Watershed and Human Health Indicators: Case studies from the Fraser Basin and Credit River
This webinar includes presentations from practitioners working on watershed and human health indicators in two watersheds in two different provinces, the Fraser Basin (British Columbia) and the Credit River (Ontario).
Steve Litke from the Fraser Basin Council presents on a current initiative to report on the health of the Nechako River watershed in central British Columbia. The Fraser Basin Council, with input from regional partners has collated data for several indicators of watershed health and has also developed an online digital atlas to view mapped data.
Dr. Martin Bunch and Tatiana Koveshnikova present preliminary results of the ongoing initiative to develop and report on the Health and Well-being Indicators for the Credit River Watershed.
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