Land Management Search Results
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This study examined three pervasive issues that impacted native ecosystems. Numerous land use practices including oil and gas activities have led to the modification of native grasslands both the...
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Oil Sands Research and Information Network
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Develop common understanding of the current knowledge regarding groundwater resources, groundwater-surface water interactions in the oil sands area, ongoing applied research, monitoring and impacts
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Winter planting of frozen black spruce seedlings was studied in a northern Alberta wetland supported by the Oil Sand Leadership Initiative (OSLI) Land Stewardship Working Group, comprised of...
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Janice Paskey
Gillian Steward
A clear majority of journalists said that there are many stories about the oil sands that go unreported and many of these unreported stories have to do with environmental issues
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David McNabb
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanda Schoonmaker
The trafficking of soils by industrial equipment generally causes an increase in soil density and loss of soil structure. The effects of moderate to severe compaction and loss of soil structure on the...
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David McNabb
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanda Schoonmaker
Resource Date:
November
2012
The trafficking of soils by industrial equipment generally causes an increase in soil density and loss of soil structure. The effects of moderate to severe compaction and loss of soil structure on the...
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Authors
David McNabb
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanda Schoonmaker
Frozen soils are the most difficult soils to till and many cannot be plowed with RipPlows or require some specific practices to increase the probability of success. The depth of frozen soil that...
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Video tutorial that lays out the field sampling process for reclaimed wetland assessment from start to finish in easy-to-follow steps and visually clarifies how protocols should be enacted
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Resource Date:
March
2012
This presentation discusses the different ways that LiDAR data can be effectively used in forestry management applications.
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Resource Date:
March
2012
Barry White discusses the ways LiDAR is being used by departments within the government of Alberta.
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Resource Date:
March
2012
This presentation discusses ways that LiDAR data can be used in forestry management, including for mapping mountain pine beetle infestations.
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Resource Date:
March
2012
This presentation discusses using airborne LiDAR data on monitoring projects with the federal and provincial government. Data collection and data extraction are reviewed.
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Resource Date:
March
2012
This presentation discusses how to use LiDAR data, in particular for forestry, but also for other government and industry applications.
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Resource Date:
March
2012
Jae Ogilvie presents on his group's research related to the use of Wet Areas Mapping data to predict the flow of contaminants from the Rainbow pipeline spill in northern Alberta in 2011.
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Alexey Klyashtorin
Tamara Yankovich
The Gunnar Mine site is part of a cleanup project, Project CLEANS (Cleanup of Abandoned Northern Sites), managed by the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC). Significant progress was made at Gunnar...
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Resource Date:
March
2012
This presentation discuss a pilot project done with Spray Lakes Sawmill FMA related to doing plot inventories using LiDAR.
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Janice Cooke
Nadir Erbilgin
Maya Evenden
This presentation reports on the TRIA project, as well as research in pine response to fungal infection and simulated MPB attacks, as well as measuring mountain pine beetle dispersal.
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Brian Sawyer
Phil Mackenzie
Resource Date:
March
2012
Brian Sawyer and Phil Mackenzie discuss how GOA decided to acquire LiDAR data, the value it has to various government departments, and how it is being used.
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Resource Date:
March
2012
This presentation discusses some of the issues with data collection and analysis that could lead users to require standards.
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Resource Date:
March
2012
This presentation discusses how Alberta Parks uses LiDAR data to inform decision-making in their land management activities.