, and implications. In: AMAP, 2011. Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA): Climate Change and the Cryosphere. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway. xi i + 538 pp.

Coulibaly P. and Dibike, Y. B., 2004. Downscaling of Global Climate Model Outputs for Flood Frequency Analysis in the Saguenay River System, Project report to the Science Sub-Component of Climate Change Action Fund, Environment Canada.

Coulibaly P., Shi, X. and Dibike, Y. B., 2004. Identification of the Effect of Climate Change on Future Design Standards of Drainage Infrastructure in Ontario, Progress Report submitted to the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program. 92 pp

Lobbrecht A.H., Dibike Y.B., and Solomatine, D.P., 2002. Use of Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic for Integrated Water Management, Project report to Stichting Toege- past Onderzoek Waterbeheer (STOWA), The NetherlandsBooks


Dibike, Y., T. Prowse1, I. Droppo, H. Eum, S. Kashayap, A. Oveisy, A. Shakibaeinia. 2013. Progress and Challenges in Hydrological, Hydrodynamic and Transport Modell ing of the Lower Athabasca Watershed, American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 9–13, 2013.

H.-I. Eum, Y. Dibike, T. Prowse. Assessment of uncertainty in modelling the hydrologic responses of the Athabasca watershed using an ensemble approach. CWRA - CGU - CMOS Joint Scientific Congress, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 26-30, 2013.

Y. Dibike, H.-I. Eum, T. Prowse. Spatial and temporal inter-comparison of three high resolution gridded climate data sets for the Athabasca watershed. CWRA - CGU - CMOS Joint Scientific Congress, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 26-30, 2013.

S. Kashyap, Y. Dibike, T. Prowse. A 2-Dimentional numerical model of flow in the Lower Athabasca River: a Case Study. CWRA - CGU - CMOS Joint Scientific Congress, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 26-30, 2013.

Y. Dibike, Prowse, T., Ahmed, R. Analysis and Inter-Comparison of Multiple RCM based Hydro-Climate Scenarios in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed. 45th CMOS Congres, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 5 to 9, 2011

Y. Dibike, R. Shrestha, T. Prowse. Climate change impacts on hydrology and nutrient loading in the upper Assinboine catchment. The 64th CWRA national conference. St. John's, Nufunland and Labrador, Canada, June 27 - 30, 2011


Y. Dibike, T. Prowse, and R. Ahmed. Evaluation and Inter-Comparison of NARCCAP's Multiple RCM based Hydro-Climate Scenarios in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed. American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 13–17, 2010

Y. Dibike, Prowse T. Shrestha R., and Thompson, M., Projected Climate Impacts on Snow Depths and Discharges In the Lake Winnipeg Watershed, 63rd CWRA National Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 15 - 18, 2010.

R. Shrestha, Dibike Y. B., Prowse T. Future Climate Scenarios and Climate-induced Hydrologic Changes in the Lake Winnipeg Watersheds, 63rd CWRA National Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 15 - 18, 2010.

Y. Dibike, Prowse T. Shrestha R., and Thompson, M., Projected Climate Impacts on Snow Depths and Discharges In the Lake Winnipeg Watershed, 63rd CWRA National Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 15 - 18, 2010.

R. Shrestha, Dibike Y. B., Prowse T. Future Climate Scenarios and Climate-induced Hydrologic Changes in the Lake Winnipeg Watersheds, 63rd CWRA National Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 15 - 18, 2010.

Y. Dibike and P. Gachon. Uncertainties in statistical downscaling model outputs from two global cl imate models: a case study in Northern Canada. 40th CMOS Congres, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 29 to June 1, 2006.

P. Gachon and Y. Dibike. Climate change and extremes in northern Canada: Statistical downscaling results using two driving coupled GCMs. 40th CMOS Congres, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 29 to June 1, 2006.

Y. Dibike and P. Gachon. Uncertainty analysis of statistical downscaling model outputs from two global cl imate models in northern Canada. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly - Vienna, Austria, April 02-07, 2006.

P. Gachon and Y. Dibike. Climate change and extremes in northern Canada: Results from a statistical downscaling method using two driving coupled GCMs. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly - Vienna, Austria, April 02-07, 2006.

Dibike, Y.B., Shi, X. and Coulibaly P. 2006. Assessing climate change impact on design standards of hydraulic structures, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 4th – 8th September, 2006, Nice, France. 8 pp.

Dibike, Y.B. and Coulibaly P., 2005. Temporal Neural Networks for Downscaling Climate Variabil ity and Extremes, Proceedings of the 2005 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, July 31-August 4, 2005, Montreal, Canada. Vol. 3, pp.1636- 1641

Dibike, Y. and P. Coulibaly. Downscaling Global Climate Model Outputs to Study the Hydrologic Impact of Climate Change Part I: Calibration and Validation of Downscaling Models. Sixth International Conference on Hydroinformatics, June 21-24, 2004. Singapore, Vol 2, pp. 1441-1448

Dibike, Y.B., Lobbrecht A.H., Solomatine, D.P., 2002. Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic Technologies for Control of the Water System of Overwaard in the Netherlands, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 1st– 5th July, 2002, Cardiff, UK,. Vol. 1, pp. 715-721.

Dibike, Y.B. 2002. Model Induction from Data: Towards the next generation of computational engines in hydraulics and hydrology, Swets & Zeitl inger B. V., Lisse, The Netherlands. 143 pp

Dibike, Y.B., S. Velickov, D.P. Solomatine. 2000. Support vector machines: review and applications in civil engineering. Workshop proceedings In: Artificial Intell igence methods in Civil Engineering Applications (O. Schleider, A. Zijderveld, eds). Cottbus, p.45-58

Dibike Y.B. 2000, Machine learning paradigms for rainfall runoff modelling, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 23rd – 27th July, 2000, Iowa, USA.


Wendy Easton Canadian Wildlife Service


5421 Robertson Road, RR1, Delta, B.C. V4K 3N2

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION M.Sc. Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 1997 Backman Award 1997, McPhee Forestry Fellowship 1996 B.Sc. Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 1989 University of British Columbia Athletic Scholarships 1988, 1989 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1998 to present Landbird Assessment Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environment Canada 5421 Robertson Road, Delta, BC V4K 3N2 Responsibilities include: • Assessment of population status and trends of migratory landbirds; • Planning and delivery of field surveys and monitoring programs for migratory landbirds (e.g.

Breeding Bird Surveys, Christmas Bird Counts, Migration Monitoring, Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survival);

• Development and review of standard protocols for monitoring and assessment (e.g. boreal bird monitoring, migration monitoring, Status of Birds in Canada);

• Review of Bird Status Reports for the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada;

• Development and review of Recovery Strategies required for the Species At Risk Act; • Review of Environmental Impact Statements and permit applications for a wide variety of

industrial and scientific projects (e.g. mining, pipeline, infrastructure, run of the river, wind farm, hydro, research, etc.);

• Development and review of assessment and planning tools for birds, including databases and conservation plans (e.g. Partners in Flight Assessment Database, Breeding Bird Survey, Status of Birds in Canada, Bird Conservation Plans, etc.)

• Establishment and delivery of international and regional conservation initiatives (e.g. Partners in Flight, North American Bird Conservation Initiative, Joint Ventures);

• Review and development of federal policy, tools and protocols related to the Migratory Bird Convention Act (e.g. incidental take of migratory birds, monitoring protocols for wind farms, protocols for scientific sampling and permits, etc.) ;

• Delivery of training workshops for students and volunteers to conduct standard songbird surveys and banding.


1990-1998 Canadian Wildlife Service, Biologist Effect of habitat area on riparian landbirds, Fraser Lowlands, BC Conservation of landbirds in the Georgia Basin, Delta, BC Pandion Ecological Research, Project Leader Effect of alternative silviculture on cavity nesters, Kootenays, BC Effect of woodpeckers on bark beetle populations, Vancouver, BC University of British Columbia & Parks Canada, Biologist Landscape effect of logging on songbirds, Rocky Mountains, BC Bion Research & Environment Canada, Technician Winter assessment of water quality, Georgia Strait, BC B.C. Conservation Foundation & Ministry of Environment, Biologist Breeding ecology of Spotted Owl, Hope, BC Bion Research & BC Parks, Project Supervisor & Biologist Behavioural ecology of Killer Whales, Johnstone Strait, BC RECENT SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY SERVICE Scientific conference organization: • 5th Partners in Flight Conference Snowbird 2013, Steering Committee. • Symposium co-leader, 5th Partners in Flight Conference, Snowbird 2013 • -Migration Stopover and Bottlenecks for Long-distance Migrants within the Western

Hemisphere. • 5th North American Ornithological Conference Vancouver 2012, Local Organizing Committee. The

largest ornithological meeting in Canada with close to 1500 participants from 24 countries. • Symposium co-leader, 5th North American Ornithological Conference, Vancouver 2012 • -Hot Topics in the Tropics: Research to Support Full Life-cycle Conservation of Migrants. Scientific review for following journals: • Avian Conservation and Ecology • British Columbia Birds • Canadian Field-Naturalist • Canadian Journal of Forest Research • Canadian Journal of Forest Sciences • The Condor Grant program lead and reviews: • Past regional lead for Environment Canada’s Science Horizon Youth Internship Program • British Columbia Habitat Conservation Trust Fund • Environment Canada Community and Habitat Stewardship Funding


PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Journal papers and technical reports: • Reservoir water levels do not influence daily mass gain of warblers at a riparian stopover site.

2011. Green, D.J., K.B. Loukes, M.V. Pennell, J. Jarvis, W.E. Easton. J. Field Ornithology 82:11-24.

• Guide to the PIF Population Estimates Database Version: 2004 North American Landbird Conservation Plan. 2007. Blancher, P. J., K. V. Rosenberg, A. O. Panjabi, B. Altman, J. Bart, C. J. Beardmore, G. S. Butcher, D. Demarest, R. Dettmers, E. H. Dunn, W. Easton, W. C. Hunter, E. E. Iñigo-Elias, D. N. Pashley, C. J. Ralph, T. D. Rich, C. M. Rustay, J. M. Ruth, T. C. Will. Partners in Flight Technical Series No. 5. Retrieved at www.partnersinflight.org/

• Making connections for bird conservation: Linking states, provinces, and territories to important

wintering and breeding grounds. 2006. Blancher, P.J., B. Jacobs, A. Couturier, C.J. Beardmore, R. Dettmers, E.H. Dunn, W. Easton, E.E. Iñigo-Elias, T.D. Rich, K.V. Rosenberg, J.M. Ruth. PIF Technical Series No. 4. . Retrieved at www.partnersinflight.org/.

• The Partners in Flight handbook on species assessment (Version 2005). 2005. Panjabi, A. O., E. H.

Dunn, P. J. Blancher, W. C. Hunter, B. Altman, J. Bart, C. J. Beardmore, H. Berlanga, G. S. Butcher, S. K. Davis, D. W. Demarest, R. Dettmers, W. Easton, H. Gomez de Silva Garza, E. E. Iñigo-Elias, D. N. Pashley, C. J. Ralph, T. D. Rich, K. V. Rosenberg, C. M. Rustay, J. M. Ruth, J. S. Wendt, T. C. Will. Partners in Flight Technical Series No. 3. Retrieved at www.rmbo.org/

• Integrated bird conservation along the Pacific Coast of North America: An action agenda. Elliott,

G., B. Altman, W. Easton, R. Estrella, G. Geupel, M. Chase, E. Cohen, A. Chrisney. 2005. Bird conservation implementation and integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the third international Partners in Flight conference. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191.

• Effects of thinning and herbicide treatments on nest-site selection by songbirds in young

managed forests. Easton, W.E., K. Martin. 2002. Auk 119 (3): 685-694.

• The effect of vegetation management on breeding bird communities in British Columbia. Easton, W.E., K. Martin. 1998. Ecological Applications 8: 1092-1103.

Conservation plans, proceeding papers and other reports:

• Saving Our Shared Birds: Partners in Flight Tri-National Vision for Landbird Conservation. 2010. Berlanga, H., J. A. Kennedy, T. D. Rich, M. C. Arizmendi, C. J. Beardmore, P. J. Blancher, G. S. Butcher, A. R. Couturier, A. A. Dayer, D. W. Demarest, W. E. Easton, M. Gustafson, E. Inigo-Elias, E. A. Krebs, A. O. Panjabi, V. Rodriguez Contreras, K. V. Rosenberg, J. M. Ruth, E. Santana Castellon, R. Ma. Vidal, T. Will. Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Ithaca, NY. Retrieved at www.savingoursharedbirds.org.

• A Common Currency: Using Landbirds to Guide and Evaluate Conservation Action. 2007. Easton,

W.E., S. Pelech, K. De Groot. Proceedings for the Monitoring the Effectiveness of Biodiversity Conservation Conference, 2004, Richmond, BC. 13 p.

http://www.savingoursharedbirds.org/


• Canada’s Great Basin Landbird Conservation Plan. 2003. Bezener, A.M., K. De Groot, W. Easton, I. Hartasanchez, S. Pelech. Partners in Flight BC & Yukon, Delta, BC. 100p.

• Preliminary Strategy for the Conservation of Landbirds in the Georgia Basin. 1999. Easton, W.E.

Report submitted to Canadian Wildlife Service, Delta, BC. 28 p. Conference presentations:

• Tracking Swainson’s Thrushes Along Divergent Migratory Pathways Using Light-Level Geolocators. 2012. Delmore, K., W. Easton, D. Irwin. 5th North American Ornithological Conference, Vancouver, BC.

• Filling Knowledge Gaps to Enhance Full Life-Cycle Bird Conservation: Partners in Flight's Tri-

National Vision. 2012. Rosenberg, K., J. Ruth, C. Beardmore, W. Easton, T. Will, D. Pashley. 5th North American Ornithological Conference, Vancouver, BC.

• Necessity for Tri-national Action for Bird Conservation: Protecting the Migration Spectacle and

Unique Role of the Boreal Avian Nursery. 2010. Dayer, A.A, A. Couturier, W. Easton, K.V. Rosenberg. 24th International Congress for Conservation Biology, Edmonton, AB.

• Common Birds In Decline In North America. 2010. Rich, T.D., P.J. Blancher, W.E. Easton, E.E.

Iñigo-Elias. 128th Joint meeting of Cooper Ornithological Society, American Ornithologists’ Union, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists / Société des Ornithologistes du Canada, San Diego, CA.

• Influence of Continental Climate Patterns on Western Boreal Songbird Migration. 2010. Easton,

W.E., V. Lambie. 128th Joint meeting of Cooper Ornithological Society, American Ornithologists’ Union, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists / Société des Ornithologistes du Canada, San Diego, CA.

• Characterizing Northern Songbird Migration. 2008. Easton, W. E., V. Lambie, J. Janatunen. 4th

International Partners in Flight Conference, McAllen, TX.

• Assessing the health of riparian communities using landbirds and quantitative methods. Rich, T.D., W.E. Easton. 2006. 59th Meeting of Society for Range Management, Vancouver, BC.

• Testing the focal species approach in riparian habitat of southern British Columbia. 2004. De

Groot, K., W.E. Easton. 122nd Joint meeting of American Ornithologists’ Union and Society of Canadian Ornithologists / Société des Ornithologistes du Canada American Ornithological Union, Québec.

• A Common Currency: Using Landbirds to Guide and Evaluate Conservation Action. 2004. Easton,

W.E., S. Pelech, K. De Groot. Monitoring the Effectiveness of Biodiversity Conservation Conference, Richmond, BC.

