WARNING
- Standards and Guidelines Have Their Limitations!
Fact: The
Bow River Basin has a unique combination of a cold, arid to
semi-arid climate, frequent chinooks, impermeable soils, and
nutrient-poor streams.
Fact: Many
of the current guidelines provide little information on the
applicability and effectiveness of recommended practices for
the Bow River Basin.
Fact: The
majority of the guidelines and BMPs in the literature were
derived for completely different climate regions: the Province
of Alberta guidelines merely summarize some of the BMPs being
used in Ontario, the Eastern Seaboard and the Pacific Northwest.
Therefore:
- Caution must be exercised when
testing and/or applying “proven” methods from
other regions; it cannot be assumed that they will be effective
in the Bow River basin.
- More research is needed
on the effectiveness of BMPs in the Bow River Basin.
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