Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Paul Yeung
Richard Johnson
Commercially-produced enzymes were not effective in degrading oil in contaminated soil. Soil water repellency was reduced immediately by the enzyme treatment however it returned.
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David McNabb
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanda Schoonmaker
Resource Date:
November
2012
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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Allice Legat
Mary McCreadie
This report considers Tłı̨chǫ knowledge of the relationships that tǫdzı (boreal caribou) have with their habitat, including human and other-than human beings.
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Chris Powter
Tanya Richens
Andy Etmanski
Amanda Schoonmaker
Dean MacKenzie
At the 2023 Alberta Chapter, Canadian Land Reclamation Association annual conference, Chris Powter, Tanya Richens, Andy Etmanski, Amanda Schoonmaker, and Dean MacKenzie participated in a panel...
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Brenda Parlee
Natasha Thorpe
Tanice McNabb
A 2013 report on traditional knowledge of caribou in the Northwest Territories. It covers topics including the peoples’ relationship to caribou, populations and abundance, threats, and management...
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Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers
Marcel Kok
Over fifty years of global conservation has failed to bend the curve of biodiversity loss, so we need to transform the ways we govern biodiversity. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity aims to...
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Soil, a great and indispensable natural resource, is gradually carried away by wind action and erosion. Agricultural producers are aware of this, and many of them combat such factors by planting trees...
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Brenda Parlee
John Sandlos
David Natcher
Resource Date:
February
2018
The paper describes a “tragedy of open access” occurring in Canada’s north as governments open up new areas of sensitive barren-ground caribou habitat to mineral resource development. A growing body of science and traditional knowledge research points to the adverse impacts of resource development; however, management efforts have been almost exclusively focused on controlling the subsistence harvest of northern Indigenous peoples.
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Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement
The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement commits signatories to promote recovery of boreal caribou through regional caribou action planning across Canada. The following primer describes how the national...
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Rangifer tarandus (wild reindeer or caribou) is an abundant and widely distributed member of the deer family across the circum-arctic tundra and boreal forests. Rangifer through its sheer numbers has...
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K.A. Baldwin
Lorna Allen
S. Basquill
K. Chapman
D. Downing
N. Flynn
W. Mackenzie
M. Major
W.J. Meades
D. Meidinger
C. Morneau
J.-P. Saucier
J. Thorpe
Vegetation Zones of Canada: a Biogeoclimatic Perspective maps Canadian geography in relation to regional climate, as indicated by vegetation patterns. Compared to previous similar national-scale...
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Leanne Allison
Diana Wilson
This one hour and twelve minute 2004 video follows a couple who follow the migration of the Porcupine caribou herd. It was prompted by the threat of development in the calving grounds of the caribou...
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The resource link will access Part 1 of this presentation. Part 2 can be accessed here. Mark Tibbett's presentation is focused around one question: can we change the amount of carbon in soil through...
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The Etthén Heldeli (Caribou Eaters) documentary produced in 2018 follows Dene caribou hunters who rely on the Ahiak, Qamanirjuaq, and Beverly herds. This website contains several resources associated...
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This 1971 13 minute film from the Canadian Wildlife Service has some dated information, but good basic information on the lifecycle of the barren-ground caribou. This resource and others can be found...
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Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board
This 10-minute video is part three of the "You can make a difference" video produced by the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board. This resource and others can be found on the Northern...
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Fort Nelson First Nation Lands Department
Resource Date:
October
2020
In 2019 the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF) funded Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN) to implement the Caribou Habitat Restoration Fund (CHRF) Kotcho Lake Restoration Area project to benefit...
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Dr. Dan Pennock was a keynote speaker at the 50th Alberta Soil Science Workshop, Feb. 2013. Dr. Pennock provided a critical review of soil science education in Western Canada and job and research...
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Dr. Pennock completes his keynote address to the Alberta Soil Science Workshop by discussing the future challenges of soil science undergraduate and graduate education in Western Canada. In this...
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Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board
This 8-minute video is part two of the "You can make a difference" video produced by the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board. This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou...