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Stem cuttings of balsam poplar and three poplar hybrids were directly planted onto reclamation material ontailings dyke slope. The overall rooting success was poor - direct planting is not recommended
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The foothills and mountain regions are extremely varied in soils, vegetation, climate and geology. Oil and gas drilling wastes must be contained ana then dispose □ of, despite of this extreme...
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Sandra Landsburg
Elizabeth Dwyer
Dissipation of bromacil in Humic Luvic Gleysols amended with cow manure was evaluated at two sites in northwestern Alberta from 1984 to 1987
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Synthesis of the published literature on the habitat preferences of beavers, muskrats, mink and river otters. Field studies during the late autumn of 1978 included aerial surveys and track counts
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348 benthic macroinvertebrate samples collected at 16 sites along 85 km of the Athabasca River between Fort McMurray and the Ells River. total of 27229 specimens belonging to 68 taxonomic groups
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Amy Darling
Carol Stefan
Corey De La Mare
Canada’s boreal forest is important habitat for many North American birds, which play a vital role in the health of forests, and provide ecosystem services. Expanding human development in northern...
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Highway rights-of-way in Alberta, and elsewhere, are dull because they consist of limited, non-native species mixes that are frequently mowed. These rights-of-way are therefore not much more exciting...
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Terry Larsen
A. Sorensen
C. McClelland
Gordon Stenhouse
To understand how oil and gas activities and access control measures, particularly gates, influences grizzly bears and their habitats in Alberta, we used multiple data sources including spatial layers...
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Whaèhdôö Nàowoò Kö Dogrib Treaty 11 Council
A long 2002 paper on Dogrib (Tlicho) place names. It discusses how caribou are embedded in many place names. This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find more...
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Government of Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Natural Resources
A 21-page 2019 report on the results of the public engagement by the Government of the Northwest Terriotries on the Bathurst caribou herd range plan. The document summarizes the views that were heard...
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The trial was established on blended materials consisting of native sand, clayey overburden and peat. Nine native grasses and eight cultivated grass varieties were seeded in June of 1981.
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Pilot study to assess the use of early successional stands (i.e. those ranging in age from 4 to 17 years) by wildlife (songbirds, small mammals, and ungulates), using a wildlife monitoring protocol
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Roger DeAbreu
Shane Patterson
Todd Shipman
Chris Powter
NRCan pilot science projects have proven that Earth Observation can provide relevant and valuable information to inform and enhance monitoring and support regulatory frameworks
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There was only very limited evidence of biological responses to increased pollutant content in spite of significantly higher pollutant levels in tissues close to existing industrial developments.
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M.D. Thompson
M.C. Wride
M.E. Kirby
Classification system devised for mapping vegetation and surficial geology from 1:60,000 scale false colour infrared photographs; 1:50 000 base maps plus a vegetation and a surficial geology overlay
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Ground surveys of vegetation and surficial geology generally confirmed that the classification systems used in the mapping accurately described and defined the ecological habitat features
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ERMP Project Advisory Group
Monitoring protocols for forested land wellsites to determine if a reclaimed site has returned to similar structure and function as found in a representative undisturbed reference area.
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Select appropriate vegetation, soil, and habitat indicators for a long-term reclamation monitoring program and provide sampling protocols for the selected indicators.
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Our statistical design and the hands on learning experience we gained in the field can be applied when implementing the long-term monitoring program for certified wellsites.
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Three workshops were held to examine a suite of vegetation, soil, and habitat indicators that could potentially be used to monitor recovery in a long-term reclamation monitoring program