Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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John Pedlar
Daniel McKenney
Emily Hope
Sharon Reed
Jon Sweeney
Oak wilt is a disease that kills oak trees and is caused by a fungus named Bretziella fagacearum. Though not currently found in Canada, our distribution models indicate that suitable climate...
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Arctic ecosystems are undergoing rapid environmental transformations. Climate change is affecting permafrost temperature, vegetation structure, and wildlife populations, and increasing human...
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Brendan Mackey
Carly Campbell
Patrick Norman
Sonia Hugh
Dominick DellaSala
Jay Malcolm
Mélanie Desrochers
Pierre Drapeau
The Canadian boreal forest biome has been subjected to a long history of management for wood production. Here, we examined the cumulative impacts of logging on older forests in terms of area...
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Resource Date:
March
2021
This report describes an assessment of the evidence for a conservation breeding program being proposed by Parks Canada to recover threatened woodland caribou populations in Jasper National Park. This...
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There is an existing gap in knowledge on the economic impacts of caribou recovery measures on forestry activities and non-renewable resource extraction. To address this knowledge gap, this project...
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Government of Northwest Territories
Two-page summary of research on the impacts of caribou declines on several communities in northern NWT.
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The cold climate and short growing season characteristic of the major oil and gas producing regions of western Canada make it particularly important to conduct phytoremediation research on plants...
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Olaf Niemann
Fabio Visintini
Changes observed in the foliage of trees killed by bark beetles are usually described in terms of stages that have been related to a specific timeframe. The “green attack” stage is the period of time...
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Caroline Dolant
B. Montpetit
A. Langlois
L. Brucker
O. Zolina
C. A. Johnson
A. Royer
P. Smith
Resource Date:
April
2018
Study investigates a die-off of 50 Arctic Barren Ground caribous on Prince Charles Island (Nunavut, Canada), in the summer of 2016, using passive microwave observations.
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Alejandro Aleuy
Michele Anholt
Karin Orsel
Fabien Mavrot
Catherine Gagnon
Kimberlee Beckmen
Steeve Côté
Christine Cuyler
Andrew Dobson
Brett Elkin
Lisa-Marie Leclerc
Joëlle Taillon
Susan Kutz
Resource Date:
August
2022
Several caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) populations have been declining concurrently with increases in infectious diseases in the Arctic. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, a zoonotic bacterium, was first...
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This 1971 30 minute film follows a Netsilik Inuit family from Pelly Bay (now Kugaaruk) in Nunavut, including skinning caribou. There is no narration or subtitles, the whole piece is in the local...
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There is insufficient functional habitat to maintain and increase current caribou distribution and population growth rates within the Athabasca Landscape area. Boreal caribou will not persist for more...
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Alberta Forestry, Lands and Wildlife, Resource Planning Branch
To alleviate potential adverse effects on the environment from the proliferation of linear facilities, the multiple use corridor concept has been accepted by FLW as a feasible remedy
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Athabasca Tar Sands Corridor Study Group
There has been much discussion and considerable debate regarding feasibility of combining multiple pipelines, electric-power transmission lines, highways, railroads and communication systems in a
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Athabasca Tar Sands Corridor Study Group
Transportation corridor connects oil sands resources of the Athabasca area to a new major provincial terminal serving as a central hub for additional corridors radiating out to industrial facilities
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Stewart Weir Stewart Watson & Heinrichs
Existing Facilities Location of Transportation Facilities Pipeline and Powerline Impact Rural Agricultural Area The Environmental Impact Analysis Corridor Cross-Section Cost Analysis Inter-Party Respo
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Stewart Weir Stewart Watson & Heinrichs
A 16 page questionnaire was prepared and sent to some six hundred landowners in the area from Fort Saskatchewan north to Atmore (120 responded); public meetings were held in 7 locations
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Stewart Weir Stewart Watson & Heinrichs
Technical meetings were held to obtain pertinent information from these people to complete specific parts of the study: Calgary Technical Group, Calgary Industry Seminar, Edmonton Study Group
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Athabasca Tar Sands Corridor Study Group
Contains the following chapters: SUPPLY & DEMAND - Seaton-Jordan & Associates Ltd. URBAN GROWTH IMPLICATIONS OF CORRIDOR TERMINAL LOCATION - K.C. Mackenzie Associates Ltd. IMPACTS OF PETROCHEMICALS ON...
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Enrique Doblas-Miranda
Daniel Kneeshaw
Phil Burton
Barry Cooke
Marie-Josée Fortin
David MacLean
Rongzhou Man
Michael Papaik
Brian Sturtevant
Insect outbreaks are natural and recurring disturbances that have a greater impact on wood-fibre supply than wildfires. Proactive rather than reactive management strategies provide the best...