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The province of British Columbia is seeking feedback on the Draft Boreal Caribou Protection and Recovery Plan, which describes proposed habitat and population management actions in support of...
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James Ryan
Gerald Hilchie
Representatives of 50 insect families were collected in sweep net samples, and additional families were observed to be present on the Suncor dike. Insect attacks were severe on conifer trees
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Peat extraction companies have learned a lot about how to restore these vital ecosystems. But slow growth, climate change, and complexity mean conservation is an important strategy as well. Over the...
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Heavy oils produced from the Alberta oil sands contain cyclic organic compounds together with sulphur and nitrogen. Upon thermal treatment they have potential to form carcinogenic, mutagenic, and toxi
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North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance (NSWA)
This Integrated Watershed Management Plan (IWMP) lays out recommendations and an approach to manage the North Saskatchewan River (NSR) Watershed.
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Government of British Columbia
This primer is for staff of local governments in BC and is intended to help them capitalize on the real and immediate benefits of managing their natural assets.
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This report contains all the available suspended sediment discharge information for 1976 that was collected by Water Survey of Canada and by Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program (AOSERP)...
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This compilation report contains all the available 1977 suspended sediment concentration and particle size data collected in the Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program study area.
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Contains all available 1979 hydrometric data including daily discharges for streamflow stations with corresponding hydrographs and stage-discharge curves and water level information for gauged lakes.
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M. Hickman
S.E.D. Charlton
C.G. Jenkerson
Largest mean standing crops for the June to November period occurred in the Steepbank, Ells, and Hangingstone Rivers, while largest mean production rates occurred in the Ells and Muskeg rivers.
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12 to 40.% of streamflow during the late spring, summer and fall months consists of groundwater; the remainder comes from lake and muskeg drainage, as well as direct precipitation on stream channels
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Larry Turchenek
J.D. Lindsay
About 150 townships were field checked during the summer field season, and samples were taken from 44 mineral and 20 organic soil profiles
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Larry Turchenek
J.D. Lindsay
Samples were taken from eight mineral and eight organic soil profiles. In addition, samples of parent materials from eight mineral soil sites were taken for analysis.
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Larry Turchenek
J.D. Lindsay
The emphasis in this inventory is on soils and the landforms on which they occur; both are indicated on maps. Air photo interpretation and field checking have been completed
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Biomass of insects collected averaged 0.82 g oven-dry weight m-2, and ranged from 0.28 (Jack Pine forest) to 3.11 (fen) grams. Use of insects as environmental monitors is discussed
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W.A. Bond
Kazimierz Machniak
Migrations of non-resident fish from the Athabasca River into the Muskeg River watershed were monitored through the use of a two-way counting fence. 6153 fish passed through the upstream trap
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Preliminary experimental and survey research on benthic communities affected by selected hydrocarbons and tailings sludge produced by existing oil sands mining and upgrading operations
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Artificial substrates were employed, water chemistry parameters measured, taxonomic identifications carried out, and productivity measurements conducted to elucidate bacterial and algal productivity
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Jack pine, when fumigated with SO2 at the ambient air quality standards, exhibited various biochemical responses that can have a deleterious effect on the normal growth and yield of vegetation.
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Live trapping and tagging of the four study species, beaver (Castor canadensis), muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), mink (Mustela vison), and otter (Lutra canadensis), were conducted while the study areas