Land Management Search Results
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Resource Date:
November
2014
Jim Schieck discusses how cumulative effects are currently being assessed in Alberta.
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The resource link will access Part 1 of this presentation. Part 2 can be accessed here. Mark Tibbett's presentation is focused around one question: can we change the amount of carbon in soil through...
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This presentation discusses the importance of giving consideration to ecophysiology and silvics when aiming for successful stand rehabilitation after a Mountain Pine Beetle attack.
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This presentation discusses impacts of climate warming on the spatial and temporal trends in ecosystem productivity in North America.
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This presentation provides insight and understanding to how LiDAR data is used to produce digital elevation models and vegetation maps.
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This presentation discusses soil moisture estimation using polarimetric Radarsat-2 data and remote sensing as a fast, cost-effective method for mapping wide areas.
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This presentation discusses the keys to successful natural regeneration of serotinous pine, including adaptations, the value of fire and cone droppage, and current research being undertaken.
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This presentation talks about understanding the recovery and self-organization of Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) impacted stands.
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Authors
Kirk Andries
Jim Herbers
Dan Farr
Rick Schneider
Erin Bayne
Anne McIntosh
Bonnie Drozdowski
Rob Serrouya
Scott Nielsen
Mike Kennedy
Tom Habib
Resource Date:
October
2013
This set of presentations will introduce you to the wide range of research topics currently being undertaken by the ABMI. Speakers present the state-of-the-science and discuss the implications for Alberta’s land-use managers and policy makers.
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Resource Date:
March
2013
This presentation describes how the Alberta oil and gas industry decided to go with a oil/gas spill cooperative rather than having individual company spill response units.
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Resource Date:
March
2013
This presentation summarizes strategies Canada can learn from the U.K. about flood risk management.
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This introductory lecture at the seminar on Resiliency of Reclaimed Boreal Forest Landscapes discusses the two sides of the coin, ecosystem resilience and engineering resilience.
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Resource Date:
March
2013
This presentation discusses land-use as a tool to understand the drivers of water processes.
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Gerald Ontkean provides a history of the science of assessing soils for irrigation suitability from 1915 with the enactment of Alberta's Irrigation Act.
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This presentation discusses where ecological restoration and land reclamation intersect, the emergence of novel ecosystems and our role in responsible intervention.
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Resource Date:
November
2013
Jay Woosaree discusses fescue grassland site characteristics, different reclamation treatments, results and future plans.
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Resource Date:
March
2013
Lorne Fitch takes us on a tour through the natural regions of Alberta.
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This presentation describes the role of trembling aspen in Alberta's boreal forests, and lays out the process of reclamation when aiming for ecosystem resiliency.
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Jason House described the inverse relationship of soil carbon in peat-mineral soil mix and water stress on lodgepole pine growth on reclaimed oilsands tailing sands.
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Resource Date:
March
2013
This presentation outlines the current standards for allowable cuts in Alberta's forests based on the potential increases in flow rates and flow volumes after trees are harvested.