Land Management Search Results
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Gerry Wheeler
Herman Vaartnou
Determine which native plant species might be useful in the revegetation of disturbed sites such as pipelines, cutlines and strip mining areas and collect seed for further studies
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Terry Macyk
Zdenek Widtman
Vern Betts
The Terrain Sciences Department of the Alberta Research Council has been conducting a reclamation research program at the operations of Smoky River Coal Limited in the Grande Cache area since 1972...
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The Alberta Research Council has conducted a surface mine reclamation research program at the operations of Smoky River Coal Limited near Grande Cache, Alberta since 1972. The overall objective of...
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Chris Powter
Richard Dixon
Nicolas Mansuy
Based on 115 respondents, the survey highlights that the R&R economy in Alberta is robust, with 2 056 employees working at least part-time and 1 488 fulltime equivalent positions.
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Barbara Darroch
Michelle Pahl
Byron James
Results of germination experiments can be affected by contamination of seeds by fungi and bacteria. Seed surface disinfection is a useful method of reducing seed contamination.
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Jay Woosaree
Marshall McKenzie
Seeding fescue grassland is often associated with low emergence and poor establishment. Alternative methods for re-vegetating fescue grassland include fescue plugs and the use of native hay. Each...
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This Fact Sheet provides basic information on germination, species description, ecology, agronomy, revegetation uses, and the market for nodding brome grass ( Bromus porteri), aka Porter's brome.
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In preparation for remediation and closure of the Faro Mine Complex (FMC), significant work has been completed to develop and test revegetation methods at the mine site. Development and implementation...
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Michael Wulder
David Roy
Volker Radeloff
Thomas Loveland
Martha Anderson
David Johnson
Sean Healey
Zhe Zhu
Theodore Scambos
Nima Pahlevan
Matthew Hansen
Noel Gorelick
Christopher Crawford
Jeffrey Masek
Txomin Hermosilla
Joanne White
Alan Belward
Crystal Schaaf
Curtis Woodcock
Justin Huntington
Leo Lymburner
Patrick Hostert
Feng Gao
Alexei Lyapustin
Jean-Francois Pekel
Peter Strobl
Bruce Cook
Since 1972, the Landsat program has been continually monitoring the Earth, to now provide 50 years of digital, multispectral, medium spatial resolution observations. Over this time, Landsat data were...
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Gordon Stenhouse
Karen Graham
The Foothills Model Forest Grizzly Bear Research Program was initiated in 1998 with the first year of fieldwork beginning in the spring of 1999. The impetus for undertaking this program resulted from...
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Robert Bott
Graham Chandler
Peter McKenzie-Brown
This book is written to help assess how effectively we have, or are, conserving our land base and providing the stewardship required to pass our legacy on to our progeny.
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This report is adapted from a brief that was delivered in May, 2021 to the Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship, an all-party committee of the New Brunswick Legislature...
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In 2017-2018, Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) partnered with the Canadian Forest Service - Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to develop a suite of extension products. These products...
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Jian Zhang
Scott Nielsen
Jessica Stolar
Youhua Chen
Wilfried Thuiller
We found that 368 species (24%) may lose on average > 80% of their current suitable climates (habitats), while 539 species (35%) were projected to more than double their current suitable range
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This glossary was prepared to provide those working in the field of reclamation in Alberta with a standardized set of definitions for reclamation terms.
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Julie Godbout
Marie-Claude Gros-Louis
Manuel Lamothe
Nathalie Isabel
The speed and magnitude of global change will have major impacts on riparian ecosystems, thereby leading to greater forest vulnerability. Assessing species’ adaptive capacities to provide relevant...
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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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Tracy McKay
Gordon Stenhouse
In 2010 and 2011, the Foothills Research Institute Grizzly Bear Program (FRIGBP) received funding from the Alberta Upstream Petroleum Research Fund (AUPRF) and other program partners to investigate...
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Tracy McKay
Karen Graham
Gordon Stenhouse
This report includes results from two years of research investigating grizzly bear response to oil and gas pipelines in the Kakwa region of west-central Alberta. We investigated grizzly bear habitat...
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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...