Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Dean MacKenzie
Kevin Renkema
Resource Date:
December
2013
Reclamation of in-situ facilities poses several unique challenges in comparison to conventional oil and gas and oil sands mining. This document summarizes current knowledge and practices employed for...
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This document Is a guideline for the preparation of a Development and Reclamation (D & R) Application for a regulated pipeline
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Resource Date:
January
2016
Al-Pac is incorporating integrated land management approaches into forest operations, including opportunities for planning processes that consider disturbance a restoration across space and time.
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During the 1980's, environmental issues grew rapidly in importance, and more sophisticated modelling scenarios were developed as an aid in predicting the transport and persistence behaviour of...
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Chris Powter
Marshall McKenzie
Christina Small
The Government of Alberta has long been a strong proponent of the use of native species for land reclamation and restoration projects. In 1973 the Department of Agriculture began an evaluation of...
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Chris Powter
Marshall McKenzie
Christina Small
This version of the Inventory of Native Grass Seed Mixes in Alberta spreadsheet, released on October 27, 2017, was developed by Chris Powter (Enviro Q&A Services), Marshall McKenzie and Christina...
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Authors
Chris Powter
Marshall McKenzie
Christina Small
Resource Date:
December
2018
The Government of Alberta has long been a strong proponent of the use of native species for land reclamation and restoration projects. In 1973, the Department of Agriculture began an evaluation of...
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Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
Resource Date:
April
2021
This document was developed by CCME’s Cumulative Effects Working Group (CEWG).
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Gravel is a very valuable natural resource because of its many uses as a construction material. It is the basic component of concrete and asphalt and is used by itself wherever pervious materials are...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
This flowchart outlines each step of the treatment process for forest land (upland) vegetation as incorporated in the corresponding Decision Support Systems (DSS). View more tools by NAIT Centre for...
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Eric Post
Christian Pedersen
David Watts
Ecological rarity, characterized by low abundance or limited distribution, is typical of most species, yet our understanding of what factors contribute to the persistence of rare species remains...
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Authors
Jasmeen Kaur
Amanda Schoonmaker
Jean-Marie Sobze
Abstract: Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC. subsp. crispa (Aiton) Turrill (Betulaceae), commonly known as green alder or mountain alder, is a boreal shrub used to revegetate disturbed lands because of its...
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FPInnovations launched a multi-year study to determine whether a less-flammable, herbaceous species could replace the flammable grasses that typically colonize linear ROWs
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Objective - develop a collective understanding of the scope of sites impacted by soil sterilants (bromacil and tebuthiuron) and the specific challenges associated with their remediation and management
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The objective of this project was to conduct a comprehensive market assessment of the native plant industry
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Authors
Jennifer Barker
Darwin McNeely
Resource Date:
January
2016
TransCanada presents an account of pipeline construction methods implemented in the boreal regions of Alberta.
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Authors
Jack Kruse
Robert White
Howard Epstein
Billy Archie
Matt Berman
Stephen Braund
Stuart Chapin III
Johnny Charlie, Sr.
Colin Daniel
Joan Eamer
Nick Flanders
Brad Griffith
Sharman Haley
Lee Huskey
Bernice Joseph
David Klein
Gary Kofinas
Stephanie Martin
Stephen Murphy
William Nebesky
Craig Nicolson
Don Russell
Joe Tetlichi
Arlon Tussing
Marilyn Walker
Oran Young
Abstract How will climate change affect the sustainability of Arctic villages over the next 40 years? This question motivated a collaboration of 23 researchers and four Arctic communities (Old Crow...
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Patrick Walsh
Trevor Goward
Understanding the recovery rate of overgrazed lichen communities has value to mangers of lands in northern regions. We describe lichen community composition and present recovery rate measurements for...
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Ryan O’Neill
Jean-Marie Sobze
Catherine Brown
Improving seed emergence and survival is one of the largest potential benefits for native boreal seed enhancement. Seed pelleting can increase seed size by multiple orders of magnitude, resulting in...
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A program to develop genotypes of native Alberta species for reclamation of disturbed lands was begun at the Alberta Environmental Centre in 1983. As a part of this larger program a native grass...