Development of WATFLOOD Hydrological Model
University of Waterloo (Waterloo)
The WATFLOOD continuous simulation hydrological model is being calibrated and tested at Wolf Creek.

Testing of the UBC Watershed Model
University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
The UBC Watershed Model is a semi-distributed model that requires only temperature and precipitation inputs. Runoff is calculated for four components: fast runoff, interflow, upper groundwater and deep groundwater. The model application in the North is being tested at Wolf Creek.

Soil Temperature Monitoring
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Whitehorse)
Soil temperature sensors have been installed near meteorological stations for soil classification and long-term monitoring of climate change.

Soil, Vegetation and Permafrost Characteristics along a Series of Transects
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Whitehorse), University of Quebec, YTG Renewable Resources (Whitehorse), Environment Canada (Canadian Wildlife Service - Whitehorse) and Yukon College
Geophysical, soil and vegetation sampling techniques will be used to characterize conditions within each vegetation zone as defined by the Wolf Creek Basin ecological stratification map. The map will be ground-truthed and revised and a plant species list will be developed for each zone and entered into the Man and the Biosphere (MABFlora) international database.

Temporal Trends in Organochlorines and Metals in Aquatic Ecosystems
Yukon Contaminants Committee (Whitehorse), Fisheries and Oceans (Winnipeg), University of Waterloo, YTG Fisheries
Coal lake sediment cores are being analysed for organochlorine and metals levels by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Winnipeg) to determine past and current levels. Snow has been analysed for organochlorines. Organochlorine and metals levels are being determined for fish.

Palaeoenvironment Reconstruction in the Wolf Creek Basin
University of Ottawa
Lacustrine sediments, pollen, macrofossils are being analyzed from Coal Lake sediment cores and compared with results from the Kluane region.

Smithsonian/Man and the Biosphere Forest Biodiversity Plots
Environment Canada (Canadian Wildlife Service - Whitehorse), YTG Renewable Resources (youth crew), DIAND Forest Resources, Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce, and Yukon College
Tree species composition, forest structure and growth characteristics are being monitored using an international protocol in the mature white spruce/feathermoss forest type. Further long-term monitoring plots are being established in other forest types.