3 Natural Gas Projects in the Muskwa-Kechika.

Has Adaptive Management been used?

Are we using best available practices?

Murphy Chicken-• Temporary Wellsite• Ice road• No Cut & Fill• Environmentally

Successful Project • 2 Drilling Seasons

Marathon Sikanni

• Damaging Cut & Fill Wellsite• Partial Ice Road• Much Cut & Fill• 2 Drilling Seasons

CNRL Sikanni• Important Wintering Area, and • Animal Travel Corridor• Signs of Moose, Elk, Caribou, Bear, Bison,

Deer, Marten, Ptarmigan, & smaller amimals• Damaging Cut & Fill Wellsite• Short Ice Road• 2 Drilling Seasons

Conclusion• Murphy Project was Environmentally successful, with limited long term impacts to veg. or

soils• Marathon Project used conventional cut and fill technology• CNRL also used damaging cut and fill technology.

• THEREFORE:

• Best Available Practices have not been used, &

• Adaptive Managementhas not been utilized.