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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...
Interpreting Your Soil Test Results & Incorporating Soil Test Results in Your Erosion Control & Revegetation Planning
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March 9th, 2023 at 9:00am MST to March 9th, 2023 at 10:30am MST
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Another webinar in BrettYoung's Reclamation Academy: Digital Series. This time the topics and presenters are: Interpreting Your Soil Test Results: Uwe Kurth, Senior Agronomist, Element Materials...
Revealing the Hidden Carbon in Forested Wetland Soils
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Inland wetlands are critical carbon reservoirs storing 30% of global soil organic carbon (SOC) within 6% of the land surface. However, forested regions contain SOC-rich wetlands that are not included...
Seed Testing Explained & Interpreting Seed Certificates
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Event Date and Time
March 10th, 2022 at 9:00am EST to March 10th, 2022 at 10:00am EST
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Morgan Webb, Seed Check Technologies Inc., provides information on seed testing and how to interpret seed certificates. Many regulatory agencies require proof of weed status in seed used for reclamation and restoration projects - a seed certificate provides the necessary proof.
Setting Your Project Up for Success in 2023 & Seed Quality & Seed Testing
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Event Date and Time
January 25th, 2023 at 9:00am MST to January 25th, 2023 at 10:30am MST
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BrettYoung invites you to experience our Reclamation Academy: Digital Series Topic 1 - Setting Your Project Up for Success in 2023 Topic 2 - Seed Quality & Seed Testing SPEAKERS: Ashley Dettmer...
Using Perceptions as Evidence to Improve Conservation and Environmental Management
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The conservation community is increasingly focusing on the monitoring and evaluation of management, governance, ecological, and social considerations as part of a broader move toward adaptive...
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.