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This technical note summarizes the feasibility of on-site interim storage of bare root black spruce tree seedlings, details snow-cache construction, and notes the costs and savings associated with the...
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Winter planting of frozen black spruce seedlings was studied in a northern Alberta wetland supported by the Oil Sand Leadership Initiative (OSLI) Land Stewardship Working Group, comprised of...
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Jean-Marie Sobze
Lakshman Galagedara
Mumtaz Cheema
Raymond Thomas
Sahari Inoue
Boreal forests across Canada and other geographic areas globally have vast networks or densities of seismic lines, pipelines, access roads, utility corridors, and multipurpose trails collectively termed “linear disturbances” or “linear features.”
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Annabel Arnott
Lakshman Galagedara
Raymond Thomas
Mumtaz Cheema
Jean-Marie Sobze
Land degradation as a result of unregulated mineral exploration and mining, negatively impacts local communities and vulnerable ecosystems.
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Dale Vitt
Melissa House
Lilyan Glaeser
Minerogenous peatlands that accumulate deep deposits of organic matter (fens) were an important part of the pre-disturbance landscape across Alberta’s oil sands mining area. Bryophytes occupy 80–100%...
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The Alberta Research Council, Inc. (ARC) has conducted a surface coal mine reclamation research program in association with the operations of Smoky River Coal Ltd. near Grande Cache, Alberta since...
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February
2021
In forest reclamation, the use of nursery stock seedlings is often desirable as this plant material provides greater assurance of woody plant cover development, whereas leave-for-natural-recovery...
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Mountain valley bottom peatlands are poorly studied systems, particularly in Alberta, Canada, where the provincial inventory has neither mapped nor characterized them. Nonetheless, these ecosystems...
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Seismic lines are slow to recover naturally, and many seismic lines need to be restored to contribute towards caribou recovery. Caribou predators use seismic lines to travel throughout caribou ranges...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
Improving seed emergence and survival is one of the largest potential benefits for native boreal seed enhancement. Seed pelleting can increase seed size by multiple orders of magnitude, resulting in...
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January
2018
This presentation provides an overview of a long-term university-industry research partnership to improve understanding of peatland ecosystem function and reclamation techniques.
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March
2020
This presentation provides an overview of methods for delineating wetland boundaries using a three-factor approach, which involves indicators of hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soil, and wetland...
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
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April
2023
The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: The Wetlands, a...
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
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February
2021
The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: State of Canada's...
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: Post-fire...
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The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In our June issue of the Wetland Knowledge Exchange...
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September
2023
The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: The outsized role of small ephemeral...
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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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W.H. MacKenzie
J.R. Moran
This guide presents a site classification and interpretative information for wetlands and related ecosystems of British Columbia.