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During
the 1970s, as an environmental consultant, Dr. Harding assessed the impact
of the proposed Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline on large carnivores and
furbearing mammals. His studies included habitat use, distribution and
response of grizzly, wolf, beavers, marten, mink, muskrat and lynx to
cleared seismic lines. He also assessed the impact of proposed gas plants
and pipelines in the Mackenzie Delta and hydrocarbon exploration in the
high
Arctic
archipelago
.
These studies included grizzly bear den site selection, barren ground
caribou and reindeer range and habitat requirements, small mammal
distribution and habitat use, Arctic fox den site selection and behaviour
of Peary caribou and muskox in response to seismic surveys. For
Environment Canada, Dr. Harding compiled a compendium of environmental
issues associated with the proposed Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline for
Environmental Protection Service, Environment Canada. |
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After joining Environment Canada in
Edmonton
(1976-1978) Dr. Harding wrote the environmental specifications for the
proposed Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline and Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline.
These were published as the Mackenzie
Valley Pipeline Environmental Code of Practice and the Alaska
Highway Pipeline Environmental Code of Practice. As manager of Environment
Canada's biological sciences group in
Yellowknife
(1978-1980), Dr. Harding was responsible for pollution impact studies throughout
the
Northwest
Territories
.
Supervising eight staff to PhD level, he directed field programs on
impacts of mines in freshwater systems, developed a new marine biological
program and participated on the N.W.T. Water Board Technical Committee, the
Arctic Regional Ocean Dumping Committee and the Arctic Waters Advisory
Committee. He managed a
$250,000 contract to review impacts on "as built" linear facilities
including roads, transmission lines and pipelines.
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