• Migration and Demography Monitoring as a Tool for Evaluating Populations of Forest Songbirds.

2004. Easton, W.E. Monitoring the Effectiveness of Biodiversity Conservation Conference, Richmond, BC.


RECENT COMMITTEES Canadian representative, Partners in Flight International Science & Steering Committees BC representative, Partners in Flight Western Working Group BC representative, Canadian Wildlife Service Landbird Technical Committee Member and past steering committee, Canadian Migration Monitoring Network Past technical committee member, Pacific Coast Joint Venture & BC Atlas Committee Past committee member for graduate students SOCIETIES Member, British Columbia Field Ornithologists Lifetime Member, Society of Canadian Ornithologists


Raymond Kotchorek, B.Sc., MNRM Environmental Assessment and Emergencies Analyst

Environmental Protection Operations Division Environment Canada

Curriculum Vitae SUMMARY Mr. Kotchorek is the Environmental Assessment and Emergencies Analyst employed with Environment Canada’s Environmental Emergencies Program. Mr. Kotchorek is tasked with conducting in-depth document reviews for development projects and developing departmental comments and recommendations with a view to enabling adequate environmental emergency planning within proponents’ contingency plans. Mr. Kotchorek has been employed with the Environmental Emergencies Program in various Senior Officer and Acting Manager capacities for approximately three years. EXPERIENCE June 2013 – Present ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT & EMERGENCIES ANALYST ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES PROGRAM, ENVIRONMENT CANADA HEADQUARTERS

• Provide national level expert support to Environment Canada’s Environmental Assessment Program by undertaking comprehensive document reviews of significant and/or complex development project proposals

• Coordinate national level expert advice input from Emergencies Science and Technology Section and Meteorological Service of Canada – Environmental Emergency Response Section

• Develop internal service level agreements and consolidated guidance documents, external Best Practices documents, and a governance structure including various accessibility and approvals protocols for the integration of Environmental Emergencies Program advice and guidance into the larger Environmental Assessment process

March 2013 – June 2013 SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT COORDINATOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OPERATIONS DIVISION, ENVIRONMENT CANADA - PNR

• Coordinated expert departmental review teams for time-sensitive reviews of complex medium to high-risk development projects that had the potential for adverse environmental impacts

• Actively engaged and obtained expert support from departmental subject matter experts September 2012 – March 3013 SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER January 2012 – September 2012 A/MANAGER, EMERGENCY RESPONSE July 2011 – January 2012 SENIOR OFFICER, RESPONSE Jan. 2007 – May 2008 ACTING SENIOR OFFICER, RESPONSE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES CENTRE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OPERATIONS, ENVIRONMENT CANADA HEADQUARTERS

• Managed operations of the 24/7 National Environmental Emergencies Centre (NEEC) • Supervised and coordinated the work of two indeterminate staff and five NEEC duty officers • Led the development of national-level projects; contributed to the development of national policies

related to federal-level environmental emergencies response • Monitored response efforts to environmental emergency incidents and briefed senior EC managers • Collaborated with five regional managers and undertook l iaison role with officials at Public Safety Canada,

Transport Canada, Health Canada, the Canadian Coast Guard, NOAA/US EPA, Greenland Command and the United Nations Environment Programme

• Participated as a designated officer in the 24/7 after-hours NEEC Duty Officer rotation


March 2011 – July 2011 MANAGER, CONTAMINATED SITES PROGRAM OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATION FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA HEADQUARTERS

• Managed the national DFO Contaminated Sites Program consisting of remediation and risk-management activities for over 200 contaminated sites approved for funding under the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan

• Supervised and coordinated three indeterminate environmental analyst staff • Undertook reporting and annual Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory certification requirements, as well

as reporting requirements for the Public Accounts of Canada • Contributed to the design and development of DFO’s Real Property Information Management System

database 2010 – 2011 A/SENIOR POLICY AND PROGRAM ADVISOR Numerous terms 2003 to 2009 A/NATIONAL COORDINATOR 2003 – 2006; 2009 – 2010 POLICY AND PROGRAM ADVISOR CANADIAN WILDLIFE SERVICE, ENVIRONMENT CANADA HEADQUARTERS

• Provided program development and management support to the National Coordinator of the Ecological Gifts Program

• Processed confidential time-sensitive correspondence between eight regional coordinators, six Appraisal Review Panel members, eight Ad hoc reviewers and numerous partner organizations

• Assisted in the development of briefing correspondence to senior Environment Canada managers on science-based policy and program issues

• Developed and managed the online EGP database and the national program Web site • The Acting National Coordinator duties involved management responsibilities to ensure consistent issues

resolution, program policy development and program delivery on a national scale; short and medium-term financial, program and human resources planning; the provision of nationally-consistent advice and leadership to eight regional program coordinators; contract administration and monitoring for approximately 18 single and multi-year contracts; frequent consultations and interactions with other federal government personnel from Department of Justice, Finance Canada and Canada Revenue Agency; and negotiations of grant and contribution funding agreements with partner ENGOs

2001 – 2002 CONSERVATION & RECLAMATION APPROVALS COORDINATOR APPROVALS DIVISION, EASTERN SLOPES REGION AND NORTHERN REGION ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT

• Departmental coordinator for the Smoky River Coal Ltd. Environmental Reclamation Project • Hired, coordinated and monitored environmental services contractors undertaking land reclamation and

remediation systems planning, the planning of technical components, and the scheduling of sequential land reclamation activities

• Work planned and operated within a highly constrained project budget of $7.13M • Administered and monitored seven project contracts; provided guidance to four heavy equipment

contracting companies, and three local and national environmental consulting firms providing environmental monitoring services for air and water quality, environmental emergencies response and site security

• Reviewed monthly technical reports on air and water quality monitoring efforts Seasonal, 1998 & 1999 PROVINCIAL PARK PATROL OFFICER 2 (CAPTAIN) Seasonal, 2000 PROVINCIAL PARK PATROL OFFICER / GRADUATE STUDENT Seasonal, 1996 & 1997 PROVINCIAL PARK PATROL OFFICER 1 MANITOBA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES / MANITOBA CONSERVATION

• Held DNR Officer designations and Special Constable status in and for the Province of Manitoba


• Enforced Provincial and Federal resource-related statutes and regulations under the Fisheries Act, the Manitoba Provincial Parks Act, and the Manitoba Wildlife Act

• Planned and conducted park and natural resource compliance patrols and inspections • Assisted the DNR Canine Unit on backcountry patrols and fish & wildlife road-side check stops • The position of Park Patrol Captain included additional supervisory duties such as: • the provision of practical law enforcement training; monitoring and evaluation of officer development;

and the management and maintenance of district enforcement fi les; and • the writing of officer briefs and enforcement reports

EDUCATION MASTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DEGREE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE, 2002

• Emphasis on interdisciplinary sustainable resource and environmental management strategies that encompass whole-ecosystem / landscape-level planning, policy development, decision making through consensus building, implementation and evaluation while ensuring the integrity of social-ecological systems

RENEWABLE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DIPLOMA (Honors) LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROGRAM, 1997

• Emphasis on integrated and adaptive renewable resources management • Practical skills developed in the areas of fish and wildlife management, habitat management, ecology,

range, soil, botany, zoology, aquatics, water and forestry resources management, criminal law and court procedures

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE, General (GEOLOGY / PHYSICS) UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, 1994

• Emphasis on environmental geology, geomorphologic processes and general physics PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS

• Environment Canada Analyst designation under CEPA (1999) - 2013 • Environment Canada Enforcement Officer designation under CEPA (1999) – 2012 • Environment Canada Inspector designation under the Canada Fisheries Act – 2012 • Federal Basic Emergency Management certificate (Canadian Emergency Mgmt College) – 2012 • Basic Enforcement Training for Environmental Emergencies Officers (Environment Canada) – 2011 • Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response certificate (Environment Canada) – 2011


• Introduction to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 – 2013 • Aboriginal Consultation and Accommodation (Environment Canada) – 2013


René McKibbin, M.Sc ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OFFICER

Environmental Stewardship Canadian Wildlife Service

Environment Canada

Curriculum Vitae SUMMARY

Ms. René McKibbin is the ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OFFICER, Environmental Stewardship, Canadian Wildlife Service, with Environment Canada. She is responsible for reviewing of Environmental Assessment Documents. During her career at Environment Canada she has also done research on migratory birds and endangered species, including birds and amphibians. Her role in the various research projects included study design, collecting of field data, analysis of data, writing of reports and peer reviewed journal articles, landowner contact and spatial analysis and mapping.

EXPERIENCE December 2012 – Present ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OFFICER, Environment Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service • Review and comment on various EA documents, including protocols for wildlife and vegetation baseline

studies, Project Descriptions, Federal Authority Advice Records, EIS guidelines, EIS, and EA Reports for proposed developments, including mines, pipelines, dams, residential and resort developments.

• Analyses and interpretation of spatial data using ArcGIS 10.1 and generating of maps. • Site visits to various proposed development sites. • Meetings with proponents regard proposed developments. • Supervising co-op student. • Mistnetting, colour-banding and blood sampling of American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus). • Study design, monitoring, mapping and report writing of Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens auricollis) at

proposed development site, including mist netting, colour-banding, nest searching, territory mapping, site fidelity to determine effects of development on the species.

• Report writing. • Assist with contracting. • Managing of Yellow-breasted Chat database.

September 2012 – November 2012 and December 2008 - February 2009 ACTING SPECIES AT RISK BIOLOGIST, Environment Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service • Developed proposed methodology for critical habitat identification for endangered Northern Leopard Frog

(Lithobates pipiens), perform analysis and generate maps in ArcGIS 10. • Wrote federal addition to Species at Risk recovery strategy for Northern Leopard Frog. • Evaluated critical habitat polygons for Yellow-breasted Chat, prepared report and maps. • Literature reviews. • Species at risk permit review. • Reviewed and incorporated comments from public consultation into Yellow-breasted Chat recovery strategy. • Reviewed and incorporated comments from provincial and other federal organizations into species at risk

recovery strategies.

February 2011 – August 2012


TECHNOLOGIST – MONITORING/DATA SERVICES, Environment Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service • Analyses and interpretation of spatial data using ArcGIS 10 and generating maps. • Seabird home range analysis using Geospatial Modeling Environment. • Training of new staff in bird and amphibian monitoring. • Creating of virtual tours with Google Earth Pro. • Study design and testing of ground truthing protocol for Yellow-breasted Chat critical habitat. • Yellow-breasted Chat surveys, banding and monitoring at proposed development site.

August 2010 – January 2011 WILDLIFE TOXICOLOGY TECHNICIAN, Environment Canada – Science and Technology • Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) and Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) productivity surveys. • Assist with radio-telemetry, trapping and sample collection of Barn Owl (Tyto alba) and River Otter (Lutra

canadensis). • Spatial analysis and generating of maps using ArcGIS 9. • Processing of avian eggs for toxicological analysis. • Laboratory management and upkeep. • Management and recordkeeping of budget and assist with employee contracts. • Assist with oral and poster presentations. • Permit applications and report writing. • Data entry, processing and analysis. November 2001 – July 2010 WILDLIFE TECHNICIAN/WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST, Environment Canada - Canadian Wildlife Service • Yellow-breasted Chat (endangered species) management, conservation and recovery project and monitoring of

other riparian species • Conservation and management of the endangered Yellow-breasted Chat and other migratory riparian species,

including Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia), Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii), Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) and Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), including mist netting, colour banding (adults and nestlings), fitting of radio transmitters and tracking with radio-telemetry, nest searching and monitoring, feather collection, blood sampling of nestlings and adults and nest monitoring.

• Vegetation monitoring of chat habitat. • Responsible for study design, planning, field work, data entry, data base management, analysis, mapping and

report writing. • Statistical analysis and interpretation of data including capture-mark-recapture analysis using Program Mark

and habitat data. • Attend recovery team meetings and assist with recovery planning, including designation of critical habitat. • Spatial analysis using ArcGIS 9. • Riparian and range plan vegetation monitoring of on public, private, crown and First Nations lands. • Oregon Spotted Frog (endangered species) conservation, management and recovery project • The construction of cages and monitoring of in situ embryonic survivorship of the endangered Oregon Spotted

Frog (Rana pretiosa) and threatened Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora). • Water quality sampling. • Amphibian surveys and trapping. • Marking (elastomer dye and PIT tags), weighing, measuring, and release of metamorphs bred at rearing

facil ities and adult amphibians in the wild. • Collection of eggs for captive rearing program. • Collecting of swabs from amphibians for testing for Chytrid fungus and Iridovirus. • Responsible for study design, planning, field work, data entry, data base management, analysis, mapping and

report writing. • Assist with captive rearing program. • Member of the Oregon Spotted Frog Recovery team, assist with recovery planning of the species.


Other • Management complex electronic database from 2001 to present. Data included multiple aspects including

productivity, mark and recapture, colour banding, habitat assessments, territory mapping and radio-telemetry of up to five riparian bird species, amphibian embryonic survivorship, water quality, captive breeding survival rates, and amphibian trapping.

• Writing of reports and summaries of data to CWS, BC Ministry of Environment, DND and Aboriginal organizations.

• Writing of permit applications, including species at risk (SAR) permits, Ministry of Environment (MOE) general permits and Environmental Science and Advisory Committee (ESAC) permit.

• Writing of peer reviewed journal article, l iterature reviews. • Training of First Nations interns and new staff. • Working with provincial government, non government, private landowners and aboriginal organizations. • Oversee the coordination of field operations and set and manage priorities and workload. • Field project leader for Oregon Spotted Frog and Yellow-breasted Chat projects. • Use technical equipment including GPS and radio-telemetry. Fall and winter 2002 – 2005 WILDLIFE TECHNICIAN, Ducks Unlimited Canada Waterfowl conservation and management project • Capturing (rocket net), banding, fitting of radio transmitters, ground and aerial radio-telemetry of American

Wigeon (Anas americana) and Northern Pintail (Anas acuta). • Agricultural field sampling and intertidal eelgrass (Zostera spp.) sampling. • Waterfowl counts. • Planning and laying out of exclosure plots, monitoring and evaluation of fields for waterfowl management and

conservation. • Field project leader for capturing, aerial telemetry and habitat sampling. Responsible for work planning and

leading teams. • Set and manage priorities and workload and coordination of field operations. • Writing of field protocol manuals. • Use technical equipment including GPS, rocket nets and radio-telemetry. • Working with fixed wing aircraft. • Training of new staff. • Working with non government and private landowners.

February 2001 - July 2001 WILDLIFE TECHNICIAN, BC Conservation Foundation (contracted to Canadian Wildlife Service) • Assisting with mist netting, colour banding, measuring, weighing, and collecting of feather and blood samples,

nest monitoring of American Dippers and invertebrate sampling. • Assist with sediment sampling and Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) surveys.

July 2000 – August 2000 WILDLIFE TECHNICIAN, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC • The relationship between Bark beetle (Dendroctonus spp.) populations and woodpecker populations • Forest transects to measure and classify pine beetle damage on trees. Observing the feeding behavior of all

woodpeckers, particularly those feeding on bark beetles. • Responsible for study design, planning, implementing and field work.

