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Bow River Back Channel Rehabilitation
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In the 70' s a section of the Bow River about 20 km south of Calgary, was diverted to protect a school bus road. A dyke with a 1.5 metre diameter culvert was constructed across the upstream end of the...
Breeding Native Grasses for Alpine Reclamation in Alberta
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Disturbances of alpine and subalpine regions are increasing. They result from mining, pipeline and transportation corridor construction, tourism and other activities. Presently, there are no...
Brine Spillage in the Oil Industry: The Natural Recovery of an Area Affected by a Salt Water Spill near Swan Hills, Alberta
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Salt spills are liable to become more prevalent in the oil producing regions of Alberta as the volume of brine relative to crude oil increases with the depletion of the older oil-fields. High...
Buck for Wildlife's Volunteer Fisheries Habitat Enhancement Program
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The Buck for Wildlife Program of the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division has recently expanded its efforts to develop a volunteer based fisheries habitat enhancement program. Twenty-nine projects, with...
Buying Seed: The Pitfalls and Blunders and how to Avoid Them
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The focus of this paper is to define the differences between Certified seed and other seed categories, and what certified seed means to reclamation projects. The second part of the paper discusses the...
Carbon Dissolution Effects on pH Changes of RAMP Lakes in Northeastern Alberta, Canada
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This study focuses on interpretation of hydrochemistry from 50 lakes thought to be acid sensitive, and so monitored by the Regional Aquatic Monitoring Program (RAMP) over the last two decades. This...
Case Study – Greening Cities
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Trees are an integral and valuable pa rt of t he urban environment. They provide a visual softening to the harsh lines of urban development and make cities livable by improving the quality of life...
Certification of Mineral Soil Pads in the Boreal Region – A Path Forward. Working Session Summary
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Workshop summary of discussions to inform a path forward for a policy framework that provided clarity on the process to request a change in land use and the criteria for evaluating the requests.
Certification of Mineral Soil Pads in the Boreal Region – Decision Framework and Support Tools
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Factors to consider when assessing the ecological implications of a change in land use request (hydrology, cumulative effects and regional considerations, upland function, status of the borrow pit ...
Certification of Mineral Soil Pads in the Boreal Region – Decision Framework and Support Tools: 2023 Update
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This 2022 Update is a revision of the original Decision Framework and Support Tools report based on stakeholder feedback and a field verification trial.
Certification Of Mineral Soil Pads in The Boreal Region – Decision Framework and Support Tools: Stakeholder Review and Field Verification
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Results of a stakeholder review of the draft Certification of Mineral Soil Pads in the Boreal Region – Decision Framework and Support Tools report and a field verification trial by practitioners.
Challenges in Co-operative Reclamation Research
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There may be different interpretations of cooperative reclamation research, so it is appropriate to explain how the term will be used in subsequent discussions. The basic concept is to broaden the...
Characterization of Stored Peat in the Alberta Oil Sands Area
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Physical, chemical, and microbiological properties of stored materials were compared with those of fibric moss peat, mesic moss peat, and mesic fen peat samples from undisturbed sites
Characterizing the Organic Composition of Snow and Surface Water Across the Athabasca Region: Phase 2
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This study was conducted to characterize the composition of polar dissolved organic compounds present in snow and surface waters in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) with the goal of identifying...
Characterizing the Organic Composition of Snow and Surface Water in the Athabasca Region
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Goal was identifying whether atmospherically-derived organics present in snow are a significant contributor to the organics detected in rivers and lakes in the oil sands region
Circulation of Water and Sediment in the Athabasca Delta Area
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Describe how water and sediment from the Athabasca River are distributed through the delta system and how they circulate and mix in Lake Athabasca and flow through to the Slave River (re contaminants)
Clay Tailings from Alberta Oil Sands and Other Sources. A Review
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Treatment and disposal procedures for oil sands tailings, as well as for clay tailings from other industries, are discussed and general background to the disposal problems is provided