Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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The boreal mixedwood forest ecosystem includes both coniferous and deciduous tree species and is a common and widespread ecosystem in the Canadian boreal forest resulting from harvesting, forest fires...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
The Decision Support Systems (DSS) uses a scenario approach to guiding reclamation and restoration activities. This resource follows the Landscape Treatment Process for Forest Land (Upland). DSS are...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
The Decision Support Systems (DSS) uses a scenario approach to guiding reclamation and restoration activities. This resource follows the Soil Treatment Process for Forest Land (Upland). DSS are...
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December
2018
This practitioner guide provides a user-friendly overview of the interactions between boreal wetlands and forests and what these interactions mean for forest managers working in Canada’s boreal.
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
This flowchart outlines each step of the treatment process for forest land (upland) landscape as incorporated in the corresponding Decision Support Systems (DSS). View more tools by NAIT Centre for...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
This flowchart outlines each step of the treatment process for forest land (upland) soil as incorporated in the corresponding Decision Support Systems (DSS). View more tools by NAIT Centre for Boreal...
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Rough and loose surface treatments provide an effective way to control erosion and create conditions that promote the revegetation of the site. By creating topographic heterogeneity the rough and...
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Ryan O’Neill
Jean-Marie Sobze
Catherine Brown
Improving seed emergence and survival is one of the largest potential benefits for native boreal seed enhancement. Seed pelleting can increase seed size by multiple orders of magnitude, resulting in...
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David McNabb
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanda Schoonmaker
Minimizing the footprint of industrial operation on forest lands is an important goal for maintaining the integrity and sustainability of forest species and communities. Industrial operations and...
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The site-specific data gathered throughout the life cycle of an upstream facility provides the basis for the integrated environmental management principles commonly applied for the reclamation of...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
Upon abandonment, wellsites must be reclaimed to the standards as described in Alberta’s 2010 Reclamation Criteria for Wellsites and Associated Facilities in Forested Lands. The initial planning and...
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Catherine Brown
The practice of mulching forested sites for industrial activities during winter operations is a useful construction practice as it minimizes soil disturbance by protecting the forest floor. However...
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Increasing use and/or degradation of ecosystems requires development of effective strategies for restoration. Urban developments, industrial uses, including mining, oil and gas and forestry, as well...
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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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David McNabb
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanda Schoonmaker
The trafficking of soils by industrial equipment generally causes an increase in soil density and loss of soil structure. The effects of moderate to severe compaction and loss of soil structure on the...
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David McNabb
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanda Schoonmaker
Frozen soils are the most difficult soils to till and many cannot be plowed with RipPlows or require some specific practices to increase the probability of success. The depth of frozen soil that...
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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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The Forest Management and Wetland Stewardship Initiative
This practitioner guide is a user-friendly compilation of wetland best management practices that can be applied to incorporate wetland stewardship into forestry planning and operations.
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Melanie Bird
Bin Xu
Jeannine Goehing
Catherine Brown
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 prevented...