Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Bob Fessenden
Tony Dai
Martin Fung
A. Hilger
S. McKinnon
Ron Pauls
The objective of Syncrude's land reclamation research program is to identify and develop cost-effective land reclamation strategies and techniques to achieve acceptable reclamation for all...
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Government of Northwest Territories
A 6-page document on the barren-ground caribou surveys conducted by the Government of the Northwest Territories in 2018. Related Herds: Barren-ground This resource and others can be found on the...
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Report reviews current literature, describe operations and controls, and suggest survey and research objectives for reclamation of lands disturbed by surface mining of coal in the Rocky Mountains
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Many after-uses of aggregate extraction land do exist: forestry, agriculture, recreation, nature reserves, housing and waste disposal sites. Attempts at reclaiming this land for alternate uses has...
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This three-part document provides a template to guide cumulative watershed effects assessments (CWEA) within Alberta's Eastern Slopes.
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This document outlines an approach to range planning for boreal woodland caribou (hereafter “boreal caribou”) in the Northwest Territories (NWT). It provides a common framework for how individual...
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Government of Northwest Territories
What is a Framework for Boreal Caribou Range Planning? The Framework is a guide for developing five regional range plans that will determine how habitat for boreal caribou will be managed across the...
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Government of Northwest Territories
The Framework for Boreal Caribou Range Planning: Discussion Document is the appendices discussion to the Framework for Boreal Caribou Range Planning in Northwest Territories. It discusses: Population...
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Report proposes a criteria and indicator (C&I) framework and recommendations for development of reclamation certification criteria for oil sands mines
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John Boulanger
Jan Adamczewski
A 39-page academic paper from 2016 designed to help assess the impact of hunting on barren-ground caribou herds, based on the population size and trend of a given herd.
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Reclaiming disturbed industrial sites involves many challenges, with undesirable vegetation posing an obstacle to establishing native, desirable plant cover. Chemical vegetation management is an...
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Cultural vegetation control is the targeted establishment of desirable species to displace or discourage undesirable species. Cultural control can be achieved using woody and non-woody species. In a...
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Ingress by undesirable vegetation can be an impediment to meeting reclamation objectives on industrial sites. Mechanical vegetation controls are a common component of an integrated vegetation...
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Mounding is a highly versatile technique for addressing site conditions that may limit forest recovery on a wide range of reclamation sites. The technique is particularly useful on wet and cool sites...
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Seeding is less reliable than planting, and natural regeneration even less so, but these regeneration methods may be suitable, low-cost alternatives on some reclaimed sites. both seeding and natural...
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Planting is a highly reliable method to ensure the establishment of target species at desired densities on reclaimed sites. It allows direct control over the species, spacing and timing of...
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A common goal of reclamation in the boreal forest is to establish diverse, native plant communities that are suited to the site's conditions and are on track to become a forest. Regeneration planning...
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Reclaiming industrial sites in Alberta's boreal forest is not always a straightforward process. The footprints left by infrastructure and equipment are often characterized by compacted mineral soils...
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Soil compaction frequently results from industrial disturbance on mineral soils, whether due to infrastructure or equipment traffic. Soil compaction tends to be most severe on sites with high clay...
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Soil salvage is a pre-disturbance technique to conserve a site's topsoil, which is critical for maintaining nutrient cycling, organic matter, soil biota and plant propagules. In some cases, subsoil...