{"id":47636,"date":"2021-03-19T15:42:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T19:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=47636"},"modified":"2021-03-19T19:45:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T23:45:47","slug":"the-impact-of-a-mega-dam-a-closer-look-at-restoring-the-wetlands-near-site-c-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/the-impact-of-a-mega-dam-a-closer-look-at-restoring-the-wetlands-near-site-c-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"The impact of a mega-dam – a closer look at restoring the wetlands near Site C dam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ducks Unlimited Canada<\/a>, a conservation organization focused on preserving wetlands, is proposing a plan<\/a> to restore areas that will be impacted by the Site C dam following the provincial government's decision to go ahead with the construction of the megadam. The dam has been subject to much controversy<\/a> over the years, and, despite trying to achieve the goal of providing clean, sustainable energy, is at risk of causing significant damage to the surrounding areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A reduction of greenhouse gas emissions<\/a> in comparison to fossil-fuel based energy sources is a big draw for many in support of hydroelectric dams. As reported by EcoWatch, the equation can be complicated by the detrimental impact on carbon sinks<\/a>, areas that absorb more carbon than they admit such as forests. Dams have the capacity to release excessive amounts of methane, which warms the environment 86 times more than CO2<\/a>, if the flooding of reservoirs is not dealt with properly. This happens as a result of reservoirs filling and flooding upstream forests. As drowned vegetation begins to decompose, methane is released from decaying plants in the man-made reservoirs into the atmosphere. As a result, greenhouse gas emissions from dams have cumulatively soared to about a billion tons annually<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The need for restoration of the wetlands in the surrounding areas of the dam is becoming a topic of interest now that continuation has been approved. The plan proposed by Ducks Unlimited Canada for the Upper Cache wetland restoration has not yet been approved<\/a> by the Peace River Regional District due to what was deemed to be a lack of information within the proposal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The following audio story provides listeners with an understanding of the potential impact on wetlands from dam-related activities, with an emphasis on the project proposal by Ducks Unlimited Canada for the Upper Cache wetland restoration near Site C, and the impacts of Site C on neighbouring wetland Watson Slough.<\/span><\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210318-Eriel-Strauch-Upper-Cache-Restoration.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ducks Unlimited Canada, a conservation organization focused on preserving wetlands, is proposing a plan to restore areas that will be impacted by the Site C dam following the provincial government’s decision to go ahead with the construction of the megadam. The dam has been subject to much controversy over the years, and, despite trying to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":47645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[222],"tags":[7374,7377,7376,5299,7375],"radio":[238],"origine":[280,264,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47636"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=47636"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=47636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}