BASELINE WATER QUALITY STUDIES ON SOUTHEAST ALASKA .
BASELINE WATER QUALITY STUDIESON SOUTHEAST ALASKATRANSBOUNDARY RIVERSMARCH 2019CENTRAL COUNCIL TLINGIT & HAIDA INDIAN TRIBES OF ALASKA
PRESENTATION OUTLINE TRANSBOUNDARY OVERVIEW-CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF THE REGION-WHAT ARE WATER QUALITY CONCERNS (WHY?) CENTRAL COUNCIL’S BASELINE WATER QUALITY STUDIES-WHO, WHAT, WHERE FOR PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL DATACOLLECTION-NEXT STEPS
TLINGIT & HAIDA NATIONS ANCESTRAL TERRITORIESINCLUDE SOUTHEASTALASKA AND PART OFBRITISH COLUMBIA AND THEYUKON TERRITORIES “TRANSBOUNDARY” IMPLIESHISTORY AND IMPACTS OFCOLONIALISM MIXED ECONOMIES:CUSTOMARY/TRADITIONALUSE OR “SUBSISTENCE” ANDCASH BASED.
CULTURALWAYS OF LIFEANDLIVELIHOODS Customary andTraditional use,commercial, andsport fishing Multi-billion dollarfishing industry Tourism Recreation
TRANSBOUNDARY REGION:STIKINE AND THE TAKU RIVERS
TRANSBOUNDARY REGION:ALSEK, CHILKAT, AND UNUK RIVERS
MINING ACTIVITYIN CANADA “Sacred Headwaters”versus the “GoldenTriangle”Approx. a dozenproposed oroperating mines inheadwaters andtributaries of riversthat flow out ofCanada and intoSoutheast Alaska
EXAMPLES OF DOWNSTREAM CONCERNS TULSEQUAH CHIEF MINE (TAKU RIVER WATERSHED) LEAKING ACID SINCE 1957 RED CHRIS MINE (STIKINE RIVER WATERSHED) ELEVATED SELENIUM LEVELS NEARMINE ESTIMATED LIFE OF MINE IS BETWEEN 9-52 YEARS SHORTCOMINGS IN B.C. ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY REGIME WATER TREATMENT IS ESTIMATED 200 YEARS TO IN-PERPETUITY
MOUNT POLLEY MINE DISASTERTAILINGS POND BREACH – AUGUST 4 2014 A release of 10 millioncubic meters of waterand 4.5 million cubicmeters of slurry Spilled into Polley Lake,Hazeltine Creek,Quensnel Lake, andCariboo River.
RED CHRIS MINE TAILINGS DAM
SOUTHEAST BASELINE WATER QUALITY STUDIES:PROJECT HISTORY AND BACKGROUND U.S. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA) FIRST LEARNED ABOUT TRANSBOUNDARYMINING ISSUES AT THE 2014 BIA PROVIDERS CONFERENCE JULY 2015, TLINGIT & HAIDA RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE BIA TO CONDUCTBASELINE PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL STUDIES ON THE TAKU, STIKINE, AND UNUK RIVERS AUGUST 2015 A CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO KAI ENVIRONMENTAL TO ASSIST INTHE TRANBOUNDRY PROJECT OCTOBER 2015, QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLAN (QAPP) APPROVED NOVEMBER 2015, SAMPLING STARTED ON THE STIKINE AND TAKU RIVERS SEPTEMBER 2017, FUNDS INCLUDED FOR ALSEK RIVER AND COLLABORATING WITH THEYAKUTAT TLINGIT TRIBE FEBRUARY 26, 2019 SAMPLING STARTED ON THE CHILKAT & KLEHINI RIVERS TO DATE: 26 STIKINE, 24 TAKU, 4 ALSEK, AND 1 CHILKAT & KLEHINI RIVER WATERQUALITY SAMPLES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
