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Agricultural Soil Quality Criteria for Canada
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The concept of soil quality has evolved from an expression of productivity to an assessment of environmental sustainability. It now includes elements of health and time as well as biological...
Buried Wood Effects on Macronutrient Supply and Microbial Activity and Metabolic Potential in Different Oil Sands Reclamation Soils in Northern Alberta
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Buried wood is an important yet understudied component of natural and anthropogenic soils. Nutrient immobilization as a response to wood addition during oil sands' reclamation may be a concern since...
Control of Black Flies in the Athabasca River: Evaluation and Recommendations for Chemical Control of Simulium arcticum Malloch
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Program to address the extensive problems of biting flies in agriculture and provide information for management of black flies that occur during development of resource and recreational industries
Control of Black Flies in the Athabasca River: Technical Document
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This document contains 21 technical reports supporting the chemical control of S. arcticum in the Athabasca River program studies.
Digging Into Canadian Soils - An Introduction to Soil Science
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Written entirely by members of the Canadian Society of Soil Science, "Digging into Canadian Soils: An Introduction to Soil Science" provides an introduction to the core disciplines of soil science...
Effects of Elemental Sulfur on Soil pH and Growth of Saskatoon Berry (Amelanchier alnifolia) and Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta) Seedlings
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The land disturbed by open-pit oil sands mining must be restored to support the survival and growth of native boreal plants. Because tailings sand and sodic shale overburden are commonly used as an...
Forage Quality of Seeded Native Grasses in the Fall Season on the Canadian Prairie Provinces
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There is renewed interest in re-seeding native grasses in the prairie region of western Canada but there is limited information on their forage quality for fall grazing. We evaluated forage quality in...
Intentional Anthropogenic Additions to Soils: Pesticides
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During the 1980's, environmental issues grew rapidly in importance, and more sophisticated modelling scenarios were developed as an aid in predicting the transport and persistence behaviour of...
Natural Climate Solutions for Canada
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Alongside the steep reductions needed in fossil fuel emissions, natural climate solutions (NCS) represent readily deployable options that can contribute to Canada’s goals for emission reductions. We...
Potential Utilization of Native Prairie Grasses from Western Canada as Ethanol Feedstock
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The utilization of native grass species for potential biomass feedstocks of the emerging ethanol industry requires more information about their cellulose and hemicellulose concentration. Ten native...
Setting a Foundation for Indigenous Knowledge Systems-guided Boreal Caribou (tǫdzı) Conservation Planning in the Western Boreal Region of Canada: A Systematic Map Protocol
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Abstract In recent years, researchers have increasingly recognized the need to bridge Western and Indigenous knowledge systems to strengthen research in wildlife conservation. Historically, this arena...
Thermal In Situ Oil Sands Reclamation – Successes and Challenges
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Event Date and Time
March 13th, 2023 at 11:30am MST to March 13th, 2023 at 1:30pm MST
Calgary, AB
This is a hybrid seminar (in-person and virtual) sponsored by the Alberta Chapter, Canadian Land Reclamation Association. The presenter is Kira Gerow, a reclamation coordinator with Canadian Natural...
Translating the Closure Plan into an Operational Reclamation Programme at Canadian Natural’s Horizon Oil Sands Mine
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Horizon Project reclamation goal is to achieve self-sustaining ecosystems with capability equivalent to predevelopment conditions using locally common boreal forest communities as a guide for reveg
Video - Bridging Planning Processes: Vermilion Watershed Project
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This presentation describes the watershed planning process for the Vermilion River.
Video - Comparing Soil and Crop Management in Kazakhstan and Alberta
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Dr. Frank Larnery compares soils and crop management in Akmola province, Kazakhstan with cropping in the black soil zone of Alberta.
Video - COSIA Design of Experimental Study in Support of Development of a Standard for Fines Measurement in Oil Sands
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Dr. Ron Currie was project lead for a study conducted at NAIT Applied Research Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability (NARCOSS) to help develop a standard for Alberta's oil sands producers to measure...
Video - Evaluation of BMPs on the Lower Little Bow River
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At the 2013 Alberta Soil Science Workshop, Dr. Jim Miller covered the extensive and long term results of riparian protection (streambank fencing and offsite watering for cattle pastures) on stream water quality and biology plus the benefits and costs for cattleman.