Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Authors
Terry Macyk
Zdenek Widtman
Vernon Betts
The Alberta Research Council has conducted a surface mine reclamation research program in association with the operations of Smoky River Coal Ltd. near Grande Cache, Alberta since 1972. The main...
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This guidebook explains vegetation management tools and techniques. Natural Resources Canada Canadian Forest Service (NRCan-CFS) developed this guidebook to help with the successional restoration of...
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This article introduces scientific contributions to the special issue paper collection focusing on water and environmental management in oil sands regions. New hydrological insights for the region...
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Authors
Axel Anderson
Richard Mccleary
Sheena Spencer
Michael Wagner
Resource Date:
January
2018
This poster outlines the development of a watershed assessment procedure for the eastern slopes of Alberta. The process was developed with the Oldman Watershed Council, using the Oldman River Basin as a study site.
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Authors
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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Authors
Melanie Bird
Bin Xu
Jean-Marie Sobze
Amanda Schoonmaker
Line Rochefort
Reclaiming in-situ well pads built in peatland presents many challenges. Our project offers an innovative approach that removes the clay pad and geotextile, fluffs and re-profiles the buried peat...
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Authors
Michael Merchant
Alain Richard
Kevin Smith
Rebecca Warren
Rebecca Edwards
Adam Spitzig
Dan Fehringer
This research poster describes the Enhanced Wetland Inventory (EWC) and Boreal Wetland Classification System developed by Ducks Unlimited Canada. Presented at the NAIT 7th Seminar on Linear...
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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.
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Authors
Chris Stockdale
Quinn Barber
Marc-André Parisien
Resource Date:
April
2018
The boreal forests of Alberta have dense networks of seismic exploration lines which have been shown to contribute significantly to the decline in woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)...
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AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd.
Report provides a summary of wildlife habitat information for oil sands reclamation
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Authors
Chris Powter
Brian Eaton
Gord McKenna
Jason Fisher
On March 3, 2016 Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures (AITF) held a Workshop on Reclamation Planning for Wildlife Habitat on Oil Sands Mines. The goal of the Workshop was to review the current...
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Authors
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...
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Authors
Milo Mihajlovich
Pat Wearmouth
An effective, reliable and relatively inexpensive means to achieve the Alberta 2010 Reclamation Criteria for Wellsites and Associated Facilities in Forested Lands requirements is to plant seedlings...
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Alberta Lake Management Society
Resource Date:
September
2013
The Alberta Lake Management Society has produced a workbook for groups to use when developing lake watershed management plans in this province.