September 1990 – March 1999 SENIOR ECOLOGICAL AND WILDLIFE TECHNICIAN, Mpumalanga Parks Board, South Africa (formerly Transvaal Provincial Administration)


• Research projects on wildlife species, species at risk and migratory birds including, the endangered white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), Cape Buffalo (Cyncerus caffer), the vulnerable African Elephant (Loxodonta africana), critically endangered Blue Swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea), the endangered Oribi (Ourebia ourebi), the vulnerable Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) and Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) for the management, conservation and recovery of these species.

• Budgeting, work planning and leading teams. • Chair ecological management meetings. • Game census: aerial, vehicle, boat and foot censuses – organizing and assisting with logistical support,

operating boats and counting of game, including species at risk. • Game condition, distribution, reintroduction and habitat util isation surveys. • Surveying and categorizing wetlands for wildlife habitat conservation and assessing impacts of agriculture and

development on wildlife. • Small mammal species surveys, catching and identifying of species per habitat. • Endangered plant species monitoring and surveys. • South African Bird Atlas Project, identifying species and localities of Southern African Species. • South African Frog Atlas Project, identifying species by call and their localities of Southern African Species. • Habitat structure, vegetation community and forest succession. • Working with non government and private landowners on private wildlife parks to conduct environmental

auditing and impact assessments for the conservation, recovery and management of wildlife and their habitat. • Herbarium management. Collection, identification, preparing and mounting of specimens, including

endangered species. • Phytomass surveys and evaluation of areas to determine the suitabil ity of those areas for annual fire

management for the management of wildlife and wildlife habitat. • Compiling of maps using GPS instruments. • Funding applications for the management and conservation of species at risk. • Working with aircraft (helicopter) and small boats. • Financial management of projects and the management of annual budgets. • Study design, data entry, analysis and writing of reports. • Field crew leader of ecological research and monitoring projects for six provincial parks ranging from 3 000 to

65 000 ha. • Set and manage priorities and workload in field operations and coordination of field operations. • Training of new/junior staff in the correct ecological monitoring techniques.

January 1988 – August 1990 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND VISITOR SERVICES, Transvaal Provincial Administration, South Africa • Providing environmental education to groups and individuals of various age groups. • Organizing and presenting of environmental education camps. • Building and maintaining tourist facilities. • Organizing and supervising work teams. • Assisting with wildlife management tasks, including annual fire management, roads and fence maintenance. EDUCATION

Micorsoft Access 2007 Level 1 February 2012 Rapid Computer Training, Vancouver, BC, Canada ArcGIS Desktop III: GIS Workflow and Analysis (Version 10) December 2011 ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality (Version 10) November 2011 ESRI, Vancouver, BC, Canada Certificate in GIS for Environmental Management January – July 2008 University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada


Masters of Science in Environment and Management 2004-2006 Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada. National Diploma in Nature Conservation 1986-1988 Tshwane University of Technology (Previously Technikon Pretoria), Pretoria, South Africa.


Writing in Clear and Concise Language November 2013 Canada School of Public Service Foundations of Collaborative Conflict Resolution February 2013 Justice Institute of British Columbia, New Westminster, BC, Canada In service training courses 2000-present How to answer question regards incidental take in an EA context, Field safety, Aboriginal awareness, five day Wilderness first aid, First Aid and CPR, underwater egress, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), bird banding and aging, total control defensive driving. In service training 1986-1998 Endangered plant management, herbarium management, grass identification, ecological management, small mammal identification and trapping, wildlife veterinarian, reptile and amphibian identification, fire arm training

PUBLICATIONS Journals

McKibbin R, W.T Dushenko and C.A. Bishop. 2008. The influence of water quality on the embryonic

survivorship of the Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) in British Columbia, Canada. Science of the Total Environment 395:28-40.

McKibbin R and C.A. Bishop. 2008. Unusual colour of eggs of a female western Yellow-breasted Chat in the south Okanagan valley, British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia Birds 18:23-24.

McKibbin R and C.A. Bishop. 2008. Feeding observations of the western Yellow-breasted Chat in the south

Okanagan valley, British Columbia, Canada during a seven year study period. British Columbia Birds 18:24-25. McKibbin R and C.A. Bishop. 2008. Observations on the longevity and fecundity of the western Yellow-

breasted Chat in the south Okanagan valley, British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia Birds 18:26-27. McKibbin R and C.A. Bishop. 2008. Capture Success Rates of the Western Yellow-breasted Chat in the South

Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, from 2005 through 2007. North American Bird Bander 33(4):179-184. McKibbin R and C.A. Bishop. 2010. Habitat Characterization of Breeding Territories of the Western Yellow-

breasted Chat in the South Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada. Northwestern Naturalist 91:145-156. McKibbin R and C.A. Bishop. 2012. Site fidelity and Annual Survival of the Western Yellow-breasted Chat

(Icteria virens auricollis) at the Northern Edge of its Range. Canadian Field Naturalist 126(2): 135-142. McKibbin R and C.A. Bishop. 2012. Size of Territories and Home Ranges of male Yellow-breasted Chats (Icteria

virens auricollis) in British Columbia. Canadian Field Naturalist 126(2): 152-156.

Paper presented at a meeting (not published) R. McKibbin, C.A. Bishop, W.T. Dushenko, paper presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Canadian

Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (CARCNET), Victoria, B.C. 27-29 October 2006. Influence of water conditions on the embryonic survivorship of the Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) in B.C., Canada.


R. McKibbin, C.A. Bishop, W.T. Dushenko, paper presented at the Environmental Science and Advisory

Committee (ESAC) workshop, Victoria, B.C. 8 February 2007. Influence of water conditions on the embryonic survivorship of the Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) in B.C., Canada.

R. McKibbin and C.A. Bishop, Poster presented at the 125th meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union,

Portland, Oregon. 4-8 August 2008.Habitat selection of the yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens auricollis) at the northern edge of its range, B.C, Canada.


Jason Milbrandt, Ph.D. Research Scientist,

Meteorological Research Division, Science and Technology Directorate Environment Canada

2121 TransCanada Highway Dorval, Quebec H9R 5A7

Curriculum Vitae

SUMMARY

Dr. Milbrandt is a research scientist (SE-RES-3) in the Meteorological Research Division / Science and Technology Directorate of Environment Canada. He is an expert in high-resolution numerical weather prediction (NWP) and is the co-scientific lead for the development team of Environment Canada’s high-resolution NWP system. He is also an internationally recognized expert in the representation of cloud microphysical processes in high-resolution models and has reviewed dozens of manuscripts for several recognized scientific journals.

EXPERIENCE 2006-Present Research Scientist, Atmospheric Numerical Prediction Research Section, Meteorological Research

Division, Science and Technology Directorate, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC Science lead for Environment Canada’s High Resolution Deterministic Prediction System (HRDPS) Development and maintenance of microphysics parameterization used in HRDPS Direct supervision of one research assistant, informal supervision of HRDPS team, and co-supervision of

postdoctoral fellow 2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University, Montreal, QC – Meteorological Services of Canada (MSC),

Dorval, QC EDUCATION Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, 2004 M.Sc., Atmospheric Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, 1998 Diploma, Meteorology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, 1996 B.Sc., Physics and Mathematics, Augustana University College, Camrose, AB, 1992 PUBLICATIONS Journals

Milbrandt, J. A., H. Morrison, 2012: Predicting graupel density in a bulk microphysics scheme. J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 410-429.

Milbrandt, J. A., A. Glazer, D. Jacob, 2012: Predicting the snow-to-liquid ratio of surface precipitation using a bulk microphysics scheme. Mon. Wea. Rev., 24, 2461-2476.

Milbrandt, J. A., J. Thériault, and R. Mo, 2012: Modeling the phase transition associated with melting snow in a 1D kinematic framework: Sensitivity to the microphysics. J. Pure and Appl. Geophy. (SNOW-V10 special issue). Available on l ine: DOI: 10.1007/s00024-012-0552-y.


Isaac, G.A., M. Bailey, F.S. Boudala, W.R. Burrows, S.G. Cober, R.W. Crawford, N. Donaldson, I. Gultepe1, B. Hansen, I. Heckman, L.X. Huang, A. Ling, J. Mailhot, J.A. Milbrandt, J. Reid, and M. Fournier, 2012: The Canadian Airport Nowcasting System (CAN-Now). Meteor. Applications, Available on l ine: wileyonlinelibrary.com DOI: 10.1002/met.1342

Isaac, G.A., P.I. Joe, J. Mailhot, M. Bailey, S. Bélair, F.S. Boudala, M. Brugman, E. Campos, R.L. Carpenter Jr., R.W. Crawford, S.G. Cober, B. Denis, C. Doyle, H.D. Reeves, I. Gultepe, T. Haiden, I. Heckman, L.X. Huang, J.A. Milbrandt, R. Mo, R.M. Rasmussen, T. Smith, R.E. Stewart, D. Wang and L.J. Wilson, 2012: Science of Nowcasting Olympic Weather for Vancouver 2012 (SNOW-V10): A World Weather Research Programme Project. J. Pure and Appl. Geophy. (SNOW-V10 special issue). DOI 10.1007/s00024-012-0579-0.

Mo., R., P. Joe, G. Isaac, I. Gultepe, R. Rasmussen, J.A. Milbrandt, R. McTaggart-Cowan, J. Mailhot, M. Brugman, T. Smith, B. Scott, 2012: Mid-mountain clouds at Whistler during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. J. Pure and Appl. Geophy. (SNOW-V10 special issue) (e First" at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00024-012-0540-2.

Mailhot, J., J. A. Milbrandt, A. Giguère, R. McTaggart-Cowan, A. Erfani, B. Denis, A. Glazer, and M. Vallée, 2012: An experimental 1-km resolution forecast model during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. J. Pure and Appl. Geophy. (SNOW-V10 special issue) DOI 10.1007/s00024-012-0520-6.

Thériault, J. M., R. Rasmussen, T. Smith, M. M. Brugman, J. A. Milbrandt, R. Mo, G. Isaac, P. Joe, J. Mailhot, and B. Denis, 2012: A case study of diabatic cooling of melting snow during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Wea. Forecasting, (SNOW-V10 special issue) DOI:10.1175/WAF-D-11-00114.1 DOI:10.1175/WAF-D-11-00114.1

Van Weverberg, K., Vogelmann, A. M, Morrison, H., and J. A. Milbrandt, 2011: Sensitivity of Idealized Squall Line Simulations to the Level of Complexity Used in Two-Moment Bulk Microphysics Schemes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 1883-1907

Morrison, H. and J. A. Milbrandt, 2010: Comparison of two-moment bulk microphysics schemes in idealized supercell thunderstorm simulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 1103-1130.

Taylor, N.M., D.M.L. Sil ls, J.M. Hanesiak, J. A. Milbrandt, C.D. Smith, G.S. Strong, S.H. Skone, P.J. McCarthy, J.C. Brimelow, 2011: The Understanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers Experiment (UNSTABLE) 2008. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 92, 739-763.

Milbrandt, J. A. and R. McTaggart Cowan, 2010: Sedimentation error in bulk microphysics schemes. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3931-3948

Gultepe, I. and J. A. Milbrandt, 2010: Probabilistic Parameterizations of visibility using observations of rain precipitation rate, relative humidity, and visibil ity. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 39, 36-46.

McTaggart-Cowan, R., T. J. Galarneau Jr., L. F. Bosart, J. A. Milbrandt, 2010: Development and tropical transition of an Alpine lee cyclone. Part I: Case analysis and evaluation of numerical guidance. Mon. Wea. Rev. 138, 2281-2307

McTaggart-Cowan, R., T. J. Galarneau Jr., L. F. Bosart, J. A. Milbrandt, 2010: Development and tropical transition of an Alpine lee cyclone. Part II: Orographic influence on the development pathway. Mon. Wea. Rev. 138, 2308-2326.

Mailhot, J., S. Bélair, M. Charron, P. Joe, M. Abrahamowicz, N. B. Bernier, G. A. Isaac, R. McTaggart-Cowan, J. A. Milbrandt, C. Doyle, B. Denis, A. Erfani, R. Frenette, A. Giguère, N. McLennan, L. Tong, 2010: Environment Canada's experimental numerical weather prediction systems for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 91, 1073-1085.

Dawson, D. T. II, M. Xue, J. A. Milbrandt, M. K. Yau, 2010: Comparison of evaporation and cold pool development between single-Moment and multimoment bulk microphysics schemes in idealized simulations of tornadic thunderstorms. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 1152-1171.

Gultepe, I. and J.A. Milbrandt, 2010: Probabilistic parameterizations of visibility using observations of rain precipitation rate, relative humidity, and visibil ity. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 49, 36-46.


Milbrandt, J. A., M. K. Yau, J. Mailhot, S. Bélair, R. McTaggart-Cowan, 2009: Simulation of an orographic precipitation event during IMPROVE-2. Part II: Sensitivity to the number of predicted moments in the bulk microphysics scheme. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 625-642.

Gultepe, I., S .G. Cober, G. A. Isaac, S. Platnick, J. A. Milbrandt, G. Pearson, P. Taylor, M. Gordon, J. P. Oakley, B. Hansen, W. Strapp, and M. Jacob, 2009: The Fog Remote Sensing and Modeling (FRAM) field project and preliminary results. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90, 341-359.

Milbrandt, J. A., M. K. Yau, J. Mailhot, S. Bélair, 2007: Simulation of an orographic precipitation event during IMPROVE-2. Part I: Evaluation of the triple-moment control run. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 3873–3893.

Gultepe, I. and J. A. Milbrandt, 2007: Microphysical observations and Canadian MC2 model use for a warm fog case study during FRAM project. J. Pure and Appl. Geophys. (in press)

Milbrandt, J. A. and M. K. Yau, 2006a: A multimoment bulk microphysics parameterization. Part III: Control simulation of a hailstorm. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 3114-3136.

Milbrandt, J. A. and M. K. Yau, 2006b: A multimoment bulk microphysics parameterization. Part IV: Sensitivity experiments. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 3137-3159.

Thériault, J., R. E. Stewart, J. A. Milbrandt, M. K. Yau, 2006: On the simulation of winter precipitation types. J. Geophys. Research., 11, D18202.

Milbrandt, J. A. and M.K. Yau, 2005: A multimoment bulk microphysics parameterization. Part I: Analysis of the role of the spectral shape parameter. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3051-3064.

Milbrandt, J. A. and M.K. Yau, 2005: A multimoment bulk microphysics parameterization. Part II: A proposed three-moment closure and scheme description. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3065-3081.

Milbrandt, J. A. and M.K. Yau, 2000: A Mesoscale Modeling Study of the 1996 Saguenay Flood. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 1419-1440.


Mailhot, J., J.A. Milbrandt, A. Giguère, R. McTaggart-Cowan, A. Erfani, B. Denis, A. Glazer, and M. Vallée: An experimental high-resolution forecast system during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. 15th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, Steamboat, Colorado, August 20-24, 2012.

Milbrandt, J.A. and H. Morrison: Predicting graupel density in a bulk microphysics scheme. 16th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Leipzig, Germany, July 30-August 3, 2012.

Isaac, G.A., P. Joe, M. Bailey, F.S. Boudala, M. Brugman, S.G. Cober, C. Doyle, I. Gultepe, L.X. Huang, J.A. Milbrandt, R. Mo, R.M. Rasmussen, R.E. Stewart: Clouds and precipitation and the 2010 Winter Olympics. 16th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Leipzig, Germany, July 30-August 3, 2012.

