Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
Resource Date:
November
2023
Cassandra Chabot-Madlung, County of Grande Prairie presents - Wetland Replacement Program: How it Started & Who Can Participate This is a Municipal viewpoint of Alberta Environment and Protected Areas...
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Ronnie Drever
Maria Strack
Kristy Burke
Learn more about the recent work of two renowned Canadian researchers and how their work has benefited from various collaborations and communication across diverse stakeholder groups
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Dean MacKenzie
Bonnie Drozdowski
Since 2018, InnoTech Alberta, Vertex Resource Group Ltd., Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and Enviro Q&A Services have been working on a PTAC-sponsored project to provide recommendations for...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
Resource Date:
April
2020
Exploration of resources (i.e. oil and gas, forestry) creates numerous temporary access features, including seismic lines, winter roads, and oil sands exploration (OSE) wells in boreal peatlands...
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Resource Date:
November
2020
Boreal Fen Vegetation Initiation on Residual Mineral Substrates Presented by Felix Nwaishi, Mount Royal University and Bin Xu, NAIT Centre for Boreal Research Energy exploration in Alberta’s oil sands...
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January
2020
This webinar focuses on lessons learned at three fen restoration sites in South Eastern Manitoba near the towns of Whitemouth and Elma.
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This ongoing project characterized changes and early responses in biodiversity and environmental conditions along seismic lines in relation to the adjacent forest.
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
Thick wood chips on a temporary access road through a peatland provided a unique operational opportunity to test an adaption of the peat inversion process. The thick layer of wood chips on top of...
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Resource Date:
September
2018
Oil sands mining in Alberta has disturbed large areas of peatlands, the dominant regional ecosystem type, and no formal strategies exist to reconstruct the landscape. Peatland reclamation is...
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This presentation covers effects of peatland fire on permafrost stability, consequences of permafrost thaw on greenhouse gas exchange, and opportunities to learn from natural disturbances.
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Kevin Kemball
Catherine Brown
Resource Date:
October
2018
This presentation introduces the NAIT Boreal Research Institute and provides examples of peatland applied research activities, and the use of knowledge exchange products to disseminate findings.
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Resource Date:
January
2018
This presentation provides an overview of a long-term university-industry research partnership to improve understanding of peatland ecosystem function and reclamation techniques.
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Moderate to rich fens covered with tamarack and black spruce cover large areas of Alberta. These peatlands are nearly pH neutral and are characterized by hummock-hollow topography where the hummocks...
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Resource Date:
March
2017
This presentation provides an introduction to the Peatland Restoration program at the NAIT Boreal Research Institute and the program's current research.
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
NAIT Centre for Boreal Research (formerly NAIT Boreal Research Institute) is developing cost effective methods to restore the ecological functions of the decommissioned wellsites with the surrounding...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
The NAIT Centre for Boreal Research (formerly NAIT Boreal Research Institute) is in the Peace River oilsands region of northwestern Alberta. One of the key research initiatives at the Centre is...