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BERA News Fall 2022
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Understanding how birds respond to landscape disturbance is key to effective restoration. Two studies used non-invasive microphone arrays to determine the exact locations of singing individuals in the...
BERA News Spring 2022
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Mounding is a common restoration technique designed to improve microsite conditions for planted seedlings in wetlands. There are a variety of strategies for constructing mounds, though, and how mounds...
Fort McKay First Nation’s Involvement in Reclamation of Alberta’s Oil Sands Development
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In the future, Fort McKay will continue to strive for faster reclamation that will restore the land to pre-mining conditions and seek the complete elimination of fluid fine tailings stored in an EPL
Paddle for Nature
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Event Date and Time
August 25th, 2023 at 12:00am to August 27th, 2023 at 11:59pm
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Paddle for Nature is an exciting, weekend-long opportunity for you to make time for nature! Grab whatever watercraft gets you outside (kayak, canoe or stand-up paddle board) and see how many hours of...
Port Joli is Wild for Waterfowl
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December 2nd, 2023 at 10:00am to December 2nd, 2023 at 3:00pm
Port Mouton, NS
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Looking for an opportunity to help protect birds? Join us for a day birdwatching at the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC's) Port Joli and Little Port L’Hebert Nature Reserves. The Port Joli natural...
The Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment (BERA)
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The boreal region of Alberta contains extensive disturbances from natural resource extraction. Roads, well pads, seismic lines (petroleum-exploration corridors), forest-harvest areas, and other...
The Edge 2022 (BERA Systhesis)
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The central goal of the Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment (BERA) program is to understand the effects of industrial disturbance on natural ecosystem dynamics, and to develop strategies for...
The Edge: The BERA Program 2024 Synthesis Report
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The 2024 issue of The Edge summarizes the following key findings: Plan A better understanding of passive recovery trajectories will help guide restoration planning LiDAR is a powerful planning tool...
Webinar: Solving the Streamlining Paradox: The Future of Environmental Assessment
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Event Date and Time
October 25th, 2023 at 12:30pm MST to October 25th, 2023 at 1:30pm MST
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This seminar will examine this challenge, review options both in process and practice, and offer pragmatic and balanced solutions to the streamlining paradox of reducing time but also gaining trust.