Milbrandt, J.A.: Overview of Environment Canada’s High Resolution Deterministic Prediction System. American Meteorological Society, Board for Operational Government Meteorologist. Virtual Conference, June 26, 2012 (invited).

Milbrandt, J.A., S. Bélair, M. Faucher, A. Glazer, R. Mo: Overview of Environment Canada’s High Resolution Deterministic Prediction System. 46th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society/American Meteorological Society Joint Congress, Montreal, Quebec, May 29-June 1, 2012 (invited).

Milbrandt, J.A. and H. Morrison, 2012: Predicting graupel density in a bulk microphysics scheme. 46th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society/American Meteorological Society Joint Congress, Montreal, Quebec, May 29-June 1, 2012.

Thériault, J.M., J.A. Milbrandt and R. Mo: Effects of microphysical processes on the wind fields over complex terrain during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. 46th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society/American Meteorological Society Joint Congress, Montreal, Quebec, May 29-June 1, 2012 (poster).


Brugman, M., P. Joe, R. Mo, R. McTaggart-Cowan, J. Milbrandt, A.-M.- Macdonald, J. Goosen, T. Smith, G. Isaac: The Dynamics of major winter weather systems exposed by profilers. 46th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society/American Meteorological Society Joint Congress, Montreal, Quebec, May 29-June 1, 2012.

Mo, R., P. Joe, and J.A. Milbrandt: Procedures for Mapping High-Resolution Numerical Weather Predictions with Radar Observations over Complex Terrain. 46th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society/American Meteorological Society Joint Congress, Montreal, Quebec, May 29-June 1, 2012.

Chosson, F., M.K. Yau, J.A. Milbrandt, and P.A. Vail lancourt: The treatment of sub-grid-scale clouds and precipitation for two-moment microphysics schemes in NWP models. 46th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society/American Meteorological Society Joint Congress, Montreal, Quebec, May 29-June 1, 2012.

Gultepe, I., T. Kuhn, M. Pavolonis, C. Calver, J. Gurka, G. A. Isaac, S. A. Cober, A. J. Heymsfield, P. Liu, B. Zhou, R. Ware, B. Ferrier, J. Milbrandt, and B. Hansen: Ice fog (POGONIP) in Arctic during FRAM-IF project: Nowcasting applications, 46th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society/American Meteorological Society Joint Congress, Montreal, Quebec, May 29-June 1, 2012.

Isaac, G., M. Bailey, S. Boudala, S. Cober, R. Crawford, I. Heckman, L. Huang, P. Joe, J. Mailhot, J. Milbrandt, and J. Reid: Challenges of nowcasting as learned from SNOW-V10 and CAN-Now. 46th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society/American Meteorological Society Joint Congress, Montreal, Quebec, May 29-June 1, 2012.

Brugman, M., A. M. Macdonald, R. Mo, J.A. Milbrandt, R. McTaggart-Cowan, J. Mailhot, T. Smith, J. Goosen, and G.A. Isaac: Air flow through winter weather systems moving over mountains. 92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, January 22-26, 2012.

Morrison, H. G.H. Bryan, J.A. Milbrandt: Impact of parameterized microphysics on cloud system-resolving model simulations of organized deep convection. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, August 8-12, 2011.

Milbrandt, J., N. Bernier, A. Erfani, A. Giguère, A. Glazer, M. Faucher, F. Lemay, J. Mailhot, R. Mo: Towards an operational high resolution deterministic prediction system. 45th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Victoria, B.C., June 6-9, 2011.

Milbrandt, J., A. Glazer, J. Thériault,: The two-moment bulk microphysics scheme in the GEM-LAM. 45th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Victoria, B.C., June 6-9, 2011.

Brugman, M., P. Joe, J. Milbrandt, A.-M. Macdonald,G. Isaac, R. Mo: Heavy Snowfall Occurred as Ozone Wrapped Beneath Warm Moist Conveyors during Snow-V10. 45th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Victoria, B.C., June 6-9, 2011.

Thériault, J., R. Rasmussen, T. Smith, M. Brugman, J.A. Milbrandt, R. Mo, G. Isaac, P. Joe, J. Mailhot, B. Denis: A case study of diabatic cooling of melting snow during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. 45th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Victoria, B.C., June 6-9, 2011.

Gultepe, I., G. Isaac, P. Joe, J.A. Milbrandt: Uncertainty in measurements collected at the RND site the during SNOW-V10 Project. 45th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Victoria, B.C., June 6-9, 2011.

Gultepe, I., P. Kucera, G. Isaac, Z. Vukovic, R. Rasmussen, J. Milbrandt, P. Joe: Snow particle spectra from FMD, GCIP, SVI, and distrometers measurements collected at the RND site during SNOW-V10 Project. 45th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Victoria, B.C., June 6-9, 2011.

Milbrandt. J.A.: An Experimental NWP System for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. American Meteorological Society Student Conference, Seattle, Washington, January 22-23, 2011 (invited).


Mailhot, J., B. Denis, A. Erfani, A. Giguère, A. Glazer, N. McLennan, R. McTaggart-Cowan, J.A. Milbrandt, G. Isaac, P. Joe: The high-resolution numerical weather prediction system for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. 45th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Victoria, B.C., June 6-9, 2011.

Milbrandt, J.A.: The cloud microphysics scheme in the GEM-LAM - Current and upcoming versions. 44th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Ottawa, Ontario, May 31-June 4, 2010.

Milbrandt, J., J. Mailhot, B. Denis, A. Giguère, R. McTaggart-Cowan, A. Glazer, N. McLennan, A. Erfani, G. Isaac, P. Joe: The high-resolution numerical weather prediction system for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. 44th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Ottawa, Ontario, May 31-June 4, 2010.

Isaac, G., P. Joe, M. Bailey, F. Boudala, E. Campos, S. Cober, I. Gultepe, L. Huang, T. Smith, B. Denis, C. Doyle, J. Mailhot, S. Bélair, J. Milbrandt, D. Forsyth, R. Carpenter, T. Haiden, R. Stewart, R. Rasmussen, D. Wang: Science and Nowcasting Olympic Weather for Vancouver 2010 (SNOW-V10) – First Results from Field Phase Jan-Mar, 2010. 44th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Ottawa, Ontario, May 31-June 4, 2010.

Gultepe, I, J. Milbrandt, G. Isaac, R. Rasmussen, F. Boudala, P. Joe: Visibility parameterizations: Its relation to precipitation type and its variabil ity along a mountain slope during SNOW-V10. 44th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Ottawa, Ontario, May 31-June 4, 2010.

Fisico, T., I. Gultepe, A. Laplante, R. Stewart, P. Joe, G. Isaac, J. Milbrandt: The meteorological conditions during a SNOW-V10 graupel event. 44th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Ottawa, Ontario, May 31-June 4, 2010.

Milbrandt, J.A., D. Jacob, R. McTaggart Cowan: Forecasting the solid-to-liquid ratio of snow precipitation in a cloud resolving model. 23rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting – 19th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Omaha, Nebraska, June 1-5, 2009.

Mailhot, J., A. Erfani, B. Denis, A. Giguère, A. Glazer, N. McLennan, R. McTaggart-Cowan, and J. Milbrandt: An overview of recent developments of the GEM-LAM 2.5 km model. 43th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 31-June 4, 2009.

Erfani, A., J. Mailhot, A. Giguère, J. Milbrandt, R. McTaggart-Cowan, A. Plante, N. McLennan, and B. Denis: An update on the GEM-LAM at 2.5 km horizontal resolution windows running across Canada. 43th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 31-June 4, 2009.

Mailhot, J., B. Denis, A. Erfani, A. Giguère, N. McLennan, R. McTaggart-Cowan, and J. Milbrandt: An experimental numerical prediction system for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. 43th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 31-June 4, 2009.

Milbrandt, J.A., D. Jacob, R. McTaggart Cowan: Forecasting the solid-to-liquid ratio of snow precipitation in a cloud resolving model. 23rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting – 19th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Omaha, Nebraska, June 1-5, 2009.

Taylor, N., D. Sil ls, J. Hanesiak, J. Milbrandt, C. Smith, G. Strong, S. Skone, P. Mccarthy, J. Brimelow: The Understanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers Experiment (UNSTABLE) 2008: Project overview. 43th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 31-June 4, 2009.

Taylor, N., D. Sil ls, J. Hanesiak, J. Milbrandt, C. Smith, G. Strong: Characterization of the dryline in Alberta on 13 July 2008 using observational data from UNSTABLE 2008. 43th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 31-June 4, 2009.

Smith, C, J. Milbrandt, S. Skone: Evaluating GEM-LAM precipitable water vapour output using the southern Alberta GPS network during UNSTABLE 2008. 43th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 31-June 4, 2009.

Hanesiak, J., J. Brimelow, S. Moodie, J. Kusyk, R. Stewart, B. Kochtubajda, J. Milbrandt, D. Sil ls, C. Smith, N. Taylor, G. Strong: Exploring surface l inkages to convection and convective boundary layer thermal characteristics on


the Canadian Prairies. 43th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 31-June 4, 2009.

Giguère, A., R. McTaggart-Cowan, B. Denis, A. Erfani, N. Mclennan, J. Milbrandt: Operational evaluation of GEM-LAM 2.5 km and 1.0km models in view of the Vancouver 2010 Games. 43th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 31-June 4, 2009.

Chosson, F., P. Vail lancourt, J. Milbrandt, J. Mailhot,: Modelling Mixed-Phase Arctic Clouds using the Polar-GEM. 43th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 31-June 4, 2009.

Gultepe, I., J. Cherry, and J. Milbrandt: Light precipitation at cold temperatures during April of 2008 in Barrow, Alaska. Arctic Change 2008, Quebec City, Quebec, December 9-12, 2008.

Taylor, N., D. Sil ls, J. Hanesiak, J.A. Milbrandt, C. D. Smith, G. Strong, S. Skone, P. J. McCarthy, and J. C. Brimelow: The Understanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers Experiment (UNSTABLE): overview and preliminary results. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, Georgia, October 27-31, 2008.

Bélair, S., J. Mailhot, M. Charron, M. Abrahamowicz, N. Bernier, A. Erfani, R. Frenette, A. Giguère, X. Li, N. McLennan, R. McTaggart-Cowan, J. Milbrandt, and L. Tong: Environment Canada's experimental numerical prediction system for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. 7th Workshop of the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS), Strasbourg, France, October 27-29, 2008.

Plante, A., J. Milbrandt: Explicit forecasting of icing conditions with the GEM model. 42nd Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Kelona, B.C., June 2008.

Milbrandt, J. A. and R. McTaggart Cowan: An efficient semi-double-moment bulk microphysics scheme. 15th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Cancun, Mexico, July, 7-11 2008.

Gultepe, I. J. Milbrandt, S. Benjamin, G. A. Isaac, S. G. Cober, B. Hansen: Visibility parameterizations for forecasting applications. 15th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Cancun, Mexico, July, 7-11 2008.

Milbrandt, J.A., D. Jacob, R. McTaggart Cowan: Forecasting the solid-to-liquid ratio of snow precipitation in high-resolution NWP models. International Conference on Arctic Change 2008, Quebec City, Quebec, December 9-12, 2008.

Dawson, D. T. II, M. Xue, J.A. Milbrandt: Improvements in the treatment of evaporation and melting in multi-moment versus single-moment bulk microphysics: results from numerical simulations of the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma tornadic storms. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, Georgia, October 27-31, 2008.

Gultepe, I., P. Minnis, J. Milbrandt , S. Cober, G. Isaac, L. Nguyen, B. Hansen, P. King, G. Ellrod: The Fog Remote Sensing and Modeling (FRAM) field project: Visibility analysis and remote sensing of fog. 2008 SPIE Optics and Photonics Meeting, San Diego, California, August 10-14, 2008.


John Miller, MSc., P.Geo. Senior Environmental Scientist – Hydrogeology, EPOD

Environment Canada

Curriculum Vitae

SUMMARY

Mr. Miller is a senior scientist of hydrogeology in the Environmental Protection Operations Directorate with Environment Canada. Mr. Miller provides hydrogeological and geochemical advice to regional and national federal custodial departments for the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Program and to the national Environmental Assessment program in support of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and the Yukon Environmental and Socioeconomic Assessment Act. Mr. Miller has provided expert testimony at several Yukon Water Board hearings.

EXPERIENCE 2004 – Present: Senior Environmental Scientist: Hydrogeology - Environmental Protection Operations Division, Environment Canada. Whitehorse, YT.

• Lead investigations into the fate and transport of contaminants in groundwater and potential impacts on surface water and downstream receptors

• Provide hydrogeological and geochemical advice to regional and national federal custodial departments for the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Program

• Provide hydrogeological and geochemical advice to national Environmental Assessment program in support of CEAA and YESSA, with emphasis on major infrastructure projects

• Provide environmental forensic advice to the Environmental Enforcement branch • Supervise technicians, junior scientists and engineers • Act as section Manager when required • Project manager for technical projects with the sole responsibility of supervising contractors, including the

development of RFPs and SOWs and overseeing budgets • Review project deliverables, RFPs and SOWs for contractors working out of the national headquarters on

environmental projects and policies

2003-2004: Senior Hydrogeologist and Technical Manager, Franz Environmental Inc., Vancouver, B.C. • Lead and support a group of technicians, scientists and engineers to complete environmental site

investigations • Investigation the fate and transport of petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater and potential impacts on

surface water including marine and freshwater receptors • Audit environmental programs and expenditures for federal departments • Project manager for environmental site investigations • Supervise contractors working on environmental assessments and investigations • Develop RFPs and SOWs for federal departments to remediate contaminated sites

2001-2003: Staff Hydrogeologist, Beak International/Stantec, Brampton, Ontario, Indianapolis, In. • Lead investigations into the fate and transport of volatile organics and metals in groundwater • Lead investigations into DNAPL behaviour in the subsurface


• Site Health and Safety manager for contaminated industrial/commercial sites in the US • Site hazardous waste manager for contaminated industrial/commercial sites in the US

1999-2001: Hydrogeologist, Golder Associates Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario.

• Lead investigations into the fate and transport of petroleum hydrocarbons, volatile organics and metals in groundwater at industrial/commercial sites

• Complete wellhead protection studies for several municipalities in Eastern Ontario • Supervise field technicians • Supervise contractors working on environmental assessments and investigations • Develop RFPs and SOWs • Oversight on budgets for environmental site investigations

EDUCATION

M.Sc., Earth Sciences – Hydrogeology September 1999 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

Honours B.Sc., Earth Sciences – Environmental Geology September 1996 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario


Professional Geologist – Registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists of British Columbia

PUBLICATIONS Paper presented at a meeting (not published)

Kwong, Y.T John, Roach, Patrick, Arrell, Steve, Guilbeault, Martin, Miller, John, and Soprovich, Eric., Metal Background and Mobility in the Keno Hil l Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada. 2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting, October 31 – November 3, 2010. Miller. J, R.V. Nicholson, A Novel Method of Measuring Oxidfation Rates in Frozen Mine Tail ings, Annual Meeting

of CRESTech, 1998, Toronto, Canada. Miller, J., Effects of Freezing Temperatures on Oxidation Rates in Mine Tail ings. (Supervised by: R.V. Nicholson,

Graduate (M. Sc.) thesis), 1999. unpublished. Velderman, B.J. and J. Miller, The Vil lage of Merrickvil le-Wolford Groundwater Study, Sixth Canadian/American

Conference on Hydrogeology, July 9-10, 2001, Banff, Alberta


Daniel Peters, PhD, PGeo Research Scientist, WHERD/WSTD

Environment Canada University of Victoria

Curriculum Vitae

SUMMARY Dr. Peters is a Research Scientist (Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate, Science and Technology Branch) with Environment Canada. Dr. Peters’ role at Environment Canada is to lead and conduct research (fieldwork and computer modelling based) towards enhancing our understanding of the effects of cl imate variability/change and development on river, lake and wetland hydrological regimes. In Particular, he has devoted the past 19 years to examining the effects of cl imate and flow regulation on the hydrology of the Peace and Athabasca Rivers and the downstream Peace-Athabasca Delta. For the past 8 years, Dr. Peters has also conducted research to develop an ecological flow needs framework that includes hydrological-ecological assessment tools tailored to cold-regions environment. Dr. Peters has published numerous papers investigating hydrological regimes across Canada, with a particular focus on western Canada, and is often invited to present his research at workshops and conferences. Dr. Peters holds an Assistant Professor (l imited term) appointment in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria. He has taught a third year level undergraduate Hydrology course at this institution for the past 10 years and supervises graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Dr. Peters is a member of the Canadian Water Resources Journal Editorial Board (Associate Editor) since 2007 and has been frequently requested to provide reviews for international journals.

