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Evaluating the Short-time Effects of Forest Road Closure and Dismantling as a Way to Restore Boreal Caribou Habitat / Évaluation de L'efficacité à Court Terme de la Fermeture et de la Restauration des Chemins Forestiers Comme Mesure de Rétablissement d
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This study evaluates the effects of closing and dismantling forest roads on the behavior of caribou, their predators, and alternate prey. This study uses a large network of camera traps on treated and...
Groundwater: Making the Invisible, Visible - WPACs World Water Day 2022
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March 22nd, 2022 at 1:00pm MST to March 22nd, 2022 at 3:00pm MST
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The Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils (WPACs) of Alberta work towards the protection of water resources in our province. Collaboratively we are presenting this online World Water Day event. The...
Trials of Dismantling Forest Roads in North Shore Region in 2014
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Project Description: Dismantling 30 km of forest roads. They test different techniques including soil preparation and planting trees. It was to test the operational feasibility and identify cost...
Video - Alberta Watershed Toolkit
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This presentation describes the Alberta Watershed Toolkit as a watershed planning community space to share success stories and tools.
Video - Alberta Wetland Policy
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This presentation discusses the state of wetland and peatland conservation in Alberta.
Video - Alberta's Upstream Petroleum Industry's Spill Preparedness: The Co-op Approach
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This presentation describes how the Alberta oil and gas industry decided to go with a oil/gas spill cooperative rather than having individual company spill response units.
Video - Assessing agricultural practices to improve watershed management in Alberta
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This presentation summarizes a 6 year project to evaluate the environmental and economic performance of agricultural BMPs to improve water quality on small watercourses in Alberta.
Video - Bow Basin Watershed Management Plan 2012: Lessons Learned
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This presentation describes what the Bow River Watershed Council learned through the various iterations of its watershed plans and state of the watershed reports.
Video - Bridging Planning Processes: Vermilion Watershed Project
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This presentation describes the watershed planning process for the Vermilion River.
Video - Can Alberta Learn Lessons for Low Impact Development From the UK?
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This presentation summarizes strategies Canada can learn from the U.K. about flood risk management.
Video - Challenges in Water Management in the South Saskatchewan Basin
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This presentation summarizes the challenges of infrastructure management for water storage and delivery in southern Alberta.
Video - Do you know your watershed? Learning about the Red Deer River
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This presentation discusses what watershed education looks like in the Red Deer River watershed.
Video - Effects of Accidental Hydrocarbon Release on Red Deer River Water Quality
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This presentation provides a summary of the Plains Pipeline spill in the Red Deer River, June 7, 2012.
Video - Functional environmental flows: A practical strategy for healthy rivers
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This presentation describes how focusing on functional flows versus typical water conservation management could improve aquatic in-stream ecosystems while meeting current water allocations.
Video - Hidden Creek: A Case Study for Headwaters Management
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This presentation reviews the forest management planning for Hidden Creek, a tributary to the Oldman River in southwestern Alberta.
Video - Land Use as a Tool for Watershed Management
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This presentation discusses land-use as a tool to understand the drivers of water processes.
Video - Rocks & Trees & Grass & Critters: Alberta's Other Treasures
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Lorne Fitch takes us on a tour through the natural regions of Alberta.
Video - State of the Sturgeon River Watershed: Lessons learned along a 5 year journey
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This presentation outlines the history getting a report on the state of the Sturgeon River watershed.