Boreal Caribou Search Results
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This field guide is designed as a stewardship tool primarily for forest harvesters, woodland managers, and private woodland owners working in Nova Scotia.
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The guide identifies 60 species of mosses and liverworts that comprise the flora of fens and bogs in Alberta and western boreal Canada, designed for use in the field and laboratory.
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Resource Date:
December
2019
Aboveground plants provide resources to the belowground microbial community via plant litter and, in turn, the belowground microbial community provides nutrients for plant uptake, linking the two...
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Authors
Holly Kinas
Kerri O'Shaughnessy
Amy Mcleod
The work of beavers supports watershed and ecological health across the landscape. Many of the benefits beavers provide directly benefit humans: attenuate flood peaks, store water during droughts...
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The Alberta Wetland Classification System Field Guide is a visual, plain-language field guide for identifying and classifying wetlands based on the Alberta Wetland Classification System (AWCS). The...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Royal Alberta Museum
Alberta Science Network
An introduction to Alberta's wetland classifications and biodiversity, created for Alberta Science Network classroom presentations. A wetland is a part of the land that holds water temporarily or...
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While progress has been made in automating wetland identification, identifying lost and restorable wetlands remains a challenge. A suite of automated methods was developed and applied to the Nose...
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Linear disturbances such as powerline rights of way, seismic lines and roads are common in areas of intensive resource development. Roads that bisect wetlands can alter their hydrologic connectivity...
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Over 500,000 oil and gas wells have been drilled in Alberta. Recently updated peatland restoration criteria for well-pads creates incentive for peatland restoration, but little is known about...
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This thesis is comprising two studies characterizing nutrient dynamics within the Athabasca Oil Sands region (AOS) of Alberta. The first study simultaneously examined and compared nutrient (nitrogen...
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Saline boreal fens represent potential models for post-mining landscape reclamation in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) (Canada) where wetland construction is challenged by salinization. One of...
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This plain language operational field guide helps resource managers identify wetlands in the field. It includes five major wetlands classes and 19 minor classes. Project partners include Ducks...
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Authors
Ryan O’Neill
Jean-Marie Sobze
Catherine Brown
Reed grass (Phragmites australis) is a 1.5 to 5 m tall perennial grass commonly found in riparian areas and along the edges of wetlands. The species establishes quickly over disturbed landscapes and...
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Resource Date:
April
2017
The Guide for Reclaiming Aggregate and Borrow Excavations to Water Bodies (The Guide) was prepared for Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) and is a is a presentation of current knowledge...
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Resource Date:
April
2017
This document is intended as a guide for reclamation of In Situ facilities in a peatland environment, specifically pad and road disturbances. Pilot studies conducted in Alberta were carried out by...
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Authors
Michael Willoughby
Dave Downing
Margaret Meijer
The Upper Boreal Highlands subregion is found elevationally above the Lower Boreal Highlands subregion in the Birch Mountain, Buffalo Head Hills and Cameron Hills of Northcentral and Northwestern...
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Resource Date:
January
2018
The Guide to Watershed Management Planning in Alberta provides advice on the steps to develop and implement a watershed management plan.
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Resource Date:
December
2018
This practitioner guide provides a user-friendly overview of the interactions between boreal wetlands and forests and what these interactions mean for forest managers working in Canada’s boreal.
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Authors
Jean-Marie Sobze
Marie-Eve Gauthier
Raymond Thomas
Peatland vegetative covers are typically dominated by Bryophytes, and as such vegetative transfer techniques that successfully re-establish the Bryophyte communities play a critical role in the...
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Exploration of resources creates numerous temporary access features, including seismic lines, winter roads, and oil sands exploration wells in boreal peatlands. Although construction is usually...