Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Justin Riemer, Assistant Deputy Minister for Innovation and Advanced Education, Government of Alberta, talks about the importance of collaboration, networking and research to strengthen our provincial economy.
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This presentation talks about understanding the recovery and self-organization of Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) impacted stands.
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This presentation provides some basic methods for identifying grasses, forbs and wetland species in Alberta.
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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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Ray Chopiuk
S.E. Thornton
Several foothills/mountain coal mine waste dumps were selected for the purpose of evaluating the effects of final configuration on the amount of surface erosion occurring on those dump surfaces
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Hal Hamilton
M.V. Thompson
Linda Corkum
Report overviews major water quality patterns and trends for the Athabasca River and its major tributaries from 1970 to 1985 and compares water quality data with surface water quality objectives
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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 some areas the accelerated weathering of material disturbed by coal mining operations releases toxic concentrations of elements present. Also, water seeping through the mine waste may become quite...
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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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In the foothills of the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada, increasing socio-political conflict regarding feral horse management and significance of the ecological role now being played by horses...
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Grassland birds are among the steepest declining bird groups in North America, largely due to habitat loss associated with grassland conversion to cropland and shrub encroachment. To overcome this...
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The presentation discusses some of the relationships bison have with the species they share space and time with, with a focus on the northern mixed-grass prairie ecosystem. As a keystone species...
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Tracy McKay
Ellinor Sahlén
Ole-Gunnar Støen
Jon Swenson
Gordon Stenhouse
Oil and gas development is widespread in west – central Alberta, yet little is known about the potential impacts of oil and gas activities on grizzly bear habitat use. Focusing on the impacts of one...
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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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Jeffrey Green
Richard Salter
David Walker
Consolidate information on known methods of reclaiming wildlife habitat in the mountain and foothills biomes and to develop methods of assessing reclamation success for certification
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M. Nietfeld
J. Wilk
K. Woolnough
B. Hoskin
Summarize information to assist in defining species habitat relationships relevant to Alberta environments for a number of Alberta wildlife species to aid in developing habitat interpretation models
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Chris Johnson
Libby Ehlers
Dale Seip
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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Alberta Lake Management Society
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September
2013
The Alberta Lake Management Society has produced a workbook for groups to use when developing lake watershed management plans in this province.