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Annual reports highlight OSMP activities and governance, while the work plan identifies projects to be completed by the program that year.
Annual reports highlighting the accomplishments, activities, and governance of the Oil Sands Monitoring Program (OSMP). The program funds and undertakes ambient environmental monitoring within the oil sands area of Alberta to enhance the understanding of the effects of oil sands development and core outcomes.
Ambient environment monitoring plans are created yearly to identify projects being completed for that year.
2021-22 Ambient environment monitoring plan
The summaries below are for projects approved under the current year’s plan.
For full versions of each monitoring project, and a description of the monitoring activity, objectives, assigned budget, key outcomes, geographic scope and associated data and reporting products:
Project Name | Amounts Approved (June 4, 2021) |
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Air & Deposition Monitoring (Core) | |
Atmospheric Pollutant Active Monitoring Network | $11,541,094 |
Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring | $4,713,968 |
Sub-Total | $16,255,062 |
Water Monitoring (Core) | |
Surface Water Quantity Monitoring – Water Levels and Flows | $1,786,633 |
Surface Water Quality | $5,742,748 |
Aquatic Ecosystem Health Monitoring – Integrated CBM | $1,659,016 |
Core Biodiversity Monitoring – Benthic Macroinvertebrates | $2,169,483 |
Core Long-Term Fish Monitoring | $1,403,783 |
Sub-Total | $12,761,663 |
Water Monitoring (FS) | |
Enhanced Monitoring of the Lower Athabasca River | $1,204,312 |
Quantifying changes in biological and water quality endpoints in lakes located in the AOSR utilizing historical datasets alongside contemporary data from automated monitoring systems | $69,849 |
Sub-Total | $1,274,161 |
Biodiversity Monitoring (Core) | |
Integrated Terrestrial Biological Monitoring | $5,538,478 |
Sub-Total | $5,538,478 |
Wetlands Monitoring (Core) | |
Wetland Ecosystem Monitoring Program | $1,426,539 |
Sub-Total | $1,426,539 |
Groundwater Monitoring (Core) | |
Groundwater Monitoring | $2,056,038 |
Sub-Total | $2,056,038 |
Data Management, Integrated Analytics & Cumulative Effects | |
OSM Data Services | $1,783,078 |
Data and Integrated Analytics TAC Scoping | $73,514 |
OSM Monitoring Framework | $139,154 |
Sub-Total | $1,995,746 |
Cross Cutting Projects | |
Integrated Geospatial Program | $262,896 |
State of Environment Reporting | $141,420 |
Sub-Total | $404,316 |
Community Based Monitoring | |
Air Quality Monitoring in the Peace Athabasca Delta | $105,475 |
Fort McKay Métis Community-Based Wetland Monitoring | $245,586 |
Athabasca Aquatic Monitoring Program | $48,922 |
ICBM Facilitation Centre | $1,125,196 |
Lakeland Metis Community Based Wildlife Monitoring Program | $48,922 |
Ni ho ghe di – Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Community Based Monitoring | $391,372 |
Changes in Fish Tissue: IK and Western Science investigation | $179,162 |
McMurray Metis Data Integration | $146,719 |
Metis Fish Health Assessment | $140,731 |
CLFN Integrated Community Based Monitoring Program | $481,108 |
Community Led Berry Contamination Study | $97,843 |
Mikisew Cree First Nation – Community Based Monitoring | $342,451 |
Peavine Hydrology | $48,922 |
Sub-Total | $3,402,409 |
Oil Sands Monitoring Program Office | |
OSMP Office – Program Administration | $3,171,999 |
OSMP Science Secretariat & ICBMAC | $1,630,589 |
Sub-Total | $4,802,588 |
Grand Total | $49,917,000 |
Contact the Oils Sands Monitoring Program
Email: [email protected]
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