Adam Norris talks about land-use as a tool to understand the drivers of water processes, e.g. dissolved oxygen. He describes how artic grayling populations related to riparian channel characteristics and his data sampling processes to collect dissolved oxygen readings in winter from streams. Theoretical phosphorus budgets for different streams were compared to dissolved oxygen levels. Adam Norris makes the case that land-use, phosphorus runoff and grayling extirpation are connected. Riparian zones should not be the only focus of watershed protection practices; land-use practices in the watershed have water quality impacts as well.
Adam Norris is the Watershed Coordinator with the Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance.
From March 12-14th, 2013, people involved in water issues in Alberta met in Red Deer to discuss ideas and plans for managing water resources. The conference, jointly hosted by the Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) Alberta Chapter and Alberta Watershed Planning & Advisory Councils (WPACs), emphasized the integrated planning that is necessary for water management in the future.
The Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network was able to record many of the keynote speakers and conference presentations.