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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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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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This brief provides an overview of a toolkit that was created by the Indigenous Knowledge Circle of the NBCKC to support individuals and organizations seeking to learn how to do things differently...
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Robert Black
James Bruce
Mark Egener
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October
2010
This Guide by the provides and overview and step-wise process to assist local and regional governments in understanding the risks of predicted climate impacts and how to manage them.
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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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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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Sara Jane O'Neill
Stephanie Cairns
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September
2017
As the municipal infrastructure asset management process evolves, it will be critical to ensure that all community assets that may provide municipal services—lakes, wetlands, green spaces and trees as well as roads, bridges and buildings—are appropriately identified and managed.
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August
2023
Learn how remote sensing and freely available datasets can help advance forest monitoring and management activities.
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Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development Forestry Branch
Prompt renewal of harvested forest lands is an integral component of forest management. Forest renewal assessments are essential for measuring forest renewal success and developing sound forest...
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Gregory Richardson
José Otero
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December
2012
Land use planning is one of the most effective processes to facilitate local adaptation to climate change.
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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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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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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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January
2018
The Guide to Watershed Management Planning in Alberta provides advice on the steps to develop and implement a watershed management plan.
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November
2008
An overview of the process elements for compiling and evaluating existing and available information for the purpose of completing a broad-scale screening of the physical features, resources and conditions of a watershed.
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Alan Pollock
Amanda Schoonmaker
Jean-Marie Sobze
Jeannine Goehing
Poplars and willows are woody species that can be propagated by stem cuttings, and grow across a wide range of site and environmental conditions. Both poplars and willows are early successional...