Hydrologist with the Canadian Forest Service @GLFC_CFS | Particularly interested in ecohydrology of forested watersheds. Tweets are my own opinions. 💧🌱🐢🌲🌳
The field season is still going strong up at the #turkeylakeswatershed and we’re feeling so lucky that we get to experience the peak of fall colours in Northern Ontario! Starting to button up our sites over the next couple of weeks. P.s. stay tuned for some amazing video content!
Local friends, are you curious what we do at GLFC ( or “bug lab” as it is locally known)? Stop by the @BushplaneCentre to see a display of 125 years of forestry science in Canada. And join us next Thursday for talks and family-friendly events. Info in QR.
🚨New research alert!
Annie Gray, Micheal Stone, Monica Emelko from @UWaterloo & partners from @TurkeyLakes share seasonal- and event-scale dissolved organic carbon dynamics from catchments impacted by forest harvesting in the journal Water.
Read more: mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/19/272…
New interview featuring retired TLW researcher & renowned soil scientist, Dr. Paul Hazlett. Paul shares the interesting history of TLW and the importance of the site for Canadian environmental policy. Thanks to Nicole & the SSM Museum for documenting TLW!
open.spotify.com/episode/3wg…
Did you know that well over 400 publications have come out of @TurkeyLakes? These research findings inform policies about Canada's air, water, and forests. Check out this recent article by Kara Webster et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
This summer we've completed installation of ~200 temperature sensors and supplemental instruments across the greater @TurkeyLakes area. These installations are part of a new project investigating forest roads & stream interactions, lead by Jason Leach. #streamtemperature#roads
Excerpt from the most recent State of Canada’s Forests report: “Most of Canada’s drinking water is sourced from forest ecosystems. This includes most rural and Indigenous communities.” 1/2
#startwithwhy#CanadaForests#drinkingwater
Excerpt cont’d: “Healthy aquatic ecosystems and an adequate supply of clean water are some of the most
important ecosystem services that forests provide.”.
In turn, long-term study sites like @TurkeyLakes give us the data to protect and understand this ecosystem service.
Ready for the weekend after a big week @TurkeyLakes. Under the guidance of @MagaliNehemy, @TrentUniversity students & CFS staff took hillslope isotope samples. Goal is to determine where our maple trees are getting their water from & improve our understanding of tree stress.
We took samples from: xylem and phloem of maple and birch trees, varying depths of soil, soil pore water, subsurface water, stream, and precipitation. This sort of research Q benefits from the increased context that our continuous monitoring of stream and met conditions provide.
Had a great day out at the #TurkeyLakesWatershed last week collecting water samples at 13 different long-term catchments. These samples will be analyzed for DOC, N, P, isotopes and more. We also grabbed manual water temp as well as water level to support flow calculations.
Long-term measurements and sample collection helps us document shifts in climate and forest quality. And we can use findings from these unique long-term sites to expand our understanding of forest ecosystems across Canada.
At @TurkeyLakes we’ve been busy buttoning up our hillslope monitoring sites for a long winter. However, streamflow, water chemistry and meteorological measurements continue year round.
Did you know we offer analytical services? We operate a cost-recovery, non-profit model to support research that aligns with NRCan-CFS mandates. We offer TOC, TN, DIC (combustion), DOM fluorescence & absorbance for water samples. For more info, reach out! #glfcscience#nrcansci
The record-setting wildfires that ripped through Quebec this summer were made more likely and more intense by human-caused climate change, according to a new analysis by an international team of scientists. cbc.ca/news/climate/quebec-c…
Our latest paper from @TurkeyLakes was recently published. Using a 36 yr stream temperature dataset we found that our groundwater-fed streams have had a spring warming trend while lake-fed streams have warmed in the fall. Take a read for all the details!
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley…
We recently installed 7 above stream Met stations and an additional hydrometric station in one of our #experimentalwatersheds. Along with our detailed stream temp measurements we’re hoping to pin down (and model) the energy balance of the stream reach.