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Reclaiming disturbed industrial sites involves many challenges, with undesirable vegetation posing an obstacle to establishing native, desirable plant cover. Chemical vegetation management is an...
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Cultural vegetation control is the targeted establishment of desirable species to displace or discourage undesirable species. Cultural control can be achieved using woody and non-woody species. In a...
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Ingress by undesirable vegetation can be an impediment to meeting reclamation objectives on industrial sites. Mechanical vegetation controls are a common component of an integrated vegetation...
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Planting is a highly reliable method to ensure the establishment of target species at desired densities on reclaimed sites. It allows direct control over the species, spacing and timing of...
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Vegetation management is a critical component of a successful reclamation program. Reclamation activities following industrial disturbances can make many sites vulnerable to ingress by undesirable...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Vulnerability to climate change of more than 170 of Alberta’s native species is assessed on the basis of exposure and sensitivity to change
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This infographic by the CCLM discusses mesocosms and the InnoTech Alberta Mesocosm Facility in Vegreville, Alberta.
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National Tree Seed Centre
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April
2022
Session one of the Scaling Up Seed Supply webinar series presented by the National Tree Seed Centre. This session focuses on the equipment needed to collect, clean, and store tree and shrub seeds...
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National Tree Seed Centre
This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre focuses on tree and shrub species that produce seed in the autumn and how to predict if they will produce a good seed crop. Species discussed...
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National Tree Seed Centre
This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre explains how to collect seeds from berry producing plants species. NTSC staff demonstrate protocols for handling and processing berries to...
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National Tree Seed Centre
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April
2022
This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre focuses on tree and shrub species at risk and how to properly and effectively collect and store their seeds for maximum reforestation potential...
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National Tree Seed Centre
This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre teaches the skills and practices needed for collecting seeds from tree species which produce seeds in the spring. NTSC staff discuss maples...
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Alvin First Rider
Emily Herdman
Brett Purdy
Alvin First Rider speaks about his nation's use western science alongside Indigenous Knowledge to bring buffalo back to their historical plains.
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These guidelines are designed to help land users minimize, or avoid, potential adverse effects on selected wildlife and wildlife resources when conducting activities on public and private lands within...
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This Fact Sheet gives guidance regarding the use of native plant materials for revegetation of industrial developments in Alberta. A native plant is defined as a species occurring within its historic...
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InnoTech Alberta
University of Alberta
The InnoTech/UofA above ground mesocosm facility enables configurable, innovative approaches for assessing potential environmental and ecological impacts of industrial activities
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As a consequence of climate change, current landscape patterns are unlikely to persist in the future. The types of ecological changes expected to occur as the climate warms are described
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This presentation was a part of the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada, Hydraulic Fracturing in Western Canada: an Environmental Perspective Forum, in May of 2014.
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Alvin First Rider
Justin Bruised head
Truman Big Swallow
Jamison Lucas Russell
Members of the Káínawa – or Blood Tribe – are applying training in western science, alongside their Indigenous Knowledge, to bring buffalo back to their historical habitat in southern Alberta, the...
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Bruce Peachey, president of New Paradigm Engineering Ltd, discusses the complexities of hydraulic fracturing in Alberta.