Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Monitoring and conservation of rare species, particularly in the boreal forests of northern Alberta, is a challenge due to knowledge gaps on distribution and abundance of species
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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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ohn Stadt, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, describes forestry management policy in Alberta specifically in regards to riparian zones in forests.
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Jay Mills, Vegetation Data Specialist with Jeodesy GIS, talks about LiDAR data and interpreting it for riparian vegetation.
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Dr. David Andison covers how our current practice of protecting riparian areas in forest areas is driving ecosystems to uniformity when natural riparian forest zones in Alberta's foothills are diverse.
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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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Derek Tripp reviews British Columbia's forestry riparian management planning and provides examples of how riparian assessments are made using BC's checklists and forms.
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The presentation discusses the role of taxonomy in biodiversity monitoring and how natural history museums can be involved
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The Alberta Flood Mitigation Symposium is bringing together experts, community representatives and Albertans to discuss ideas and best practices for flood mitigation. Note: This is a 5 hour video with...
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Wendy MacKeigan
Alex Mifflin
Tyler Mifflin
Samantha Blake
Jacob Thompson
Nick Koro
Resource Date:
November
2023
Canada's Boreal Forest is the largest intact terrestrial, ecosystem remaining on Earth. It is an irreplaceable stronghold of nature that benefits every corner of the planet, whether through its...
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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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Authors
Norman Allard Jr.
Tom Biebighauser
Resource Date:
February
2023
I am pleased to share the full short film The Wetlands. In 2017 Lower Kootenay Band began planning the restoration of a number of wetland impoundments created in the late 1960's to mid 1980's. Due to...
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George Sterling summarizes 30 years of research at the Tri-Creeks Experimental Watershed in west-central Alberta, south of Hinton, Alberta.
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This presentation discusses environmental contamination issues in the wetlands of Nova Scotia stemming from gold mining in the early 1900s and detection of contamination.
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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
2022
This 10-minute video will equip you with the knowledge to identify the different wetland classes found in Canada's boreal. Identification of wetland types is a first step toward conservation and a...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
Thick wood chips on a temporary access road through a peatland provided a unique operational opportunity to test an adaption of the peat inversion process. The thick layer of wood chips on top of...
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Geb Raygorodetsky
Cheryl Chetkiewicz
Ontario’s Far North is one of the world’s largest and most intact expanses of boreal forest and wetlands. The region has almost no industrial development today, but that could change with plans for...
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Corinne Schuster-Wallace
Robert Sandford
Stephanie Merrill
Chris DeBeer
Canada and the world are faced with unprecedented water-related challenges which impact our ability to meet many of the UN sustainable development goals. Climate warming and human actions are altering...