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CORPORATE PROFILE Golder Associates Ltd. (formerly R. L.& L. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD.)

The Edmonton office opened in 1977 and was the head office of RL&L Environmental Services Ltd. prior to RL&L becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of GAL. The Edmonton office became part of Golder in July 2001 and is proud to be celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.

The Edmonton office currently has 27 full-time employees. Services are offered in aquatic environmental biology, terrestrial ecology, hydrogeology and water resources engineering. Areas of specialization within each field are:

FIHSERIES -fisheries and aquatic ecosystem research on large rivers and remote environments;

-impact assessments of hydro power and water management developments;

-development of project mitigation strategies, environmental protection guidelines and environmental inspection services;

-assessment of the effects of forest harvesting, mining, pipelines, and other land use activities on fisheries resources and aquatic habitat;

-development, implementation and assessment of fish habitat restoration and enhancement strategies;

-limnology and water quality sampling; including aquatic invertebrate, dissolved gas and sediment monitoring for regulatory standards;

-use of radio, ultrasonic, archival and GPS data acquisition for fish habitat studies;

-information programs and technology transfer for fisheries and aquatic environmental protection.

HYDROGEOLOGY -definition of baseline hydrogeologic conditions;

-design and installation of groundwater monitoring networks;

-construction of geologic and hydrogeologic models;

-numerical modelling of groundwater flow and contaminant transport;

-acid mine drainage, flow through unsaturated waste rock;

-preparation of documents for regulatory approval; and -hydrogeologic investigations for water supply included water supply for municipal and industrial purposes.

TERRESTRIAL AND WILDLIFE SERVICES -biophysical inventories including wildlife, vegetation and soils inventories;

-wildlife baseline surveys, impact assessments, mitigation planning and monitoring;

-vegetation and wetlands baseline surveys, impact assessments, mitigation planning and monitoring;

-ecological land classification, soil and terrain mapping and land capability mapping -strategic management planning including forest certification (Sustainable Forest Management Plans, CSA);

-environmental protection planning including caribou protection plans;

-development of reclamation strategies and monitoring reclamation areas;

-ecological risk assessment;

-wildlife and rare plant habitat modelling, Population Viability Analysis for wildlife using RAMAS GIS;

-wildlife habitat modelling, population modelling and cumulative effects modelling using ALCES; and -traditional knowledge studies for ecosystem management and cumulative effects assessment.

WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING -river engineering, erosion analysis, and the design of erosion protection;

-bridge waterway engineering, including river engineering and hydrology;

-river bank protection design, erosion and sediment control, culvert design, regulatory applications.

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Legal Name: Golder Associates Ltd.

Number of Employees: 50

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Services

• Aquatic Environmental Impact Assessment
• Aquatic Environmental Management

  Aquatic Environmental Management *environmental protection guidelines *environmental inspection services *biological monitoring programs *audits of mitigative techniques and standards *habitat restoration and enhancement strategies

• Documentation And Literature Review

  Documentation and Literature Review *library literature searches *compilation, analysis, and interpretation of data *document preparation and writing

  • preparation of environmental statements
• Engineering & Environmental Consulting Services
• Environmental Consultant - Arctic Resources Management
• Environmental Consultant - Biological And Ecosystem Studies
• Environmental Consultant - Consulting
• Environmental Consultant - Environmental Impact Assessments
• Environmental Consultant - Field Sampling And Monitoring
• Environmental Consultant - Fisheries Management
• Environmental Consultant - Industry-electric Utilities
• Environmental Consultant - Industry-mining And Metallurgy
• Environmental Consultant - Industry-petroleum And Coal Products
• Environmental Consultant - Industry-pulp And Paper
• Environmental Consultant - Mine Tailings
• Environmental Consultant - Sanitary Landfills
• Environmental Consultant - Water Purification Plants
• Environmental Consultant - Water Quality
• Environmental Consultant - Wildlife And Natural Habitat Enhancement
• Environmental Economics And Resource Use

  Environmental Economics and Resource Use *fisheries resource management plans *input to environmental economic assessments, including community and social issues *fish farming research and extension service *recreational, domestic and commercial fish harvest evaluation *examination of resource use objectives

• Fisheries And Aquatic Habitat Inventory

  Fisheries and Aquatic Habitat Inventory *freshwater and anadromous fisheries inventory and stock assessment *fish habitat quantification and suitability assessment *aquatic, riparian and wetland habitat classification *benthic invertebrate and aquatic plant collections

• Presentations And Training

  Presentations and Training *information and public education programs *guidelines and technical training for environmental monitoring *presentations at research and trade conferences *testimony for licensing hearings

• Specialized Fisheries And Aquatic Research

  Specialized Fisheries and Aquatic Research *endangered species research *in-stream flow assessments *fish contaminant sampling for hazard assessment

  • in-situ toxicity testing

  *fish passage and screening investigations *radio, ultrasonic, archival and GPS data acquisition *dissolved gas and water temperature monitoring *GIS mapping of resource data *specialized fish stock assessment programs using acoustics and electrofishing

• Water Quality Assessment

  Water Quality Assessment *aquatic benthic invertebrate monitoring programs

  • limnological measurements of lakes and reservoirs

  *water quality sampling for regulatory and human health standards

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