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This three-part document provides a template to guide cumulative watershed effects assessments (CWEA) within Alberta's Eastern Slopes.
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Authors
Don Russell
Anne Gunn
Robert White
Using the caribou cumulative effects model, an existing decision support tool, we evaluate 6 alternative development scenarios, from no leasing to full leasing with standard mitigation conditions
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Kevin Smith
Christopher Smith
Silvie Forest
Alain Richard
This guide provides an in-depth look at Ducks Unlimited Canada's (DUC) remote-sensing satellite mapping efforts and the development of the DUC enhanced wetland classification system.
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Wei-Yew Chang
Chris Gaston
Julie Cool
Barb Thomas
Genomics-assisted tree breeding (GATB) is an emerging biotechnology method that has the potential to produce improved planting stock in selected traits, such as greater volume or higher wood quality...
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Donald Thomas
Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board
A fire suppression model was developed for forested winter range of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq (formerly Kaminuriak) herds of barren-ground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) in north-central...
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Volume I I contains all data collected for the study reported in Vol 1.
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A fisheries and water quality survey was conducted in September 1979 on 10 small lakes (67.4 to 338.9 ha) in the vicinity of Richardson Tower, approximately 140 km north of Fort McMurray, Alberta
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Cole Burton
Dave Huggard
Erin Bayne
Jim Schieck
Péter Sólymos
Tyler Muhly
Dan Farr
Stan Boutin
Effective ecological monitoring is imperative in a human-dominated world, as our ability to manage functioning ecosystems will depend on understanding biodiversity responses to anthropogenic impacts...
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This document outlines an approach to range planning for boreal woodland caribou (hereafter “boreal caribou”) in the Northwest Territories (NWT). It provides a common framework for how individual...
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Government of Northwest Territories
The Framework for Boreal Caribou Range Planning: Discussion Document is the appendices discussion to the Framework for Boreal Caribou Range Planning in Northwest Territories. It discusses: Population...
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Ellen Whitman
Marc‐André Parisien
David Price
Martin‐Hugues St‐Laurent
Chris Johnson
Evan DeLancey
Dominique Arseneault
Mike Flannigan
Natural resource managers need adaptable tools for conserving and managing wildlife across landscapes. These tools should use many elements of habitat quality and include natural disturbance, such as...
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Report proposes a criteria and indicator (C&I) framework and recommendations for development of reclamation certification criteria for oil sands mines
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Tracy Lee
Lea Randall
Nicole Kahal
Holly Kinas
Vanessa Carney
Heather Rudd
Tyne Baker
Ken Sanderson
Irena Creed
Axel Moehrenschlager
Danah Duke
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March
2022
Cities worldwide are expanding in area and human population, posing multiple challenges to amphibian populations, including habitat loss from removal of wetlands and terrestrial upland habitat...
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John Boulanger
Jan Adamczewski
A 39-page academic paper from 2016 designed to help assess the impact of hunting on barren-ground caribou herds, based on the population size and trend of a given herd.
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Mounding is a highly versatile technique for addressing site conditions that may limit forest recovery on a wide range of reclamation sites. The technique is particularly useful on wet and cool sites...
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Seeding is less reliable than planting, and natural regeneration even less so, but these regeneration methods may be suitable, low-cost alternatives on some reclaimed sites. both seeding and natural...
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A common goal of reclamation in the boreal forest is to establish diverse, native plant communities that are suited to the site's conditions and are on track to become a forest. Regeneration planning...
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Reclaiming industrial sites in Alberta's boreal forest is not always a straightforward process. The footprints left by infrastructure and equipment are often characterized by compacted mineral soils...
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Soil compaction frequently results from industrial disturbance on mineral soils, whether due to infrastructure or equipment traffic. Soil compaction tends to be most severe on sites with high clay...
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Soil salvage is a pre-disturbance technique to conserve a site's topsoil, which is critical for maintaining nutrient cycling, organic matter, soil biota and plant propagules. In some cases, subsoil...