Land Management Resources
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Majid Iravani
Monica Kohler
Shannon White
The results showed a pronounced variation in the historic supply of soil organic carbon and aboveground biomass in the watershed. Land management resulted in a diverse range of gains or losses.
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Majid Iravani
Brandon Allen
Ermias Azeria
Monica Kohler
Shannon White
This proof of concept assessment helps understand better market opportunities associated with biodiversity management in Alberta’s agricultural lands. Land management can increase biodiversity.
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Randi Lupardus
Ermias Azeria
Kierann Santala
Isabelle Aubin
Anne McIntosh
Results suggest that even as practices and policies evolve, reclamation does not fully alleviate the legacy effects of industrial disturbance. Trait-based approaches can inform recovery assessment.
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ERMP Project Advisory Group
This report provides the monitoring protocols for grassland wellsites.
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ERMP Project Advisory Group
This report provides the monitoring protocols for forested land wellsites.
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ERMP Project Advisory Group
This report provides the monitoring protocols for cultivated land wellsites.
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ERMP Project Advisory Group
This report describes several specialized monitoring techniques that were evaluated during the Ecological Recovery Monitoring Program Pilot.
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ERMP Project Advisory Group
The Ecological Recovery Monitoring Program should be implemented in stages to allow for incorporation of learnings and additional research to support design of protocols for new disturbance types.
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Jennifer Hird
Alessandro Montaghi
Gregory McDermid
Jahan Kariyeva
Brian Moorman
Scott Nielsen
Anne McIntosh
Good statistical agreement between key structural vegetation parameters, such as mean and maximum vegetation height, with PPC metrics successfully predicting most height and tree-diameter metrics.
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Data show that for many vegetation and soil indicators, wellsite development impacts are long lasting and may remain for 30 years or more after reclamation.