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Is your site nutrient-poor? If you need to increase the availability of nutrients at the surface of the soil, mixing or scalping can be helpful techniques. For more videos to see how restoration...
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Mounding is a versatile technique that can be used effectively on many types of challenging sites. This video outlines how to create and design mounds appropriately for your site. For more videos to...
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Heavy equipment can compress soils, making it difficult for plants to establish roots. Learn about three techniques to address this problem and how to choose among them. For more videos to see how...
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If stockpiling soils is a part of your reclamation plan, consider these tips to choose the right timing, tools and techniques to achieve your restoration goals. For more videos to see how restoration...
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Mark Baah-Acheamfour discussed the potential of agroforesty in Alberta to act as a soil carbon sink.
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This presentation discusses the prairie hydrological cycle and explains the influence of temperature, soil composition and significant evapotranspiration.
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Dr. Ross McKenzie makes the case that the relationship between soil science researchers and agricultural producers (something we used to call extension or technology transfer) was a vibrant pipeline for innovation in Alberta.
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At the 2013 Alberta Soil Science Workshop, Rob Dunn introduced the work beginning on a conservation offset pilot in SE Alberta.
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February
2012
This presentation describes the ways that LiDAR has helped some of the challenges previously encountered in data collection for the surficial geology mapping program.
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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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This presentation discusses the keys to successful natural regeneration of serotinous pine, including adaptations, the value of fire and cone droppage, and current research being undertaken.
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This presentation describes the role of trembling aspen in Alberta's boreal forests, and lays out the process of reclamation when aiming for ecosystem resiliency.
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February
2017
This presentation discusses explains how climate change and land use changes impact water supply and how we can adapt.
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Barry Adams explains the range resource management, saying they have recently blended the ecological site description database with their other database ESYS, to make ECOSYS.
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This presentation discusses Alberta's progress toward a joint practice standard for wetland practitioners.
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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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How can you ensure regeneration succeeds in the long term? Watch an overview of how to monitor and manage weeds that can hinder the establishment of target plants. For more videos to see how...
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Learn about the pros and cons of herbicide application and new, innovative planting techniques (“cultural controls”) that can help to reduce weeds. For more videos to see how restoration approaches...
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Mowing, applying mulch, and prescribed burning are just some of the options available to help control competing vegetation. Consider using these techniques together or alongside a herbicide program...
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Jason House described the inverse relationship of soil carbon in peat-mineral soil mix and water stress on lodgepole pine growth on reclaimed oilsands tailing sands.