Northern and coastal mining studies
While
with Environment Canada, Lee Harding led studies of the effects of mines
on aquatic and marine ecosystems throughout the Northwest Territories and
the Pacific coast of Canada (see the Mining
page).
B.C. coastal pollution assessments
While
with Environment Canada, Harding led interdepartmental (Environment
Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and, occasionally, Energy, Mines
and Resources Canada) studies of the effects of pulp mills (see Pulp
Mills page), municipal effluents and multi-discharge estuaries and
embayments.
Harbour & Estuary Studies
Harding's Environment Canada group's scientific and committee work on the
Fraser River Estuary was instrumental in the development of a Fraser River
Estuary Management Plan (FREMP), stimulated the Greater Victoria Liquid
Waste Management Plan and resulted in the banning of tributyl tin (TBT) compounds
for use on salmon net pens. The group's Vancouver Harbour studies
led to a $2 million clean-up action plan.
Recent SciWrite Projects
on Contaminated Sites
 | Dr. Harding was the project manager and principal author of
an assessment of the effects of a new
pulp mill on an internationally important wetland in
Chile. |
| A study of the effects of selenium on waterbirds in the Rocky
Mountains was initiated in 2001 and continued through 2006 (see the
Toxicology page). |
|
Harding provided advice to a government agency in litigation
over liability issues associated with subterranean contaminants
leaching from an industrial site in the Fraser River Estuary. |
| Fifteen lighthouse stations were surveyed for rare and endangered species and important habitat
elements in marine and terrestrial environments. |
| A site in the interior of British Columbia was examined for the
presence of rare and endangered species and important habitat elements
that may have been potentially vulnerable to hydrocarbons from a
leaking underground storage tank. |
| Training
on protection of the marine environment from persistent organic
pollutants (POPS) |
