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Beavers, Canada's national animal, provide many valuable ecosystem services including storage of water during droughts and flooding, creation of habitat for a variety of species, and improvement of...
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Canadian Conservation and Land Management Knowledge Network
This briefing note synthesizes knowledge from two resources on wetland mapping available on the Canadian and Conservation Land Management (CCLM) Knowledge Portal.
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This infographic by the CCLM discusses mesocosms and the InnoTech Alberta Mesocosm Facility in Vegreville, Alberta.
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Canadian Conservation and Land Management Network
This infographic synthesizes knowledge from a variety of resources on the Canadian and Conservation Land Management (CCLM) Knowledge Portal. It highlights some important considerations for managers...
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Plow-in pipeline approach resulted in a fescue-bluegrass vegetation community that had the best rough fescue recovery and greatest similarity to undisturbed natural grassland
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Upland mesic sites showed a relatively strong ability to regenerate on their own (passive restoration), while lowland (bogs and fens) and upland dry sites were slow to recover.
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Where forest floor was protected from disturbance, there were approximately 10 times as many aspen sprouts that were at least 3 times as tall as sprouts in the area where floor was stripped & replaced
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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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These guidelines are designed to help land users minimize, or avoid, potential adverse effects on selected wildlife and wildlife resources when conducting activities on public and private lands within...
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Tailings sand sites: fine root biomass decreased with depth and proximity to the textural interface. Overburden sites: fine root biomass decreased abruptly at the textural interface and EC increased
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Because natural resources development causes landscape disturbance, post-development site restoration requires an in-depth knowledge of previous conditions. What did the landscape look like before...
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This Fact Sheet gives guidance regarding the use of native plant materials for revegetation of industrial developments in Alberta. A native plant is defined as a species occurring within its historic...
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October
2023
Species identification guide for Rhododendron groenlandicum and seed collection, extraction, and storage.
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The Oil Sands Monitoring Program is assessing the environmental impacts of oil sands development at different spatial scales. Monitoring in the Oil Sands Region operates under a consistent framework...
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Because natural resources development causes landscape disturbance, post-development site restoration requires an in-depth knowledge of previous conditions. What did the landscape look like before...
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Aspen sucker production from root fragments was 3X higher at salvage/placement depth of 40 cm compared to 15 cm. Successful suckering occurred in root fragments with little damage in upper 20 cm soil
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InnoTech Alberta
University of Alberta
The InnoTech/UofA above ground mesocosm facility enables configurable, innovative approaches for assessing potential environmental and ecological impacts of industrial activities
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Differences in microtopography were associated with differences in plant species richness and composition between OSE pads and the undisturbed sites.
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The central goal of the Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment (BERA) program is to understand the effects of industrial disturbance on natural ecosystem dynamics, and to develop strategies for...
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Alberta Regional Caribou Knowledge Partnership
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February
2021
The Exchange: Sharing Knowledge, Inspiring Solutions, is a regular knowledge exchange publication produced by the Alberta Regional Caribou Knowledge Partnership (ARCKP). It features concise, brief...