PROJECT GOALS PRODUCE COMPREHENSIVE, STATISTICALLY VALID, DEFENSIBLE CURRENTBASELINE WATER QUALITY DATA FOR THE STIKINE, TAKU, ALSEK, UNUK, CHILKAT, AND KLEHINI RIVERS PRIOR TO SCHEDULED AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THIS DATA WILL INFORM REGULATORY AGENCIES ON THE IMPACTS FROMUPSTREAM DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA TO IMPLEMENTWATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLANS IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF THESE RIVERS AND AID IN THE MANAGEMENTTO ASSURE THE PROTECTION OF DOWNSTREAM COMMUNITIES ESTABLISH FUTURE MONITORING PROGRAMS TO ASSESS AND DETECT THEIMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES TO SALMON HABITAT IN THESE RIVERS
PROJECT OBJECTIVES COLLECT MONTHLY SAMPLES ON THE TAKU AND STIKINE RIVERS, AND BEGINSAMPLING ON THE UNUK AND ALSEK RIVERS SHARE DATA SET WITH STATE, FEDERAL, TRIBAL, AND PROVINCIALGOVERNMENTS AND REGULATORY AGENCIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER USE DATA TO COMPLIMENT TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE (TEK)AND OTHER TRANSBOUNDARY STUDIES THAT WILL INFORM PROPERMANAGEMENT DECISIONS USE DATA TO APPLY FOR INSTREAM WATER RESERVATIONS UNDER AS46.15.145
FIELD MEASUREMENTS OR“WHAT WE’RE TESTING FOR”
WHERE ANDHOW: Two sites on each riverbased on historic dataand accessibility Grab samples: surfacelevel, five feet, and tenfeet in depth Physical parameters witha YSI meter and turbiditymeter Samples sent to certifiedlab for analysis
TAKU RIVER
STIKINE RIVER
UNUK RIVER: COLLABORATINGWITH THE U.S. FOREST SERVICEAND THE U.S.G.S.
ALSEK RIVER: IN 2018 WQSBEGAN INCOLLABORATION WITH THEYAKUTAT TLINGIT TRIBE
CHILKAT RIVER: INCOLLABORATION WITHCHILKOOT INDIANASSOCIATION ANDCHILKAT INDIAN VILLAGEBEGAN FEBRUARY 26, 2019
WHOM ANDWHEN:RAYMOND PADDOCK III, ENVIRONMENTALCOORDINATOR - ASSISTANT SAMPLERCER SCOTT, ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST ASSISTANT SAMPLERKENNETH WEITZEL, NATURAL RESOURCESPECIALIST - ASSISTANT SAMPLERLINDSEY PIERCE, ENVIRONMENTALTECHNICIAN - ASSISTANT SAMPLERCATHY NEEDHAM, KAI ENVIRONMENTALCONSULTING SERVICES, QUALITY SERVICESOFFICER - MAIN SAMPLERMONTHLY BASIS FOR A MINIMUM OFTHREE YEARS
NEXT STEPS DATA VALIDATION: REVIEW LAB RESULTS TO ASSURE ACCURACY SHARING PRELIMINARY DATA WITH REGULATORY AGENCIES EXPANDING GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE TO INCLUDE THE UNUK RIVER USE INFORMATION TO COMPLIMENT TEK AND OTHER RELATED STUDIES REVISE THE QAPP TO INCLUDE UNUK RIVER AND ADD SEDIMENT SAMPLING
GUNALCHEESH/HAW’AA/THANK YOU! DESIREE DUNCAN – NATIVE LANDS AND RESOURCES MANAGER RAYMOND PADDOCK III – ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR CER SCOTT – ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST KENNETH WEITZEL – NATURAL RESOURCE SPECIALIST LINDSEY PIERCE – ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICIANCENTRAL COUNCIL OF THE TLINGIT & HAIDA INDIAN TRIBES OF ALASKA9097 GLACIER HIGHWAYJUNEAU, AK 99801EMAIL: RPADDOCK@CCTHITA-NSN.GOVPHONE: 907-463-7184
u.s. bureau of indian affairs (bia) first learned about transboundary mining issues at the 2014 bia providers conference july 2015, tlingit & haida received funding from the bia to conduct baseline physical/chemical studies on the taku, stikine, and unuk rivers august 2015
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