Principal Investigator:Ponsford, Ian Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5975.
To collect baseline data related to water quality, hydrology, and fish habitat from 11 different locations at the outflow of Cirque Lake and along Dale Creek, as well as tributaries of both Dale Creek and the Tsichu River. Baseline data will be obtained from the surface water quality monitoring stations WR-1, WR-2, W...
Principal Investigator:Rudolph, David Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5990.
The main objective of the proposed research is to continue investigating the groundwater flow conditions within the Central Mackenzie Valley of the Northwest Territories (NWT), with a specific focus on how permafrost discontinuity and thaw processes will influence groundwater circulation and interaction with surface...
Principal Investigator:Devoie, Élise Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5898.
The main goal of this project is to explore how wildfire will affect the stability and fate of metals and metalloids (i.e. arsenic, mercury, antimony) in mining contaminated and pristine landscapes. Metal(loid) concentrations in air, soil, and water in and around Boundary Creek (30 km west of Yellowknife) will be co...
Principal Investigator:Langer, Moritz Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5833.
This research aims to describe permafrost conditions and assess environmental risk at several drilling waste sumps in the Mackenzie Delta region, NWT.
The objectives of this project are:
1) Assess the vulnerability of drilling mud sumps in the Mackenzie Delta region under varying site conditions and different clim...
Principal Investigator:Marsh, Philip Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5842.
The objectives of this project are to: (1) develop improved understanding of, and ability to predict, the complex northern hydrologic system, (2) consider the integrated effect of the changing climate on vegetation, snow, permafrost, streamflow, and lakes, and (4) develop improved water models needed to predict futur...
Principal Investigator:Vieira, Gonçalo Licensed Year(s):
2023
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5639.
The goal of this research project is to better understand the characteristics of various different lakes, how their characteristics vary, as well as their potential relation to permafrost thaw events in the recent or distant past. The frequency of occurrence across space and time as well as the variability of: 1) opt...
Principal Investigator:Kheyrollah Pour, Homa Licensed Year(s):2024
2023
2022 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5677.
This project aims to reconstruct trends in ice phenology using remotely-sensed and ground-based observations and collective memories of land-based and in-lake changes by communities living along the shoreline of Great Bear Lake (GBL) to characterize the interannual variability of ice formation in the lake and determi...
Principal Investigator:Baldwin, Blair E Licensed Year(s):
2023
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5602.
Collect instantaneous flow rates at the Duport and James River crossing locations.
Flow discharge monitoring will be collected at the two identified crossing locations following the manual quantitative stream discharge protocol as described in Section 4: Module 5 of the Ontario Stream Assessment Protocol (OSAP 20...
Principal Investigator:Gadd, Michael Licensed Year(s):
2023
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5577.
The objective of this project is to better understand the physical, chemical, and biological controls of the Rapid Creek Formation by collecting and analyzing samples (through fieldwork) and developing a new sequence stratigraphic framework for the purpose of uncovering its potential and enabling the identification of...
Principal Investigator:Gammon, Paul R Licensed Year(s):
2023
20222021 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5551.
The overall objective of the research is to eventually determine the environmental chemistry of the elevated metal concentrations, which will in turn determine the environmental risk that these measured concentrations pose (i.e. will answer, at least in part, the questions: do these sites require remediation, and in w...