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14th Annual Meeting of the Grassland Restoration Forum - Notes from the Field: Projects, Research & Reclamation
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Event Date and Time
November 18th, 2021 at 8:30am MST to November 18th, 2021 at 3:30pm MST
Organization
The Grassland (formerly Foothills) Restoration Forum Fall Information session gathers a variety of stakeholders and interested parties to exchange current information on grassland conservation, restoration and reclamation
A Regional-Scale Index for Assessing the Exposure of Drinking-Water Sources to Wildfires
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Recent human-interface wildfires around the world have raised concerns regarding the reliability of freshwater supply flowing from severely burned watersheds. Degraded source water quality can often...
A Synthesis of Three Decades of Eco-Hydrological Research at Scotty Creek, NWT, Canada
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Scotty Creek, Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada, has been the focus of eco-hydrological research for nearly three decades. Over this period, field and modelling studies have generated new insights...
A Walking Tour of the Stavely Research Ranch
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Event Date and Time
September 21st, 2021 at 8:00am MST to September 21st, 2021 at 5:00pm MST
Porcupine Hills, AB
Organization
A day long tour focusing on: The ecological context of the Foothills Parkland; role of grasses in building soils and storing carbon; and role of range health in the capture and storage of water in the watershed.
Applying Remote Sensing for Large-landscape Problems: Inventorying and Tracking Habitat Recovery for a Broadly Distributed Species At Risk
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Abstract Anthropogenic habitat alteration is leading to the reduction of global biodiversity. Consequently, there is an imminent need to understand the state and trend of habitat alteration across...
Applying Remote Sensing for Large-landscape Problems: Inventorying and Tracking Habitat Recovery for a Broadly Distributed Species At Risk
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Anthropogenic habitat alteration is leading to the reduction of global biodiversity. Consequently, there is an imminent need to understand the state and trend of habitat alteration across broad areas...
Applying Remote Sensing for Large-landscape Problems: Inventorying and Tracking Habitat Recovery for a Broadly Distributed Species At Risk
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Anthropogenic habitat alteration is leading to the reduction of global biodiversity. Consequently, there is an imminent need to understand the state and trend of habitat alteration across broad areas...
Available for Download: Recovery Strategies for Industrial Development in Native Grassland for the Dry Mixedgrass Natural Subregion 2nd Edition
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Organization
The Grassland Restoration Forum is proud to present the long-awaited 2nd Edition of the Recovery Strategies for the Dry Mixedgrass Natural Subregion ( download here). In addition to updating the...
Canadian Wetland Inventory using Google Earth Engine: The First Map and Preliminary Results
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Although wetlands provide valuable services to humans and the environment and cover a large portion of Canada, there is currently no Canada-wide wetland inventory based on the specifications defined...
Community-level Modelling of Boreal Forest Mammal Distribution in an Oil Sands Landscape
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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...
Examining Drivers of Post-Fire Seismic Line Ecotone Regeneration in a Boreal Peatland Environment
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Seismic lines are the dominant anthropogenic disturbance in the boreal forest of the Canadian province of Alberta, fragmenting over 1900 km 2 of peatland areas and accounting for more than 80% of all...
Grassland Assessment Training
Event
Event Date and Time
September 16th, 2021 at 8:00am MST to September 16th, 2021 at 5:00pm MST
Brooks, AB
Organization
This course offers field-based training on common plant identification, use of soils and landscape mapping (AGRASID and GVI) in relation to Alberta’s Range Plant Community Guides and Range Health Assessment Manuals
Grassland Restoration Forum Fall Information Session 2023 – “Seeds”
Event
Event Date and Time
November 16th, 2023 at 8:30am MST to November 16th, 2023 at 4:00pm MST
Claresholm, AB
Organization
This one-day event gathers a variety of industry and grassland stakeholders to exchange current information on grassland restoration and conservation through a variety of presentations and mini updates.
How to use Range Plant Community Guides and Recovery Strategies Manuals for Project and Reclamation Planning in Grasslands
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Event Date and Time
September 15th, 2021 at 8:00am MST to September 15th, 2021 at 5:00pm MST
Brooks, AB
Organization
This one day, class-based course will provide valuable context to interpret the results of data collected in the upcoming AEP Conservation Assessments – Strategic Siting and Pre-disturbance Site Assessments for Industrial Activities on Native Grasslands.
Increasing Contributions of Peatlands to Boreal Evapotranspiration in a Warming Climate
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The response of evapotranspiration (ET) to warming is of critical importance to the water and carbon cycle of the boreal biome, a mosaic of land cover types dominated by forests and peatlands. The...
Industry Tour – Grassland Conservation and Restoration on a Multiple Use Landscape for Foothills Fescue Native Grasslands
Event
Event Date and Time
July 21st, 2021 at 8:00am MST to July 22nd, 2021 at 5:00pm MST
, AB
Organization
A two-day tour of industrial sites to illustrate different construction and reclamation practices in southwestern Alberta grassland sites
Monitoring Procedures for Wellsite, In-Situ Oil Sands and Coal Mine Reclamation in Alberta – December 2014 Update
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Scope of the project is to develop a geomatics-based monitoring system to support the Government of Alberta’s efforts for monitoring reclamation success. Software will support decision making process