Land Management Resources

The study reported here is an offspring from a 6-year field study near Maidstone, SK that was originally designed to assess the feasibility of utilizing a heavy oil production waste to improve...

This paper will provide the reader with the present status of the Saskatchewan Soil Resource Database as well as some background on the processes in developing a comprehensive soil resource database...

This study was conducted to determine the effect of different depths of topsoil replacement and organic amendments on the productivity of well sites. The experiment was initiated in 1997 on three oil...

A large diameter natural gas pipeline was constructed in 1990 through 12 km of the Great Sand Hills region of southwestern Saskatchewan. The harsh environmental conditions necessitated extraordinary...

A series of sites on reclaimed land in the Coniston-Wahnapitae area, 10 km east of Sudbury, were chosen since there were several years of reclamation activity in a small geographical region. The sites...

The objective of this study was to assess near-surface bulk density under different forages and grazing intensities at a site in central Alberta. It was hypothesized that bulk density would increase...

Suncor's current method of reclamation and tree planting results in a diverse herbaceous cover developing within a year of soil amendment application providing erosion protection along with a source...

Alternative reclamation approaches that involve 'minimal intervention' or aftercare may be necessary for high elevation disturbances. For these remote area disturbances, reclamation plans and...

The Clover Bar Landfill, located in northeast Edmonton, is situated along the North Saskatchewan River. The site was opened to receive solid waste in the 1970's. The first phases were closed and...

Reclamation of abandoned petroleum surface leases requires the application of knowledge and experience from numerous fields or disciplines, many of which are grounded in physical science, others on...