##  [ Syncrude's Reclamation Research Program](/resource/syncrudes-reclamation-research-program) 

Organization

[Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA)](/organization/canadian-land-reclamation-association-clra)

[Syncrude Canada Ltd. (SCL)](/organization/syncrude-canada-ltd-scl)

 

 

Project

[Alberta Chapter CLRA Conference Papers](/project/alberta-chapter-clra-conference-papers)

 

Resource Type

[Report](/taxonomy/term/38)

 

 

Author(s)

Bob Fessenden

Tony Dai

Martin Fung

A. Hilger

S. McKinnon

Ron Pauls

 

 

Original Authors

Bob Fessenden

Tony Dai

Martin Fung

A. Hilger

S. McKinnon

Ron Pauls

 

 

Resource Date:

1982

 

Page Length

21

 

 

The objective of Syncrude's land reclamation research program is to identify and develop cost-effective land  
reclamation strategies and techniques to achieve acceptable reclamation for all combinations of materials surfaces and ecological situations which will be encountered during the Syncrude Project. At the present time Syncrude's land reclamation research program consists of l.9 active in-house projects organized into 5 categories as follows : tailings sand reclamation, overburden reclamation, woody plant propagation and performance, soil biology, and small mammal research.

Syncrude's land reclamation objective is to establish on all disturbed land surfaces resulting from the Syncrude  
project, terrestrial ecosystems which are erosion- controlling, self-maintaining, compatible with the designated end land use (forestry, recreation, or wildlife), and at least as productive as those existing prior to disturbance.