By Aaron Haugen (@ahaugie on Twitter)

Alberta Government moves to reform environmental monitoring programs

May 17, 2016 | 4:20 PM

EDMONTON – Alberta’s Environment Minister is hoping to bring more accountability to environmental monitoring in the province.

Bill 18 will move environmental monitoring, evaluation and reporting functions back under government control.

Environmental monitoring was previously under the control of the Alberta Environmental Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Agency.

Shannon Phillips, Environment Minister, said the changes will strengthen monitoring and reporting in the province.

“The decision to return the core function of environmental monitoring to government is about ensuring scientific credibility for environmental monitoring and a more efficient system that is fully accountable to Albertans,” she said. “This legislation puts us well on our way to stronger monitoring, better reporting and the right governance model in place.”

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Other changes include the establishment of a Chief Scientist and Science Advisory Panel, as well as an Indigenous Wisdom Advisory Panel to ensure traditional ecological knowledge is incorporated.