Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation (SLCN) will undertake a cultural and environmental research study to explore the impacts the oil and gas industry and farming have on traditional practices on ancestral lands. Elders have concerns that Treaty Rights, such as hunting, fishing, trapping and medicine harvesting, are impacted by heavy oil and gas and farming practices. Elders would like to develop conservation efforts to improve areas to practice Treaty Rights by collecting samples for water, fisheries and soil and host engagement sessions. SLCN acknowledges that the combination of its citizens' and members' knowledge of the land, combined with Western methods, will create a pathway to achieve their research goals and develop conservation objectives.