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This publication discusses the restoration of treed peatlands after disturbances caused by oil and gas activities, particularly in areas where seismic lines have been created. Seismic lines are...
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This Fact Sheet gives guidance regarding the use of native plant materials for revegetation of industrial developments in Alberta. A native plant is defined as a species occurring within its historic...
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Ryan O’Neill
Jeremy Dostie
Trevor Floreani
Jean-Marie Sobze
Jasmeen Kaur
Jeannine Goehing
Reclamation of industrial sites in Alberta’s forest settings requires the re-establishment of self-sustaining boreal forest ecosystems comprising native forest plant species. Considerable work has...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
This publication provides a valuable guide for reclamation practitioners and technicians through the documents that regulate plant deployment for reclamation in northwestern Alberta and to provide...
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Ryan O’Neill
Rielle Massey-Leclerc
Jean-Marie Sobze
Katie Bartman
Catherine Brown
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November
2020
This note describes detailed identification of Canada Buffaloberry and technique for collecting and processing Buffaloberry seed.
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
Upon abandonment, wellsites must be reclaimed to the standards as described in Alberta’s 2010 Reclamation Criteria for Wellsites and Associated Facilities in Forested Lands. The initial planning and...
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Tim Keddy
Derek Sidders
Carmela Arevalo
The Ellerslie Short Rotation Woody Crops (SRWC) Technical Development Site provided a unique opportunity to evaluate (from establishment to end-user) growth and yield, physical and chemical...
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Catherine Brown
The practice of mulching forested sites for industrial activities during winter operations is a useful construction practice as it minimizes soil disturbance by protecting the forest floor. However...
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Because natural resources development causes landscape disturbance, post-development site restoration requires an in-depth knowledge of previous conditions. What did the landscape look like before...
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Increasing use and/or degradation of ecosystems requires development of effective strategies for restoration. Urban developments, industrial uses, including mining, oil and gas and forestry, as well...
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Alberta Soils Advisory Committee
Land disturbances due to resource extraction and transport are intended to be only temporary disruptions to the normal use of land for food and fiber production or for recreation. Although no two...
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Aspen sucker production from root fragments was 3X higher at salvage/placement depth of 40 cm compared to 15 cm. Successful suckering occurred in root fragments with little damage in upper 20 cm soil
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
Vegetation management is critical to establishing desirable plant species and to achieving reclamation objectives. This resource is one of four technical notes on vegetation management for reclamation...
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InnoTech Alberta
University of Alberta
The InnoTech/UofA above ground mesocosm facility enables configurable, innovative approaches for assessing potential environmental and ecological impacts of industrial activities
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Differences in microtopography were associated with differences in plant species richness and composition between OSE pads and the undisturbed sites.
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The central goal of the Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment (BERA) program is to understand the effects of industrial disturbance on natural ecosystem dynamics, and to develop strategies for...
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A good simple and visually interesting web page/infographic that explains the importance of the different parts of the Porcupine caribou herd range. Ideal for younger audiences as a learning tool...
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G.D. Gann
T. McDonald
Bethanie Walder
J. Aronson
C.R. Nelson
J. Jonson
J.G. Hallett
C. Eisenberg
M.R. Guariguata
J. Liu
F. Hua
C. Echeverria
E.K. Gonzales
N. Shaw
K. Decleer
K.W. Dixon
The Restorative Continuum includes a range of activities and interventions that can improve environmental conditions and reverse ecosystem degradation and landscape fragmentation. The continuum...
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Authors
David McNabb
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanda Schoonmaker
The trafficking of soils by industrial equipment generally causes an increase in soil density and loss of soil structure. The effects of moderate to severe compaction and loss of soil structure on the...
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Authors
David McNabb
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanda Schoonmaker
Resource Date:
November
2012
The trafficking of soils by industrial equipment generally causes an increase in soil density and loss of soil structure. The effects of moderate to severe compaction and loss of soil structure on the...