Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network

Key objectives of this forum included: to provide a venue for participants to interact, collaborate and learn from other members of the network, to provide an opportunity for information exchange among CABIN users and the ECCC CABIN National Team to address common needs and improvements for the program, to provide an opportunity for current members and potential monitoring network participan [...] Many participants are new to CABIN, and this is an exciting opportunity to discuss biomonitoring and introduce how CABIN can be used in northern environments, to collaborate and learn from other members of the network, and to share information and identify ways to improve the CABIN program. [...] The purpose is to enable and empower youth to see the land from the science and traditional knowledge perspectives, encourage their involvement in monitoring and science initiatives in their communities and become future leaders. [...] Session 3: CABIN Application to Decision-Making Application of CABIN in British Columbia Jolene Raggett, Environmental Impact Assessment Biologist BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy The BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (ENV) has been working with ECCC since the mid-2000s to expand and promote the use of CABIN for monitoring and assessment in BC. [...] A brief background on the development and implementation of the Oil Sands Program was followed by a summary of the challenges in the design of a biomonitoring program in the area including; large rivers with largely sand substrate, co-occurring reference, habitat and industrial gradients within a longitudinal section of river/stream, and high year-to-year variability in discharge regimes.