Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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January
2016
Wetlands in the boreal forest can be classified as bogs, fens, swamps, marshes, and shallow open water according to their soils (organic vs. mineral), water chemistry, water flow, water table, and...
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The presentation describes the development and content of the draft Biodiversity Management Framework for the Lower Athabasca Region
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The goal of the program is to develop a set of spatially explicit models that can be used to map the supply and economic value ecosystems goods and services
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The presentation discusses the role of taxonomy in biodiversity monitoring and how natural history museums can be involved
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This public symposium covers Alberta's progress to improve its flood and drought resiliency, including the role of natural solutions. NOTE: This is a 4 hour video with multiple presenters
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This presentation was a part of the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada, Hydraulic Fracturing in Western Canada: an Environmental Perspective Forum, in May of 2014.
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This presentation discusses environmental contamination issues in the wetlands of Nova Scotia stemming from gold mining in the early 1900s and detection of contamination.
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Dr. Richard McCleary draws the links between what we see in the field to the maps we have for planning and points out that the information we need for watershed assessment and riparian zones is the same.
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Dr. Lorin Hicks talks about the Montana example of habitat conservation planning in forestry management.
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The presentation describes the purpose and development of a water purification model that can be used to help decision-makers evaluate tradeoffs for land use development proposals
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Dr. Barry White reviews the progress made with LiDAR and wet area mapping in Alberta.
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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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Ernie Hui gave a keynote address at the CWRA-WPAC joint conference on March 13, 2013. Ernie Hui is the CEO, Environmental Monitoring, for Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development. The...
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Monitoring and conservation of rare species, particularly in the boreal forests of northern Alberta, is a challenge due to knowledge gaps on distribution and abundance of species
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Dr.Rick Bonar describes how riparian mapping is used to define riparian ecological areas and the management strategy for those areas.
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ohn Stadt, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, describes forestry management policy in Alberta specifically in regards to riparian zones in forests.
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Jay Mills, Vegetation Data Specialist with Jeodesy GIS, talks about LiDAR data and interpreting it for riparian vegetation.
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Dr. David Andison covers how our current practice of protecting riparian areas in forest areas is driving ecosystems to uniformity when natural riparian forest zones in Alberta's foothills are diverse.
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Derek Tripp reviews British Columbia's forestry riparian management planning and provides examples of how riparian assessments are made using BC's checklists and forms.
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The Alberta Flood Mitigation Symposium is bringing together experts, community representatives and Albertans to discuss ideas and best practices for flood mitigation. Note: This is a 5 hour video with...