EXPERIENCE 2004 - present Research Scientist, Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Victoria, British Columbia Responsible for formulating and leading research programs towards enhancing our understanding of the effects of cl imate variability/change and development on river, lake and wetland hydrology and associated aquatic ecosystem. For instance, Dr. Peters currently co-leads the Deltaic Ecosystems Health sub-component of the Joint Oil Sands Monitoring Program and leads a research project examining climate and development impacts on hydrological systems in northwestern Canada. Other activities include: supervision of Environment Canada staff and Graduate and Co-Op students; organizing workshops and conferences; provide scientific expertise for environmental assessments; technical advisor - i .e., Wood Buffalo National Park; contributing to and leading the production of special journal issues; writing scientific reports and peer-reviewed papers; presenting research at national and international workshops, conferences, institutions. 2003-2004 Visiting Fellow in a Canadian Government Laboratory, Aquatic Ecosystems Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada, Victoria, British Columbia Responsible for formulating and conducting research towards understanding the effects of cl imate variability/change and hydroelectric development on the hydrology of the Mackenzie River Basin upstream of Great Slave Lake. The major activity of this position was writing scientific reports and peer-reviewed papers for research associated with the Northern River Ecosystems Initiative.


EDUCATION PhD Watershed Ecosystems Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 2003

Controls on the Persistence of Water Within Perched Basins of the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Northern Canada.

MSc Watershed Ecosystems Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 1994 Subsurface Flow Processes in Forested Canadian Shield Hillslopes: Contributions to Runoff Production.

BSc Specialization Geography (Environmental), Concordia University, Quebec, Canada, 1990 PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS Professional Geoscientist in British Columbia, 2006 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Expert Witness Training, October 2013 Media Relations Training, October 2012 PUBLICATIONS Journals

Peters DL, WA Monk, DJ Baird. 2013. Cold-regions Hydrological Indicators of Change (CHIC) for Ecological Flow Assessment. Hydrological Sciences Journal Environmental Flows Special Issue – Article first published online August 25 2013 DOI:10.1080/02626667.2013.835489

Shrestha RR, DL Peters, MA Schnorbus. 2013. Evaluating Indicator Hydroecological Variables from a GCM Driven Hydrological Model. Hydrological Processes- Article first published online August 8 2013 DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9997

Spence C, PH Whitfield, DH Burn, DL Peters, A St-Hilaire, A Pietroniro. 2013. A Review of the Prediction in Ungauged Basins Decade in Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal – accepted.

Peters DL, Atkinson D, Monk WA, Tenenbaum DE, Baird DJ. 2013. A Multi-Scale Hydroclimatic Analysis of Runoff Generation in the Athabasca River, Western Canada. Hydrological Processes, 27:1915-1934 – Article first published online February 27 2013 DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9699

Peters DL, Boon S, Huxter E, Spence C, Tromp-van Meeveld I, Whitfield P. 2012. Synthesis of Workshop Discussion - Special Issue PUB Workshop on Temporary Flows. Canadian Water Resources Journal 37: 425-431, PUB Zero Flow Workshop – Special Issue

Boon S, Huxter E, Peters D, Spence C, Tromp-van Meeveld I, Whitfield P. Accepted. 2012. Introduction to Special Issue on Predictions in Ungauged Basins Workshop on Temporary Flows. Canadian Water Resources Journal 37: 275-278, PUB Zero Flow Workshop – Special Issue.

Monk WA, Peters DL, Baird DJ. 2012. Assessment of ecologically relevant hydrological variables influencing a cold-region river and its delta: the Athabasca River and the Peace–Athabasca Delta, northwestern Canada. CGU Special Issue Hydrological Processes. 26:1828-1840. Articled posted online March 27 2012 DOI:10.1002/hyp.9307

Buttle JM, S Boon, D Peters, C Spence, I Tromp-van Meeveld, P Whitfield. 2012. An overview of temporary stream


hydrology in Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal 37:1-32, PUB Zero Flow Workshop – Special Issue. Article first published online 30 March 2012, DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3703903

Peters DL, DJ Baird, WA Monk, DG Armanini. 2012. Establishing Standards and Assessment Criteria for Ecological Instream Flow Needs in Agricultural Watersheds in Canada. Journal of Environmental Quality NAESI Special Issue. 41:41-51, DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0094 Article first published online Sept 7 2011

Armanini DG, N Horrigan, WA Monk, DE Tenenbaum, DL Peters, DJ Baird. 2011. Influence of Runoff Regime Type on a Macroinvertebrate-Based Flow Index in Rivers of British Columbia (Canada). Ecohydrology, 5: 414–423, Article first published online: 7 June 2011| DOI: 10.1002/eco.234

Monk W, DL Peters, DJ Baird, RA Curry. 2011. Trends in Indicator Hydrological Variables for Canadian Rivers. Hydrological Processes. 25:3086–3100, CGU Special Issue, Article first published online: 24 May 2011 DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8137

Armanini DG, N Horrigan, WA Monk, DL Peters, DJ Baird. 2011. Development of a benthic macroinvertebrate flow sensitivity index for Canadian rivers. River Research & Applications, 27: 723–737. Article first published online: 7 May 2010 DOI: 10.1002/rra.1389

Daigle, A, DL Peters, A St-Hil laire, DJ Baird. 2010. Multivariate Modeling of Water Temperature in a Semi-Arid Watershed. Canadian Water Resources Journal. 35: 237-258.

Peters, DL, and JM Buttle. 2010. Impeded Outflow and Reverse Flow Contribution in a Northern Lake-Delta System in the Headwaters of the Mackenzie Basin. River Research and Application 26: 1065-1089. Article first published online: 23 SEP 2009 | DOI: 10.1002/rra.1314.

Prowse TD, C Furgal, BR Bonsal, DL Peters. 2009. Climate impacts on northern Canada: Regional background. Ambio 38:248-256.

Peters, DL, TD Prowse. 2006. Generation of Streamflow to Seasonal High Waters in a Northern Delta, Northwestern Canada. Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative Special Issue, Hydrological Processes. 20:4173-4196.

Peters, DL, TD Prowse, A Pietroniro, R Leconte. 2006. Flood Hydrology of the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Northern Canada. Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative Special Issue, Hydrological Processes. 20:4073-4096.

Leconte, R, DL Peters, A Pietroniro, B Toth, TD Prowse. 2006. Modelling Climate Change Impacts in The Peace and Athabasca Catchment and Delta : II - Variations in flow and water levels with varying winter severity. Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative Special Issue, Hydrological Processes. 20:4215-4230.

Pietroniro A, B Toth, R Leconte, M Conley, N Kouwen, DL Peters, TD Prowse. 2006. Modelling Climate Change Impacts in The Peace and Athabasca Catchment and Delta: III – integrated model assessment. Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative Special Issue, Hydrological Processes. 20:4231-4245.

Gibson, JJ, TD Prowse, DL Peters. 2006. Hydroclimatic controls on water balance and water level variability in Great Slave Lake. Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative Special Issue, Hydrological Processes. 20:4155-4172.

Gibson, JJ, TD Prowse, DL Peters. 2006. Partitioning impacts of cl imate change and regulation on water level variability in Great Slave Lake. Journal of Hydrology, 322:196-206.

Prowse, TD, S Beltaos, JT Gardner, JJ Gibson, RJ Granger, DL Peters, A Pietroniro, L Romolo. 2006. Climate change, flow regulation, and land-use effects on the hydrology of the Peace-Athabasca-Slave system; finding from the Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative. Canada’s Ecosystem Initiative Special Issue, Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 113:167-197.

Peters, DL, TD Prowse, P Marsh, PM Lafleur, JM Buttle. 2006. Permanence of Water within Perched Basins of the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Northern Canada. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 14:1-23.


Gibson, JJ, TWD Edwards, SJ Birks, NA St. Amour, B Buhay, P McEachern, BB Wolfe, DL Peters. 2005. Progress of Isotope Tracer Hydrology in Canada. Special International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Issue, Hydrological Processes, 19:303-327.

Prowse, TD, D Peters, S Beltaos, L Romolo, A Pietroniro, R Leconte, J Töyrä. 2002. Restoring Ice-Jam Floodwater to a Drying Delta Ecosystem. Water International, 27:58-69.

Peters, DL, TD Prowse. 2001. Regulation Effects on the Lower Peace River, Canada. Canadian Geophysical Union Special Issue, Canadian Geophysical Union - Hydrology Section Special Issue Hydrological Processes, 15(16):3181-3194.

Leconte, R, A Pietroniro, DL Peters, TD Prowse. 2001. Effect of Flow Regulation on Hydrologic Patterns of a Large, Inland Delta. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management, 17:51-65.

Pietroniro, A, TD Prowse, DL Peters. 1999. Hydrologic Assessment of an Inland Freshwater Delta Using Multi-Temporal Satell ite Remote Sensing. Hydrological Processes, 13:2483-2498.

Buttle, JM, DL Peters. 1997. Hydrograph Separation Using Isotopic and Geochemical Tracers: A Re-evaluation. Hydrological Processes, 11:557-573.

Peters, DL, JM Buttle, CH Taylor, BD LaZerte. 1995. Runoff Production in a Forested, Shallow Soil Canadian Shield Basin. Water Resources Research, 31:1291-1304.

Technical reports

Peters DL. 2013. Multi-Scale Hydroclimatic Controls on the Duration of Ponded Water in Wetland-Lake Environments of a Cold Regions Delta. WSTD Report AEI 11-037

Monk W, DJ Baird, RA Curry, N Glozier, DL Peters. 2010. Ecosystem Status and Trends Report: Biodiversity in lakes and rivers. Thematic Report No 20. Canadian Council of Resource Ministers, Ottawa, ON

Baird DJ, DL Peters, RA Curry, N Horrigan, W Monk, DE Tenenbaum. 2009. Establishing Standards and Assessment Criteria for Instream Flow Needs in Agricultural Watershed of Canada. National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative, Synthesis Report No. 15. Environment Canada. Gatineau, PQ. 73 p.

Furgal C, TD Prowse (Lead authors), BR Bonsal, R Chouinard, T Edwards, F Jackson, H Melling, D Milburn, S Nickels, M Nuttall, A Ogden, DL Peters, J Reist, Snow (Contributing Authors). 2008. Chapter 3 - Northern Canada. In From Impacts to Adaptations: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007, edited by DS Lemmen, FJ WArren, J Lacroix, E Bush; Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON, p. 57-118 .

Walker IJ, R Sydneysmith (Lead authors), D Allen, K Bodtker, D Bonin B Bonsal, A Carroll, S Cohen, A Dall imore, H Dolan, Z Gedalof, A Gil l , R Hebda, R Hicks, P Hil l , K Hyatt, R Matthews, B Menounous, T Murdock, D Neilsen, R Ommer, A Pape-Salmon, M Pelatt, DL PetersL, T Prowse , D Spittlehouse, S Sheppard, B Taylor, P Whitfield, T Will iamson, J Wolfe, M Wynn (Contributing Authors). 2008. Chapter 8 - British Columbia. In From Impacts to Adaptations: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007, edited by DS Lemmen, FJ WArren, J Lacroix, E Bush; Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON, p. 329-386 .

Daigle A, A St-Hil laire, DJ Baird, DL Peters. 2008. Modelling Streamflow Temperature in the Okanagan Region. NAESI Technical Report prepared by Environment Canada for the National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative, NAESI Technical Series No. 4-60, 27 p.

Monk W, DJ Baird, AR Curry, DL Peters. 2008. Hydroclimatological Regime Classification in Selected Agricultural Catchments Across Canada. NAESI Technical Report prepared by Environment Canada for the National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative, NAESI Technical Series Report 4-59, 16 p.

Peters DL, DJ Baird, DE Tenenbaum. 2007. Towards the Development of Instream Flow Needs Standards for Agricultural Watersheds in Canada – 2006/07 Interim Report. NAESI Technical Report prepared by Environment Canada for the National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative, NAESI Technical Series No. 3-40; 89 pp..


Culp JM, DJ Baird, PA Chambers, JM Culp G Benoy, DL Peters, J Erker, N Glozier, E Luiker, L Maclean, D McGoldrick, T Pascoe, B. Upsdell. 2007. Evaluation of Parameters for Setting Standards for Nutrients, Sediments and Instream Flow Needs for Agricultural Streams Summary Report – Year 2. NAESI Technical Report prepared by Environment Canada for the National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative, NAESI Technical Series No. 3-47; 39 pp.

Peters DL, DJ Baird. 2006. Towards the Development of Instream Flow Needs Standards for Agricultural Watersheds in Canada – 2005/06 Interim Report. NAESI Technical Report prepared by Environment Canada for the National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative, NAESI Technical Series No. 2-50; 32 pp.

Chambers, PA., JM Culp, DJ Baird, G Benoy, DL Peters, J Erker, N Glozier, E Luiker, L Maclean, D McGoldrick, T Pascoe, B Upsdell. 2006. Evaluation of Parameters for Setting Standards for Nutrients, Sediments and Instream Flow Needs for Agricultural Streams. NAESI Technical Report prepared by Environment Canada for the National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative, NAESI Technical Series No. 2-59; 72 pp.

Helie JF, DL Peters, KR Tattrie, JJ Gibson. 2005. Review and synthesis of potential hydrologic impacts of mountain pine beetle and related harvesting activities in British Columbia. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative Working Paper 2005-23. 26 p.

Prowse TD, S Beltaos, B Bonsal, T Carter, MC English, T Gardner, JJ Gibson, DL Peters, L Romolo. 2004. Hydro-climatic impacts affecting the Peace-Athabasca-Slave catchments and deltas. In: Environment Canada, Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative: Collective Findings (CD-ROM). Compiled by F.M. Conly, Saskatoon, SK, 2004. (With Alberta Environment).

Pietroniro A, FM Conly, B Toth, R Leconte, N Kouwen, DL Peters, TD Prowse. 2004. Modelling climate change impacts on water availability in the Peace Athabasca catchment and delta. In: Environment Canada, Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative: Collective Findings (CD-ROM). Compiled by F.M. Conly, Saskatoon, SK, 2004. (With Alberta Environment).

