Boreal Caribou Search Results
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Cold stratification for two weeks at 5°C before germination showed no significant difference in the average percent germination between the stratified and unstratified seeds.
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Authors
David Chanasyk
Harvey Martens
John Hastie
The Highvale mine, located 65 km west of Edmonton along the south side of Lake Wabamum, produces approximately 12 m1llion tons of coal per year as fuel for the Sundance and Keephills generating plants...
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Authors
Dean MacKenzie
Kevin Renkema
Resource Date:
December
2013
Reclamation of in-situ facilities poses several unique challenges in comparison to conventional oil and gas and oil sands mining. This document summarizes current knowledge and practices employed for...
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Authors
Martyn Riddle
Ed Osborne
Brian Geddes
The objective of industrial site decommissioning is to leave the site in a safe condition consistent with its proposed future use. Environmental and human health concerns are key ingredients in any...
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This document Is a guideline for the preparation of a Development and Reclamation (D & R) Application for a regulated pipeline
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Authors
Francis Salifu
Jay Woosaree
Sean Wells
Bruce Anderson
Screens native grasses [fringed brome grass (Bromus ciliatus), June grass (Koeleria macrantha), a mix of native grasses with barley and oats (Avena sativa) for suitability to grow and stabilise tailin
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During the 1980's, environmental issues grew rapidly in importance, and more sophisticated modelling scenarios were developed as an aid in predicting the transport and persistence behaviour of...
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Resource Date:
August
2020
This document is part of the 360 tours project Toolkit developed by Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) led by Cenovus Energy Inc., in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada. The...
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Authors
Bill McGill
A.H. Maclean
Larry Turchenek
C.A. Gale
Growth of grasses and legumes in tailings sand, and the effect of adding materials such as peat and glacial till to tailings sand, were studied using lysimeters both indoors and in the field.
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M. Hickman
S.E.D. Charlton
C.G. Jenkerson
Largest mean standing crops for the June to November period occurred in the Steepbank, Ells, and Hangingstone Rivers, while largest mean production rates occurred in the Ells and Muskeg rivers.
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Larry Turchenek
J.D. Lindsay
About 150 townships were field checked during the summer field season, and samples were taken from 44 mineral and 20 organic soil profiles
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Larry Turchenek
J.D. Lindsay
Samples were taken from eight mineral and eight organic soil profiles. In addition, samples of parent materials from eight mineral soil sites were taken for analysis.
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Larry Turchenek
J.D. Lindsay
The emphasis in this inventory is on soils and the landforms on which they occur; both are indicated on maps. Air photo interpretation and field checking have been completed
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Authors
K. Kong
J.D. Lindsay
Bill McGill
2 sites have been established for the study of stored peat, at Evansburg and on the Syncrude Canada Ltd. lease at Mildred Lake, Alberta. Peat physical, chemical and microbiological properties tested
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A set of 11 sites were established in the Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program study area to provide baseline information on vegetation and soils with respect to air pollution impact
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Artificial substrates were employed, water chemistry parameters measured, taxonomic identifications carried out, and productivity measurements conducted to elucidate bacterial and algal productivity
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Jack pine, when fumigated with SO2 at the ambient air quality standards, exhibited various biochemical responses that can have a deleterious effect on the normal growth and yield of vegetation.
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Authors
Jim Sherstabetoff
B.G. Dunsworth
Sam Takyi
Extensive collections made of seeds of trees and shrubs native to the AOSERP study area for use in future nursery production and field trials. Data collected on seedling survival and performance
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Two 3-day small mammal trapping periods were conducted on 2 woodland areas. Surveys of species composition and density of ground cover and saplings, and of the levels of small mammal damage completed
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S.S. Malhotra
Paul Addison
Six woody forest species showed a gradual decline in CO2 gas exchange which was related to symptom development characteristic of SO2 toxicity. Paper birch most sensitive species, black spruce least