Land Management Search Results
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Authors
Jay Woosaree
Brij Verma
Byron James
Phytoremediation, the use of plants to remove, degrade or stabilize sites contaminated with organic or toxic chemicals is gaining in popularity as an alternative and economical technique in...
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Authors
Mariano Feldman
Marc Mazerolle
Louis Imbeau
Nicole Fenton
As resource extraction moves north across the globe, wetland ecosystems in Canada are increasingly degraded because of disturbances associated with anthropic activities, including timber harvesting...
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This guide provides information and guidance on how to plan and construct resource road wetland crossings in Canada's boreal plains.
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Resource Date:
September
2023
Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly important especially for...
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Authors
Earl De Guzman
Marolo Alfaro
Two test sections along a newly constructed road embankment on peat foundations were instrumented to investigate their performance and to develop more economical means of construction method.
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Resource Date:
January
2016
This presentation covers various best practices and new techniques that can be implemented in the planning, construction and reclamation stages of in-situ oil sands operations.
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Authors
Bonnie Drozdowski
Craig Aumann
Chris Powter
Report of a seminar to develop a collective understanding of the benefits and opportunities of Predictive Soil Mapping as they relate to Alberta
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Authors
Chantel Markle
Paul Moore
Mike Waddington
Identifying ecosystems resilient to climate and land-use changes is recognized as essential for conservation strategies. However, wetland ecosystems may respond differently to stressors depending on...
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Diesel invert wastes are one of the more difficult types of drilling mud wastes to dispose of due to the presence of hydrocarbons and salts. In 1989 a joint research program funded by the Alberta...
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Resource Date:
January
2016
This presentation highlights planning and operations applications of water management techniques for resource roads crossing wetlands.
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Authors
Saraswati Saraswati
Yubraj Bhusal
Andrew Trant
Maria Strack
Peatlands in the western boreal plains of Canada are important ecosystems as they store over two percent of global terrestrial carbon. However, in recent decades, many of these peatlands have been...
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Authors
Anna Dabros
Matthew Pyper
Guillermo Castilla
Resource Date:
February
2018
The oil and gas industry has grown significantly throughout the boreal and arctic ecosystems of North America. A major feature of the ecological footprint of oil and gas exploration is seismic lines...
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Authors
Anne Naeth
Donna White
David Chanasyk
Terry Macyk
Chris Powter
Don Thacker
To provide coordinated direction for reclamation research in Alberta, the need to review the current understanding and the role of soil physical properties in soil disturbance related activities was...
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Alberta Soils Advisory Committee
Land disturbances due to resource extraction and transport are intended to be only temporary disruptions to the normal use of land for food and fiber production or for recreation. Although no two...
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Road networks, both temporary and permanent, are necessary for accessing natural resources in the boreal forest. Forest roads can alter hydrology by 1) affecting the movement of water 2) reducing the...
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The Boreal Caribou Ecological Model Developed by the Habitat Restoration Working Group (HRWG) of the National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium (NBCKC). Habitat restoration is expected to play a key...
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Authors
Angeline Van Dongen
Caren Jones
Amanda Schoonmaker
Jill Harvey
Dani Degenhardt
Resource Date:
November
2022
Alberta’s forests are becoming increasingly disturbed and fragmented by the cumulative effects of anthropogenic disturbances exacerbated by the enduring footprint of seismic lines on the landscape...
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Authors
Ronald Swist
Cameron MacKay
Examine existing legislation to determine (1) what machinery is available for the creation of a transportation corridor, (2) what problems accrue or could accrue by virtue of that legislation
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Bolter Parish Trimble Ltd.
Ducks Unlimited (Canada)
Tom Peters and Associates
Siemens Realty & Appraisal Services Ltd.
Stewart Weir Stewart Watson & Heinrichs
Contains the following sections: Environment Characteristics and Conditions; Soils; Wildlife; and, Preliminary Review and Land Evaluation
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Authors
Bolter Parish Trimble Ltd.
Ducks Unlimited (Canada)
Tom Peters and Associates
K.C. Mackenzie Associates Ltd.
Stewart Weir Stewart Watson & Heinrichs
Contains the following chapters: Environment Characteristics and Conditions; Soils; Wildlife; and Human Settlement Pattern of the Expanded Study Area