RBC Future Launch Water Quality Monitoring

Ducks Unlimited Canada’s (DUC) mission is to conserve, restore, and manage wetlands to benefit waterfowl, wildlife, and people. DUC has restored and secured over 45,000 acres of habitat in Nova Scotia (NS) through restoration, conservation, research, and education. This project was to assess the health and biodiversity of 5 rural community wetlands, as well as 1 urban community wetland all located in NS. Since 2003, DUC has been conducting wetland field trips for Grade 4 students at several wetlands in NS. Each year DUC employs 1-2 youth to assist with the delivery of this program and over time we have noticed changes in the biodiversity and potentially the water quality of these wetlands. Therefore, the goal of this project was to assess the health of these wetland sites during the Grade 4 wetland field trips, as well as other times throughout the summer months.

加拿大鸭类联盟（Ducks Unlimited Canada, DUC）的使命为保护、修复与管理湿地，以惠及水禽、野生生物及人类。该机构已通过修复、保护、研究与教育举措，在新斯科舍省（Nova Scotia, NS）完成了逾4.5万英亩栖息地的修复与保护工作。本次项目旨在评估位于新斯科舍省的5处乡村社区湿地及1处城市社区湿地的健康状况与生物多样性。自2003年起，DUC便在新斯科舍省的多处湿地面向四年级学生开展湿地实地考察活动。每年该机构会聘请1至2名青年协助开展该项目的运营工作，随着时间推移，团队观察到这些湿地的生物多样性出现变化，同时其水质也可能发生了改变。因此，本项目的目标为在四年级学生湿地实地考察活动期间，以及夏季的其余时段，对上述湿地点位的健康状况进行评估。