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Jonathan Boucher
Yan Boulanger
A video that describes the recent trends in fire behavior in forest landscapes. The talk also discusses changes in forest landscapes and climate over the last 45 years. A PDF of the PowerPoint...
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Report reviews current literature, describe operations and controls, and suggest survey and research objectives for reclamation of lands disturbed by surface mining of coal in the Rocky Mountains
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Joanne White
Michael Wulder
Andrés Varhola
Mikko Vastaranta
Nicholas Coops
Bruce Cook
Doug Pitt
Murray Woods
A best practice guide brings together state-of-the-art approaches, methods, and data to provide non-experts more detailed information about complex topics. With this guide, our goal is to inform and...
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Authors
Pierre Taillardat
Annika Linkhorst
Charles Deblois
Antonin Prijac
Laure Gandois
Alain Tremblay
Michelle Garneau
Peatlands store organic carbon available for decomposition and transfer to neighboring water bodies, which can ultimately generate carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane (CH 4) emissions. The objective of...
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Authors
Andrea Hanke
Monica Angohiatok
Lisa-Marie Leclerc
Cindy Adams
Susan Kutz
Resource Date:
December
2021
The Dolphin and Union (DU) caribou herd ( Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus x pearyi), locally referred to as Island caribou, is a unique and at-risk ecotype of caribou that ranges on Victoria Island...
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Many after-uses of aggregate extraction land do exist: forestry, agriculture, recreation, nature reserves, housing and waste disposal sites. Attempts at reclaiming this land for alternate uses has...
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Steve Wilson
Thomas Nudds
Andrew de Vries
Resource Date:
December
2021
Examines the scientific framework for woodland caribou recovery efforts through the lens of causal modelling, highlighting feasible steps that could be taken to improve the rigour of causal inferences
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Authors
Roger Whitehead
George Harper
In 1986, a field trial was established to test options for brushing young, shrub-dominated Engelmann spruce plantations in the moist warm Interior Cedar Hemlock biogeoclimatic subzone of British...
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Tim Keddy
Derek Sidders
Carmela Arevalo
The Ellerslie Short Rotation Woody Crops (SRWC) Technical Development Site provided a unique opportunity to evaluate (from establishment to end-user) growth and yield, physical and chemical...
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Rob Johns
Véronique Martel
The spruce budworm is a native forest insect that inhabits the spruce-fir forests of northeastern North America. Outbreaks of this insect occur every 30 to 40 years. During this cycle, populations...
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This three-part document provides a template to guide cumulative watershed effects assessments (CWEA) within Alberta's Eastern Slopes.
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Authors
Don Russell
Anne Gunn
Robert White
Using the caribou cumulative effects model, an existing decision support tool, we evaluate 6 alternative development scenarios, from no leasing to full leasing with standard mitigation conditions
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Wei-Yew Chang
Chris Gaston
Julie Cool
Barb Thomas
Genomics-assisted tree breeding (GATB) is an emerging biotechnology method that has the potential to produce improved planting stock in selected traits, such as greater volume or higher wood quality...
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Donald Thomas
Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board
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...
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Authors
Cole Burton
Dave Huggard
Erin Bayne
Jim Schieck
Péter Sólymos
Tyler Muhly
Dan Farr
Stan Boutin
Effective ecological monitoring is imperative in a human-dominated world, as our ability to manage functioning ecosystems will depend on understanding biodiversity responses to anthropogenic impacts...
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This document outlines an approach to range planning for boreal woodland caribou (hereafter “boreal caribou”) in the Northwest Territories (NWT). It provides a common framework for how individual...
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Government of Northwest Territories
The Framework for Boreal Caribou Range Planning: Discussion Document is the appendices discussion to the Framework for Boreal Caribou Range Planning in Northwest Territories. It discusses: Population...
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Authors
Tracy Lee
Lea Randall
Nicole Kahal
Holly Kinas
Vanessa Carney
Heather Rudd
Tyne Baker
Ken Sanderson
Irena Creed
Axel Moehrenschlager
Danah Duke
Resource Date:
March
2022
Cities worldwide are expanding in area and human population, posing multiple challenges to amphibian populations, including habitat loss from removal of wetlands and terrestrial upland habitat...
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Authors
John Boulanger
Jan Adamczewski
A 39-page academic paper from 2016 designed to help assess the impact of hunting on barren-ground caribou herds, based on the population size and trend of a given herd.
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This guide begins by outlining the value of using aerial photography in caribou monitoring programs in terms of documentation, education, and knowledge sharing. The guide then features numerous photos...