Land Management Search Results
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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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Bruce Peachey, president of New Paradigm Engineering Ltd, discusses the complexities of hydraulic fracturing in Alberta.
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Susan Stuver, Research Scientist for Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources, discusses the development of advanced analytical methods for open path systems
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There is uncertainty related to the long-term consequences of reconstructing landscapes on Alberta’s specified lands. Alberta has over 100,000 wellsites that have been certified under evolving...
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Tracy McKay
Ellinor Sahlén
Ole-Gunnar Støen
Jon Swenson
Gordon Stenhouse
Oil and gas development is widespread in west – central Alberta, yet little is known about the potential impacts of oil and gas activities on grizzly bear habitat use. Focusing on the impacts of one...
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Guide to answer: • Why has there been a shift in how we manage woody materials? • How can woody materials be managed effectively on sites? • What do effective woody material applications look like?
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Ann Smreciu
Kimberley Gould
Stephanie Wood
Oil sands reclamation guidance documents include lists of potential reclamation species and their characteristics - This report consolidates and updates profiles for 98 of these species
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Paul Pickell
David Andison
Nicholas Coops
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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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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Literature review provides an understanding of ecological resilience as a concept to promote successful land reclamation in Alberta’s mineable oil sands region
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Corey Scobie
Alan Marsh
Ryan Fisher
Erin Bayne
Troy Wellicome
Petroleum development has occurred at a rapid pace on the grasslands of Alberta and Saskatchewan. To avoid potential impacts of development on burrowing owls, federal and provincial governments...
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Hedwig Lankau
Erin Bayne
Craig Machtans
The boreal forest of western Canada is being dissected by seismic lines used for oil and gas exploration. The vast amount of edge being created is leading to concerns that core habitat will be reduced...
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David Polster
Chris Powter
Proceedings of the 2013 Northern Latitudes Mining Reclamation Workshop and 38 th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association. Whitehorse, Yukon, September 9 – 12, 2013
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Matthew Pyper
Chris Powter
Tim Vinge
For reclaimed lands to be considered self-sustaining they should respond to natural and anthropogenic disturbances in a similar manner to how an analogous undisturbed landscape might respond
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Janice Paskey
Gillian Steward
A. Williams
In the last 10 to 15 years, global issues such as climate change, indigenous rights, pollution of the air and major waterways, and sustainability have become embedded in the oil sands discourse
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I will introduce ABMI’s Ecological Recovery Monitoring program, which is establishing long-term monitoring protocols to assess ecological recovery at certified reclaimed wellsites across Alberta
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Determining appropriate indicators for measuring and monitoring reclamation success and ecological recovery rates can be challenging and often involves trade-offs.
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Jason Fisher is the Senior Research Scientist in Wildlife Ecology for Alberta Innovates and his presentation is about White-tailed deer in boreal Alberta. White-tailed deer are expanding their...