Ressources de Gestion des Terres

The sand and gravel industry, prior to the introduction of reclamation standards and policies , certainly did not have a very good public image in the province of Alberta. One only needs to travel in...

This paper provides the rationale and a system for assessing the agricultural capability of reconstructed soils. The concept of capability rather than productivity is used in formulating comparisons...

Current requirements set out by the Alberta Government state that the goal of reclamation is to return mined land to a capability that is equivalent or better than that which existed prior to mining...

Cement kiln by-pass dusts from Canada Cement Lafarge Ltd. plants at Woodstock and Bath, Ontario, respectively, were tested as limestone substitutes in reclaiming acid, metal-contaminated soils from...

The Lorado uranium mill tailings, near Uranium City, Saskatchewan are characterized by low pH, high salinity and high concentrations of elements such as copper, nickel, lead, uranium, vanadium and...

Laboratory leaching tests including 10:1 and 40:1 water to sediment ratios and saturated-paste extracts , have been used to determine the salt yielding properties of overburden materials as well as...

Vegetation monitoring of the Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline Southern B.C. Prebuild was undertaken in 1982 and again in 1983. The study was unique in that the same quadrats were re-examined in the second...

Successful revegetation after pipeline construction in native rangeland requires an effective range management program to expedite a self-sustaining, erosion reducing ground cover. The study area was...

In 1982, TransCanada Pipelines Limited constructed a 426 km, 914 mm diameter natural gas pipeline in new right-of-way between North Bay and Morrisburg, Ontario. The pipe installation was complete by...

The Battle River Reconstruction Project involves four (4) experiments designed to assess methods of reconstructing soil profiles in order to ameliorate the problems caused by the saline/sodic nature...