The 2021 Freshwater Oil Spill Remediation Study (FOReSt), assessing the use of enhanced Monitored Natural Recovery (eMNR) of conventional heavy crude oil spills conducted in freshwater shoreline enclosures at the IISD Experimental Lakes Area, ON, Canada from 2021 to 2022.

The following package includes data from the 2021 Freshwater Oil spill Remediation Study (FOReSt) at the IISD Experimental Lakes Area studying the use of enhanced monitored natural recovery (eMNR) as a secondary remediation method for conventional heavy crude oil spills in freshwater shoreline enclosures. This package includes data tables on polycyclic aromatic compound chemistry in water and sediments, basic water quality, nutrient chemistry monitored in the experimental and reference enclosures, and lake reference sites over the duration of the study. As well as tables detailing enclosure metrics (depth), tritium chemistry, and a treatment key. Data included in this package was first collected and used in the paper by Stanley et al., titled Rapid Chemical Remediation of Freshwater Enclosures Treated with Conventional Heavy Crude Oil Spills Followed by Enhanced Monitored Natural Recovery