Video - Hummock Transfer Technique: Reclamation of Temporary Access Features in Peatland

Resource Type
Authors
NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
Contacts
Resource Date:
April
2020

Exploration of resources (i.e. oil and gas, forestry) creates numerous temporary access features, including seismic lines, winter roads, and oil sands exploration (OSE) wells in boreal peatlands. Although construction is usually completed in winter under frozen ground conditions, the clearing of vegetation and repeated access of these features often leads to flattened surface topography, altered moisture regimes, and shifts in species composition compared to undisturbed peatlands. Without active reclamation, many of these features will remain open with little woody vegetation and limited peat accumulation potential.

This video demonstrates the Hummock Transfer Technique as an alternative method for reclaiming temporary access features in peatland.