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Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through The Canadian Press's website.
A new study suggests Canada’s largest national park is not drying out from upstream hydro dams or being contaminated by the oilsands. Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta is one of the world’s largest freshwater deltas and a World Heritage Site. With water levels dropping, the Mikisew Cree First Nation put most of the blame on B.C Hydro's Bennett Dam. Bob Weber of The Canadian Press relays in his article, "In 2014, the Mikisew voiced concerns to UNESCO, which asked Canada to assess the park’s 45,000 square kilometres of grasslands, wetlands and waterways. That study found ecological health was declining from climate change, dams and industry." But after analyzing 150 years worth of lake and delta sediment cores, aquatic ecologist Roland Hall said dams and industry aren’t the problem. The biggest factor, Hall said, is the Embarras River, which redirected large volumes of water when it broke its banks in 1982. To read more on Wood Buffalo National Park, click here.
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