##  [COSIA In-Situ Oil Sands Shared Practices for Working in and Around Wetlands](/resource/cosia-situ-oil-sands-shared-practices-working-and-around-wetlands) 

Organization

[FPInnovations](/portal/wetland-knowledge/organization/fpinnovations)

[Circle T Consulting](/organization/circle-t-consulting)

[Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)](/organization/canadas-oil-sands-innovation-alliance-cosia)

[Fuse Consulting Ltd.](/organization/fuse-consulting-ltd-0)

 

 

Resource Type

[Report](/taxonomy/term/38)

 

 

Author(s)

Terry Osko

Clayton Gillies

Matthew Pyper

 

 

Original Authors

Terry Osko

Clayton Gillies

Matthew Pyper

 

 

Contacts

[Terry Osko](/contact/terry-osko)

[Clayton Gillies](/contact/clayton-gillies)

[Matthew Pyper](/contact/matthew-pyper)

 

 

Resource Date:

February

2018

 

Page Length

69

 

 

Wetlands are a critical and valued component of boreal landscapes in northeastern Alberta, and they comprise a significant proportion of operational tenures within the in-situ oil sands region. While companies have made progress on avoidance and mitigation strategies to reduce their impacts on wetlands, they also face many common challenges, including pad, road, and culvert settlement; culvert bowing and failure; and tree mortality or other vegetation changes in wetlands adjacent to roads. This document compiles a toolbox of shared practices currently in use by COSIA companies, or which have been used but were found to be unsuccessful. This report highlights opportunities to improve environmental and construction performance and includes a wetland shared practices toolbox that provides an inventory of practices currently used by COSIA companies.