Wetland Knowledge Resources

Northern peatlands are significant contributors to global biogeochemical cycles. In Canada alone, peatlands cover over a tenth of the land surface and store over half of the country’s terrestrial...

Presented by Kimberly Kleinke from the University of Waterloo The boreal forest of western Canada is fragmented by seismic lines created for oil and gas exploration. These linear disturbances have...

Featuring a variety of short presentations delivered by knowledgeable experts, this webinar showcases some of the exciting ways conservation researchers and practitioners are applying drones and UAVs...

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: The Wetland Atlas...

Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of Canada and the United States represent a unique mapping challenge. They are dynamic both seasonally and year-to-year, are very small, and frequently...

The Alberta Flood Mitigation Symposium is bringing together experts, community representatives and Albertans to discuss ideas and best practices for flood mitigation. Note: This is a 5 hour video with...

This public symposium covers Alberta's progress to improve its flood and drought resiliency, including the role of natural solutions. NOTE: This is a 4 hour video with multiple presenters

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: The role of...

Transpiration is a globally important component of evapotranspiration. Careful upscaling of transpiration from point measurements is thus crucial for quantifying water and energy fluxes. In spatially...

In light of the many potential benefits of Sphagnum farming and interest from the Canadian horticultural peat industry, some research projects to test small-scale Sphagnum farming approaches were...