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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
The NAIT Centre for Boreal Research (formerly NAIT Boreal Research Institute) is in the Peace River oilsands region of northwestern Alberta. One of the key research initiatives at the Centre is...
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Dean MacKenzie
Bonnie Drozdowski
Since 2018, InnoTech Alberta, Vertex Resource Group Ltd., Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and Enviro Q&A Services have been working on a PTAC-sponsored project to provide recommendations for...
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Jay Woosaree, revegetation ecologist for Alberta Innovates Technology Futures, talks about revegetation success of foothills fescue grassland over the last twenty years. This large seral and long...
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Determining appropriate indicators for measuring and monitoring reclamation success and ecological recovery rates can be challenging and often involves trade-offs.
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An online seminar developed by InnoTech Alberta and Acden Vertex for Indigenous opportunity seekers, the energy industry and service providers.
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The majority of the roots of forests are found near the surface (80% or more are generally found within the top 20 cm of the soil). The trafficking of forest soils by most industrial equipment...
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Norman Allard Jr.
Tom Biebighauser
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February
2023
I am pleased to share the full short film The Wetlands. In 2017 Lower Kootenay Band began planning the restoration of a number of wetland impoundments created in the late 1960's to mid 1980's. Due to...
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In this video, Dr. David McNabb, describes how the NAIT Boreal Research Institute in Peace River is using the RipPlow® to test the restoration of soil quality on decommissioned wellsites and the...
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Time spent foraging on 18 different plant species was estimated for 4 wapiti during winter (February 14-27), spring (June 12-18) and late summer (August 2O-September 2). Creeping red fescue and hard...
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Ray Chopiuk
S.E. Thornton
Several foothills/mountain coal mine waste dumps were selected for the purpose of evaluating the effects of final configuration on the amount of surface erosion occurring on those dump surfaces
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There is uncertainty related to the long-term consequences of reconstructing landscapes on Alberta’s specified lands. Alberta has over 100,000 wellsites that have been certified under evolving...
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In some areas the accelerated weathering of material disturbed by coal mining operations releases toxic concentrations of elements present. Also, water seeping through the mine waste may become quite...
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March
2017
This presentation provides an introduction to the Peatland Restoration program at the NAIT Boreal Research Institute and the program's current research.
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This ongoing project characterized changes and early responses in biodiversity and environmental conditions along seismic lines in relation to the adjacent forest.
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Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are a threatened species federally and provincially in Alberta. Habitat restoration is critical to maintaining suitable habitat to support healthy...
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September
2018
Oil sands mining in Alberta has disturbed large areas of peatlands, the dominant regional ecosystem type, and no formal strategies exist to reconstruct the landscape. Peatland reclamation is...
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This presentation covers effects of peatland fire on permafrost stability, consequences of permafrost thaw on greenhouse gas exchange, and opportunities to learn from natural disturbances.
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Matthew Pyper
Kate Broadley
Jesse Tigner
Ken Byrne
Lori Neufeld
Jack O'Neil
Restoration of legacy seismic lines within woodland caribou habitat has received considerable attention in the last seven years in western Canada. Restoration programs have successfully transitioned...
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Chibuike Chigbo
Brad Pinno
Robert Albricht
Resource Date:
April
2019
Temporary Reforestation of Soil Stockpiles: Using Nature to More Effectively Achieve Future Land Reclamation Goals in a Forested Landscape Industrial disturbances, whether in the mining or oil and gas...
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Kevin Kemball
Catherine Brown
Resource Date:
October
2018
This presentation introduces the NAIT Boreal Research Institute and provides examples of peatland applied research activities, and the use of knowledge exchange products to disseminate findings.