Project Returns for Riparian Area Assessment of the North Saskatchewan and Battle River Watersheds

The Riparian Area Assessment of the North Saskatchewan and Battle River Watersheds project focused on assessing riparian habitat along lake, creek, stream and river shorelines. The majority of the shorelines of interest were located within the NSR or Battle River watersheds. however, an additional shoreline was also assessed within municipalities that partially intersect, but are not completely contained within, either the NSR or Battle River watersheds. In addition to assessing new shorelines, an important component of this project was compiling data for shorelines that had been previously assessed in central Alberta using the same assessment methodology. these data were combined together to create a single, seamless riparian assessment dataset that contains ~35,400 km of lake, river, stream, and creek shoreline. This dataset was created for the North Saskatchewan and Battle River Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils, as a part of a large scale Riparian Area Assessment in Alberta.

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Last Updated April 17, 2026, 20:36 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 20:36 (UTC)
contact_email WRRP@gov.ab.ca
contact_person {"en": "Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Environment and Parks", "fr": "Gouvernement de l'Alberta; Gouvernement de l'Alberta; Environment and Parks"}
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open_canada_date_published 2022-03-14 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"en": ["-CANADA", "ALBERTA", "BATTLE-RIVER", "BIOTA", "ENVIRONMENT", "LAND-COVER", "NORTH-SASKATCHEWAN-RIVER", "RIPARIAN-INTACTNESS", "RIPARIAN-MANAGEMENT-AREA", "SHORELINE-ASSESSMENT", "WATERSHED", "Government information"], "fr-t-en": ["-CANADA", "ALBERTA", "BATTLE-RIVER", "BIOTE", "ENVIRONNEMENT", "COUVERTURE TERRESTRE", "RIVIÈRE-SASKATCHEWAN-DU-NORD", "INTÉGRITÉ DE LA ZONE RIVERAINE", "ZONE DE GESTION RIVERAINE", "ÉVALUATION DU LITTORAL", "BASSIN VERSANT", "Information gouvernementale"]}
open_canada_subject ["nature_and_environment"]
sensitivity_level unrestricted
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