Peters DL, TD Prowse, A Pietroniro. 1999. Resumption of Flooding in the Peace-Athabasca Delta: Examination of the 1996 Ice-Jam and Open-Water Flood Events, NWRI Contribution Series No. 99-347, National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 60 pp.

Leconte R, A Pietroniro, DL Peters, TD Prowse. 1999. Application of the One-D Hydrodynamic Model to the 1996 Summer Flood, NWRI Contribution Series No. 98-263, National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Leconte R, A Pietroniro, DL Peters. 1999. An Evaluation of Environment Canada One-D Hydrodynamic Model (ONE-D) and Application to the Peace-Athabasca Delta, NWRI Contribution Series No. 99-349, National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 76 pp.

Prowse TD, DL. Peters, P Marsh. 1996. Modelling the Water Balance of Peace- Athabasca Delta Perched Basins (Task D.4), Prepared for the Peace-Athabasca Delta Technical Studies, Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, Canada, 72 pp. + Appendices.


Peters DL, DJ Baird. Ecological Flow Needs in Canada. Australian Rivers Institute, Brisbane, Australia, September 27 2013 [Invited Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, WA Monk DJ Baird. Incorporation of Cold-regions Hydrological Indictors of Change in Ecological Flow Assessments. 16th Internantional River Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, September 23-27, 2013 [Poster Presentation]

Peters DL, M Schnorbus, DJ Baird. Water Temperature Data Archival for Western Canada. Water Survey Canada OMC-H teleconference meeting, September 5 2013 [Invited Oral Presentation].

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Peters DL, D Atkinson, WA Monk, DE Tenenbaum, DJ Baird. A Multi-Scale Hydroclimatic Analysis of Runoff Generation in the Athabasca River, Western Canada. 2013 Joint Scientific Congress CMOS-CGU-CWRA Meeting, May 26-30 2013 [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, DJ Baird. Exploring the Potential of Developing Ecological Flow Needs Recommendations for a Large River-Delta System Regulated for Hydroelectric Power Production. 2013 Joint Scientific Congress CMOS-CGU-CWRA Meeting, May 26-30 2013 [Poster Presentation]

Peters DL, DJ Baird. Ecological Flow Needs in Canada. An overview and presentation of a proposed framework, Institut national de recherché scientifique, Quebec, QC February 2013 [Invited Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, DJ Baird. Ecological Flow Needs and Water Availability/Quantity Indicators for Canada. Canadian Ecosystem Indicators Water Quantity Workshop, Ottawa ON, November 22 2012 [Invited Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, DJ Baird. The Science of Ecological Flow Needs in Canada. CGU/CWRA Joint Meeting, Banff AB QC, 5-8 June 2012 [Invited Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, DJ Baird, WA Monk. Development of an Ecological Water Needs Framework for Deltaic Environments: Part 1: Are Existing Riverine Assessment Methods Applicable?. CGU/CWRA Joint Meeting, Banff AB QC, 5-8 June 2012 [Poster Presentation]

Peters DL, D Atkinson, DJ Baird, WA Monk, DE Tenenbaum. Assessment Annual and Seasonal Runoff Generation Trend and Variability within the Athabasca River Watershed over the Last Century. CGU Annual Meeting, Banff AB, May 2011 [Poster presentation]

Peters DL. Impromptu presentation on “Obstructed Outflow and Reverse Flow Contribution in the Peace-Athabasca Delta” to workshop team members, Oil Sands Monitoring Design Team- Phase Extended Geography Workshop, Calgary AB, May 17-18 2011 [Oral presentation]

Peters DL, W Monk, DJ Baird. Multiple Hydrologic Stressors and Potentially Conflicting Water Needs in the Mackenzie River Basin Headwaters, Canada. World’s Large Rivers Conference, Vienna, Austria, April 11-14 2011 [Oral / Poster presentation]

Peters DL, FJ Wrona, SV Kokelj, E Hil le. Stable Isotope Hydrology of Arctic Tundra Lakes along the Proposed Mackenzie Gas Pipeline in Northwestern Canada. ArcticNet Annual Science Mtgs. Ottawa, ON, December 2010. [Oral presentation]

Peters DL Hydrology of Peace-Athabasca Delta, Mackenzie River Headwaters. Slave River Hall, NWT Sept 10 2010 [Invited Oral presentation]

Peters DL, W Monk, DJ Baird. Watershed -Scale Trend and Variability Assessment of Ecologically Relevant Streamflow Variables for the Athabasca River: Implications for Development. 63rd CWRA Meeting, Vancouver BC, June 2010 [Oral presentation]

Peters DL, W Monk, DJ Baird. Quantifying trends in ecohydrological variables for regime-based groups of Canadian rivers. CMOS/CGU Meeting, Ottawa ON, May 31 to June 4 2010 [Oral presentation]

Peters DL, W Monk, DJ Baird. Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Streamflow Generation to the Athabasca River Delta: Implications for Upstream Development. CMOS/CGU Meeting, Ottawa ON, May 31 to June 4 2010 [Oral presentation]

Peters DL. Controls on the Persistence of Water in Perched Basins of the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Northern Canada. Wood Buffalo National Park, Fort Smith, NWT April 10 2010. [Invited Oral presentation]

DL Peters Isotope Hydrology of Arctic Tundra Lakes in a Region Impacted by Permafrost Disturbance: Preliminary Results. ArcticNet Annual Science Meetings. Victoria, BC. December, 2009. [Poster presentation]

Peters DL Instream Flow Needs Recommendations in a Changing Climate: a discussion. BC Chapter of CWRA/CSHS Hydrology Group Meeting at W-CIRC, August 11 2009 [Oral presentation]


Peters DL, FJ Wrona, SV Kokelj Linking Contributing Landscape and Lakes in an Arctic Tundra Region Impacted by Permafrost Disturbance. Water S&T Science Fora, Victoria, BC, April 28-29 2009 [Poster presentation]

DL Peters, DJ Baird Working Towards Establishing Standards and Assessment Criteria for Instream Flow Needs in Agricultural Watersheds of Canada. 2009 NABS Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, May 2009 [Oral presentation]

DL Peters Isotope Hydrology of Arctic Tundra Lakes in a Region Impacted by Permafrost Disturbance. 2009 Joint Meeting AGU-CGU, Toronto ON, May 24-27 2009 [Poster presentation]

Peters DL, FJ Wrona, SV Kokelj. Linking Contributing Landscape and Lakes in an Arctic Tundra Region Impacted by Permafrost Disturbance. Arctic Change 2008, ArcticNet Annual Meeting, Quebec QC, December 9-12 2008 [Poster presentation]

Peters DL. Introduction to the Hydrology of the Athabasca River Delta, CEMA Workshop, Calgary AB, October 16 2008 [Invited speaker for special workshop]

Peters DL, DJ Baird. Considering the Entire Watershed When Developing Instream Flow Need Requirements: Implications for Downstream Deltaic Ecosystems, 8th International Wetlands Conference INTECOL, Cuiaba, Brazil , July 20-25 2008 [Invited speaker for special workshop]

Peters DL. Overview of Hydrological Processes Research Group, USGS-EC Technical Exchange Meeting, USGS National Center, Reston, Virginia, USA, May 37-30 2008. [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse, JM Buttle. Obstructed Outflow and Reverse Flow Contribution in a Northern Lake-Delta System in the Headwaters of the Mackenzie Basin. Institut National de Recherche Scientifique- Eau, Terre et Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, March 18 2008 [Invited Seminar].

Peters DL, DJ Baird. The Science of Instream Flow Needs in Canada. Canadian Meteorological & Oceanographical Society - Canadian Geophysical Union - American Meteorological Society Joint Meeting “Air, Ocean, Earth and Ice on the Rock”, St. John’s, NL May 28 to June 1, 2007 [Oral presentation]

Peters DL, JJ Gibson. Hydroclimatic Controls on the Water Balance and Fluctuation of Lake Athabasca. Canadian Meteorological & Oceanographical Society - Canadian Geophysical Union - American Meteorological Society Joint Meeting “Air, Ocean, Earth and Ice on the Rock”, St. John’s, NL. May 28 to June 1, 2007 [Oral presentation]

Peters DL, DJ Baird. Instream Flow Needs in Canada: An Overview. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. 2006 Summer Meeting – “Global Challenges Facing Oceanography and Limnology”, Victoria, BC. June 4-9, 2006, [Conference Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse, FJ Wrona, MS Thompson, SV Kokelj. Sensitivities of High-Latitude Lakes to Climatic and Development Disturbances: Preliminary Hydrology Results. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, AB. 10-14 May 2006, [Poster Presentation]

Peters DL, DJ Baird. Instream Flow Needs in Canada: An Overview. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. 2006 Summer Meeting – “Global Challenges Facing Oceanography and Limnology”, Victoria, BC. June 4-9 2006, [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse, FJ Wrona, MS Thompson, SV Kokelj. Sensitivities of High-Latitude Lakes to Climatic and Development Disturbances: Preliminary Hydrology Results. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, AB. 10-14 May 2006, [Poster Presentation]

Peters DL et al. Sooke Lake Reservoir: Assessing the Impact of Climate Variabil ity & Climate Change. Goldstream Room, Capital Regional District Water Department, Victoria, BC, April 11 2006. [Invited Oral Presentation to CRD - Water Advisory Committee]

Peters DL, DJ Baird. Instream Flow Needs in Agricultural Watershed in Canada. Prairie Provinces Water Board IFN Workshop. Calgary, AB. March 8-9 2006, [Invited Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, et al. Extreme Hydrological Events in the Mackenzie Basin. Canadian Water Resources Association,


British Columbia Branch Meeting, Extreme Climate: Implications for Business, the Economy, and Planning. Victoria, BC. February 10 2006, [Invited Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, S Beltaos, BR Bonsal, BG Krishnappan, MP Lacroix, TD Prowse. Extreme Hydrological Events in the Mackenzie River Delta, Canada: Project Overview and Preliminary Findings. 2nd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning, Copenhagen, DK. November 10-12 2005, [Poster Presentation]

Peters DL et al. NRBS, PAD-TS, NREI: Summary of Major NWRI Water Quantity Research Findings. Peace-Athabasca Delta Technical Workshop. Edmonton, AB. September 29-30 2005, [Invited Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse. Analysis of the Spring Freshet within the Mackenzie River Basin. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, AB. 8-11 May 2005, [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL 2005 Flood Hydrology of the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Symposium: “Managing Water in the Peace-Athabasca-Slave River Corridor” Workshop. Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo ON. 15-16 April 2005, [Invited Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse. Multi-scale Controls on the Persistence of Water in Wetlands of a Northern Delta, presenting at 25th Anniversary Conference of the Society of Wetlands Scientist “Charting the Future: A Quarter Century of Lessons Learned”, Seattle, Washington, USA July 18-23 2004 [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse. Reverse Flow in a Northern Freshwater Lake-Delta-Wetland Ecosystem, presenting at the 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union joint Assembly with American Geophysical Union, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, Montreal, PQ. 17-21 May 2004, [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, BR Bonsal, TD Prowse, MP Lacroix. Precipitation minus Evaporation index in Northern Canada: 1961-90 vs 2070-99. 'On the Edge' Conference. Joint Meeting of the ACMLA, CAG, CCA and CRSA. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. May 27 to May 31, 2003. [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, BR Bonsal, MP Lacroix, TD Prowse. Potential Change to the Precipitation Minus Evaporation Index in Northern Canada during the 21st Century, presented at the 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, AB. 11-14 May 2003 [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse, A Pietroniro, R Leconte. Effects of flow Regulation on a Northern delta-Lake System, presented at the 28th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, AB. 18-21 May 2002 [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse, BR Bonsal. Anticipated Impacts of Climate Change on Northern Delta Wetlands, presented at the 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Ottawa, ON. 14-17 May 2001 [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse. Impact of Flow Regulation on Peace River Delta Flow, 1968-96, presented at the 26th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, AB. 25-27 May 2000 [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse, A Pietroniro, R Leconte. Episodic Summer Flooding of a Northern Delta Ecosystem, presented at the 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, AB. 9-13 May 1999 [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse, A Pietroniro. Resumption of Flooding in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Northern Alberta, presented at the 24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Quebec City, PQ. 18-20 May 1998 [Poster Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse, P Marsh. Water Balance Modelling of Perched Basins in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Northeast Alberta, Canada, presented at the 23th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, AB. 4-8 May 1997 [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, TD Prowse, PM Lafleur, JM Buttle, P Marsh. Water Balance of Perched Basins in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, presented at the Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. 11-16 May 1996 [Oral Presentation]

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Peters DL, TD Prowse, PM Lafleur, JM Buttle, P Marsh. Peace-Athabasca Delta Perched Basin Water Balance, presented at the 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, AB. 5-9 May 1996 [Oral Presentation]

Peters DL, JM Buttle, CH Taylor. Hil lslope Contributions to Runoff Production in a Forested Shield Catchment, presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Hydrological/ Geochemical/ Biological Processes in Forested Catchments, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA. August 1993 [Poster Presentation]


Andrew Gordon Robinson Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environmental Conservation

Service, Environment Canada

Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION 1996 Diploma, Environmental Technology Protection, Kwantlen University College, British Columbia 1991 Bachelor Science Degree, Zoology, University of British Columbia WORK EXPERIENCE 2006 to present: Senior Environmental Assessment Officer, Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, 5421, Robertson Road, RR1, Delta, B.C. V4K 3N2 • Most recent environmental assessment review: Site C Clean Energy Project • Relevant historical environmental assessment review: 2009 Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine Project

environmental assessment process, including participation in the Panel Hearings Topic-Specific Session for Terrestrial Ecosystems

2005 to 2006: Acting Senior Environmental Assessment Officer, Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, 5421, Robertson Road, RR1, Delta, B.C. V4K 3N2 2004 to 2005: Senior Program Officer, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Suite 320, 757 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 1A1 2000 to 2004: Environmental Assessment Officer, Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, 5421, Robertson Road, RR1, Delta, B.C. V4K 3N2 1998 to 2000: Environmental Assessment Officer, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Lands & Trust Services, 600 1138 Melville Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4S3 TRAINING

• Justice Institute of BC: conflict resolution, negotiations, on- and off-road driving • Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency: Cumulative Effects Assessment • Wilderness First Aid Training (Slipstream)


Kella Sadler, Ph.D., R.P.Bio. Senior Species at Risk Biologist

Species at Risk Recovery Unit Canadian Wildlife Service

Environment Canada


Dr. Kella Sadler is a Senior Species at Risk Biologist, Species at Risk Recovery Unit, with Environment Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service. Her role at Environment Canada is to help implement the federal Species at Risk Act mandate for SARA Schedule-1 l isted species. She participates in the recovery planning processes and document preparation (including critical habitat identification), and provides science advice to internal and external partners on issues relating to federal species at risk. Owing to her experience and background in plant ecology she participated in the Environment Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service review of the Site C project, by providing science advice on plant species of federal conservation concern occurring or potentially occurring within the project area.

