Land Management Search Results
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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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Robert Black
James Bruce
Mark Egener
Resource Date:
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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The Government of Alberta (GoA) is committed to maintaining jobs, building local economies, and supporting strong communities while conserving and wisely managing our public lands. An important part...
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The Government of Alberta (GoA) is committed to maintaining jobs, building local economies, and supporting strong communities, while conserving and wisely managing our public lands. An important part...
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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
Resource Date:
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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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
Resource Date:
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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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:
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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Resource Date:
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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Authors
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...
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Jeannine Goehing
Çağdaş Kera Yücel
Technical Note #26: 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...
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Authors
Ann Smreciu
Simon Landhäusser
Eckehart Marenholtz
Jean-Marie Sobze
Kimberly Gould
Florence Niemi
Amanda Schoonmaker
Production of aspen plants can be done in two ways; from root cuttings or from seeds. The former method is used to produce plants of a specific clone; and is generally used when selecting for high...
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Eckehart Marenholtz
Jean-Marie Sobze
Ann Smreciu
Alberta’s forest land reclamation criteria require the establishment of multi-strata vegetation that includes a shrub layer. Establishment of a shrub layer requires the acquisition of seed from a...
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Jeannine Goehing
Çağdaş Kera Yücel
The 2010 reclamation criteria for forested lands requires the establishment of both native woody and herbaceous species, while controlling undesirable and noxious weed species, to reclaim industrially...
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Government of British Columbia
This primer is for staff of local governments in BC and is intended to help them capitalize on the real and immediate benefits of managing their natural assets.