Ricinus Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 Just friggin' lovely http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/edmonton/Energy+regulator+investigates+breach+coal/9118180/story.html Mike Quote
Ricinus Posted November 4, 2013 Author Posted November 4, 2013 More info.. http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/energy-resources/Energy+regulator+investigates+breach+coal/9118180/story.html?__lsa=ab42-3afe Mike 1 Quote
albertatrout Posted November 4, 2013 Posted November 4, 2013 Luckily coal tailing's are mostly inert/ non-toxic. I'm sure there are some habitat impacts but we will be waiting to hear just how serious the damage is. That mine is being reclaimed so I wonder if aging infrastructure or damage from this springs floods could be a factor, only time will tell. Hopefully they can figure out what failed and why, imagine if this was an oil sands settling pond that gave way.... Quote
albertatrout Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Anybody still following this? I was made aware of this link today and was very surprised by the amount of data/ details they have made available. http://obed.ca/ Quote
Smitty Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 I am a little bit; it's my home waters. Smitty Quote
albertatrout Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 I am a little bit; it's my home waters. Smitty Yeah, i fish in that region a fair bit too. I was spending some time looking through the fish data from last year and I wonder if the worst part of this disaster will be the habitat change's giving the Brook Trout a chance to invade/ take over. I would imagine any and all beaver dams that used to stop them are gone now. Hopefully the data and trends are being watched closely. I haven't heard a lot in the media lately, the big breach is BC took most of the attention. Quote
Smitty Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 Funny enough, for some reason, I don't find a pile of brookies in the streams north of hwy 16. I don't think I'm concerned about the prevalence of brookies taking over as opposed to just the general overall damage done to the habitat by the spill. Smitty Quote
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