Land Management Search Results
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Tim Keddy
Derek Sidders
Carmela Arevalo
The Ellerslie Short Rotation Woody Crops (SRWC) Technical Development Site provided a unique opportunity to evaluate (from establishment to end-user) growth and yield, physical and chemical...
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Milo Mihajlovich
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanda Schoonmaker
This resource is an excerpt from an issue of Canadian Reclamation (Issue 4, Vol 14) containing and article advising practitioners on best practices for vegetation management using the Life Cycle...
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Re-vegetation of land disturbances began in Alberta in the 1970’s and has evolved over time. The use of native plants to revegetate land disturbances in forested areas of Alberta is mandated by the...
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Nitrogen and complete fertilizer applications improved growth of white spruce on overburden sites. Fertilization did not, however, have an effect on lodgepole pine growth on tailings sand sites
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Both aspen and spruce grew on sites with very high salinity and pH deeper in the soil profile (i.e., 40-100cm), so long as surface soils were not highly saline and had adequate moisture and nutrients.
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This publication discusses the restoration of treed peatlands after disturbances caused by oil and gas activities, particularly in areas where seismic lines have been created. Seismic lines are...
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To make up for timber losses caused by fire, salvage logging of burned timber is an economically attractive option. Improved logging practices could promote the establishment of regeneration while...
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Forest floor mineral soil mix had significantly greater soil microbial functional diversity than peat mineral soil mix. CWD increased microbial biomass and microbial functional diversity in both soil
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Authors
Amanda Schoonmaker
Catherine Brown
In recent years, operators have been working towards the reclamation, and ultimately, certification of industrial disturbance sites. One challenge is aggressive colonization of agronomic vegetation...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
The Decision Support Systems (DSS) uses a scenario approach to guiding reclamation and restoration activities. This resource follows the Landscape Treatment Process for Forest Land (Upland). DSS are...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
The Decision Support Systems (DSS) uses a scenario approach to guiding reclamation and restoration activities. This resource follows the Soil Treatment Process for Forest Land (Upland). DSS are...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
The Decision Support Systems (DSS) uses a scenario approach to guiding reclamation and restoration activities. This resource follows the Vegetation Treatment Process for Forest Land (Upland). DSS are...
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The deeper soil salvage depth (40 cm) was better than the shallow salvage depth (15 cm) at establishing a forest understory plant community characteristic of the boreal forest.
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Resource Date:
August
2023
Learn how remote sensing and freely available datasets can help advance forest monitoring and management activities.
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Authors
D.R. Hoffman
C.H. Shaw
S.J. Kull
M.F. Voicu
C. McNalty
The Forest Floor Recovery Index (FFRI) aims to assess ecosystem recovery using changes in forest floor properties during stand development following reclamation. Modeled predictions from the Carbon...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Minimal disturbance is an approach to oil and gas development that aims to preserve the attributes of the original site as much as possible during development. Minimal disturbance practices include...
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Authors
Ryan O’Neill
Jean-Marie Sobze
Catherine Brown
Reed grass (Phragmites australis) is a 1.5 to 5 m tall perennial grass commonly found in riparian areas and along the edges of wetlands. The species establishes quickly over disturbed landscapes and...
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Resource Date:
April
2017
The Guide for Reclaiming Aggregate and Borrow Excavations to Water Bodies (The Guide) was prepared for Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) and is a is a presentation of current knowledge...
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Resource Date:
April
2017
This document is intended as a guide for reclamation of In Situ facilities in a peatland environment, specifically pad and road disturbances. Pilot studies conducted in Alberta were carried out by...
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Resource Date:
December
2018
This practitioner guide provides a user-friendly overview of the interactions between boreal wetlands and forests and what these interactions mean for forest managers working in Canada’s boreal.