CLRA Alberta Chapter Webinar Series: Optimized Regulatory Workflows for Watercourse Crossings
CLRA Alberta Chapter Webinar Series
Date:
April 27, 2021
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM MST
Speaker:
Iain Sharp, Restoration Ecologist, Woodlands North Inc.
Fees:
CLRA Members: Free
Non-Members: $20
Registration Deadline:
April 26, 2021
In 2014, the Government of Alberta instated the Roadway Watercourse Crossings Remediation Directive (RWCRD) to address the issue of declining fish populations. Since then, many natural resource companies were unaware of the existence of the RWCRD until watercourse crossings under their tenure were inspected and the company penalized for non-compliance. These opaque regulatory changes, both
provincially and federally, to watercourse crossing managements that are then enforced without industry knowledge, lead to unexpected fines which then impact the environmental budgets of resource road operators. Therefore, to clarify the process, workflow, and considerations to be made regarding watercourse crossings, Woodlands North Inc. presents an optimized regulatory workflow tool for watercourse crossings to simplify the regulatory framework surrounding these projects.
Speaker Bio
Iain Sharp, Restoration Ecologist, Woodlands North Inc.
Iain Sharp is a recent master’s graduate from the University of Alberta, Center for Earth Observation science where he worked on the validation of biophysical satellite products. Now, Iain has been working at Woodlands North Inc. working with their Stream Crossing and Aquatic Resource Inventory Program assisting the industry with their non-compliant watercourse crossings.
