Pipeline spill impacts to BC parks

Last year, a Canadian-based team of scientists published the first peer-reviewed study on the threat Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline poses to B.C. parks and protected areas. They found 34 spots under threat of spills downstream of the pipeline, shown by the markers on the map. Click a marker to find out why the park would be at risk.

Spilt oil can flow far downhill into streams and rivers, damaging spawning beds and fish habitat. Depending on the time and magnitude of the spill, the consequences could be serious, said Dr. Paul Paquet, the senior scientist with the Raincoast Conservation Foundation who oversaw the academic work on the paper.

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