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In some areas the accelerated weathering of material disturbed by coal mining operations releases toxic concentrations of elements present. Also, water seeping through the mine waste may become quite...
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Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanada Schoonmaker
Line Rochefort
This article in Canadian Reclamation (Issue 1, Vol 12, pages 10-13) describes the wellsite clay pad removal and inversion technique applied by the NAIT Centre for Boreal Research in a peatland...
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Melanie Bird
Bin Xu
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanda Schoonmaker
Line Rochefort
Reclaiming in-situ well pads built in peatland presents many challenges. Our project offers an innovative approach that removes the clay pad and geotextile, fluffs and re-profiles the buried peat...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
The Wetland Atlas describes the distribution of wetlands in Alberta and summarizes human footprint around open water wetlands. Also included are research spotlights on wetland biodiversity including...
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The Forest Management and Wetland Stewardship Initiative
This practitioner guide is a user-friendly compilation of wetland best management practices that can be applied to incorporate wetland stewardship into forestry planning and operations.
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Bev Gingras
Jules Lebeouf
Kylie McLeod
Leanne Mingo
These proceedings describe the findings of the Wetland Best Management Practices (BMPs) Workshop held on January 20th & 21st 2016 in Edmonton, Alberta hosted by Ducks Unlimited Canada.
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Jahan Kariyeva
Mike Watmough
Lyle Boychuk
Matthew Wilson
Nadia Rochdi
Bob Sleep
Robert Albricht
Johanna Weston
The key outcome of the workshop was the creation of a vision statement to guide leadership and action for an optimal provincial scale wetland inventory.
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Jamie Fenneman
Ryan Durand
Alice Lee
The Wetland Plants of British Columbia is an introduction to the common indicator wetlands species that are used to classify ecosystems using the provincial Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification...
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This report summarizes the results of a three-year research project to evaluate the effects of forest resource roads and construction techniques on wetland hydrology in Manitoba's boreal forest.
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Christopher Evans
Vincent Gauci
To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, conservation and restoration of wetlands play a key role. This report outlines the contribution of wetlands to global methane output; differences between...
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Paige Olmsted
Sonia Patel
Infrastructure is the underlying structure that helps a country and its economy function. While most people think of infrastructure as concrete structures like bridges and ports, wetlands are also...
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W.H. MacKenzie
J.R. Moran
This guide presents a site classification and interpretative information for wetlands and related ecosystems of British Columbia.
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Jay Woosaree
Marshall McKenzie
The 2010 Reclamation Criteria for Wellsites and Associated Facilities for Native Grasslands was released in June of 2011 to relieve then current backlog of processing Reclamation Certificate...
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Roy Sutton
B.D. Haddon
D. Jamieson
F.M. Ortiz
Stan Phippen
This is the second in a series of three Information Reports on white spruce that are based on the lifetime of work and passion of the late Dr. Roy F. Sutton from the Canadian Forest Service, Great...
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Roy Sutton
B.D. Haddon
K.B. Jamieson
D. Jamieson
F.M. Ortiz
Stan Phippen
This is the first in a series of three information reports on white spruce based on the lifetime of work and passion of Dr. Roy F. Sutton (deceased) from the Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes...
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Dean MacKenzie
Kevin Renkema
Dan Kuchmak
G. Janssen
1665 ha has been reclaimed, including one end pit lake, numerous wetland features, woodland/wildlife areas revegetated through assisted natural recovery and perennially cropped agricultural lands
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Chris Stockdale
Quinn Barber
Marc-André Parisien
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April
2018
The boreal forests of Alberta have dense networks of seismic exploration lines which have been shown to contribute significantly to the decline in woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)...
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ColinMcFayden
Emily Hope
Joshua Johnston
Alan Cantin
Morgan Crowley
Stephanie DeBoer
Mark de Jong
Lynn Johnston
Dan Thompson
David Young
WildFireSat is a satellite mission of the federal government of Canada, and it is expected to launch around 2029. The success of this mission will depend on the suitability of WildFireSat products for...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
This document was created by the Alberta Remote Camera Steering Committee (RCSC). The Alberta RCSC is chaired by Alberta Environment and Parks and comprises a group of wildlife camera experts from...
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Jeffrey Green
Alan Nilson
To compensate for losses of wildlife habitat associated with the construction and operation of the Oldman River dam in southern Alberta, an extensive wildlife habitat mitigation program has been...