Wetland Knowledge Resources

In Canada, one of the major challenges associated with infrastructure development has been the need to maintain a balance between planned urban growth and expansion of services without compromising...

The Severn Sound Remedial Action Plan (SSRAP) identified degraded fish habitat in Penetang Bay in an area with submerged wood waste from historic lumber industry activities. The adjoining shoreline...

The Caledon Creek and Credit River Subwatershed study is a three-phased assessment that details the environmental and water related issues. These subwatersheds have been undergoing increasing...

Cameco Corporation's Contact Lake Operation was a small gold mine and mill located in central Saskatchewan approximately 45 km northeast of La Ronge. Untreated tailings slurry from the cyanide leach...

Ecosystem-based management is not a new concept but its widespread acceptance and implementation by resource managers in Saskatchewan has just begun. It involves both conservation of resources to...

The Kingsmere River (54.03°N, 106.42°W), located within Prince Albert National Park, flows approximately 3 km from Kingsmere Lake to Waskesiu Lake. It is a river in name only, and would be better...

The Spray Lakes Reservoir, located 16 km south of Canmore, is in the subalpine ecoregion of Kananaskis Country. Developed in 1951 after the construction of Three Sisters and Canyon Dams, the Reservoir...

Native plant species provide attractive wildlife cover. Once established, native species are long-lived, self-propagating and inexpensive to maintain. Revegetation using native species is consistant...

Natural revegetation of peatlands after horticultural peat extraction, which hasn't been previously documented in Alberta, is described herein in relation to feasibility as a reclamation option. A...

Coursier Lake is a 200 hectare(ha) reservoir situated at 1270 metres(m) above sea level approximately 45 kilometres south west of the City of Revelstoke. The dam was built in 1963 by the City of...