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Balancing Wetland Conservation and Development in a Regulated Utility
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This presentation provides an overview of ATCO Electric's approach to balancing wetland conservation and development as a regulated utility.
BERA News Fall 2022
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Understanding how birds respond to landscape disturbance is key to effective restoration. Two studies used non-invasive microphone arrays to determine the exact locations of singing individuals in the...
BERA News Spring 2022
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Mounding is a common restoration technique designed to improve microsite conditions for planted seedlings in wetlands. There are a variety of strategies for constructing mounds, though, and how mounds...
Comparison of Soil Quality and Productivity of Reclaimed and Native Oil Sands Soils
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The primary target of land reclamation in the Athabasca Oil Sands (AOS) region of Canada is to re-create ecosystems which are similar to the pre-disturbance ecosystems. The main objective of this...
Erasing Anthropogenic Disturbance: Natural Revegetation of Linear Features Following Wildfire, and the Implications for Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) Habitat Management
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The federal recovery strategy for woodland caribou identifies wildfires within the last 40 years and anthropogenic disturbance visible at a scale of 1:50,000, including a 500-m buffer, as disturbed...
Long-term Changes in Soil Salinity as Influenced by Subsoil Thickness in a Reclaimed Coal Mine in East-central Alberta
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Elevated salinity and sodicity are major challenges to reclamation of surface-mined coal sites in the Alberta Plains region. Research plots were established in 1981 at the Battle River Coal Mine near...
Online Course: SOIL 210 Soil Science for Archaeology
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Event Date and Time
March 22nd, 2002 at 9:00am MST to April 21st, 2022 at 12:00pm MST
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25-hour introductory soil science course led by Dr. Konstantin Dlusskiy includes elements of surficial geology relevant to archaeological investigations
Online Course: Soil Classification: Short Course (SOIL410 Wi22)
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Event Date and Time
February 2nd, 2022 at 8:00am MST to February 3rd, 2022 at 5:00pm MST
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Advanced short course on soil classification
Online Course: Soil Mapping: Short Course (SOIL420 Wi22)
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Event Date and Time
February 9th, 2022 at 8:00am MST to February 10th, 2022 at 5:00pm MST
Organization
Advanced online course on soil survey and mapping
Quantifying Restoration Success via Natural Recovery in Forested Areas Following Pipeline Construction
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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...
Registration Open for Soil Classification: Short Course (SOIL410 Wi22)
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This advanced soil science course led by Dr. Konstantin Dlusskiy focuses on: Common landforms and parent materials associated with soils in Prairies, Soil drainage classes and soil moisture regimes...
Registration Open for Soil Mapping: Short Course (SOIL420 Wi22)
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Advanced online course on soil survey and mapping
SOIL 230: Pedology Field School
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Event Date and Time
May 21st, 2024 at 8:00am MST to May 23rd, 2024 at 5:00pm MST
, AB
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This 24-h introductory soil science course is fully field-based. The 3-day field school led by Dr. Konstantin Dlusskiy focuses on hands-on experience with application to industry standards. •...
SOIL 410: Soil Classification Course
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Event Date and Time
March 27th, 2024 at 8:00am MST to March 28th, 2024 at 5:00pm MST
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This advanced soil science course led by Dr. Konstantin Dlusskiy focuses on: • Common landforms and parent materials associated with soils in Prairies • Soil drainage classes and soil moisture regimes...
SOIL 420: Soil Mapping Course
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Event Date and Time
April 3rd, 2024 at 8:00am MST to April 4th, 2024 at 5:00pm MST
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This advanced soil science course led by Dr. Konstantin Dlusskiy focuses on: • The process of soil survey Prediction of soil types based on imagery interpretation Design of soil map legends...
The Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment (BERA)
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The boreal region of Alberta contains extensive disturbances from natural resource extraction. Roads, well pads, seismic lines (petroleum-exploration corridors), forest-harvest areas, and other...