EXPERIENCE 2010 – present Senior Species at Risk Biologist, Environment Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service

• Recovery document preparation (including critical habitat identification), and jurisdictional review management for recovery strategies, action plans, and/or management plans posted on the Species at Risk Public Registry – www.sararegistry.gc.ca)

• Participation in working groups to develop national policy: EC-CWS Critical Habitat Identification Task Group, Critical Habitat Identification Community of Practice

• Participation on Recovery Teams, multi-jurisdictional recovery planning meetings • Plan and implement field programs for species at risk, recovery priorities • Provide input on protection analyses and conservation agreements for species at risk • Provide internal and external advice on species at risk (Parks Canada Agency, COSEWIC, BC Government,

Environmental Assessment, permitting) 2007 – 2010 Sole Proprietor – Sadler & Associates Environmental Consulting

• Species at Risk assessments – summary of ecological requirements for rare plant species in land management unit areas; characterized potential logging impact, conservation recommendations

• Rare plant species surveys (abundance, ecology, mapping), habitat information and description • Data organization and statistical analysis (various wildlife biology projects) • Forest research: e.g., vegetation assessment and inventory alternative si lviculture systems; indicator

species, influence of age class and edge proximity on vegetation patterns 1998 – 2007 Research Scientist: Plant Ecology & Botany (Ph.D., M.Sc.)

• Ph.D. Thesis*: Vegetation of Rock Outcrop Ecosystems of the Gulf Islands in the Coastal Douglas-fir Zone, British Columbia. *Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Award, UBC Graduate Student Fellowship Award, Vancouver Foundation Research Award

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• M.Sc. Thesis.*: Multivariate analysis of terrestrial bryophyte-habitat relationships in a subalpine forest of coastal British Columbia. *Nominated for Governor General’s Gold Medal

EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy

University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, 2007 Master of Science University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, 1999 Bachelor of Science Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, 1996


• Member of College of Applied Biology: Registered Professional Biologist in good standing • Member of the Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team – Recovery Implementation Group (Plants at Risk)

PERSONAL PUBLICATIONS (PRIOR TO WORK FOR ENVIRONMENT CANDA) Journals

Sadler, K.D., & G.E. Bradfield (2010). Ecological facets of plant species rarity in rock outcrop ecosystems of the Gulf Islands, British Columbia. Botany, 88: 429-434. Bradfield, G.E. & K.D. Sadler (2006). Transient assemblage dynamics of terrestrial bryophytes in a subalpine forest. The Bryologist, 109(1):18-25. Sadler, K.D. & G.E. Bradfield (2000) Microscale distribution patterns of terrestrial bryophytes in a subalpine forest: the use of logistic regression as an interpretive tool. Community Ecology, 1(1): 57-64. Technical reports (Examples)

McIntosh, T.T. & K.D. Sadler (2011). Results from a 2010 Rare Plant Survey at the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental Test Ranges (CFMETR) Vancouver Island. Technical report prepared for Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria B.C.

Sadler, K.D. (2009). Report on a survey for Bartramia stricta (Rigid Apple Moss) on Observatory Hil l , Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics. Technical report prepared for National Research Council Canada by Sadler & Associates Environmental Consulting.

Sadler, K.D. (2004). Vegetation monitoring in Coastal Douglas-fir Zone forests of Vancouver Island: influence of age class and edge proximity on vascular plant and bryophyte distributions. Technical report prepared for Weyerhaeuser Ltd. by Sadler, Reid & Associates.

McIntosh, T.T. & K.D. Sadler (2001). An ecological study of a Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) stand in and adjacent to the Yale Ecological Reserve, Yale, British Columbia. Technical report prepared for BC Parks by Biospherics Environmental Inc.

Sadler, K.D. (Sept. 2000). Bryophytes of Savary Island. Technical report produced to support the designation of the Savary Island Sand Dunes (District Lot 1375) as a conservation area. Personal/volunteer project.

Sadler, K.D. & T.T. McIntosh (1997) Montane Alternative Silviculture Systems (MASS) project: a comparison of cryptogams in alternative si lviculture systems. Technical report for MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Nanaimo, BC.


Eric A. Soprovich, B.Sc., M.N.R.N. Senior Scientist, EPOD/ESB

Environment Canada

Curriculum Vitae

SUMMARY

Mr. Soprovich is a Senior Scientist at Enviornmental Protection Operations Division, Environmental Sustainability Branch, with Environment Canada. Mr. Soprovich provides science advice, mainly on geoscience matters, on environmental assessments and for contaminated sites and other areas of responsibility. Mr. Soprovich has close to thirty years’ experience in the environmental and geological sciences and has represented Environment Canada on numerous occasions during the past twenty years before the Yukon Water Board (a quasi-judicial decision-making body) and before the federal Court as an expert witness and science authority.

EXPERIENCE . 1993 – PRESENT ENVIRONMEN T CAN AD A

Senior Scientist, CS & Expert Support Unit, EPOD, Pacific & Yukon Region (2012 – Recent) Head, Public & Natural Resources Sectors Unit, EPOD (2007 – 2011(Nov.)) Acting Head, Pollution Abatement Section, EPB (2001 – 2002) Senior Environmental Scientist, Pollution Abatement Section, EPB (1993 – 2007)

• Responsible for program management including budgets, work plan development & strategic direction for delivery of four core environmental protection programs in Yukon

• Led team of scientists, technicians & consultants to effectively deliver projects • Provided review support and advice to Environmental Assessment Unit including delineating potential

impacts and proposing appropriate mitigation strategies • Represented Environment Canada at Yukon Water Board (quasi-judicial) hearings to ensure that

water licences contained conditions for environmental mitigation consistent with Department’s mandates & objectives

• Proposed, designed & managed complex multi-year field audits/studies & laboratory testing programs to improve environmental performance and to add to science knowledge

• Primary program/departmental liaison with key stakeholders in Yukon such as industry, municipalities, First Nations, NGOs & other government departments

• Designed & implemented scientific studies & provided scientific direction to contaminated site assessments

• Reviewed & provided recommendations on proposed territorial & federal legislation • Produced Ministerial briefings & correspondence regarding sensitive environmental issues, including

providing advice & information on technical/political issues • Supported other branches and departments through consultation regarding site investigations &

environmental protection

1989 – 1993 CURR AGH RESOURCES INC. Environmental Engineer, Mining Department

• Responsible for developing and implementing environmental & geotechnical monitoring programs at a large mine to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements

• Managed & implemented projects including: management procedures, staff supervision, consultant studies, contract development & budget management

• Liaison with regulatory agencies to effectively communicate corporate needs & direction


• Delivered Acid Mine Drainage (ARD/ML) Abatement research linked to mine closure planning • Utilized multidisciplinary research and technical skills in the areas of hydrology, hydrogeology,

geochemistry, biology & other specialized areas • Applied knowledge of legal & regulatory requirements to project management

1987 – 1989 MANITOB A GOVERNMENT Researcher, Department of Natural Resources (1988) Coordinator, Department of Environment & Workplace Safety & Health (1987, 1988)

• Responsible for contributing to water basin research as part of the Water & Soil Conservation Strategy

• Completed basin-wide studies of available information about wildlife, forestry, mining & agricultural resources as well as demography & settlement elements

• Provided direction for policy development purposes through analysis/evaluation of information • Edited technical reports for publication by the Manitoba Environmental Council • Provided coordination responsibilities to Council including: program organization, promotion,

scheduling & delivery of programming for AGM & Environmental Forum • Liaised with Environmental Council members, public & professional bodies • Performed area surveys/investigations related to enforcement of Manitoba’s fuel handling & storage

regulations

1988 ATOMIC ENERGY CAN AD A LTD. Research Geologist (Summer)

• Conducted detailed investigations of surface/groundwater at the Pinawa Research Station to enhance predictive skills and hydrologic/hydrogeologic knowledge for management of nuclear waste disposal o Entailed data acquisition, field sampling and analysis, detailed descriptions of sediment cores,

creation of stratigraphic profiles & data analysis

1984 – 1986 RIVEST BROTHERS EN TERPRISES LTD / UNIVERSITY OF MANITOB A Contract Geologist / NDT Technician (Rivest Brothers) Pre-Masters Student (University of Manitoba))

• Responsible for placer evaluations, research & assessment of applicable beneficiation technologies • Non-destructive testing of pipelines and manufactured fittings as a component of spilll mitigation • Pre-Masters studies at the University of Manitoba

1983 ESSO RESOURCES CAN AD A LI MITED Geologist, Minerals Department

• Responsible for reconnaissance mapping of resources in south-central BC and the AB foothills to determine mineral (coal) potential

• Performed detailed mapping & geologic interpretation of little-known areas in northwest BC

1980 – 1982 PETRO CAN AD A EXPLOR ATION INCORPOR ATED Senior Field Geologist, Minerals Division

• Responsible for reconnaissance mapping & interpretation of Tertiary sediments / sedimentary record within the Interior Plateau region of the Foshiem Peninsula (Ellesmere Island)

• Main focus on stratigraphic correlation and determination of high-Arctic resource potential • Supervised junior personnel and coordinated exploration efforts • Conducted property exploration & development for an anticipated mining situation (northeast coal

block, BC) • Reported findings and produced reports for inclusion into comprehensive annual documents


Other Pertinent Employment 1979 Pacific Petroleums Limited Geotechnician, Minerals Division 1978 Amoco Canada Minerals Limited Geotechnician

EDUCATION Master of Natural Resources Management University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, 1992 Bachelor of Science (Earth Sciences – Geology) University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, 1980 PUBLICATIONS Journals & Technical Reports

Kwong, Y.T.J., Arrell, S., Soprovich, E., Roach, P., Guilbeault, M., & John Miller. 2013. Metal Background and Mobility at Christal Lake, Keno Hill Mining District, Yukon. CANMET Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories, Division Report MMSL 11-008(TR); October 2013.

Kwong, Y.T.John, Roach, Patrick, Arrell, Steve, Guilbeault, Martin, Miller, John, & Eric Soprovich.

2010. Metal Background and Mobility in the Keno Hill Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada. In Reaching New Peaks in Geoscience. GSA Abstracts with Programs v.42, no. 5. Geological Society of America 2010 Annual Meeting and Technical Sessions.

Soprovich, E.A. (pending). Chemical Characteristics & Stability of Mine Tailings Containing Scorodite &

other Arsenic-bearing Minerals from Ketza River Mine, Yukon. Environment Canada Regional Program Report Series.

Kwong, Y.T.J., Percival, J.P. & Eric A. Soprovich. 2000. Arsenic Mobilization & Attenuation in Near-

neutral Drainage – Implications for Tailings & Waste Rock Management for Saskatchewan Uranium Mines. In Proceedings: Uranium 2000, CIM Special Publication. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum.

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As-Containing Goethites. In Tailings & Mine Waste ‘00, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Tailings & Mine Waste ’00, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, 23 – 26 January 2000. A.A.Balkema (Publ.). Rotterdam, Neth.

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Carmacks, Yukon Territory. Environment Canada Regional Program Report, Number 95-01.

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Emma Watson, Ph.D. Environmental Assessment Climate Data Analyst

Climate Research Division, Science and Technology Branch Environment Canada


Dr. Watson is an Environmental Assessment Climate Data Analyst with the Climate Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada. Dr. Watson’s responsibilities include provision of climate change advice and coordination of the Climate Research Division’s position on the adequacy of Climate Change information in Project Environmental Assessments. Responsibilities also include participation as an expert witness on Climate Change on behalf of Environment Canada at Review Panel hearings (Expert witness at New Prosperity hearings, July 2013). Dr. Watson also conducts climate research focusing on western Canada (see publications below) and contributes to Environment Canada’s Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin. Dr. Watson has served as a scientific reviewer for a dozen scientific journals and research grant applications, developed and taught a 3rd-year university course on Climate Change and has served as a Climate Change Science Advisor with Environment Canada.

EXPERIENCE July 2012- Environmental Assessment Climate Data Analyst Present Climate Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada

Responsibilities include provision of climate change advice on Environmental Impact Statements, development of Information Requests and coordination of the Climate Research Division’s position on the adequacy of Climate Change information throughout the Environmental Assessment process. Participate as expert witness on Climate Change on behalf of Environment Canada at Review Panel hearings (New Prosperity hearing July, 2013). Conduct climate research and participate in the development of the Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin.

July 2011 Atmospheric Science Advisor (Climate Change) - July 2012 Atmospheric Science Assessment and Integration, Science and Technology Branch,

Environment Canada April 2010 Atmospheric Science Officer (Climate Change) - July 2011 Atmospheric Science Assessment and Integration, Science and Technology Branch,

Environment Canada Nov. 2009 Data Analyst - Apr 2010 Data Analysis and Archives Division,

Weather and Environmental Monitoring Environment Canada Aug. 2009 Support to Climate Change Science Advisor - Oct 2009 Atmospheric Science Assessment and Integration, Science and Technology Branch,


Environment Canada Jul. 2007 Research Associate - Sep. 2007 Dendrogeomorphology Laboratory, University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada Jan. 2007 Sessional Instructor - Course: Climate Change (3rd year course) - May 2007 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor,

Windsor, Ontario, Canada Jan. 2007 Research Contract - Apr. 2007 Climate Research Division, Meteorological Service of Canada,

Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario Jan. 2004 Canadian Government Laboratory Visiting Fellow (NSERC VF) - Jan. 2007 Climate Research Branch, Meteorological Service of Canada,

Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario Jan.-Feb. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow 2003 Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Canada Nov. 2002 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow -Dec 2003 Dendrogeomorphology Laboratory

Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, Canada 2000-2001 Part-time contract work: Dendroclimatologist

Climate Research Branch, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario

1997-2000 Teaching Assistant Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, Canada

1996-2002 Research Assistant Dendrogeomorphology Laboratory Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, Canada EDUCATION

Ph.D. Physical Geography University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2002 M.Sc. Physical Geography University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 1998 B.A. Honours Geography in Environmental Resource Management

University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1996 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Expert Witness Training, July 2013 Media Relations Training, July 2013 PUBLICATIONS


Refereed Publications Pederson, G.T., Gray, S.T., Woodhouse, C.A., Betancourt, J.L., Fagre, D.B., Littell, J.S., Watson, E..,

Luckman, B.H. and Graumlich, L.J. 2011. The Unusual Nature of Recent Snowpack Declines in the North American Cordillera. Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.1201570.

Matulla, C., Watson, E., Wagner, S. and Schoner, W. 2009. Downscaled GCM projections of winter and summer mass balance for Peyto Glacier, Alberta, Canada (2000-2100) from ensemble simulations with ECHAM5-MPIOM. International Journal of Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.1796.

Villalba, R. Luckman, B.H., Boninsegna, J., D’Arrigo, R.D., Lara, A., Villanueva-Diaz, J., Masiokas, M., Argollo, J., Soliz, C., LeQuesne, C., Stahle, D., Roig, F., Aravena, J.C., Wiles, G., Jacoby, G., Hartsough, P., Wilson, R.J.S., Watson, E., Cook, E.R., Cerano-Paredes, J., Therrell, M., Cleaveland, M., Morales, M.J., Moya, J., Pacajes, J., Massacchesi, G., Biondi, F., Urrutia, R. and Martinez Pastur, G. (in press). Dendroclimatology from regional to continental scales: Understanding regional processes to reconstruct large-scale climatic variations across the Western Americas. In Hughes, M.K., Swetnam, T.W. and Diaz, H.F. (eds.) Dendroclimatology: Progress and Prospects, Springer.

St. George, S., Meko, D.M., Girardin, M.-P., Nielsen, E., Pederson, G., Sauchyn, D.J., Tardif, J., Watson, E. (2009) The tree-ring record of drought on the Canadian Prairies. Journal of Climate, 22: 689-710.

