PUBLICATIONS | Ben R. Collison

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Kingsbury, S., Collison, B. R., Daigle, R., Hogan, J. D., Lowen, B., Lowles, A. G., Stortini, C., Trudel, M., & Tuziak, S. M. (2024). A new tool for setting biodiversity management priorities adapted from aquatic invasive species management: A pilot using Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in NS, Canada. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5(2), e12340. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12340.
Collison, B. R., Reid, P. A., Dvorski, H., Lopez, M. J., Westwood, A. R., & Skuce, N. (2022). Undermining environmental assessment laws: Post-assessment amendments for mines in British Columbia, Canada, and their potential impacts on water resources. FACETS, 7(1), 611-638. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2021-0106.
Simpson, K., & Collison, B. R. (2022). International law application to transboundary pollution: Solutions to mitigate mining contamination in the Elk–Kootenai River watershed. Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, 2(2), 29 - 55. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp02.02.02.
Green, A. R., Murphy, A., Collison, B. R., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Anderson, H., Morano, J. L., Williams, T. D., & Wilkinson, C. E. (2022). A response to Cafaro, Hansson & Götmark (2022): Shifting the narrative from overpopulation to overconsumption. Biological Conservation, 273(3), 109698. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109698.
Collison, B. R. (2021). Spatial analysis of pumped hydro energy storage integration with wind farms in Nova Scotia. Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 16(1), 1-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5931/djim.v16i1.10884.

Fraser, M. S., Gromack, A., Wong, M. C., Blackmore, H., Collison, B. R., Devred, E., Law, B. A., Stevens, H., Stewart, M., Whiteway, A., Wilson, K. L., Wu, Y., & Zions, V. (2024). Ecological and oceanographic overview of the Napu’saqnuk / St. Mary’s River Estuary, Nova Scotia, an Ecologically Significant Area candidate under Canada’s Fisheries Act. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 3649: xiii + 107p. Available here.
Murray, C. A. E., Collison, B. R., Gromack, A. G., Lawler, M. M., Tuziak, S. M., & Butler, S. M. M. (2024). A fine scale approach to riparian habitat classification and spatial analysis in the St. Mary's River, Nova Scotia, Canada. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 3610: viii + 61p. Available here.
Westwood, A. R., Stewart, I. G., Mackellar, A., & Collison, B. R. (2023). Position paper: Environmental Assessment (EA) Engagement for modernizing EA in Nova Scotia. Submitted to the Government of Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Climate Change (10 signatories). 12 pp. Available here.
Collison, B. R., & Gromack, A. G. (2022). Importance of riparian zone management for freshwater fish and fish habitat protection: analysis and recommendations for Nova Scotia. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 3475: viii + 71p. Available here.
Westwood, A. R., Bailie, J., Ceci, S., Collison, B. R., Machat, H., McLean, S., MacNeill, B., Niesink, C., Shaw, Sodeinde, O,. J., Suppanz, S., Sutton, P., & Vail, C. (2021). ENVI5050: Special Topics – Forest Ecology & Management class submission to the Government of Nova Scotia regarding the Revised Old Growth Forest Policy. Westwood Lab, Dalhousie University, 11pp. Available here.
Collison, B. R. (2021). Private managed forest: A case study and spatial analysis of logging exploitation in the Kootenay region of British Columbia. Prepared for Wildsight. 42pp. Available here.
Westwood, A. R., Bailie, J., Cameron, J., Carter, L., Ceci, S., Clarke, M., Collison, B. R., Deblois, K., Dvorski, H., Gardner, D., Haddad, C,. Kavanagh, D., Lopez, M., & Reid, P. (2020). Submission on concerns and recommendations related to the proposed Valentine Gold project in Newfoundland and Labrador. Prepared for the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. 65pp. Available here.

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Collison, B. R.*, Mines, S. M., & Westwood, A. (2024). Risks of mining scope creep in Canada from a modern mineral rush. International Association of Impact Assessment Conference, Dublin, Ireland [International, 70 participant audience].
Collison, B. R.* (2024). Effects of boreal and hemiboreal forest harvest on freshwater salmonid habitat: A systematic mapping protocol. Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences Conference, Fredericton, NB [National, 80 participant audience].
Collison, B. R.*, Westwood, A.*, & Horvath, C.* (2023). Cumulative effects assessment: Challenges and perspectives, and what lies ahead. Invited panelist, Cumulative Effects and Environmental Management Conference, Halifax, NS [Regional, 75 participant audience].
Collison, B. R.*, Reid, P. A., Dvorski, H., Lopez, M. J., Westwood, A. R., & Skuce, N. (2022). Undermining environmental assessment laws? The potential impact of mining project amendments on water resources in British Columbia. International Association of Impact Assessment Conference, Vancouver, BC [International, 60 participant audience].