Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Resource Date:
January
2016
Canada’s forested landscapes feature numerous wetlands, such as fens, bogs and swamps, which present environmental and operational challenges during the planning, construction and maintenance of...
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Dr.Rick Bonar describes how riparian mapping is used to define riparian ecological areas and the management strategy for those areas.
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This presentation discusses SAR/InSAR water extent mapping, mapping vegetation as water, and how water mapping changes in the wetlands.
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Resource Date:
January
2016
In 2015, SaskPower rolled out an Environmental Best Management Practices (BMP) Manual for linear Transmission, Distribution and Fibre optic construction, maintenance and operations. The objectives of...
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Resource Date:
March
2013
This presentation describes the process of monitoring and analyzing the impact of stormwater discharge from the City of St. Albert on the Sturgeon River.
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Resource Date:
March
2013
This presentation covers how severe an oil spill the 2012 event on the Red Deer River system was and the impacts over time.
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On 19th June 2023, BirdWatch Ireland hosted an online presentation by Dr. Flo Renou Wilson, peatland expert from University College Dublin. Participants included members of different organisations...
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This presentation describes the process of delineating, extracting and mapping small bodies of water in a SAR image.
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Resource Date:
March
2013
This presentation reviews the guides and handbooks that have been developed for Alberta's Watershed Planning Advisory Councils to aid them in their watershed reporting and watershed planning.
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At the April 2012 conference for the Alberta Institute of Agrologists, David Trew - Executive Director of the North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance (NSWA) - delivered a presentation about the process of developing an integrated watershed management plan.
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Resource Date:
March
2017
This presentation provides an introduction to the Peatland Restoration program at the NAIT Boreal Research Institute and the program's current research.
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The February 2020 Wetland Best Management Practice Knowledge Exchange webinar. Dr. Cherie Westbrook with the University of Saskatchewan discussed the role and importance of beavers as ecosystem...
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This ongoing project characterized changes and early responses in biodiversity and environmental conditions along seismic lines in relation to the adjacent forest.
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Resource Date:
April
2018
This presentation provides an introduction to the Boreal Water Futures program.
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The Mackenzie River Basin, encompassing much of boreal Alberta, is the third largest boreal peatland region in the world and the region is warming at rate much greater than the global average. Climate...
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Cold Lake First Nation has been working with the Airshed and Watershed Stewardship Branch in the Indigenous Lake Monitoring Program since 2017. The long-term goal of this program is to support shared...
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Resource Date:
September
2018
Oil sands mining in Alberta has disturbed large areas of peatlands, the dominant regional ecosystem type, and no formal strategies exist to reconstruct the landscape. Peatland reclamation is...
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This webinar introduces the guiding principles, objectives, and planning considerations for wetland stewardship, and discusses how these concepts can be applied in the context of forest management.
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Resource Date:
January
2019
This presentation highlights ongoing research in northern Alberta examining peatland carbon and greenhouse gas exchange as a measure of peatland ecosystem function.
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This presentation covers effects of peatland fire on permafrost stability, consequences of permafrost thaw on greenhouse gas exchange, and opportunities to learn from natural disturbances.