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Syncrude's Reclamation Research Program
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The objective of Syncrude's land reclamation research program is to identify and develop cost-effective land reclamation strategies and techniques to achieve acceptable reclamation for all...
2019 Base Mine Lake Monitoring and Research Summary Report: Results from 2013-2018
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Syncrude's Base Mine Lake (BML) is the first, and currently the only full-scale commercial demonstration of the end pit lake technology in the oil sands industry. An oil sands end pit lake (EPL) is an...
2020 Wetlands Institute Speaker Series: Wetlands and Legal Frameworks: Protecting Natural Assets
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November 4th, 2020 at 9:00am PST to November 4th, 2020 at 12:00pm PST
, BC
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Due to COVID-19, The BC Wildlife Federation's Wetlands Insitute has been formatted into a virtual Speaker Series- a series of stand-alone webinars and workshops hosted throughout the Fall, covering...
2020 Wetlands Institute Speaker Series: Cultural Value of Wetlands and Archeological Assessments
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November 18th, 2020 at 9:00am PST to November 18th, 2020 at 12:00pm PST
, BC
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Due to COVID-19, The BC Wildlife Federation's Wetlands Insitute has been formatted into a virtual Speaker Series- a series of stand-alone webinars and workshops hosted throughout the Fall, covering...
2020 Wetlands Institute Speaker Series: Wetlands and Climate Change
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November 10th, 2020 at 10:00am PST to November 10th, 2020 at 11:30am PST
, BC
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Due to COVID-19, The BC Wildlife Federation's Wetlands Insitute has been formatted into a virtual Speaker Series- a series of stand-alone webinars and workshops hosted throughout the Fall, covering...
2021 Pit Lake Monitoring and Research Report
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Syncrude first began investigating the Water-Capped Tailings Technology (WCTT) in the early 1980’s through the establishment of a research program founded on progressive scaled-up testing of water...
2024 Wetlands Institute Workshop - Central Kootenay Region
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Event Date and Time
September 15th, 2024 at 9:00am MST to September 21st, 2024 at 6:00pm MST
Cranbrook, BC
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The BC Wildlife Federation's Wetlands Insitute, a 7-day environmental stewardship workshop, is coming to Creston, Cranbrook and surrounding communities. With great pleasure and excitement, we bring...
A Census of Moose on Syncrude’s Leases 17 and 22 During Early February 1977
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Total numbers of moose observed and likely the total moose population, declined 40% (43 to 26) between Feb 1976 and Feb 1977. A disproportionately higher number of moose were present in aspen sites
A Guide To Mosses And Liverworts Of Alberta Peatlands
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The guide identifies 60 species of mosses and liverworts that comprise the flora of fens and bogs in Alberta and western boreal Canada, designed for use in the field and laboratory.
A Life Cycle Approach to Vegetation Management on Reclaimed Industrial Sites
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This resource is an excerpt from an issue of Canadian Reclamation (Issue 4, Vol 14) containing and article advising practitioners on best practices for vegetation management using the Life Cycle...
A Study of Aquatic Environments in the Syncrude Development Area, 1984
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Characterize and re-define aquatic habitats. Aquatic habitat, water quality, flora, and fauna of the aquatic systems in the development area are typical of those found in the oil sands region
A Study of Biological Colonization of the West Interceptor Ditch and Lower Beaver Creek
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describe existing environmental conditions in, and to document natural biological colonization of, the West Interceptor Ditch and determine the degree of biological colonization of lower Beaver Creek
A Study of the Chemical and Physical Properties of Syncrude's Tailings Pond, Mildred Lake, 1980
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In 1980, the tailings pond was a highly stratified waterbody with a low density, well mixed surface zone (0-6 m) overlying a high density deep water zone (>10 m) where mixing is slow
Agronomic Properties and Reclamation Possibilities for Surface Materials on Syncrude Lease #17
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Reclamation planning for tar sands mining and extraction operation differs greatly from that used in Alberta foothills and plains coal mines. One of the main differences is that the bulk of the...
Alberta Native Plants and Seeds: Wild Harvest, Registration and Deployment. A Guide for Technicians and Practitioners
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Re-vegetation of land disturbances began in Alberta in the 1970’s and has evolved over time. The use of native plants to revegetate land disturbances in forested areas of Alberta is mandated by the...
Alberta Reclamation Practitioner Survey
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At the 2023 Alberta Chapter, Canadian Land Reclamation Association annual conference, Chris Powter, Tanya Richens, Andy Etmanski, Amanda Schoonmaker, and Dean MacKenzie participated in a panel...
Alternative Native Boreal Seed and Plant Delivery Systems for Oil Sands Reclamation
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The purpose of this document is to review traditional and alternative systems of seed and nursery stock treatment and delivery for use in oil sands reclamation. Treatment systems are considered those...
Amanda Schoonmaker
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NSERC Indst Research Chair - Boreal Rec and Reforest