Site Restoration. Step 1: Looking Back to the Past

Authors
Evelyne Thiffault
Resource Date:
2013
Page Length
2

Because natural resources development causes landscape disturbance, post-development site restoration requires an in-depth knowledge of previous conditions. What did the landscape look like before? What were the soil and vegetation conditions? As part of a unique collaborative scientific project within Natural Resources Canada, researchers from the Canadian Forest Service and Geological Survey of Canada are contributing their expertise to find solutions for these issues associated with the restoration of oil sands mining sites.