A two-day symposium hosted by two UNBC Geography faculty members discussed issues for rivers and streams in northern B.C. moving forward.
On Thursday and Friday, over 50 attended with the focus of bringing together fish biologists and physical hydrologists working on stream temperature.
The university said presentations described new results from research, policy implications of warming streams, and provided an opportunity for groups doing similar work across northern B.C. to learn from each other.
Day two featured a field trip that showcased two restoration projects, showing what can be done in river systems to help create fish habitats resilient to floods, drought and heat waves.
“Forestry, forest fires, urban expansion, those kinds of things will change how water warms up in the landscape.” said Lecturer and Organizer Alexandre Bevington
“So, understanding policy applications of how much impact forestry can have in a watershed, or what happens after an extensive wildfire, and understanding what kind of tools decision makers have to kind of mitigate warming water.”
The two projects were the Chilako River Restoration Project near Prince George and the Knight Creek Beaver Dam Analog Project in Vanderhoof.
Following the event, the goal is to continue to build on the symposium, and grow collaboration between UNBC and groups working on these issues in northern B.C.
The symposium was organized with the help of by Dr. Siraj Ul Islam and funding support from the Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Institute.
More information can be found here.
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