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I I tested forest floor protection techniques in the construction and reclamation of temporary drilling pads to restore native boreal canopy and understory cover. By covering and delineating the...
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United Nations Environment Programme
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November
2022
Peatlands are unique and rare ecosystems that, despite only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, they contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon, which is twice the amount of...
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This glossary was prepared to provide those working in the field of reclamation in Alberta with a standardized set of definitions for reclamation terms.
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Oil Sands Research and Information Network
Glossary provides understanding of the language and acronyms used in oil sands mining, processing and environmental management.
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Minimal disturbance is an approach to oil and gas development that aims to preserve the attributes of the original site as much as possible during development. Minimal disturbance practices include...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Canada is blessed with abundant forests. From the coast of British Columbia to the island of Newfoundland, Canada is home to 347 million hectares of forest. The 2 Billion Trees Program (2BT) is part...
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Heather Tokay
Dean MacKenzie
Chris Powter
Bonnie Drozdowski
Kevin Renkema
This document provides five case studies to show how the Guide to Variance Justifications for Reclamation Certification would be applied to real‐world examples of reclamation certificate applications
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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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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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Heather Tokay
Dean MacKenzie
Chris Powter
Bonnie Drozdowski
Kevin Renkema
This document was developed to provide guidance and consistency in applying for and approving variance requests for reclamation certification of upland sites from an ecological perspective.
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Kevin Renkema
Heather Tokay
Dean MacKenzie
Natalie Shelby-James
Chris Powter
Practitioners tested the Guide to Variance Justifications on four of those sites; three had been previously approved and one had been submitted and was pending a decision.
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Wayne Pettapiece
M.W. Dell
Intent is to provide a simple guideline to follow when dealing or confronted with problem soils that require alternative soil handling procedures, while meeting the main criteria of equivalent capabil
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Land Conservation and Reclamation Council
Regulatory expectations with respect to the detailed content of applications for approvals of surface disturbances and the reclamation of lands.
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On June 25, 2018, InnoTech Alberta, the Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESSA) and Alberta Economic Development and Trade co-hosted a workshop entitled Harnessing the Innovation System...
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Camille Defrenne
Joanne Childs
Christopher Fernandez
Michael Taggart
Robert Nettles
Michael Allen
Paul Hanson
Collen Iversen
Resource Date:
December
2020
Mycorrhizal fungi enable plants to thrive in the cold, waterlogged, organic soils of boreal peatlands and, with saprotrophic fungi, largely contribute to the sequestration of atmospheric carbon in...
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Sandra Landsburg
Karen Cannon
Available information indicates that overstripping and subsequent replacement of topsoil can produce horizon characteristics similar to plow depth characteristics resulting from cultivation
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Dean MacKenzie
Kevin Renkema
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December
2013
Reclamation of in-situ facilities poses several unique challenges in comparison to conventional oil and gas and oil sands mining. This document summarizes current knowledge and practices employed for...
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Martyn Riddle
Ed Osborne
Brian Geddes
The objective of industrial site decommissioning is to leave the site in a safe condition consistent with its proposed future use. Environmental and human health concerns are key ingredients in any...
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Mathias Mayer
Cindy Prescott
Wafa Abaker
Laurent Augusto
Lauric Cécillon
Gabriel Ferreira
Jason James
Robert Jandl
Klaus Katzensteiner
Jean-Paul Laclau
Jérôme Laganière
Yann Nouvellon
David Paré
John Stanturf
Elena Vanguelova
Lars Vesterdal
Almost half of the total organic carbon (C) in terrestrial ecosystems is stored in forest soils. By altering rates of input or release of C from soils, forest management activities can influence soil...
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This document Is a guideline for the preparation of a Development and Reclamation (D & R) Application for a regulated pipeline