Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Chris Powter
Richard Dixon
Nicolas Mansuy
Based on 115 respondents, the survey highlights that the R&R economy in Alberta is robust, with 2 056 employees working at least part-time and 1 488 fulltime equivalent positions.
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Barbara Darroch
Michelle Pahl
Byron James
Results of germination experiments can be affected by contamination of seeds by fungi and bacteria. Seed surface disinfection is a useful method of reducing seed contamination.
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Jay Woosaree
Marshall McKenzie
Seeding fescue grassland is often associated with low emergence and poor establishment. Alternative methods for re-vegetating fescue grassland include fescue plugs and the use of native hay. Each...
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Christopher Shank
Erin Bayne
The Alberta Ferruginous Hawk Recovery Plan 2009 – 2014 identifies climate change as a factor potentially threatening the recovery of the species in Alberta.
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A cooperative trial to test the use of vegetation to enhance treatment of soils contaminated with weathered petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) was initiated in 2002. Experimental protocols were adapted...
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Maurice Dusseault
Hal Soderberg
The post-reclamation subsidence of cast-back overburden is of interest to mining companies and regulatory agencies. Although subsidence may be of lesser concern than the prevention of soil degradation...
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Wayne Pettapiece
M.W. Dell
Intent is to provide a simple guideline to follow when dealing or confronted with problem soils that require alternative soil handling procedures, while meeting the main criteria of equivalent capabil
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A primary goal of this Guideline is to emphasize the long-standing preference for reclaiming and restoring public lands to the pre-disturbance land use type.
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Land Conservation and Reclamation Council
Regulatory expectations with respect to the detailed content of applications for approvals of surface disturbances and the reclamation of lands.
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Jeff Wilson
Scott Heckbert
Craig Aumann
Marius Cutlac
William Donahue
Mike Kennedy
Yongbo Liu
Daiyuan Pan
Wanhong Yang
The model documentation summarizes the data, variables and assumptions required to capture how water purification services are provided across landscapes in Alberta
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Sandra Landsburg
Karen Cannon
Available information indicates that overstripping and subsequent replacement of topsoil can produce horizon characteristics similar to plow depth characteristics resulting from cultivation
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Corey Scobie
Alan Marsh
Ryan Fisher
Erin Bayne
Troy Wellicome
Petroleum development has occurred at a rapid pace on the grasslands of Alberta and Saskatchewan. To avoid potential impacts of development on burrowing owls, federal and provincial governments...
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This document Is a guideline for the preparation of a Development and Reclamation (D & R) Application for a regulated pipeline
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North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance (NSWA)
This Integrated Watershed Management Plan (IWMP) lays out recommendations and an approach to manage the North Saskatchewan River (NSR) Watershed.
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Alberta Environment and Parks
Canada is a party to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, which identifies the conservation and restoration of biological diversity as a global priority. It is incumbent on the provinces and...
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Chris Powter
Marshall McKenzie
Christina Small
The Government of Alberta has long been a strong proponent of the use of native species for land reclamation and restoration projects. In 1973 the Department of Agriculture began an evaluation of...
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Chris Powter
Marshall McKenzie
Christina Small
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December
2018
The Government of Alberta has long been a strong proponent of the use of native species for land reclamation and restoration projects. In 1973, the Department of Agriculture began an evaluation of...
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Chris Powter
Marshall McKenzie
Christina Small
This version of the Inventory of Native Grass Seed Mixes in Alberta spreadsheet, released in December, 2018, was developed by Chris Powter (Enviro Q&A Services), Marshall McKenzie and Christina Small...
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Gravel is a very valuable natural resource because of its many uses as a construction material. It is the basic component of concrete and asphalt and is used by itself wherever pervious materials are...
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This document provides the full list of reports published by the Reclamation Research Technical Advisory Committee from 1979 to 1994