Ring of Fire Environmental Monitoring

In 2013, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks initiated an integrated baseline environmental data collection program in the Ring of Fire region located in Ontario’s Far North.

The program was designed to establish baseline or reference environmental conditions for this region of Ontario.

The program was comprised of four main integrated components:

surface water (lakes and streams) monitoring (2013-2018)
peat pore water (groundwater) monitoring (2013-2018)
terrestrial (vegetation and soil) monitoring (2013-2018)
air monitoring (2015-2018)

Data collection activities were generally located within 60 km of the Noront Resources/Cliffs Natural Resources mining exploration camp established near Koper Lake and within the Attawapiskat, Ekwan, and Winisk River watersheds.

The baseline monitoring activities were integrated or co-located where possible to provide more comprehensive datasets on the dominant ecosystems for this part of Ontario.

Ministry contact: Environment, Conservation and Parks

Additional information

Tags: environmental monit... environmental monitoring

water quality water quality

groundwater groundwater

air quality air quality

vegetation vegetation
Geographic coverage: Ontario
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