GSDNR will produce and deliver a dataset on the National Hydro Network (NHN) as a contribution to CISE (Canadian Information System for the Environment), which will rely on this framework dataset based on Earth observation data to build the Extent of Wetland Indicator. CISE, an Environment Canada project that falls under the federal government's Environment and Sustainable Development Indicators Initiative (ESDI), has a key role to play in expanding the collection, management, integration, assessment, and communication of environmental data and knowledge at the national level. Over time CISE will help set national priorities for sustainable development indicator programs.

The GSDNR program, in collaboration with Environment Canada is currently conducting a pilot study using the NHN in the Maritimes. A partnership involving several departments from the federal and Nova Scotian governments has been established to produce a hydrographic model for the Pockwock Lake watershed, a drainage basin that supplies water to the Halifax Regional Municipality. With data supplied by the Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre, the model will be used to test the NHN through CISE as input for the development of a comprehensive watershed management tool. The Pockwock Bowater Watershed Study is a research study being conducted by the Nova Forest Alliance, a partnership of landowners, researchers, industry, First Nations communities, environmentalists, academia and government committed to finding sustainable forest management solutions.

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