Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
Resource Date:
April
2021
This document was developed by CCME’s Cumulative Effects Working Group (CEWG).
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Resource Date:
February
2021
In forest reclamation, the use of nursery stock seedlings is often desirable as this plant material provides greater assurance of woody plant cover development, whereas leave-for-natural-recovery...
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Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development Forestry Branch
Prompt renewal of harvested forest lands is an integral component of forest management. Forest renewal assessments are essential for measuring forest renewal success and developing sound forest...
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Ryan O’Neill
Rielle Massey-Leclerc
Jean-Marie Sobze
Katie Bartman
Catherine Brown
Resource Date:
November
2020
This note describes detailed identification of Canada Buffaloberry and technique for collecting and processing Buffaloberry seed.
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Catherine Brown
In recent years, operators have been working towards the reclamation, and ultimately, certification of industrial disturbance sites. One challenge is aggressive colonization of agronomic vegetation...
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Ryan O’Neill
Jean-Marie Sobze
Catherine Brown
Reed grass (Phragmites australis) is a 1.5 to 5 m tall perennial grass commonly found in riparian areas and along the edges of wetlands. The species establishes quickly over disturbed landscapes and...
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Alan Pollock
Amanda Schoonmaker
Jean-Marie Sobze
Jeannine Goehing
Poplars and willows are woody species that can be propagated by stem cuttings, and grow across a wide range of site and environmental conditions. Both poplars and willows are early successional...
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Jeannine Goehing
Çağdaş Kera Yücel
Technical Note #26: Poplars and willows are woody species that can be propagated by stem cuttings, and grow across a wide range of site and environmental conditions. Both poplars and willows are early...
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Jeannine Goehing
Çağdaş Kera Yücel
The 2010 reclamation criteria for forested lands requires the establishment of both native woody and herbaceous species, while controlling undesirable and noxious weed species, to reclaim industrially...
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Exploration of resources creates numerous temporary access features, including seismic lines, winter roads, and oil sands exploration wells in boreal peatlands. Although construction is usually...
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Government of British Columbia
This primer is for staff of local governments in BC and is intended to help them capitalize on the real and immediate benefits of managing their natural assets.
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Ryan O’Neill
Jean-Marie Sobze
Catherine Brown
Improving seed emergence and survival is one of the largest potential benefits for native boreal seed enhancement. Seed pelleting can increase seed size by multiple orders of magnitude, resulting in...
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Catherine Brown
The practice of mulching forested sites for industrial activities during winter operations is a useful construction practice as it minimizes soil disturbance by protecting the forest floor. However...
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Resource Date:
January
2018
The Guide to Watershed Management Planning in Alberta provides advice on the steps to develop and implement a watershed management plan.
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The guide identifies 60 species of mosses and liverworts that comprise the flora of fens and bogs in Alberta and western boreal Canada, designed for use in the field and laboratory.
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Sara Jane O'Neill
Stephanie Cairns
Resource Date:
September
2017
As the municipal infrastructure asset management process evolves, it will be critical to ensure that all community assets that may provide municipal services—lakes, wetlands, green spaces and trees as well as roads, bridges and buildings—are appropriately identified and managed.
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Resource Date:
April
2017
The Guide for Reclaiming Aggregate and Borrow Excavations to Water Bodies (The Guide) was prepared for Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) and is a is a presentation of current knowledge...
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Resource Date:
April
2017
This document is intended as a guide for reclamation of In Situ facilities in a peatland environment, specifically pad and road disturbances. Pilot studies conducted in Alberta were carried out by...
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Chris Powter
Marshall McKenzie
Christina Small
This version of the Inventory of Native Grass Seed Mixes in Alberta spreadsheet, released on October 27, 2017, was developed by Chris Powter (Enviro Q&A Services), Marshall McKenzie and Christina...
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Resource Date:
September
2017
This brief presents evidence of land use planning, spatial planning, territorial (or regional) planning, and ecosystem-based or environmental land use planning as tools that can strengthen land governance, improve economic opportunities based on sustainable management of land resources, and develop land use options that reconcile conservation and development objectives.