Integrative Watershed Research Centre

A  big shout-out and congratulations to Nancy England who, on May 29th defended her MESc thesis entitled “Hydrological Characterization of the Sturgeon River watershed in Northeastern Ontario: A Hydrometric and Water Isotope Analysis.” We recently had the chance to assemble old, current and even new lab members at a summer BBQ.  In photo below – Read More …

Yesterday we deployed the first of two buoys on Lake Nipissing for the 2017 ice-off season. This is the 4th year of high frequency monitoring of weather and water conditions, including conditions within Callander Bay.   And it was the first trip of the season for the Merry Weather II, our 24 ft boat we christened Read More …

The North Bay Rowing Club is looking for dedicated individuals to run their summer rowing program for youth and adults.  What a great way to spend time on the water this summer!  Check out the advert:  2017 NBRC Summer Employee Posting

A big congratulations goes out to Chris McConnell at the Dorset Environmental Science Centre on the successful defense of his Masters of Environmental Sciences thesis entitled ” Isotope Mass Balance in Seasonally Stratified Lakes of South Central Ontario”.  Thanks to all the committee members, including external examiner Dr. Jean Birks from InnoTech Alberta, Dr Keith Read More …

Megan Prescott, our IWRC Hydrologic Technician is departing for exciting new adventures in technical writing with an engineering firm in Ottawa.  We will miss her and all her hard work  – from field sampling of snow lysimeters, rain gauges, rivers, to lab processing of samples, to running our Picarro liquid water isotope analyzer and unforgettably, her Read More …

All, please join us for Chris McConnell’s MESc thesis defense:   Isotope Mass Balance in Seasonally Stratified Lakes of South Central Ontario Tuesday 7th March at 1:00 pm Room R226, Nipissing University, North Bay Abstract This study explores the simplified Isotope Mass Balance (IMB) of a lake as a tool capable of revealing evaporation/inflow (E/I) ratios Read More …

IWRC is seeking a motivated individual for Masters-level research in the area of watershed modeling of streamflow and water quality.  This project will involve working with collaborators at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change’s Dorset Environmental Science Centre and at Queen’s University, Department of Biology.  Check out the full add below! Best.In.Science.SWAT.student.advert.27Feb17.final

Masters of Science Research Opportunity – The Wasi Stormflow Monitoring Project Nipissing University and the North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority A MESc Student at Nipissing University will investigate the relationships between streamflow and water quality (including total and dissolved phosphorus concentrations, total suspended solids, turbidity, stable water isotopes) in the Wasi watershed, a ~ 230 km2 Read More …

It was a calm, warm, fall afternoon on the water today retrieving the data buoy in Callander Bay.  Fall colors are at their peak and the calm water made the job the easiest buoy retrieval we have ever done!  Kyle Wittmaier (in picture, along with Drs. April James and Dan Walters) will be studying the buoy data Read More …

A calm, fall evening on Lake Nipissing – how to capture this in a photo!