Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Syncrude's Base Mine Lake (BML) is the first, and currently the only full-scale commercial demonstration of the end pit lake technology in the oil sands industry. An oil sands end pit lake (EPL) is an...
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Syncrude first began investigating the Water-Capped Tailings Technology (WCTT) in the early 1980’s through the establishment of a research program founded on progressive scaled-up testing of water...
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Authors
Kevin Smith
Christopher Smith
Silvie Forest
Alain Richard
This guide provides an in-depth look at Ducks Unlimited Canada's (DUC) remote-sensing satellite mapping efforts and the development of the DUC enhanced wetland classification system.
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Authors
Kelly Hokanson
Paul Moore
Max Lukenbach
Kevin Devito
Nicholas Kettridge
Richard Petrone
Carl Mendoza
James Waddington
Resource Date:
January
2018
Northern peatlands are important global carbon stores, but there is concern that these boreal peat reserves are at risk due to increased fire frequency and severity as predicted by climate change...
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Authors
Kelly Hokanson
Paul Moore
Max Lukenbach
Kevin Devito
Nick Kettridge
Richard Petrone
Carl Mendoza
Mike Waddington
Resource Date:
January
2018
This study used a combination of field measurements and modelling to assess the vulnerability of peat to smouldering in the Utikuma Region Study Area, Alberta, Canada.
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Joe Melton
Ed Chan
Koreen Millard
Matthew Fortier
Scott Winton
Javier Martín-López
Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz
Darren Kidd
Louis Verchot
Peatlands play an integral role in the global carbon and hydrologic cycles and make up 3% of the Earth’s total landscape. Despite their importance, there is a lack of accurate information on the...
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Ryan Melnichuk
Zhongzhi Chen
The use of pit lakes (PL) to reclaim pits at the end of mine life is common in metal and coal extraction operations. Oil sands mine operators of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)...
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Tanya Richens
Steve Tuttle
CEMA, a multi-stakeholder organisation advising the provincial and federal governments, is committed to respectful, inclusive dialogue to make recommendations for cumulative effects management
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Laura Neary
Casey Remmer
Jadine Krist
Brent Wolfe
Roland Hall
Recent drawdown of the delta’s abundant shallow lakes and rivers has deteriorated vital habitat for wildlife and impaired navigation routes. Here, we report continuous measurements at ~50 lakes during...
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Mir Mustafizur Rahman
Gregory McDermid
Maria Strack
Julie Lovitt
Resource Date:
October
2017
Groundwater level (GWL) and depth to water (DTW) are related metrics aimed at characterizing groundwater-table positions in peatlands, and two of the most common variables collected by researchers...
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Authors
François-Nicolas Robinne
Kevin Bladon
Uldis Silins
Monica Emelko
Mike Flannigan
Marc-André Parisien
Xianli Wang
Stefan Kienzle
Diane Dupont
Resource Date:
April
2019
Recent human-interface wildfires around the world have raised concerns regarding the reliability of freshwater supply flowing from severely burned watersheds. Degraded source water quality can often...
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Natasa Popovic
Richard Petrone
Adam Green
Myroslava Khomik
Jonathan Price
AOSR pre-disturbance landscape consists of a mosaic of upland-peatland complexes, dominated by fens, which have become the focus of recent mandatory reclamation efforts. Quantifiable metrics for...
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Saraswati Saraswati
Christopher Parsons
Maria Strack
This study investigated the impacts of resource access roads on soil enzyme activities in contrasting forested boreal peatlands (bog and fen).
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Jonathan Price
Owen Sutton
Colin McCarter
William Quinton
James Waddington
Pete Whittington
Maria Strack
Rich Petrone
Resource Date:
November
2023
Wetlands are an integral part of the Canadian landscape, providing crucial ecohydrological services with globally significant benefits. Over the past 75 years, Canadian scientists have emerged as...
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Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
The Alberta Wetland Classification System (AWCS) incorporates and merges information from existing wetland classification systems to provide a holistic classification system for the province. The AWCS...
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In 2020, the Alberta Water Council (AWC) identified the need to review the implementation of the Alberta Wetland Policy (the policy). This review would support improving and public reporting on the...
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Jean-Marie Sobze
Erin Fraser
Eckehart Marenholtz
Ann Smreciu
Chris Powter
Marshall Mckenzie
The purpose of this document is to review traditional and alternative systems of seed and nursery stock treatment and delivery for use in oil sands reclamation. Treatment systems are considered those...
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Authors
W. Roberts
V. Lewin
L. Brusnyk
Wood frog (Rana sylvatica) was the most abundant and widespread species in 20 sites examined. Boreal chorus frogs (Pseudacris triseriata maculata) and Canadian toads (Bufohemiophrys) found at
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Resource Date:
March
2023
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Authors
Cory Savage
Tanner Owca
Mitchell Kay
Jelle Faber
Brent Wolfe
Roland Hall
Potential for downstream delivery of contaminants via Athabasca River floodwaters to lakes of the PAD has raised local to international concern. Here, we quantify enrichment of eight metals (Be, Cd...