MacDonald, G.M., Stahle, D.W., Villanueva-Diaz, J., Beer, N., Busby, S.J., Cerano-Paredes, J., Cole, J.E., Cook, E.R., Endfield, G., Gutierrez-Garcia, G., Hall, B., Magana, V., Meko, D.M., Méndez Pérez, M., Sauchyn, D.J., Watson, E. and Woodhouse, C.A. 2008. Climate Warming and the Early 21st Century Drought in Southwestern North America EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 89 (9): 82-84.

Pederson, G.T., Whitlock, C., Watson, E., Luckman, B.H. and Graumlich, L.J. 2007. Climate change and ecosystem history. In: D. Fagre and T. Prato (Eds.) Sustaining Rocky Mountain Landscapes: Science, Policy and Management of the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, RFF Press, Washington D.C.

Watson, E., Pederson, G.T., Luckman, B.H. and Fagre, D.B. 2007. Glacier mass balance in the northern U.S. and Canadian Rockies: paleo-perspectives and 20th century change. In B. Orlove, E. Weigand and B.H. Luckman (Eds.) Darkening Peak: Glaciers, Science and Society, University of California Press.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2006. Long hydroclimate records from tree-rings in western Canada: potential, problems and prospects. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 31: 205-228.

Watson, E., Luckman, B.H. and Yu, B. 2006. Long-term relationships between reconstructed seasonal mass balance at Peyto Glacier, Canada and Pacific sea surface temperatures. The Holocene, 16: 783-790.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2005. Spatial patterns of pre-instrumental moisture variability in the southern Canadian Cordillera. Journal of Climate, 18: 2847-2863.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2005. An exploration of the controls of pre-instrumental streamflow using multiple tree-ring proxies. Dendrochronologia, 22: 225-234.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2004. Tree-Ring based mass-balance estimates for the past 300 years at Peyto Glacier, Alberta, Canada. Quaternary Research, 62: 9-18.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2004. Tree-Ring based reconstructions of precipitation for the Southern Canadian Cordillera. Climatic Change, 65: 209-241.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2002. The dendroclimatic signal in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine tree-ring chronologies from the southern Canadian Cordillera. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 32: 1858-1874.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2001. The development of a moisture-stressed tree-ring chronology network for the southern Canadian Cordillera. Tree-Ring Research, 57(2): 149-168.


Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2001. Dendroclimatic reconstruction of precipitation for sites in the Canadian Rockies. The Holocene, 11(2): 203-213.

Stahle, D.W., Cook, E.R., Cleaveland, M.K., Therrell, M.D., Meko, D.M., Grissino-Mayer, H.D., Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2000. Epic 16th century drought over North America. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 81 (12): 121, 125.

Non-refereed Reports Luckman, B.H., Kenigsberg, M., Moser, K. and Watson, E. 2007. Field investigations in the Canadian

Rock ies, 2006-7. Report submitted to Parks Canada, Jasper and Mount Robson Provincial Park, B.C., June 2007, 12pp.

Daniels, L.D. and Watson, E. 2003. Climate-Fire-Vegetation Interactions in the Cariboo Forests: A Dendrochronological Analysis. Report to Forest Innovation and Investment Research Program, April 2003, 56p.

Luckman, B.H., Watson, E, and Youngblut, D.K. 2001. Dendrochronological and Dendroclimatic Investigations in the Cordillera: Southern Yukon and British Columbia. Meteorological Service of Canada, Collaborative Research Agreement Report 2000-2001, 36p.

Watson, E. Youngblut D.K., Luckman B.H. and Froelich N, 2000. Dendroclimatic Investigations in British Columbia, Alberta and the southwest Yukon. Meteorological Service of Canada, Collaborative Research Agreement Report099DD-011, 73p.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 1999. Dendroclimatic Reconstruction of Precipitation Patterns in British Columbia and Alberta. Final Report, Contract No KM040-8-6484, Precipitation Records Analysis Services, Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, March, 1999, 24p.

Luckman, B.H., Wilson, R.J., Watson, E., Colenutt, M.E., Youngblut, D., and Robinson, B.J. 1998. Field Investigations in the Southern Canadian Cordillera in 1998. Report Submitted to B.C. Parks Service and Parks Canada, 15p.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 1998. Dendroclimatic Reconstruction of Precipitation Patterns in British Columbia and Alberta. Interim Report, Contract No KM040-8-6484, Precipitation Records Analysis Services, Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, April, 1998, 17p.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 1998. Developing Precipitation Reconstructions from Tree Rings in the Southern Canadian Cordillera. Final Report, Contract No KM040-7-6233, Precipitation Records Analysis Services, Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, January, 1998, 79p.

Luckman, B.H., McCarthy, D.P., Watson, E., St.George, R.S., Kavanagh, T.A., Robinson, B.J., and Colenutt, M.E. 1998. Field Investigations in the Canadian Rock ies in 1997. Report Submitted to Parks Canada, Alberta Parks and B.C. Parks Service, 66p.

Luckman, B.H., Robinson, B.J. Watson, E., and Colenutt, M.E. 1997. Field Investigations in the Canadian Rock ies in 1996. Report Submitted to Parks Canada, Alberta Parks and B.C. Parks Service, 27p.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS Luckman, B.H. and Watson, E. 2010. Paraglacial landslide at Columbia Glacier, Jasper National Park,

Canada. World Dendro 2010 – 8th Conference on Dendrochronology, Rovaniemi, Finland, June 13-18, 2010.

Luckman, B.H., Earles, S., Morimoto, D., Watson, E. and Kenigsberg, M. 2007. Divergence in ringwidth chronologies from the Yukon Territory, Canada. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 10-14, 2007.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2007. Relationships between tree growth in western Canada and the Pacific Ocean. American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Acapulco, Mexico, May 22-25, 2007.


Watson, E., Pederson, G.T., Luckman, B.H. and Fagre, D.B. 2006. Evaluating the potential for snowpack reconstruction in interior British Columbia and the northern U.S. Rock ies using Larix Lyalli (Subalpine larch). MTNCLIM 2006: Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains. Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, Oregon, September 19-22, 2006.

Luckman, B.H. and Watson, E. 2006. Pacific variability, climate and glacier fluctuations in the American Cordillera. 36th AMQUA Biennial Meeting. Bozeman, Montana. August 18-20, 2006.

Villalba, R., Luckman, B.H., Boninsegna, J., D’Arrigo, R.D., Lara, A., Villanueva-Diaz, J. Masiokas, M., Argollog, J., Soliz, C., LeQuesne, C., Stahle, D., Roig, F., Aravena, J.C., Wiles, G., Hartsough, P., Wilson, R.J.S., Watson, E., Cerano-Paredes, J., Therrell, M., Cleaveland, M., Moya, J., Pacajes, J., Massacchesi, G., Biondi, F. and Martinez Pastur, G. 2006. Coherent modes of climate variability across the Western Americas during the past centuries: Tropical and high-latitude climate forcings. Climate Change- Organizing the Science for the American Cordillera (CONCORD), Mendoza, Argentina, April 4-6, 2006.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2006. Dendrohydrological reconstructions for the southern Canadian Cordillera. IAI-CRNII_047: Documenting, understanding and projecting changes in the hydrological cycle in the American Cordillera, First Science Meeting, Mendoza, Argentina, April 2-3, 2006.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2006. Tree-ring based climate reconstructions for the southern Canadian Cordillera from multiple tree species. North Pacific Science workshop, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C., March 1-3, 2006.

Luckman, B.H., Watson, E., Kenigsberg, M. and Youngblut, D.K. 2006. Recent dendrochronological studies in the Yukon territory and adjacent areas of British Columbia. North Pacific Science workshop, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C., March 1-3, 2006.

Luckman, B.H., Watson, E. and Wilson, R. J. S. 2005. Drawing climatic inferences from glacier fluctuations in the Canadian Cordillera. Open Science Conference, Global Change in Mountain Regions, Perth, Scotland October 2-6, 2005

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2005. Tree-ring based records of precipitation and streamflow in the southern Canadian Cordillera. Canadian Quaternary Association conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 5-8, 2005. (Invited)

Neumann, N. and Watson, E. 2005. Extracting a snow record from tree rings – southern boreal forest, Saskatchewan, Canada. Eastern Snow Conference, Annual Meeting, Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener, Ontario, June 8-10, 2005.

Watson, E. and Neumann, N. 2005. Evaluating the climate signal in conifers from the southern boreal forest, Saskatchewan. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, London, Ontario, May 31-June 4, 2005.

Watson, E. Luckman, B.H., Pederson G.T. and Yu B. 2005. Comparing tree-ring proxies of environmental variability in the Canadian Rock ies. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, London, Ontario, May 31-June 4, 2005.

Luckman B.H., Watson, E., and Wilson R.J.S. 2005. Glaciers, tree-rings and Environmental change in the Canadian Rock ies. Glacier change in Western Canada, Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, 8-11 May, 2005

Luckman B.H., Watson, E. and Wilson R.J.S. 2005. Reconstructing the environmental history of the last millennium using multiproxy data in the Canadian Cordillera. Program with Abstracts “New Approaches to Quaternary Sciences in Fuego-Patagonia” Puerto Natales, Chile, April 4-9, 2005, p 17-18.

Luckman B.H., Watson, E., Wilson R.J.S. and Van Dorp, R.D. 2005. Recent Dendrochronological investigations in the Canadian Cordillera. 5th Annual Science Meeting IAI CRN03, Akumal, Yucatan, 28 March-1 April 2005.

Watson, E., Luckman, B.H., Pederson, G.T and Wilson, R.J.S. 2005. Environmental changes in the southern Canadian Rock ies from multiple tree-ring proxies. MTNCLIM 2005: Consortium for


Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains. Chico Hot Springs Resort, Pray, Montana, March 1-4, 2005. (Invited)

Pederson, G.T, Watson, E., Luckman, B.H., Fagre, D.B., Gray, S.T., Graumlich, L.J. 2005. Tree ring based estimates of glacier mass balance for the northern Rocky Mountains for the past 300 years. Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains. Chico Hot Springs Resort, Pray, Montana, March 1-4, 2005.

Luckman, B.H. and Watson, E. 2004. Tree rings, mass balance and glacier history: observations from the Canadian Cordillera. International and Interdisciplinary Workshop: Mountain Glaciers and Society. Hotel Regina, Wengen, Switzerland, October 6-8, 2004.

Luckman, B.H. and Watson, E. 2004. Developing proxies for mass balance in data-poor regions. Conference on Recent Glacier Shrinkage in the Andes and consequences for Water Resources, Huaraz, Peru, July 6-9 , 2004

Luckman, B.H, Wilson, R.J.S. and Watson, E. 2004. How did climates vary during the "Little Ice Age" in the southern Canadian Cordillera? 49th Annual Meeting of the Geological Association and the Mineralogical Association of Canada. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, May 12-14, 2004.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2004. Tree-ring based estimates of mass balance at Peyto Glacier over the last three centuries. 49th Annual Meeting of the Geological Association and the Mineralogical Association of Canada. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, May 12-14, 2004. (Invited)

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2004. Using moisture-stressed tree-ring chronologies to study environmental changes in the southern Canadian Cordillera. Tree-Rings and Climate: Sharpening the Focus, Tucson, Arizona, April 6-9, 2004. (Invited)

Luckman, B.H., Youngblut, D.K. Wilson, R. J. S., Watson, E., Colenutt, M. E. and St. George, S. 2004. Dendroclimatology in the Canadian Cordillera. Tree Rings and Climate: Sharpening the Focus. Tucson, Arizona, April 6-9, 2004.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2003. Tree-ring based estimates of Peyto Glacier mass balance, 1673-1995. Annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Seattle, Washington, November 2-5, 2003.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2003. Tree-ring based estimates of Peyto Glacier Mass Balance for the last three centuries. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Victoria, B.C., May 26- June 1, 2003.

Daniels, L.D. and Watson, E. 2003. Climate and fire history in the Cariboo Region of B.C. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Victoria, B.C., May 26- June 1, 2003.

St. George, S., Watson, E. and Wolfe, S. 2003. Tree-ring and eolian evidence for hydroclimatic variability in western Canada during the last several centuries. A multi-millennia perspective on drought and implications for the future. CLIVAR/PAGES/IPCC, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, November 18-21, 2003.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2003. Tree-ring based precipitation reconstructions for the southern Canadian Cordillera. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, May 26 – June 1, 2003.

Luckman, B. H., Watson, E. and Wilson, R.J.S. 2003. Multiproxy characterisation of regional paleoclimates from mountain areas. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly. Nice, France, April 7-11, 2003.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2003. Precipitation Reconstruction in the Southern Canadian Cordillera. 20th Pacific Climate Workshop (PACLIM), Pacific Grove, California, April 5-9, 2003.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2002. Tree-Ring Based Reconstructions of Precipitation for the Southern Canadian Cordillera. Dendrochronology, environmental change and human history, 6th International Dendrochronology Conference, Laval University, Quebec. August 22-27th, 2002.

Luckman, B.H., Wilson, R.J.S., Youngblut, D.K. and Watson, E. 2002. Recent Investigations in the


Canadian Cordillera. Third Annual Science Meeting IAI CRN03, Oaxaca Mexico, 19-23 April, 2002. (Invited)

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2001. Tree-Ring Records of Precipitation Variability in the Southern Canadian Cordillera. 18th Pacific Climate Workshop (PACLIM), Pacific Grove, California, March 18-21, 2001.

Luckman, B.H., Wilson, R.J., Watson, E., Colenutt, M.E., St. George, R.S., and Youngblut, D.K, 2001. The IAI “Treelines” Project: Recent Developments in the Canadian Rock ies and Adjacent Areas. HIGHEST Conference, Davos, Switzerland.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2000. An exploration of precipitation variability in the southern Canadian Cordillera over the past four centuries. Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 34th Congress: The Role of the Pacific in Climate and Weather, Victoria, British Columbia, May 29-June 2, 2000.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2000. Moisture-stressed chronologies from the western Canadian Cordillera. International Conference on Dendrochronology for the Third Millennium, Mendoza, Argentina, April 2-7, 2000.

Luckman B.H. and Watson E. 1999. Precipitation Reconstruction in the Southern Canadian Cordillera. Preprints 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies, 79th Annual Meeting, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Texas, 10-15th January, 1999, 296-299.

OTHER INVITED PRESENTATIONS Watson, E. 2008. Evaluating environmental changes in the southern Canadian Cordillera using tree-ring

proxies. Invited presentation in the School of Environmental Studies Seminar Series, Queen’s University, January 18, 2008.

Watson, E. 2007. Evaluating environmental changes in the southern Canadian Cordillera using tree-ring proxies. Invited presentation in the C.P. Gravenor Lecture Series, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, Feb. 15, 2007.

Watson, E. 2004. Tree-ring based estimates of Peyto Glacier Mass Balance for the last three centuries. Invited presentation in the University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, speaker series, November 17th, 2004.

Watson, E. 2003. Tree-ring based precipitation reconstructions for the southern Canadian cordillera. Invited speaker at the Climate Research Branch Seminar Series, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, May 1, 2003.

Watson, E. 2001. Dendroclimatic Reconstruction of Precipitation in the Southern Canadian Cordillera. Ph.D. Colloquium, Department of Geography Speaker Series, University of Western Ontario.

Watson, E. 2001. An Exploration of Precipitation Variability in the southern Canadian Cordillera over the Past Four Centuries. Invited speaker at the Climate Research Branch Seminar Series, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada.