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Biodiversity Offsets and Caribou Conservation in Alberta: Opportunities and Challenges
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We conclude that a number of actions to offset impacts of development and achieve no net loss or net positive impact for caribou are theoretically feasible (i.e., if implemented they should work), including habitat restoration and manipulations of the large mammal predator-prey system. However, implementation challenges are substantial and include a lack of mechanisms for setting aside some resources for long periods of time, public opposition to predator control, and uncertainty associated with loss-gain calculations.
Boreal Caribou Habitat Restoration
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This overview document collects knowledge and research on restoring degraded habitat for boreal ecotype woodland caribou. The objectives for this document are outlines below. Provide an overview of...
Boreal Caribou Habitat Restoration Monitoring Framework
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Feedback received from stakeholders involved in existing and potential habitat restoration programs in Northeast British Columbia’s (NE BC) boreal caribou ranges indicate there is a need for the...
Boreal Caribou Habitat Restoration on the Parker Range
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This is the first collaborative, landscape range restoration project of this scale in Canada, with Golder leading this group of stakeholders through the development of the project permitting, barriers...
Boreal Caribou Habitat Restoration Operational Toolkit for British Columbia
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This toolkit has been prepared as an operational handbook and is intended to guide implementation of reclamation techniques that will contribute to the restoration of caribou habitat. It is meant to...
Caribou Range Restoration Project Treatment Sites. 9 to 13 Year Follow-Up Monitoring in the Little Smoky Caribou Range
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As caribou habitat restoration initiatives have become more widespread across Alberta in the last decade, key uncertainties have been recognized regarding what treatment types are appropriate for...
Developing a Reclamation Costing Framework for the Athabasca Oil Sands
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The Athabasca oil sands are a significant component of the economy in Alberta. However, they also represent a large environmental risk. At the end of mining operations, companies are expected to begin...
Disturbance Zones of Influence on Boreal Songbird Communities in Northeastern Alberta
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Canada’s boreal forest is important habitat for many North American birds, which play a vital role in the health of forests, and provide ecosystem services. Expanding human development in northern...
Enabling Solutions for Boreal Caribou Habitat Restoration: A Framework
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Achieving British Columbia’s (BC) goals of stable Boreal Caribou populations and a positive habitat trend across Boreal Caribou ranges will require habitat restoration as a key management lever. For...
Enabling Solutions for Landscape Level Habitat Restoration
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Presentation from the Seismic Line Restoration Technical Session Edmonton, AB December 1 st , 2016 Organized by the Canadian Institute of Forestry This technical session will facilitate discussion and...
Environmental and Management Drivers of Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions From Actively-Extracted Peatlands in Alberta, Canada
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The installation of drainage ditches and removal of vegetation in preparation for vacuum harvesting alters the carbon dynamics of peatlands. However, we lack the measurements to understand the spatial...
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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Ilja van Meerveld is a Senior Teaching and Research Associate in the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich. She obtained her PhD in 2004 from Oregon State University, and worked at the...
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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Ana Barros, Duke University will be presenting on: Running the Distance in Cogwheels - Multiscale Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Hydroclimatic Change. More information to come.
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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Brad Wilcox, Texas A&M will be presenting on: The Ecohydrology of Woody Plant Encroachment: How the Conversion of Grasslands to Woodlands is Altering the Water Cycle. More information to come.
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Lecture 4: Moving toward the next generation of Arctic land models Cathy Wilson is a Senior Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), where she has held positions as Deputy Division Leader...
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LEcture 5: Deeper groundwater drilling an unsustainable solution to groundwater depletion Debra Perrone is an Assistant Professor of UCSB’s Environmental Studies Program. Deb integrates research...
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LEcture 6: Classification and Similarity for Global Hydrologic Prediction Ross Woods received his PhD at the University of Western Australia, under Dr Siva Sivapalan supervision in 1996. He is now an...
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Lecture 7: Coupled Hydrological and Biogeochemical Cycles in Watersheds: Responses to Anthropogenic Changes in the Critical Zone Elizabeth W. Boyer is an Associate Professor of water resources at the...
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Lecture 8: Which rainfall events produces the largest flash flood? A hydrologist by training, Markus Weiler has worked in fields ranging from hydrology, soil science, isotope geochemistry, solute...