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Portable AQHI Station New Location

PRAMP’s portable air monitoring station is similar to our continuous air monitoring stations and is currently located near Cadotte Lake. The portable station is intended to be placed in a single location for approximately 18 months. Scheduling can be flexible to allow the portable station to remain at a site as needed to evaluate or assess air quality issues or effects.

The portable station has been at Cadotte Lake since October 2019 and PRAMP is planning to relocate it in April 2021. We are seeking input on possible new locations for the station. To determine where the station will be located, our Technical Program Managers and Technical Working Group will use a multi-step assessment that considers community interests and concerns.

Factors considered include: data gaps where there is little or no monitoring information; indicated air quality issues from within or outside of PRAMP where there may be a need for more comprehensive data; requests from government agencies or industry members; and issues raised by the general public, groups, agencies and other organizations.

Your input on possible site locations is welcome. Please fill out a short survey about air quality in the Peace River area. You can also contact Mike Bisaga at pramptech@prampairshed.ca by February 26, 2021 with questions or feedback.
 

Our Team is Growing

In late 2020, PRAMP welcomed Esther Johnston and Geri Carifelle as our new Indigenous Engagement Assistants. Esther and Geri have begun to develop, maintain and enhance PRAMP relations with Indigenous communities and with organizations within and near PRAMP boundaries including schools, communities, government and community. 

“I am a proud Metis woman, originating from the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement in northern Alberta. My passion is sharing my culture and spending time with Elders to learn more about traditional teachings,” says Esther Johnston who currently lives in Manning.

For the past 12 years, Esther has been with the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) filling many roles including creating and giving presentations about the role of the regulator and providing information about various directives and regulations to the public, industry and Indigenous communities. She also has experience managing, mentoring, and providing Indigenous Awareness sessions to AER staff.

“I consider my greatest accomplishment to be raising four amazing children who are all grown up with children of their own; seven wonderful grandchildren for me,” says Esther.

Geri Carifelle was born, raised and currently lives in Peace River. “I am in a chapter that I call my Indigenous cycle of life. On my path as an Indigenous child, young adult and woman, I have gone through all forms of battles, struggles, and mistakes,” says Geri.

Geri’s path brought her to the Aboriginal Administrative Diploma Program at Grande Prairie Regional College, where she graduated in 2019. She fell in love with the program; although she admits it was hard work, she felt like it was the beginning of a new life.

“I would like to share the opportunities PRAMP has to offer and I believe I can make a difference by being part of an amazing program," says Geri. "My passion for my choice of careers comes from my Indigenous cycle of life; this part of who I was, and how I grew to become who I am.”

Geri and Esther can be contacted at: indigenousoutreach@prampairshed.ca.

PRAMP also welcomes our new Field Operations Assistant, Dwayne Stepaniuk. Dwayne will be assisting in the delivery of key components of PRAMP’s regional air monitoring program by coordinating, maintaining and supporting PRAMP’s air monitoring network and our cannister sampling program.

Pledge to Stop Needless Idling

Once again, PRAMP has joined Alberta's Airsheds to participate in the Stop Needless Idling Campaign.

Excessive idling increases emission of pollutants such as particulate matter that negatively affect air quality and can aggravate heart and lung conditions.

The campaign asks Albertans to commit to reducing air pollution and to reinforce their actions by taking the pledge to reduce vehicle idling to no more than 60 seconds when parked.

The campaign runs until Clean Air Day on June 2. Take the pledge and find more information on how to reduce idling at AlbertaAirshedsCouncil.ca.