Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Thurber Consultants Ltd.
Land Resources Network Ltd.
Norwest Soil Research Ltd.
Topsoil storage does not appear to have any severe and long term effect on topsoil quality. Chemical changes can be rectified with the judicious use of chemical fertilizers or manure. Physical changes
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Summary of a survey to determine the reclamation research needs of organizations/industries in Alberta that are involved with industrial disturbances and to prioritize research needs.
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To assess climatic and soil conditions under which salts will move out of the root zone in a soil disturbed by a pipeline and to determine the rate at which salts will move in disturbed soils.
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This note presents fifth-year stocking, density, and height growth results for three lowland and three upland seed spot experiments that compare untreated/unsheltered black spruce seed spots with...
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Bérenger Bourgeois
Marc-André Lemay
Tommy Landry
Line Rochefort
Monique Poulin
Resource Date:
January
2019
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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One of the major tasks facing the coal mining industry today is dealing with environmental concerns. The requirement of selectively handling topsoil and subsoil for reclaiming plains strip mines is...
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Chris Powter
John Hogenbirk
If you are planning or undertaking revegetation using long-lived species such as trees then you should be giving some consideration to the environment they may experience in the future
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Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Resource Date:
October
2000
This technical guide is intended for use in the municipal policy and development process under the Planning Act.
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Karen Cannon
Sandra Landsburg
Concerns about soil compaction on pipeline rights-of-way have increased with the introduction of heavier, more powerful construction equipment
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Pedocan Land Evaluation Ltd.
Part 1 of this manual is a background and explanatory section that describes the terminology used in soil surveys and presents the assumptions and conventions upon which the interpretations are based
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Pedocan Land Evaluation Ltd.
Part 2 presents typical data and interpretations for each soil series in Alberta. The interpretations were made by applying the guidelines in Part 1, and checking the results against experience
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InnoTech Alberta
University of Alberta
The InnoTech/UofA above ground mesocosm facility enables configurable, innovative approaches for assessing potential environmental and ecological impacts of industrial activities
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Protocols for sampling biotic and abiotic parameters in large lakes, large rivers, wetlands, and streams in Alberta is provided. Estimates of time costs are given.
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The Development and Reclamation Review process, as it currently operates, is presented and discussed with the aid of a flow chart. Suggestions are made to improve and expedite the process with...
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Ten years after restoration was implemented at the Bois-des-Bel peatland (BdB) in Quebec, there was limited hydrological connectivity between the regenerated Sphagnum moss and the remnant cutover peat...
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Victoria Donovan
Glen Brown
Frank Mallory
Resource Date:
February
2017
Loss or alteration of forest ecosystems due to anthropogenic activities has prompted the need for mitigation measures aimed at protecting habitat for forest-dependent wildlife. Understanding how...
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Majid Iravani
Monica Kohler
Shannon White
The results showed a pronounced variation in the historic supply of soil organic carbon and aboveground biomass in the watershed. Land management resulted in a diverse range of gains or losses.
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Reclamation of the land surface is what makes non-renewable resource developments sustainable. We must continue to strive to improve our science so that we can prove to regulators and the public that
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As Canadians, our forests permeate our lives, and Canada’s forest sector is an essential economic engine and major employer of Canadians, including in Indigenous and rural communities. The theme of...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
As of 2010, human footprint in the Active In-situ Region was 7.7%, whereas it was 20.8% in the Mineable Region. Total human footprint in all Woodland Caribou ranges increased between 2007 and 2010