Ressources de connaissances sur les terres humides

Dr. David Andison covers how our current practice of protecting riparian areas in forest areas is driving ecosystems to uniformity when natural riparian forest zones in Alberta's foothills are diverse.

Dr. Lorin Hicks talks about the Montana example of habitat conservation planning in forestry management.

ohn Stadt, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, describes forestry management policy in Alberta specifically in regards to riparian zones in forests.

Dr. Barry White reviews the progress made with LiDAR and wet area mapping in Alberta.

Jay Mills, Vegetation Data Specialist with Jeodesy GIS, talks about LiDAR data and interpreting it for riparian vegetation.

Derek Tripp reviews British Columbia's forestry riparian management planning and provides examples of how riparian assessments are made using BC's checklists and forms.

Dr.Rick Bonar describes how riparian mapping is used to define riparian ecological areas and the management strategy for those areas.

Dr. Richard McCleary draws the links between what we see in the field to the maps we have for planning and points out that the information we need for watershed assessment and riparian zones is the same.

At the 2012 Alberta Institute of Agrologists conference, Thorsten Hebben from Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development presented on the effects that drugs, personal care products and plasticizers have on wastewater in Alberta.

At the 2012 conference for the Alberta Institute of Agrologists, Jennifer Grant - oilsands program director for the Pembina Institute - gave a presentation on how water is used in the oilsands.