Boreal Caribou Search Results
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Anne Naeth
Albert Lees
Jeanie Bietz
B.D. Irving
Al Fedkenheuer
Compare vegetative productivity, plant species composition and animal utilization on pipeline right-of-way to that of the adjacent native grassland. Field assessments were conducted over 4 years
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This study tested the ability of rat root to grow in a high pH/high salinity environment, similar to that of a constructed oil sands tailings pond wetland.
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This report summarizes up to 39 years of plant community development trends on Syncrude’s reclaimed mine sites near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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Earle Anderson
K. Cantrell
Gerry Genovese
B. Novlesky
A. Stemberger
Syncrude Canada Ltd. (Mildred Lake Project) is an oil sand surface mining and processing venture situated in the Athabasca Oil Sands of northeastern Alberta . This project, approximately 420 km north...
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Ineffective surface reclamation legislation for many years left thousands of hectares of Alberta landscape scarred and abandoned after being disturbed by man's activities. In an effort to reclaim some...
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Reclamation activities of the Alberta Forest Service fall into three general areas. It is involved in the process of application, approval, and inspection of all operations relating to resource...
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The revegetation program began in 1981 with the seeding of the construction site disturbance and has been ongoing every year. The main objectives of the revegetation program are: 1. Erosion Control...
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The site-specific data gathered throughout the life cycle of an upstream facility provides the basis for the integrated environmental management principles commonly applied for the reclamation of...
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Sam Takyi
Michael Rowell
Bill McGill
Marvin Nyborg
Field trial on an already vegetated area on the GCOS tailings pond dike, to determine responses of the already established vegetative cover to different fertility levels, and fate of added fertilizer
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TransAlta Utilities has always believed that finding solutions to reclamation problems must identify the most economical and technically feasible methods. A range of research related programs have...
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In 1976 methods and materials were used in the search for afforestation practices that will assist in the establishment of a self sustaining vegetation cover compatible with land use objectives
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With respect to mine planning, reclamation should be recognized as an integral part of mining and therefore should be considered as one of the constraints in determining mining methods and overall...
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Virgil Hawkes
Gillian Donald
A long-term plot network would allow the monitoring data to describe the ecological condition of the reclaimed lands and define appropriate management strategies for achieving revegetation goals
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Jim Schaefer
Amalesh Dhar
David Chanasyk
Anne Naeth
Bioengineering approaches to slope stabilization involve biological and mechanical methods with low impact on the environment and landscape. Slope stabilization using vegetation patches or islands can...
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Reclamation of land disturbed during surface mining of coal in the plains region of Alberta has become an important issue in the last decade. This corresponds to the increasing concerns over...
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Sandra Landsburg
Al Fedkenheuer
Recommendations for rehabilitation and reclamation of soils contaminated by bromacil include use of activated carbon, manure, wet- dry soil cycles, and plant seedlings to enhance adsorption, and plant
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David Brand
Andy Etmanski
Reclamation of 1,362 hectare mine site; recent carnivore activity is one indication of the eventual return of a healthy, balanced and sustainable ecosystem to the reclaimed Gregg River mine site.
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Cardinal River Coals, Ltd. is a joint coal mining venture owned 50% by Luscar, Ltd. and 50% by Consolidation Coal, Co. of Canada. The minesite is located approximately 40 kilometres south of Hinton...
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Terry Macyk
Martin Fung
Ron Pauls
Syncrude Canada Ltd. produces 200,000 barrels of synthetic crude oil per day from its oil sands surface mining operations located 50 km north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The three major types of...
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Terry Macyk
Vern Albush
O. Terry
In 1992 the Alberta Research Council initiated a reclamation study at the Smoky River Coal Limited No. 12 Mine South area located northwest of Grande Cache, Alberta. The objective of the research is...