Measuring Success in Land Reclamation – A Joint Government and Industry Workshop
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The question we are faced with today is: How do we establish a system or systems for measuring success in reclamation?
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Boreal Caribou Habitat Restoration
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This overview document collects knowledge and research on restoring degraded habitat for boreal ecotype woodland caribou. The objectives for this document are outlines below. Provide an overview of...
Defining Disturbance and Recovery: The Influence of Landscape Specific Ecological Responses to Oil and Gas Linear Disturbances in North Yukon
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Across northern Canada evidence of oil and gas seismic exploration remains from the 1950's to current day. While many of these linear features are still visible, others can no longer be seen. Research...
Environmental Handbook for Pipeline Construction
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This handbook recognizes the potential adverse impact of pipeline construction on the environment and the public and identifies environmental protection measures to minimize those impacts.
Length of Cold Stratification Period Affects Germination in Green alder (Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC. subsp. crispa (Aiton) Turrill) Seed Collected from Northwestern Alberta
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Abstract: Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC. subsp. crispa (Aiton) Turrill (Betulaceae), commonly known as green alder or mountain alder, is a boreal shrub used to revegetate disturbed lands because of its...
A Guide to Chemical and Biological Vegetation Control
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Reclaiming disturbed industrial sites involves many challenges, with undesirable vegetation posing an obstacle to establishing native, desirable plant cover. Chemical vegetation management is an...
NEW GUIDE: Alberta NAWMP releases the Landowner Guide to the Alberta Wetland Policy
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The Landowner Guide to the Alberta Wetland Policy helps landowners understand their rights and responsibilities when working in and around wetlands on their farm or ranch under Alberta’s Wetland...
The Evolution of Reclamation Practice – from Complex to Simple
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Reclamation practice is a function of public will expressed through either company policy or regulatory requirement and technical capability. Many of the contradictions and conflicts which appear in...
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...
Impacts of Soil Disturbance on Roots Systems of Douglas-fir and Lodgepole Pine Seedlings
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One hundred and sixty-two lodgepole pine ( Pinus contorta var. latifolia) and 162 Douglas-fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) seedlings were excavated in a clearcut north of Golden to ascertain...
Assessing Post-Harvest Interim Seed Storage Conditions: A Case Study of Four Boreal Plant Species Used in Land Reclamation
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April 20th, 2023 at 11:30am MST to April 20th, 2023 at 1:00pm MST
Calgary, AB
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Presenter: Jean-Marie Sobze, PhD RPF, Manager, Boreal Forest Plant and Seed Technology Access Centre, Centre for Boreal Research, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT). For many of the...
Condition, Growth, and Projected Yield of Lodgepole Pine and Interior Spruce 20 Years After Rehabilitation of an Understocked Site in North-Central British Columbia: The Stony Lake Trial
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The Stony Lake trial was established in 1987 to benchmark growth performance of interior spruce ( Picea glauca [Moench] Voss x engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.) and lodgepole pine ( Pinus contorta Dougl...
Heavy Metal Dynamics in the Athabasca River: Sediment Concentrations Prior to Major Alberta Oil Sands Development
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To document the natural heavy metal geochemistry of the sediment and to assess cultural influences if any on concentrations. Absolute concentrations are low compared to data for polluted sediments
Local Participation in Natural Resource Monitoring: A Characterization of Approaches
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The monitoring of trends in the status of species or habitats is routine in developed countries, where it is funded by the state or large nongovernmental organizations and often involves large numbers...
Soil Sterilants Program: Knowledge Synthesis, Recommended Practices and Gaps
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Soil sterilants were commonly used from the 1960s to late 1990s to control weeds on rangelands, pipeline right of ways, oil and gas wells, railways, sawmills, pulp mills, and other industrial sites...
A Guide to Planting
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Planting is a highly reliable method to ensure the establishment of target species at desired densities on reclaimed sites. It allows direct control over the species, spacing and timing of...
Soil Bio-Engineering for Site Restoration
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Increasing use and/or degradation of ecosystems requires development of effective strategies for restoration. Urban developments, industrial uses, including mining, oil and gas and forestry, as well...
Oil Sands Rules, Tools and Capacity: Are we Ready for Upcoming Challenges?
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138 potential oil sands challenges, categorized based on a set of criteria and solutions to the most pressing ones. About 84% of the challenges identified were expected to occur in the next 5 years
Theses - University of Waterloo
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The theses in UWSpace are publicly accessible unless restricted due to publication or patent pending. This collection includes a subset of theses submitted by graduates of the University of Waterloo...
Athabasca River Basin Water Use Assessment
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Nearly 76% of all water used in the basin in 1981 was obtained from the river, 22% from major tributaries and other surface sources, and the remaining 2% from groundwater
