Land Management Search Results
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Paul Jefferson
Paul McCaughey
Ken May
Jay Woosaree
Linden McFarlane
The utilization of native grass species for potential biomass feedstocks of the emerging ethanol industry requires more information about their cellulose and hemicellulose concentration. Ten native...
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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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Jessica Hudson
Kimberly Gould
Ann Smreciu
Dani Degenhardt
Beaked hazelnut ( Corylus cornuta Marshall [Betulaceae]) is a characteristic species of some boreal upland plant communities of northeastern Alberta. This shrub is also a desired species for...
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Chris Powter
Glen Singleton
Benefits of research cooperation include reduced costs, shared expertise, ease of site access and a commitment by both parties to implementation of the results.
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Seventy-eight reclamation practitioners from government, industry, consulting, academia, and the services sector gathered in Edmonton on March 6, 2024, to highlight and discuss specific issues facing...
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Jeffrey Ball
Péter Sólymos
Fiona Schmiegelow
Samuel Hache
Jim Schieck
Erin Bayne
Understanding factors that affect the distribution and abundance of species is critical to developing effective management plans for conservation. Our goal was to quantify the distribution and...
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Chris Powter
Neil Chymko
Gordon Dinwoodie
Darlene Howat
Arnold Janz
Ryan Puhlmann
Tanya Richens
Don Watson
Heather SInton
Kevin Ball
Andy Etmanski
Bruce Patterson
Larry Brocke
Ralph Dyer
Alberta’s industrial land conservation and reclamation program developed over 48 yr from an initial focus on surface debris removal and safety to increasing emphasis on returning ecological function
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By the fall of 1974 34 test sites had been obtained and on 27 of these at least some planting had taken place. In 1975 more small sites (see included map) were obtained and these also were planted
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Thurber Consultants Ltd.
Land Resources Network Ltd.
Norwest Soil Research Ltd.
Topsoil storage does not appear to have any severe and long term effect on topsoil quality. Chemical changes can be rectified with the judicious use of chemical fertilizers or manure. Physical changes
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Summary of a survey to determine the reclamation research needs of organizations/industries in Alberta that are involved with industrial disturbances and to prioritize research needs.
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Chris Powter
John Hogenbirk
If you are planning or undertaking revegetation using long-lived species such as trees then you should be giving some consideration to the environment they may experience in the future
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Doug Maynard
K. E. Hogg
E.F. Wass
M.P. Curran
Soil disturbance from forest harvesting has been shown to compromise site productivity. We established satellite trials in five of the Long-Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) sites in southeast British...
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Effects of amendments on growth of trees and grasses and establishment of mycorrhizae in coal and oil sands reconstructed soils
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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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Pedocan Land Evaluation Ltd.
Part 1 of this manual is a background and explanatory section that describes the terminology used in soil surveys and presents the assumptions and conventions upon which the interpretations are based
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Pedocan Land Evaluation Ltd.
Part 2 presents typical data and interpretations for each soil series in Alberta. The interpretations were made by applying the guidelines in Part 1, and checking the results against experience
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Erin Bayne
Cameron Nordell
Jesse Watson
Melynda Johnson
Adam Moltzahn
Janet Ng
The Ferruginous Hawk (FEHA) has been listed as an Endangered Species under the Alberta Wildlife Act by the provincial government since 2006 (Alberta FEHA Recovery Team 2009); and were re-listed as a...
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Reclamation of the land surface is what makes non-renewable resource developments sustainable. We must continue to strive to improve our science so that we can prove to regulators and the public that
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Technology Transfer Notes are a series of publications focusing on forestry research applications. Technology Transfer Notes offer new techniques, methods, tools and procedures, and deliver research...
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Twenty-year growth results reported for a series of trial sites in southeastern British Columbia indicated that interior spruce progeny, regardless of seed origin, grew faster (32%, on average) and...