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Decreased Carbon Accumulation Feedback Driven by Climate‐Induced Drying of Two Southern Boreal Bogs over Recent Centuries
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This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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...
Increasing Contributions of Peatlands to Boreal Evapotranspiration in a Warming Climate
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The response of evapotranspiration (ET) to warming is of critical importance to the water and carbon cycle of the boreal biome, a mosaic of land cover types dominated by forests and peatlands. The...
Modeled Production, Oxidation, and Transport Processes of Wetland Methane Emissions in Temperate, Boreal, and Arctic Regions
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Policy Mechanisms to Regulate Seismic Line Restoration at Scale
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Presentation from the Seismic Line Restoration Technical Session Edmonton, AB December 1 st , 2016 Organized by the Canadian Institute of Forestry This technical session will facilitate discussion and...
Soil Deformation and its Recovery in Logging Trails of Drained Boreal Peatlands
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Status of Boreal Woodland Caribou Conservation in Canada
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Several key gaps exist in current reporting and information synthesis practices with respect to boreal caribou conservation in Canada. Conservation data are collected at a provincial/territorial level...
The Biophysical Climate Mitigation Potential of Boreal Peatlands During the Growing Season
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Peatlands and forests cover large areas of the boreal biome and are critical for global climate regulation. They also regulate regional climate through heat and water vapour exchange with the...
Thermal In Situ Oil Sands Reclamation – Successes and Challenges
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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
Variation in Photosynthetic Properties Among Bog Plants
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Plant functional types (PFTs) are used to make generalizations in modeling how plants impact ecosystem functioning. In boreal bogs the number of plant species is small, but several PFTs are...
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 - Flooding of In-line Flocculated Tailings After Thin Lift Drying
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Dr. Aref Najafi is a Technology Development Engineer with Canadian Natural Resources Limited. He described the tailings research at CNRL as they develop an open-pit oil sands mine in NE Alberta. The...
Video - Is the Alberta Climate Change Leadership Plan a Game Changer?
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Ed Whittingham, Executive Director, Pembina Institute reviews the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan and discusses what it means for Alberta's international reputation, Canada's Greenhouse Gas policies...
Video - Is the Alberta Climate Change Leadership Plan a Game Changer?
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This presentation reviews the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan, what it means for Alberta's international reputation, Canada's Greenhouse Gas policies, and resource development challenges.
Video - Pembina Institute Updates Landowner's Guide to Oil & Gas Development
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This talk at the AIA 2016 Conference covered Pembina Institute's update to their guide to landowners who are dealing with the oil and gas industry in Alberta around development and reclamation issues.