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Fraser River Action Plan 3rd Research Workshop Opening Remarks B. Wilson - Director, Environmental Conservation Branch, Environment Canada I would like to welcome you to this, the third Environment Canada FRAP Research Workshop. My name is Brian Wilson and, as director of the Environmental Conservation Branch in the Pacific and Yukon region, I am responsible for overseeing Environment Canada’s role in the Fraser River Action Plan. Once upon a time, I was a research scientist and because, or maybe in spite of that, I have always respected the fundamental importance of good science to the progress of a modern society. Fifteen years ago, I abandoned active research to pursue a career in management where I have learned the equally fundamental importance of: having clients for our science; making science relevant to those clients; and, using our science to change the way we think about the environment and how we make decisions that affect the environment. From the very beginnings of FRAP, we realized that our success in delivering sustainable development in the basin would depend in large measure on our scientific understanding of the Fraser basin and how it functions under both normal and stressed conditions. As a result, the FRAP Commitment to research has been both broad in its scope and intensive in its application. Indeed, one of the legacies of FRAP will be the new knowledge of the Fraser basin that has been gained. But a far more important legacy of the FRAP Research Program will be the impact that this new knowledge and understanding will have on decision makers throughout the basin, and through them, on the long-term health of the Fraser basin environment. We are at a critical juncture in the Fraser River Action Plan. We have five years of effort under our belts and the program has two more years to go. People are beginning to ask what we have achieved so far and what we expect to deliver in the way of results by the end of the program. Taxpayers are wanting to know what return they can expect on their substantial investment in the program. Governments are asking what relevance the program has for them and the general public is asking, “What is this thing called ‘FRAP’ anyway?” Clearly, we need to do a good job of profiling the program and marketing its results. Clearly, we need to do a good job of getting our science to decision-makers in a form that is both understandable and useful to them. And clearly, we need to link our science to results — results that are meaningful, measurable and relevant to our clients. The attendance at this year’s workshop marks a departure from previous years in that only one-third of the participants are people who have been actively conducting research under the Fraser River Action Plan. The other two-thirds of the participants are people who have expressed an interest in sharing and using our newfound knowledge and understanding of the basin — in other words, our “clients.” It is, therefore, important that we find a balance over the next three days between scientific rigor and the need to make our science relevant to clients and decision-makers. It is important that we talk passionately about our research, but without so much of the jargon that is only decipherable by other scientists. It is important that we talk about the application of our research in the real world of economic and social priorities. And, it is important that we welcome and encourage the active participation of non-scientists throughout this workshop. They are, after all, both the clients of our research and the potential users of our research findings. We began FRAP with a commitment to good science, but it was Henry Wordsworth Longfellow who said that “Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” With five years down and two years to go, we are well into that transition between beginning and ending. It is, therefore, critical that we now begin to focus our attention on the art of ending and consider very seriously the FRAP research legacy that we want to bequeath to the basin and its decision-makers. With that in mind, I want to wish you a very stimulating, productive and relevant workshop. Page xvii
Fraser River Action Plan 3rd Research Workshop Introduction Colin Gray - Head, Research Coordination and Application Section Aquatic and Atmospheric Sciences Division, Environmental Conservation Branch, Environment Canada This workshop has been organized by Environment Canada’s Fraser River Action Plan (FRAP) research coordination section. The projects to be presented have been integrated with four other components either jointly or independently delivered by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and Department of Environment (DOE) (Figure 1). While the previous two FRAP workshops have focused on work funded through the Environmental Quality Technical Work Group, this year the Pollution Abatement Technical Work Group has also contributed its research information. The various FRAP projects are organized based on the nature of the issues that they address: those which are ecosystem oriented, or those which relate to contaminant behaviour or pollutant sources. This workshop features five presentation and discussion sessions which focus on the following areas: (1) pulp mills; (2) transport and sedimentation of contaminants; (3) urban runoff; (4) agricultural runoff; (5) biological indicators; and, (6) estuaries. As FRAP progressively develops, so will the objectives of its workshops. In the beginning, the focus was primarily on descriptions and discussions of both planning issues and preliminary results. The present workshop is significant as it will begin, through a number of summary sessions, the shift from results to the process of information integration. In the future, two anticipated workshops will have a stronger emphasis on scientific synthesis in order to generate conclusions on the state of the Fraser River. They will also likely address the issues of enforcement and economics (Figure 2), and consider what specific management decisions and regulatory actions are required to abate and/or prevent pollution. The third FRAP workshop, therefore, has three main goals. First, to measure the progress of each project or program. Secondly, to begin the integration and synthesis of the generated knowledge and finally, to plan how best to organize and deliver the information to governments, industries and stakeholder groups who have longterm interests or responsibilities in sustaining the aquatic ecosystem of the Fraser River. Page xix
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