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The Alberta Research Council, Inc. (ARC) has conducted a surface coal mine reclamation research program in association with the operations of Smoky River Coal Ltd. near Grande Cache, Alberta since...
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In 1941, the Canadian Forestry Service (CFS) established a commercial thinning trial in a 77-year-old lodgepole pine-dominated stand near Kananaskis, Alberta. Seventy percent of the total volume was...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
This report profiles Canada’s success in conserving forest biodiversity. It also assesses our progress in meeting commitments under the Canadian Biodiversity Strategy.
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Technology Transfer Notes are a series of publications focusing on forestry research applications. Technology Transfer Notes offer new techniques, methods, tools and procedures, and deliver research...
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Jean Beaulieu
Marie Deslauriers
An estimate of genetic diversity and its distribution in tree species is essential for implementing effective genetic resource conservation strategies and supporting the sustainability of forests. The...
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This glossary was prepared to provide those working in the field of reclamation in Alberta with a standardized set of definitions for reclamation terms.
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
This report profiles Canada’s success in conserving forest biodiversity. It also assesses our progress in meeting commitments under the Canadian Biodiversity Strategy.
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Graham Powell
Tannis Beardmore
The New Brunswick Gene Conservation Working Group was formed in 1997. The goal of the group is to develop gene conservation strategies for native New Brunswick trees and shrubs. The first step in...
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D.J.M. Williams
D.W. Langor
Methods for collecting and rearing parasitoids of larvae and pupae of Pissodes species are discussed. Illustrated keys are provided for the identification of 31 species of Diptera and Hymenoptera...
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It is generally recognized that plants are genetically adapted to the prevailing climate. Planting stock is often moved across environmental gradients with little knowledge of the ecological risks...
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L.M. McKinnon
A.K. Mitchell
A. Vyse
In forestry, the purpose of site preparation is to ameliorate environmental conditions which limit tree seedling survival and growth. In subalpine and boreal forests, low soil temperature in...
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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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One of the challenges of partial cutting operations is minimizing damage to residual trees. In these types of cuts, large pieces of forestry equipment must be manoeuvred in somewhat confined spaces...
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Native Plant Working Group
These guidelines provide a clear, consistent and integrated information package about using native plant materials throughout Alberta where the revegetation goal is to re-establish a native plant...
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AMEC Earth & Environmental Limited
Various methods have been developed and used to revegetate sites disturbed by oil and gas activities in Western Canada. Considerable information describing these methods and their effectiveness exists...
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Technology Transfer Notes are a series of publications focusing on forestry research applications. Technology Transfer Notes offer new techniques, methods, tools and procedures, and deliver research...
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The objective of this report is to determine if the current values for soil salinity, sodicity and pH need to be revised to reflect plant species’ tolerances for these soil parameters
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The cold climate and short growing season characteristic of the major oil and gas producing regions of western Canada make it particularly important to conduct phytoremediation research on plants...
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This report is a review of published literature on calcareous soils and their role in the productivity of coniferous forests in southwestern British Columbia and western Alberta. Definitions, origins...
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Julie Singleton
Judy Loo
John Foley
This manual provides management guidelines aimed at protecting biodiversity in ecologically sensitive sites found on private woodlots within the 420 000-ha Fundy Model Forest of southeastern New...