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Synthesis of science: findings on Canadian Prairie wetland drainage

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dc.contributor.authorBaulch, Helen
dc.contributor.authorWhitfield, Colin
dc.contributor.authorWolfe, Jared
dc.contributor.authorBasu, Nandita
dc.contributor.authorBedard-Haughn, Angela
dc.contributor.authorBelcher, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorClark, Robert
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, Grant
dc.contributor.authorHayashi, Masaki
dc.contributor.authorIreson, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorLloyd-Smith, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorLoring, Philip
dc.contributor.authorPomeroy, John
dc.contributor.authorShook, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorSpence, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-16T19:43:27Z
dc.date.available2023-05-16T19:43:27Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Canadian Water Resources Journal on 13 Oct 2021, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/07011784.2021.1973911.en_US
dc.description.abstractExtensive wetland drainage has occurred across the Canadian Prairies, and drainage activities are ongoing in many areas (Prairie Habitat Joint Venture 2014; Dahl 1990; Watmough and Schmoll 2007; Bartzen et al. 2010; Dahl 2014; Dumanski et al. 2015; Waz and Creed 2017). In 2017 the Global Water Futures program funded the Prairie Water project, with the broad goal of helping to foster improved water security in the region (Spence et al. 2018). Throughout the duration of this project, it has been clear that a diverse group of stakeholders (including river basin organizations, government agencies, and landowners) is seeking the same information — a synthesis of what is known and not known about the effects of wetland drainage. This synthesis of the state of the science on wetland drainage in the Canadian Prairies is aimed at assembling current knowledge based on western scientific methods to articulate what is known about the variability of drainage effects across the region. Traditional knowledge, which represents a different but complementary way of knowing the functioning of prairie watersheds (sometimes also termed catchments, or basins), and the processes driving change within them, is not discussed here. Instead, this synthesis is presented in the spirit of building such collaborations. It summarizes current western scientific knowledge on surface hydrology, groundwater interactions, nutrient export, biodiversity, carbon storage and greenhouse gas dynamics, and wetland conservation socioeconomics. The implications to water security now and in the future are also discussed.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCanada First Research Excellence Fund, via Global Water Futures and the research program Prairie Water (grant no. 418474), Canada Research Chairs and Canada Excellence Research Chairs programs, and the University of Saskatchewan through a Centennial Enhancement Chair to HMBen_US
dc.description.versionPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.citationHelen Baulch, Colin Whitfield, Jared Wolfe, Nandita Basu, Angela Bedard-Haughn, Kenneth Belcher, Robert Clark, Grant Ferguson, Masaki Hayashi, Andrew Ireson, Patrick Lloyd-Smith, Phil Loring, John W. Pomeroy, Kevin Shook & Christopher Spence (2021) Synthesis of science: findings on Canadian Prairie wetland drainage, Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 46:4, 229-241, DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2021.1973911en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/07011784.2021.1973911
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10388/14902
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Onlineen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectprairie potholesen_US
dc.subjectwetland complexen_US
dc.subjectdrainageen_US
dc.subjectsurface water storageen_US
dc.subjectwetland drainage impacten_US
dc.titleSynthesis of science: findings on Canadian Prairie wetland drainageen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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