Wetland Knowledge Resources
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Stephanie Bascu
Christopher Spence
Wetlands that occupy topographic depressions are a defining feature of the Canadian Prairie. These features control hydrological connectivity as they contain high storage capacity relative to...
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Nirmela Govinda
Peter Groffman
Sarah Durand
Chester Zarnoch
Willis Elkins
Denitrification, the anaerobic microbial conversion of nitrate (NO 3 −), a common water pollutant, to nitrogen (N) gases, is often high in the soil of natural wetlands. In areas where natural wetlands...
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The resource link will access Part 1 of this presentation. Part 2 can be accessed here. John Pomeroy, professor at the University of Saskatchewan, talks about water supply resilience and flood risk...
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This 2016 talk provides an overview of some of the issues related to groundwater in Alberta.
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This talk summarizes the progression of water law and water rights policy in Western Canada and provides some possible solutions for current and emerging challenges.
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This presentation discusses water security, globally and locally, and how the oil and gas industry is the most adaptive to managing this issue.
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This 2012 presentation discusses environmental markets for ecosystem services.
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This talk focuses on glacier and mountain snow pack changes, and what that says about Alberta's water future.
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This 2012 talk presented the government's take on provincial water priorities, specifically in regards to the provincial wetlands policy.
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This talks presents an analysis of future water management challenges for Alberta at the 2012 Alberta Institute of Agrologists conference.