Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Nadia Rochdi
J. Zhang
Karl Staenz
X. Yang
D. Rolfson
J. Banting
C. King
R. Doherty
Scope of the project is to develop a geomatics-based monitoring system to support the Government of Alberta’s efforts for monitoring reclamation success. Software will support decision making process
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Measuring variability in natural processes requires rigorous data collection and could increase the cost of environmental monitoring for oil and gas operators. Recent advances in remote-sensing and...
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Laureen Echiverri
Ellen Macdonald
Scott Nielsen
Treed peatlands are dominated by bryophytes, particularly Sphagnum spp., which create the characteristic hummock-hollow microtopography. This, in turn, shapes the distribution of bryophyte communities...
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Produce mycorrhizal jack pine seedlings in the greenhouse and initiate a field study on the Syncrude dyke on the effect of different ectomycorrhizal fungi on the growth of jack pine
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4-year project to collect, multiply, evaluate, and select native legume species for inclusion in a native seed mixture being developed at AEC for reclamation in the mountains and foothills
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Slightly more invasion occurred on oil sands tailings sand sites seeded to native grasses and legumes, but much more invasion occurred on non-seeded sites
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Native Plant Working Group
These guidelines provide a clear, consistent and integrated information package about using native plant materials throughout Alberta where the revegetation goal is to re-establish a native plant...
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Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd.
There are a large number of oil and gas sites with salts in soil that exceed one or more generic guideline values. The nature of generic guidelines is that, by definition, they do not uniquely...
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Nature-based Solutions leverage nature and the power of healthy ecosystems to protect people, optimise infrastructure and safeguard a stable and biodiverse future. Explore topics related to Nature...
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
Resource Date:
November
2023
Cassandra Chabot-Madlung, County of Grande Prairie presents - Wetland Replacement Program: How it Started & Who Can Participate This is a Municipal viewpoint of Alberta Environment and Protected Areas...
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Keith Jones
David Forrest
While the Challenge Paper intended to focus on a few key aspects of the reclamation challenge for mining in the oil sands area, it ended up provoking a wide range of reactions
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Oil Sands Research and Information Network
138 potential oil sands challenges, categorized based on a set of criteria and solutions to the most pressing ones. About 84% of the challenges identified were expected to occur in the next 5 years
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Richard Johnson
P. Bork
E.A.D. Allen
W.H. James
L. Koverny
The experiments detailed in this report show that it was possible to increase the solids content of sludge to 50% solids by adding three parts sand (tailings sand) to one part sludge.
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Treatment plots were established on the Syncrude mine site to test the effect of a variety of mixtures of peat, mineral overburden, and tailings sand on establishment of trees and shrubs
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Research plots were constructed on the Syncrude mine site at Mildred Lake to test effect of thickness and quality of replaced soil over tailings sand on the performance of trees and shrubs
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Dendrochronology study of the relationship between climate and tree growth in the sub-boreal region, an aspatial analysis of habitat suitability for 10 wildlife species, and water stress risk analysis
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Model suggests tree productivity in region may be enhanced through much of the 21st century as a result of improvement in the thermal regime and potentially an overall increase in available moisture
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Model projections of tree regeneration under climate change on actual oil sands reclamation materials, and comprehensive model analysis of the risks to ecosystem productivity from climate change
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Reclamation and revegetation of boreal sites disturbed by oil exploration depend on the availability of topsoil salvaged on-site during the disturbance. For successful reclamation, current regulations...
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Oil Sands Research and Information Network
Did You Know series was a means of highlighting interesting current and historical facts about development, economics and environmental management related to the oil sands.