Weekly Intelligence Brief

FORCE confirms Environmental and Community Advisory teams

30 October 2009

Nova Scotia’s in-stream tidal power project -- the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) – has confirmed membership in two key advisory committees.

Two committees are environmental effects monitoring and community liaison.

The Environmental Monitoring Advisory Committee will provide independent expert scientific and traditional ecological knowledge advice on environmental effects monitoring programmes at the FORCE.

Dr. Anna Redden, director of the Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research at Acadia University and Dr. Donald Gordon, Emeritus Scientist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada will co-chair the committee.The role of the Committee will be to review the environmental effects monitoring programmes and available data and make recommendations for monitoring the environmental effects of tidal power technologies in Minas Passage.

The Community Liaison Committee will act as a liaison between local organisations, community, and FORCE participants, providing a forum to discuss any issues related to the tidal project and to share timely information as the project proceeds. Lois Smith, Municipal Councilor in Parrsboro, is the co-chair, along with Joe Kozak, representing FORCE.