Wetland Knowledge Resources

"Why can't I grow here?" asked the Black Spruce Lelia Tuffner Athabasca University Seismic lines, narrow corridors cleared for oil and gas exploration, are common features in boreal Alberta. These...

Fens, groundwater-fed mires, are important hotspots of biodiversity, carbon storage, and water regulation, but many have been degraded through drainage for agriculture, reducing their...

The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: Wetland Cultural...

Since 2013, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (Agnico Eagle) and Story Environmental Inc. (SEI) have monitored surface water in the historic Cobalt/Coleman Mining Area. This study focuses on arsenic...

Hudbay has owned and operated a base metal mine and metallurgical complex in the Flin Flon area of northwestern Manitoba for over 90 years. Zinc and copper ores are processed from local mines and...

A restoration project has been conducted on two peatlands where access roads built from mineral material were constructed under power lines: at Sainte-Eulalie and Chénéville (in the Centre-du-Québec...

With most industrial water and wastewater treatment requirements, the objectives for treatment are relatively consistent. Typically they are separation and removal of colloidal particles, removal of...

The presence of sulfur oxidation intermediates (SOIs; e.g. S 2O 3 2-, SO 3 -, S0, etc.) in mining wastewater is a significant industry-wide concern because of the potential for acidification and...

Passive water treatment technologies are increasingly being considered for mine site closure in the Yukon. Efforts are currently underway in Yukon to test, compare and contrast passive treatment...

Constructed wetland treatment systems (CWTSs) can treat various contaminants in water when designed and executed in a scientifically guided manner. A site-specific CWTS is being developed for Capstone...