Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Time spent foraging on 18 different plant species was estimated for 4 wapiti during winter (February 14-27), spring (June 12-18) and late summer (August 2O-September 2). Creeping red fescue and hard...
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There is uncertainty related to the long-term consequences of reconstructing landscapes on Alberta’s specified lands. Alberta has over 100,000 wellsites that have been certified under evolving...
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In the latest episode of our webinar series, ABMI bryologist Krista Williams discusses why bryophytes are both fascinating and useful bioindicators, and why collecting data on bryophytes in the...
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Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are a threatened species federally and provincially in Alberta. Habitat restoration is critical to maintaining suitable habitat to support healthy...
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Boreal forests are regularly subjected to natural disturbances, which affect forest structure, composition, age distribution, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. Forest biodiversity shows continual...
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Whitebark pine and limber pine are unique, slow-growing tree species found in Alberta’s mountains and foothills. Populations are rapidly declining, due to several threats, from invasive disease to...
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Grasslands represent a major ecosystem in Alberta, and play a key role in supporting livestock grazing on both private and public land. Despite this, the current revenue streams provided by grasslands...
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Matthew Pyper
Kate Broadley
Jesse Tigner
Ken Byrne
Lori Neufeld
Jack O'Neil
Restoration of legacy seismic lines within woodland caribou habitat has received considerable attention in the last seven years in western Canada. Restoration programs have successfully transitioned...
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Chibuike Chigbo
Brad Pinno
Robert Albricht
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April
2019
Temporary Reforestation of Soil Stockpiles: Using Nature to More Effectively Achieve Future Land Reclamation Goals in a Forested Landscape Industrial disturbances, whether in the mining or oil and gas...
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In this episode of our webinar series, lichenologist Diane Haughland discusses the awesomeness of lichens, the ABMI's lichen research, and why collecting data on lichens in the province is important...
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The 2023 wildfire season in Canada is now the worst ever recorded, with over fifteen million hectares burned. In the last 65 years, only four other fire seasons in Canada have produced burned areas...
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Matthew Pyper
Jason Barrie
Jesse Tigner
Restoration of linear features is gaining significant momentum in the context of caribou conservation, and there is significant focus on this topic within the academic literature. However, the cost of...
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Authors
Matthew Pyper
Katalijn MacAfee
Matthew Pyper and Katalijn MacAfee present a lecture to the Canadian Institute of Forestry on the background of the 2 Billion Trees program and various silvicultural tools and practices to increase...
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Authors
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanada Schoonmaker
Line Rochefort
This article in Canadian Reclamation (Issue 1, Vol 12, pages 10-13) describes the wellsite clay pad removal and inversion technique applied by the NAIT Centre for Boreal Research in a peatland...
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Jay Woosaree
Marshall McKenzie
The 2010 Reclamation Criteria for Wellsites and Associated Facilities for Native Grasslands was released in June of 2011 to relieve then current backlog of processing Reclamation Certificate...
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Chris Stockdale
Quinn Barber
Marc-André Parisien
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April
2018
The boreal forests of Alberta have dense networks of seismic exploration lines which have been shown to contribute significantly to the decline in woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)...
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The objectives of the study are to provide recommendations on the most suitable methods for establishing and maintaining self-sustaining and productive plant communities in the Alberta tar sands area
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Milo Mihajlovich
Pat Wearmouth
An effective, reliable and relatively inexpensive means to achieve the Alberta 2010 Reclamation Criteria for Wellsites and Associated Facilities in Forested Lands requirements is to plant seedlings...