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Results of work done in 1976, the first year of a two-year study intended to evaluate and describe the baseline state of the fish resources of the Athabasca River downstream of Fort McMurray
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During 1977, the second year of a two-year study, the fish populations of the Athabasca Rive: were investigated in two general areas downstream of Fort McMurray from mid-April to early November
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Conservation and Utilization Committee
Alberta should regulate and control the Athabasca tar sands development for the socio-economic benefit of Albertans. Rate of development of 1 plant in every 4 years is consistent with present tecnolog
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Maurice Dusseault
Hal Soderberg
The post-reclamation subsidence of cast-back overburden is of interest to mining companies and regulatory agencies. Although subsidence may be of lesser concern than the prevention of soil degradation...
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Scientific Enquiry Committee
Evaluate impact of the GCOS tailings discharges on the Athabasca River, and to provide recommendations on any necessary action to be taken by Alberta Environment and Great Canadian Oil Sands Limited.
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Summary of the meteorological data collected by the meteorological tower network in the Gregoire Lake region of northeast Alberta during the spring and summer of 1979 to monitor impact of Amoco plant
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Breeding bird studies using the mapping method were combined with intensive habitat quantification to determine the relative values to breeding avifauna of 21 habitat types
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Stanley Van Dyke
Brian Reeves
In the course of the program, 7,608 shovel tests were excavated for the purpose of locating prehistoric sites in Syncrude's Bituminous Sands Lease No. 22.
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E.J. McCullough
Brian Reeves
This assessment was designed to locate and assess prehistoric and historic sites which might be present in the area between the Beaver and MacKay Rivers. Three prehistoric sites were recorded
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Describe, ananlyse, and interpret the socio-economic changes which had occurred in Fort McMurray from development of Suncor and Syncrude operations and assess changes in relation to development stages
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Streamflow in all basins influenced by the disturbance of muskeg. Where muskeg is removed and replaced by mineral soils, stream discharge will decrease during spring runoff and stormflow periods
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Hydrotechnical research in the Alberta Oil Sands has been oriented toward establishment of baseline (pre-development) environmental conditions and identification of contaminant transport mechanisms
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James Ryan
Gerald Hilchie
Representatives of 50 insect families were collected in sweep net samples, and additional families were observed to be present on the Suncor dike. Insect attacks were severe on conifer trees
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This report contains all the available suspended sediment discharge information for 1976 that was collected by Water Survey of Canada and by Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program (AOSERP)...
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This compilation report contains all the available 1977 suspended sediment concentration and particle size data collected in the Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program study area.
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Contains all available 1979 hydrometric data including daily discharges for streamflow stations with corresponding hydrographs and stage-discharge curves and water level information for gauged lakes.
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M. Hickman
S.E.D. Charlton
C.G. Jenkerson
Largest mean standing crops for the June to November period occurred in the Steepbank, Ells, and Hangingstone Rivers, while largest mean production rates occurred in the Ells and Muskeg rivers.
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12 to 40.% of streamflow during the late spring, summer and fall months consists of groundwater; the remainder comes from lake and muskeg drainage, as well as direct precipitation on stream channels
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Larry Turchenek
J.D. Lindsay
About 150 townships were field checked during the summer field season, and samples were taken from 44 mineral and 20 organic soil profiles
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Larry Turchenek
J.D. Lindsay
Samples were taken from eight mineral and eight organic soil profiles. In addition, samples of parent materials from eight mineral soil sites were taken for analysis.