Land Management Search Results
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John Sprague
Douglas Holdway
Douglas Stendahl
Overall among the metals, vanadium was of moderate noncumulative toxicity. There should be an assessment whether aerial fallout of vanadium could create undesirable levels in slow-turnover lakes
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Alberta Environmental Centre
Determine the acute and subacute toxicity of bitumen from banks of the Athabasca River downstream of Fort McMurray to rainbow trout. Concluded bitumen was not acutely toxic to fish under dosage tested
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Mine depressurization water obtained from five wells on Lease 17 held by Syncrude Canada Limited, was examined for chemical composition and acute toxicity to two species of fish.
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Purpose of this project is to provide information regarding the acute lethality of oil sands mining and extraction plant wastewaters to fish. This Volume contains the backup data for Volume I.
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Dike filter drainage was acutely toxic to rainbow trout and brook sticklebacks. At the point of entry of the effluent, the sample was acutely lethal to rainbow trout and slightly toxic to sticklebacks
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Erin Bayne
Diana Stralberg
Amy Nixon
Use of ABMI samples to understand genetic variation and changes in genetic structure is identified as an area where ABMI data can be used to understand how biodiversity is adapting to climate change
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Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
This Research Agenda identifies research gaps and sets priorities for NRCan-CFS research over the next 5-10 years that will help Canada manage cumulative effects to support forest ecosystem resilience...
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The ABMI's Advanced Landcover Prediction & Habitat Assessment (ALPHA) program uses Earth observation data and spatial data science to map and monitor Alberta's natural landscape. All of the ABMI’s...
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This summary is part of a series designed to provide local governments with easy-to-access information to help with adoption of municipal natural asset management.
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Barbara Darroch
Surya Acharya
AEC Hillcrest awned slender wheatgrass l Elymus tichycaulus subsp. subsecandus (Link) Gould] is a-reclamation variety developed for use in reclaiming and revegJtating oisturtea sites in the mountains...
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Barbara Darroch
Surya Acharya
Jay Woosaree
AEC Mountaineer broadglumed wheatgrass, Elymus trachycaulus subsp. violaceus (Horneman) A. & D. Love, is a cultivar developed for reclaiming and revegetating disturbed sites at high elevations. It is...
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Natalie Shelby-James
Sarah Thacker
Chris Powter
Paul Fuellbrandt
Tomislav Hengl
Leandro Parente
Objective is to work collaboratively with soil data users to develop the Alberta Background Soil Quality System (ABSQS) as a tool to assist industry and government in environmental management
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The CLRA authorized formation of an Alberta Chapter in 1982 to serve as the umbrella organization for Annual Reclamation Conferences with a Program Committee consisting of representatives of the...
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Conservation and Utilization Committee
To be realistic we must therefore accept the fact that some pollution will enter the atmosphere. The basic question to be answered is: "How much can reasonably be allowed?"
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Alberta Health, Health Surveillance
Develop a data collection method for personal/population exposure assessment of exposure to sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxides, ozone, volatile organic compounds, particulates, and heavy metals
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Summarize surveys and some research of a distinctly applied nature and to describe the manner in which AOSERP was carried out. Extensive research will be required to develop a predictive capability
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Stuart Smith
A.S. Mann
Bob Hursey
Reid Seidner
B. Kasinska-Banas
Interim Report summarizes AOSERP research from April 1975 to November 1978. The investigations referred to herein involved over 100 researchers from government agencies, universities, and consultants
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Conservation and Utilization Committee
The research needs are set out in two groups – (1) describing existing hydrologic resources and (2) development impact studies. Within these two groups listing is in descending order of priority.
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The 2022 editions of the Alberta Tier 1 and Tier 2 guidelines will come into effect on January 1, 2023.
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The Natural Regions and Subregions classification represents the state-of-the-art in ecological land classification in Alberta. This classification provides a valuable baseline for resource management...