Two prominent water scientists say a debate over Canada’s largest national park has become politicized and industrial development is being blamed for changes it didn’t cause. Hydro’s Bennett Dam on the Peace River has had only a marginal effect on northern Alberta’s Wood Buffalo National Park. Wolfe and Hall say sediment cores in area lakes show that the Wood Buffalo region has been drying out since the early 1900s. Wolfe and Hall say there may be no solutions to be found. “The kind of viewpoint that’s being forwarded is that to maintain this UNESCO World Heritage Site it has to be held in this state that existed the year before the dam,” Wolfe says.

Source: National Post August 15, 2018 16:22 UTC