Scientist André Martel at his laboratory at the Canadian Museum of Nature. (Stu Mills/CBC - image credit)Researchers with the Canadian Museum of Nature say a proposed nuclear waste storage facility upstream could destroy the delicate balance of two endangered species thriving in an Ottawa River cave network. Hickorynut mussel samples, collected from Green's Creek in Ottawa in 1885, are part of the collection at the Museum of Nature. A consortium led by SNC-Lavalin has proposed a "near surface disposal facility" waste site just one kilometre from the river. Katriina Ilves, a Canadian Museum of Nature ichthyologist — a marine biologist who studies different fish species — called the Lac Coulonge-area sturgeon population "an important, and enigmatic species."

Source: CBC News January 02, 2024 15:04 UTC