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This field guide is designed as a stewardship tool primarily for forest harvesters, woodland managers, and private woodland owners working in Nova Scotia.
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Jordan Seider
Trevor Lantz
Txomin Hermosilla
Michael Wulder
Jonathan Wang
Temperature increases across the circumpolar north have driven rapid increases in vegetation productivity, often described as ‘greening’. These changes have been widespread, but spatial variation in...
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Charles Marty
Joanie Piquette
Émilie Dussault-Chouinard
Hubert Morin
Nelson Thiffault
Daniel Houle
Robert Bradley
Rock Ouimet
Myrna Simpson
Maxime Paré
The increase in soil organic matter mineralization rate in boreal forests that may result from global warming is a major concern as it could release large amounts of C to the atmosphere. On the other...
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Salix interior Rowlee (INT) is a wide-ranging North American willow from the small taxonomic group Salix section Longifoliae, notable for its ability to form multi-stemmed vegetative stem colonies...
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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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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
The Decision Support Systems (DSS) uses a scenario approach to guiding reclamation and restoration activities. This resource follows the Landscape Treatment Process for Forest Land (Upland). DSS are...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
The Decision Support Systems (DSS) uses a scenario approach to guiding reclamation and restoration activities. This resource follows the Soil Treatment Process for Forest Land (Upland). DSS are...
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Xuehui Sun
Wenqing Zhang
Robert Vassov
Ira Sherr
Ning Du
Janusz Zwiazek
The land disturbed by open-pit oil sands mining must be restored to support the survival and growth of native boreal plants. Because tailings sand and sodic shale overburden are commonly used as an...
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Lisa Lumley
Ermias Azeria
Victoria Giacobbo
Tyler Cobb
Soil contains a diverse fauna and microflora that are vital for maintaining healthy soils and their various ecosystem services. Oribatid mites are typically highly abundant arthropods in the soil and...
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Angelo Filicetti
Scott Nielsen
Energy exploration has led to fragmentation of habitats worldwide. In boreal forests of Alberta, Canada narrow clear-cut linear disturbances (3–14 m wide) called seismic lines are often the largest...
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Bonnie Drozdowski
Anne Naeth
Sarah Wilkinson
Mine waste materials with potential for use in soil construction at a diamond mine in the Northwest Territories were evaluated to address physical and chemical limitations for plant establishment...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
This manual should be used as a tool to turn enthusiasm for tree planting into hands-on action, helping communities enhance their environment. Ideas for community and individual tree planting...
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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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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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December
2018
This practitioner guide provides a user-friendly overview of the interactions between boreal wetlands and forests and what these interactions mean for forest managers working in Canada’s boreal.
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Kimberly Kleinke
Scott Davidson
Megan Schmidt
Bin Xu
Maria Strack
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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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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Brad Pinno
Ira Sherr
Ruth Errington
Krista Shea
The goal of land reclamation after oil sands mining in the boreal forest of northern Alberta, Canada, is to re-establish functioning forest ecosystems, including the development of natural plant...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
This flowchart outlines each step of the treatment process for forest land (upland) landscape as incorporated in the corresponding Decision Support Systems (DSS). View more tools by NAIT Centre for...