Land Management Search Results
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David Paré presents a lecture to the Canadian Institute of Forestry on soil organic carbon levels and various methods on increasing it across Canada.
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Resource Date:
March
2017
This webinar provides an overview of a project funded by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative that involves collaboration among the Saskatchewan Research Council, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Louisiana...
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Joanne White presents a lecture to the Canadian Institute of Forestry on post-disturbance forest recovery. In this talk, the audience is introduced to using remotely sensed data to assess and monitor...
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In Norway, reindeer are fragmented into roughly 23 wild populations and 76 semi-domestic herding districts. The variation in forage quantity, migratory behaviour, and demography across these...
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Authors
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.
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Our Nature talk on Tuesday, July 4th, featured Rachel Kendall and her work surrounding the forested wetlands of Nova Scotia. Rachel loves exploring and gaining new understandings of how plants, soil...
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Nature-based climate solutions (NBCSs) are increasingly viewed as potentially significant contributors to combating climate change. They are of particular interest in countries such as Canada, which...
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Authors
Micheline Manseau
Paul Wilson
Information on the size, distribution and trend of wildlife populations are key parameters when assessing the status of wildlife species. Quantifying the impacts of natural and anthropogenic...
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Event Date and Time
June 28th, 2023 at 12:00pm MST to June 28th, 2023 at 1:00pm MST
The latest WildTrax release includes many new tools and enhancements to process remote camera image sets. Image uploading has been improved to allow users to run their image sets through the new...
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Presented by Dr Scott J Davidson, Lecturer in Ecosystem Resilience, University of Plymouth Swamps are a highly significant wetland type in North America both in terms of areal extent and their role in...
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Klaus Puettman presents a lecture to the Canadian Institute of Forestry on novel silviculture. Given that climate is changing and extreme events are becoming more common, silvicultural goals also need...
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Event Date and Time
October 31st, 2023 at 1:30pm MST to October 31st, 2023 at 2:30pm MST
The Science Seminar Series is a regular venue for sharing information relevant to Alberta’s environmental monitoring and science programs, hosted by the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS), Alberta...
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Mountain caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are classified as threatened in Canada. In May of 2018, the Government of Canada released an “Imminent Threat Assessment for the Redrock/Prairie Creek and Narraway...
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Authors
Dasvinder Kambo
Steve D'Eon
A lecture, hosted by the Canadian Institute of Forestry, on various 2 Billion Trees related applied research projects. This presentation, along with many others from the Canadian Institute of Forestry...
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Resource Date:
September
2020
Peatlands in Canada: Linking science, policy, and practice to protect an essential carbon service Presented by Lorna Harris, University of Alberta One quarter of the world’s peatlands are found in...
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Authors
Tracy McKay
Leonie Brown
Laura Finnegan
The links between habitat disturbance, primary prey, shared predators, and decreasing caribou populations are well established, and long-term solutions for caribou recovery will require management to...
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In the foothills of the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada, increasing socio-political conflict regarding feral horse management and significance of the ecological role now being played by horses...
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Anthropogenic habitat alteration via land conversion directly reduces habitat availability and disrupts ecological processes. Western Canada’s boreal forest has undergone rapid landscape change as a...
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Event Date and Time
February 13th, 2024 at 12:00pm MST to February 13th, 2024 at 1:00pm MST
The Recovery Strategies for Industrial Development in Native Grasslands project is a multi-stakeholder initiative to provide guidance to minimize future impacts, and promote effective reclamation...
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Authors
Nadine Taube
Brandi Newton
Rocky Mountain headwaters are a critical source of water for major watersheds in Alberta. For example, the combined contribution of mountain headwaters supplies 99% of the annual volume of the South...