Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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This field guide is designed as a stewardship tool primarily for forest harvesters, woodland managers, and private woodland owners working in Nova Scotia.
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The analysis of bear-human interactions in the AOSERP study area indicated that the major conflict arises from nuisance bears attracted to areas by garbage
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Summarize surveys and some research of a distinctly applied nature and to describe the manner in which AOSERP was carried out. Extensive research will be required to develop a predictive capability
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Authors
Stuart Smith
A.S. Mann
Bob Hursey
Reid Seidner
B. Kasinska-Banas
Interim Report summarizes AOSERP research from April 1975 to November 1978. The investigations referred to herein involved over 100 researchers from government agencies, universities, and consultants
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Pesticide Chemicals Branch of Alberta Environment conducted a monitoring program in 1979 related to two methoxychlor treatments of the Athabasca River for black fly (Simulium arcticum) control.
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The use of methoxychlor in the Athabasca River to control black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) larvae was monitored in 1980. Effective control of black fly was observed for a distance of 60 km
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Population reductions of non-target organisms in the Athabasca River due to methoxychlor was limited for the May 20/21 treatment but was considerable for the June 19 treatment.
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This report, prepared by Associated Environmental (Associated) on behalf of Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), documents the benefits and limitations of bioengineering and conventional...
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This report is intended to provide some adaptation strategies that are focused on management of Burrowing Owls in the face of a changing climate.
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Program to address the extensive problems of biting flies in agriculture and provide information for management of black flies that occur during development of resource and recreational industries
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This document contains 21 technical reports supporting the chemical control of S. arcticum in the Athabasca River program studies.
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Authors
Terry Larsen
A. Sorensen
C. McClelland
Gordon Stenhouse
To understand how oil and gas activities and access control measures, particularly gates, influences grizzly bears and their habitats in Alberta, we used multiple data sources including spatial layers...
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Authors
Ryan Fisher
Troy Wellicome
Erin Bayne
Ray Poulin
Danielle Todd
Adam Ford
Frequency and intensity of extreme weather has increased against a backdrop of anthropogenic land change. Extreme rainfall during the breeding season reduced reproductive success of burrowing owls.
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Resource Date:
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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Resource Date:
November
2008
An overview of the process elements for compiling and evaluating existing and available information for the purpose of completing a broad-scale screening of the physical features, resources and conditions of a watershed.
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Authors
Terry Antoniuk, John Nishi, Rochelle Harding, Lynn McNeil, Karen Manuel
Resource Date:
March
2016
The Caribou Predator Fencing Pilot project (the Pilot) is a tool developed by Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) Land Environmental Priority Area (Land EPA) for caribou recovery. The...
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Authors
Shauna-Lee Chai
Amy Nixon
Scott Nielsen
Assessed 16 potentially new invasive plant species not yet present in Alberta for their invasiveness and climate change-related risk
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Alberta Health, Environmental Health Services Division
On May 30, 1968 G.C.O.S requested permission to discharge 110 x 106 ft3 of effluent from the sands tailings pond at the Fort McMurray site into the Athabasca River during periods of high river flow
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These guidelines are designed to help land users minimize, or avoid, potential adverse effects on selected wildlife and wildlife resources when conducting activities on public and private lands within...
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Alberta Environmental Protection, Technical Services and Monitoring Division
Study was undertaken in response to concerns raised by the City of Fort McMurray over the validity of the elevation established in previous studies as representing the 1 in 100 year design flood level