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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...
$14.7 Million in Funding Announced to Fight Invasive Species in Alberta Mountain Parks
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Steven Guilbeault, federal minister of environment and climate change, announced $14.7 million in funding to fight invasive aquatic species in Alberta and B.C.'s national parks
17th North American Caribou Workshop 2018
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The North American Caribou Workshop (NACW) is held every two years, and is a central event for sharing Indigenous knowledge, science and lessons learned, reporting on caribou status and discussing...
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...
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...
A Before-After Dose-Response (BADR) Terrestrial Biological Monitoring Framework for the Oil Sands
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One of the theme areas monitored within the OSM program is terrestrial biodiversity, known programmatically as Terrestrial Biological Monitoring (TBM). Biodiversity refers to the diversity of wild...
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 Fire Suppression Model for Forested Range of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Herds of Caribou
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A fire suppression model was developed for forested winter range of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq (formerly Kaminuriak) herds of barren-ground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) in north-central...
A Map of Global Peatland Extent Created Using Machine Learning (Peat-ML)
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Peatlands play an integral role in the global carbon and hydrologic cycles and make up 3% of the Earth’s total landscape. Despite their importance, there is a lack of accurate information on the...
A Regional Integrated Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change and of the Potential Adaptation Avenues for Quebec’s Forests
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Regional analyses assessing the vulnerabilities of forest ecosystems and the forest sector to climate change are key to consider the heterogeneity of climate change impacts but also the fact that...
A Stochastic Modelling Framework to Accommodate the Inter-annual Variability of Habitat Conditions for Peary Caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) Populations
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Study aiming to characterize year-to-year variability of Peary caribou habitat conditions across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from 2000 to 2013.
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
A Survey of Baseline Levels of Contaminants in Aquatic Biota of the AOSERP Study Area
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Analyses are given for up to 12 metals and 4 pesticides with PCBs, of aquatic environment from 15 sites along or near the Athabasca River from Fort McMurray north to the confluence of the Peace River
Ability of Lotic Micro-organisms and Macrobenthos to Degrade and Assimilate Bitumen
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Colonization of limestone bricks and bitumen coated limestone bricks by benthic river organisms was followed over time.
Action Plan for the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Boreal Population, in Canada – Federal Actions
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This federal Action Plan for Woodland Caribou, Boreal Population (herein referred to as “boreal caribou”) presents the recovery measures the federal government is taking or plans to take to help...
Agreement for the Conservation and Recovery of the Caribou, Boreal Population, in Manitoba
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SARA Section 11 (S11) Conservation Agreement - Manitoba The purposes of this Agreement are to set out effective measures that will be taken by the Parties to support the conservation and recovery of...
Agreement for the Conservation and Recovery of the Caribou, Boreal Population, in Ontario
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SARA SECTION 11 (S11) CONSERVATION AGREEMENT - Ontario The purpose of this Agreement is to support the implementation of conservation measures that create the environmental conditions necessary to...