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Improving the Fire Weather Index System for Peatlands using Peat-Specific Hydrological Input Data
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The Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) system, even though originally developed and calibrated for an upland Jack pine forest, is used globally to estimate fire danger for any fire environment. However...
Jonas Mortelmans
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PhD Researcher (Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Learning from our Elders: Aboriginal Perspectives on Climate Change and Reindeer/Caribou Habitat in the Circumboreal Forest
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Excerpt from resource description: The northernmost regions in the world are projected to suffer the most severe consequences of climate change. Natural resource-based communities and Indigenous...
Reclamation by Transalta Utilities through Planned Research and Experience
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TransAlta Utilities has always believed that finding solutions to reclamation problems must identify the most economical and technically feasible methods. A range of research related programs have...
Reclamation Experience: An Industrial Perspective
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The concepts important to the regulation of reclaimed land have been evolving and will continue to evolve. We have gone from emphasis on "equal to or greater than productivity" to emphasis on...
Satellite Determination of Peatland Water Table Temporal Dynamics by Localizing Representative Pixels of A SWIR-Based Moisture Index
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The OPtical TRApezoid Model (OPTRAM) is a physically-based approach for remote soil moisture estimation. OPTRAM is based on the response of short-wave infrared (SWIR) reflectance to vegetation water...
Video - Alberta's Groundwater: Inventory, Use, Risks, and Management Solutions
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This 2016 talk provides an overview of some of the issues related to groundwater in Alberta.
Video - Aquatic Invasive Species: The Alberta Approach & Program Highlights
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Kate Wilson explains how Alberta is dealing with managing invasive species, and how the process is going.
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 - Too Much and Too Little Water, Adaptation Strategies for Municipalities
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This presentation discusses explains how climate change and land use changes impact water supply and how we can adapt.
Video - Watershed Management Planning in the Red Deer River Basin
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This presentation outlines the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance's process for watershed planning.
Whitewood Mine Closure
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1665 ha has been reclaimed, including one end pit lake, numerous wetland features, woodland/wildlife areas revegetated through assisted natural recovery and perennially cropped agricultural lands