Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Mounding is a highly versatile technique for addressing site conditions that may limit forest recovery on a wide range of reclamation sites. The technique is particularly useful on wet and cool sites...
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A common goal of reclamation in the boreal forest is to establish diverse, native plant communities that are suited to the site's conditions and are on track to become a forest. Regeneration planning...
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Reclaiming industrial sites in Alberta's boreal forest is not always a straightforward process. The footprints left by infrastructure and equipment are often characterized by compacted mineral soils...
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National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium
Monitoring of the Threatened woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou ) boreal population (hereafter boreal caribou) presents many challenges, as boreal caribou are broadly distributed in densely...
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Authors
Bev Gingras
Chris Smith
Kylie McLeod
Leanne Mingo
This research poster gives an overview of the relationship between roads and wetland flow, discusses tips and tools for planning and outlines a case study of developed crossings. Presented at the NAIT...
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Resource Date:
December
2017
The primary objective of the Pilot is to establish and maintain a small breeding population of caribou in a fenced predator-free exclosure within their natural habitat in northeast Alberta. The intent...
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Authors
Richard Huang
Quinn Webber
Michel Laforge
Alec Robitaille
Maegwin Bonar
Juliana Balluffi-Fry
Sana Zabihi-Seissan
Eric Vander Wal
Resource Date:
February
2021
The interplay of predator encounters and antipredator responses is an integral part of understanding predator–prey interactions and spatial co-occurrence and avoidance can elucidate these interactions...
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Greniqueca Mitchell
Paul Wilson
Micheline Manseau
Bridgett Redquest
Brent Patterson
Linda Rutledge
Woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou) are threatened in Canada because of the drastic decline in population size caused primarily by human-induced landscape changes that decrease habitat and...
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Resource Date:
January
2016
The presentation reviews physical and functional disturbances, best management practices, and opportunities for project planning/design, construction, operation and infrastructure decommissioning.
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Orphé Bichet
Angélique Dupuch
Christian Hébert
Hélène Le Borgne
Daniel Fortin
Resource Date:
February
2016
With the intensification of human activities, preserving animal populations is a contemporary challenge of critical importance. In this context, the umbrella species concept is appealing because...
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Jennifer Barker
Darwin McNeely
Resource Date:
January
2016
TransCanada presents an account of pipeline construction methods implemented in the boreal regions of Alberta.
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Quinn Webber
Jack Hendrix
Alec Robitaille
Eric Vanderwal
During fieldwork on 30 May 2017, we observed an unmarked adult male caribou swim between two smaller islands, a distance of 470 m, which took approximately 9 minutes. Given that swimming is...
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Authors
Bonnie Drozdowski
Craig Aumann
Chris Powter
Report of a seminar to develop a collective understanding of the benefits and opportunities of Predictive Soil Mapping as they relate to Alberta
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Resource Date:
January
1994
Report of proceedings from a workshop to produce a strategic plan for developing a Watershed Assessment Model and identifying key project events.
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Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Fisheries and Land Resources
Resource Date:
April
2018
Newfoundland and Labrador is home to several herds of caribou; the island population, the migratory George River caribou (northern Labrador), and perhaps the most sensitive, the boreal herds of...
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Authors
Madeleine McGreer
Erin Mallon
Lucas Vander Vennen
Philip Wiebe
James Baker
Glen Brown
Tal Avgar
Jevon Hagens
Andrew Kittle
Anna Mosser
Garrett Street
Doug Reid
Arthur Rodgers
Jennifer Shuter
Ian Thompson
Merritt Turetsky
Steven Newmaster
Brent Patterson
John Fryxell
Resource Date:
December
2015
The relationship between selection at coarse and fine spatiotemporal spatial scales is still poorly understood. Some authors claim that, to accommodate different needs at different scales, individuals...
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Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Resource Date:
October
2000
This technical guide is intended for use in the municipal policy and development process under the Planning Act.
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Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
Soil management, or soil conservation, deals with some aspect of protecting soil resources and using soils in a sustainable manner.
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Authors
Fabien St-Pierre
Pierre Drapeau
Martin-Hughes St-Laurent
Resource Date:
February
2022
By showing which forest roads are more used by caribou predators (wolves and bears) and its apparent competitor (moose), our study highlights the importance of considering both road-scale characteristics and the landscape context in which roads are built to prioritize the most detrimental roads to caribou conservation and guide efficient restoration efforts of its habitat.
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Resource Date:
January
2016
This presentation provides an overview of Manitoba Hydro's planning through to operations approach to wetland mitigation on their rights of ways.