A Case Study on an Industrial

Development: Integrating

Ecosystems, Economies, and People

Presented by Katharina Walton

225 Labrador Drive, Unit 1, Waterloo, Ontario, N2K 4M8 Tel: (519) 725-2227 Web: www.nrsi.on.ca Email: info@nrsi.on.ca

November 22, 2013

A.D. Latornell Conservation Symposium

Overview

• Hanlon Creek Business Park

• History

• Monitoring

• Species at Risk

• Thresholds / Rapid Response

• Resilient Development

History

• Hanlon Creek State-of-the-Watershed Report (PEIL 2004)

• HCBP Consolidated Environmental Impact Study (NRSI

2004)

• HCBP Environmental Implementation Report (EIR) (NRSI

2009)

• HCBP Consolidated Monitoring Program (NRSI 2010)

• Annual Monitoring Reports

• Annual Consolidated Monitoring Reports

Monitoring

• Ecologic (NRSI)

– Terrestrial and Wetland

– Aquatic

• Groundwater (Banks Groundwater)

• Surface Water (AECOM)

Terrestrial and Wetland Monitoring

• Vegetation

• Soil

• Breeding Birds

• Anurans (Frogs and Toads)

• Salamander

• Road Cruising

• Wildlife Movement

Aquatic Monitoring

• Benthic Invertebrates

• Fish

• Brook Trout Spawning Survey

Surface Water Monitoring

• In-stream Temperature

• In-stream Flow

• In-stream Water Quality

– Oxygen

– pH

– Conductivity

• Stormwater Management Facility Monitoring

– Flow

– Temperature

– Effluent Water Quality

Species at Risk

Barn Swallow

Bobolink

Eastern Meadowlark

Jefferson Salamander

Threshold Assessment

Thresholds established in the HCBP Consolidated

Monitoring Program (NRSI 2010)

Vegetation:

• A change in herbaceous cover by more than 25%.

• A change in species diversity by more than 25%.

• A change in canopy cover by more than 25%.

Threshold Assessment

Birds:

• A change in species diversity by a least 25%.

• A change in bird abundance by at least 25%.

Anurans:

• A decrease in species diversity by more than 2

species.

• A change in species abundance measured by a

drop in 2 call counts.

Threshold Assessment

Fish:

• A change in species diversity by a least 50%.

• A decline in species abundance by at least 50%.

Benthic Invertebrates

Groundwater

Surface Water

Rapid Assessment and

Action Protocol

(RAAP)

Resilient Development

• 380 acre development site with easy access to

Hwy 401

• HCBP’s design based on LID with urban design

features to benefit the environment and

employees

• Central 165 acre environmental reserve

• 12km walking trails