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Migratory Waterfowl and the Syncrude Tar Sands Lease: A Report
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Objectives of the waterfowl surveys are: 1) To monitor waterfowl migrations through the Syncrude Lease 17 and general area during all seasons of use. 2) To establish the locations and intensity of use
Modelling Transverse Mixing of Sediment and Vanadium in a River Impacted by Oil Sands Mining Operations
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A novel, quasi-two-dimensional surface water-quality modelling approach is presented in which the model domain can be discretised in two dimensions, but a one-dimension solver can still be applied to...
Monitoring Air Quality with Lichen: A Feasibility Study
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Study to determine the scientific, technical and economic feasibility of establishing air pollution effect gradients using lichenological methods on a radially arranged pattern of observation sites
Motorized Activity on Legacy Seismic Lines: A Predictive Modeling Approach to Prioritize Restoration Efforts
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Natural regeneration of seismic lines, cleared for hydrocarbon exploration, is slow and often hindered by vegetation damage, soil compaction, and motorized human activity. There is an extensive...
Nested Population Structure of Threatened Boreal Caribou Revealed by Network Analysis
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Delineating relevant local populations of widely distributed species is a common challenge in conservation ecology. Caribou and reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus) are in general decline throughout their...
Northern Biochar for Northern Remediation and Restoration
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Biochar is a soil amendment that results from heating various biological ingredients, such as wood, fish or animal bone under oxygen limited conditions and has proven to promote plant growth, as well...
Northern Boreal Caribou Conservation Should Focus on Anthropogenic Disturbance, not Disturbance-mediated Apparent Competition
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This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
Observations on the Dispersal of Saline Groundwater in the Beaver Creek Diversion System, 1976-1978
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Emphasis is placed on processes influencing temporal and spatial patterns in circulation, stratification and saline water distributions. Owing to its density, the high salinity effluent tends to sink
Ornithological Studies on and near Crown Lease 17, Northeastern Alberta, June-October 1984
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Overall objectives of this study were to determine the abundance and diversity of terrestrial breeding birds and conduct waterbird inventories to determine what changes, if any, have occurred
Overview of Wildlife Habitats West of the Syncrude Plant Site, Lease #17
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The area does not appear to include any rare or endangered species and the habitats in the area are common to a large portion of Northern Alberta, therefore area is not critical to any wildlife specie
Performance of Grasses, Shrubs and Trees on Disturbed Soil at the AOSERP Mildred Lake Camp Experimental Area
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Objectives were to establish grass, shrub and tree species for evaluation of their response, particularly their reproduction response, to the climatic and edaphic conditions north of Fort McMurray
Perspectives on Safeguarding Soil Health in Indigenous Agroecosystems
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February 13th, 2024 at 3:30pm MST to February 13th, 2024 at 4:45pm MST
Edmonton, AB
Bentley Lecture in Sustainable Agriculture Agriculture is the dominant land use in First Nations in the Canadian Prairies. In this lecture, soil biochemist Melissa Arcand will provide an overview of...
PhytoPet© – A Database of Plants that Play a Role in the Phytoremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons
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The cold climate and short growing season characteristic of the major oil and gas producing regions of western Canada make it particularly important to conduct phytoremediation research on plants...
Population and Habitat Ecology of Boreal Caribou and their Predators in the Saskatchewan Boreal Shield
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Research completed by the University of Saskatchewan in collaboration with a consortium of industry and government partners. Research included a multi-faceted program on the population dynamics and...
Population and Habitat Ecology of Boreal Caribou and their Predators in the Saskatchewan Boreal Shield
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Research completed by the University of Saskatchewan in collaboration with a consortium of industry and government partners. Research included a multi-faceted program on the population dynamics and...
Population Trend Analysis for Boreal Caribou in SK2 Central using Non-invasive Capture-Recapture Analysis (2007 – 2019)
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"A 3-year population monitoring program was put in place for a study area within SK2 Central covering 16,092 km2 using fecal DNA based capture–recapture methods to estimate population sizes and...
Preliminary Baseline Investigations of Furbearing and Ungulate Mammals Using Lease No. 17
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Relative abundance and spatial distribution of moose, deer and 13 species of furbearers were investigated by systematic aerial surveys and winter track counts along 215 km of established transect line
Proceedings of Alberta Oil Sands Tailings Wastewater Treatment Technology Workshop
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Syncrude has requested that Alberta Environment consider controlled discharge of treated water as part of the waste control guidelines for the plant and establish discharge criteria