Winnipeg, July 15, 2011 - The Canadian Water
Network is requesting research proposals, to be funded for a
maximum of three years (2012-15), to develop a watershed-scale
research platform that will support the Tobacco Creek Model
Watershed research consortium node in establishing a regional
monitoring framework to support cumulative effects assessments,
including cumulative effects monitoring of agri-ecosystem
sustainability in the Red River Valley and Lake Winnipeg Basin.
This specific call for research projects is part of a CWN Canadian Watershed Research Consortium. It
forms part of a national research program and represents a call for
research within one of five different region-specific consortium
nodes, each of which is developing research programs related to
improving cumulative effects assessment by establishing regional
monitoring frameworks.
Calls for research proposals within three other regional
nodes can be found here.
As part of its Canadian Watershed Research Consortium
initiative, this call seeks to advance the understanding of
hydrological, water quality and biological processes within the
Tobacco Creek Model Watershed and Red River Valley.
New sampling stations and innovative sampling methodologies will
supplement the existing long-term datasets for the watersheds;
contribute to local models as well as regional understanding of
cumulative effects; and provide a suite of measurable indicators
for the agriculture-dominated drainage system of the Lake Winnipeg
Basin.
Through this process, the CWN anticipates funding several
research projects of three-year duration. Total available funding
is $600,000 over three years ($200,000 per year).
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