Land Management Resources
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Barry Adams explains the range resource management, saying they have recently blended the ecological site description database with their other database ESYS, to make ECOSYS.
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Allen, E.A.
Morrison, D.J.
Wallis, G.
This is the third version of a Canadian Forest Service tree disease identification guide for British Columbia. The first, "Some common tree diseases of British Columbia", by J.E. Bier, was published...
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Nicole Kimmel provides a history of weed control in Canada and Alberta focusing on invasive weeds and their impact on natural landscapes and agriculture.
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At the 2013 Alberta Soil Science Workshop, Dr. Jim Miller covered the extensive and long term results of riparian protection (streambank fencing and offsite watering for cattle pastures) on stream water quality and biology plus the benefits and costs for cattleman.
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Becky Doherty summarizes the role of remote sensing can play in monitoring the progress of reclamation on mining and well sites. She outlines the techniques that can be combined to monitor changes on reclaimed sites.
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Jason House described the inverse relationship of soil carbon in peat-mineral soil mix and water stress on lodgepole pine growth on reclaimed oilsands tailing sands.
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Amanada Schoonmaker, NAIT Boreal Research Institute, introduces a preliminary case study on ripping trials on logged landing sites and wellsite reclamation sites in NW Alberta. Soil compaction is an issue for reclamation success for both types of industrial sites.
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Gerald Ontkean provides a history of the science of assessing soils for irrigation suitability from 1915 with the enactment of Alberta's Irrigation Act.
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Mark Baah-Acheamfour discussed the potential of agroforesty in Alberta to act as a soil carbon sink.
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Sascha Bachmann presented research related to reclamation of temporary drilling pads.
