Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Larry Turchenek
J.D. Lindsay
Recurring patterns of soils, landforms, and vegetation were delineated. The information was transferred first to 1:50,000 preliminary maps and then to eight 1:126,720 maps which accompany this report
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Glen MacDonald
Vic Adamowicz
Melissa Arcand
Xavier Cavard
Jing Ming Chen
Valérie Courtois
Gail Chmura
Margo Hurlbert
Karen Kohfeld
David Olefeldt
Yves Prairie
Michael Ter-Mikaelian
Claudia Wagner-Riddle
Kirsten Zickfeld
Susan Ziegler
En tant que signataire de l’Accord de Paris, le gouvernement du Canada s’est engagé à réduire d’ici 2030 les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) de 40 % par rapport aux niveaux de 2005. La Loi...
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Mélina Guêné-Nanchen
Benoit-St-Hilaire
In light of the many potential benefits of Sphagnum farming and interest from the Canadian horticultural peat industry, some research projects to test small-scale Sphagnum farming approaches were...
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The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030 (hereafter “UN Decade”) recognizes the critical need to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of the world’s ecosystems. Effective...
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Road networks, both temporary and permanent, are necessary for accessing natural resources in the boreal forest. Forest roads can alter hydrology by 1) affecting the movement of water 2) reducing the...
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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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August
2020
This document is part of the 360 tours project Toolkit developed by Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) led by Cenovus Energy Inc., in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada. The...
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Ground water conditions are frequently overlooked when placing surface materials in a mine reclamation scheme. The purpose of this paper is to outline the interaction between the surface materials and...
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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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August
2020
This document is part of the 360 tours project Toolkit developed by Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) led by Cenovus Energy Inc., in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada. The...
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K.L. Webster
P.W. Hazlett
S.D. Yanni
S.A. Nelson
B.K. Webber
K.H.Y. Chan
F. Norouzian
S.V. Phippen
L’Étude du bassin des lacs Turkey (BLT) est une étude fédérale et interministérielle lancée en 1979 pour analyser les effets des pluies acides sur les écosystèmes terrestres et aquatiques. Le bassin...
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Field data on the abundance (or percent cover) of vascular plants, bryophytes, and soil mesofauna were obtained in the summer of 2008 and 2009 from nine produced water release sites in Alberta and...
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Geb Raygorodetsky
Cheryl Chetkiewicz
Ontario’s Far North is one of the world’s largest and most intact expanses of boreal forest and wetlands. The region has almost no industrial development today, but that could change with plans for...
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Corinne Schuster-Wallace
Robert Sandford
Stephanie Merrill
Chris DeBeer
Canada and the world are faced with unprecedented water-related challenges which impact our ability to meet many of the UN sustainable development goals. Climate warming and human actions are altering...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
The Wetland Atlas describes the distribution of wetlands in Alberta and summarizes human footprint around open water wetlands. Also included are research spotlights on wetland biodiversity including...
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Bev Gingras
Jules Lebeouf
Kylie McLeod
Leanne Mingo
These proceedings describe the findings of the Wetland Best Management Practices (BMPs) Workshop held on January 20th & 21st 2016 in Edmonton, Alberta hosted by Ducks Unlimited Canada.
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Jahan Kariyeva
Mike Watmough
Lyle Boychuk
Matthew Wilson
Nadia Rochdi
Bob Sleep
Robert Albricht
Johanna Weston
The key outcome of the workshop was the creation of a vision statement to guide leadership and action for an optimal provincial scale wetland inventory.
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This report summarizes the results of a three-year research project to evaluate the effects of forest resource roads and construction techniques on wetland hydrology in Manitoba's boreal forest.
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Christopher Evans
Vincent Gauci
To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, conservation and restoration of wetlands play a key role. This report outlines the contribution of wetlands to global methane output; differences between...
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Paige Olmsted
Sonia Patel
Infrastructure is the underlying structure that helps a country and its economy function. While most people think of infrastructure as concrete structures like bridges and ports, wetlands are also...