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Northern River Basins Study Final Report 7.0 Appendices 7.6 Concurrent Investigations and Companion Studies The Intergovernmental Steering Committee realized that the Northern River Basins Study did not exist in isolation. Quite the opposite, the NRBS was one project among many in a large and progressive scientific community. Ongoing advances in science and technology are making it easier to detect, understand and predict changes in the environment. Industry is moving ahead at an equal pace with technical advances and management programs to reduce environmental impacts. Advances such as these continually modified the direction of the NRBS science program and guided many of the Board's recommendations. The NRBS liaised closely with studies ongoing in, or pertaining to, the three river basins. These included studies from universities (e.g.,  the Terrestrial-Riparian-Organisms-Lakes-Stream, or "TROLS" experiment), government (e.g., Slave River Environmental Quality Program), industry (e.g.,  the Wapiti / Smoky River Ecosystem Study) and native governments (e.g., The Great Bear Environmental Health Study). Coordination among these studies provided the context for NRBS work by decreasing overlapping research, providing guidance on key recommendations and maximizing the reach of the Study.

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