BISC 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Hypothalamus, Quesnel River, Prolactin

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Department of Humanities Biological Sciences
• Course: BISC 313
• Professor: Vicki Marlatt

Document Summary

Lecture 11 case study: metal mining part 3. Tailings = left over metals and minerals and other materials after extracting valuable ores. No charges laid under bc law 3 year investigation complete. Federal laws (fisheries act) investigation ongoing and up to 5 years. 2017 golder post-event key findings (no recent summaries from government): Physical impacts available evidence to date indicates physical effects to polley lake, hazeltine. Chemical impacts concentrations of copper and vanadium in soil/tailings were greater than bc. Biological impacts loss of soil and sediment communities in affected areas; limited evidence of metal toxicity, plants growing through tailings in some areas. Quesnel lake watershed database construction and assessment 2019. Bc ministry of environment & climate change strategy asked organizations to contribute data surrounding mount polley from pre- and post-breach for a database. 5 key questions summarize the ~4500 files reced from bcenv, mpmc, azimuth, uleth, and. Lake, hazeltine creek, and edney creek exceeding the wqg in quesnel lake and.