Land Management Search Results
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Field data on the abundance (or percent cover) of vascular plants, bryophytes, and soil mesofauna were obtained in the summer of 2008 and 2009 from nine produced water release sites in Alberta and...
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Resource Date:
November
2020
The Vermillion River watershed region, found in central Alberta between Edmonton and Lloydminster, is home to residents and farmers who rely on the watershed for drinking water, agriculture, and...
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Marc Mayhew
Amanda Schoonmaker
Allan Pollock
This presentation discusses a comparison of site preparation methods on sub-surface soil resistance and moisture on reclaimed industrial sites in northwestern Alberta.
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Video tutorial that lays out the field sampling process for reclaimed wetland assessment from start to finish in easy-to-follow steps and visually clarifies how protocols should be enacted
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Alvin First Rider
Justin Bruised head
Truman Big Swallow
Jamison Lucas Russell
Members of the Káínawa – or Blood Tribe – are applying training in western science, alongside their Indigenous Knowledge, to bring buffalo back to their historical habitat in southern Alberta, the...
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Jonathan Matthews is Director of Tailings EPA for Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA). In his role of chairing presentations at the Oil Sands Tailings 2014 Conference, he provides a concise...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) is a woody species that can easily be propagated and deployed in the field for revegetation purposes if appropriate collection techniques are utilized. This...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
NAIT Centre for Boreal Research (formerly NAIT Boreal Research Institute) is developing cost effective methods to restore the ecological functions of the decommissioned wellsites with the surrounding...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
This video shows how to properly use the RipPlow to adjust severely disturbed soil. The NAIT Boreal Research Institute in Peace River is using the RipPlow® to test the restoration of soil quality on...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
Resource Date:
April
2020
Exploration of resources (i.e. oil and gas, forestry) creates numerous temporary access features, including seismic lines, winter roads, and oil sands exploration (OSE) wells in boreal peatlands...
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An aquatic mesocosm facility consisting of thirty 15,000 L tanks was constructed in Vegreville, Alberta to support environmental research.
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G20 Global Land Initiative
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration
UN Environment Programme
On the occasion of Word Wetlands Day on 2 February 2023, the G20 Global Land Initiative Coordination Office in partnership with the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration...
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Fort Nelson First Nation Lands Department
Resource Date:
October
2020
In 2019 the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF) funded Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN) to implement the Caribou Habitat Restoration Fund (CHRF) Kotcho Lake Restoration Area project to benefit...
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Authors
Anne Naeth
Konstantin Dlusskiy
Leonard Leskiw
Chris Powter
Andy Etmanski
Humans impact everything, including our soil. We remove, mix and compact soil horizons. We add amendments, including waste materials, to replace soil or improve its health. Soils that that have been...
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I will introduce ABMI’s Ecological Recovery Monitoring program, which is establishing long-term monitoring protocols to assess ecological recovery at certified reclaimed wellsites across Alberta
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The presentation describes how multi-temporal remote sensing offers a better understanding of landscape changes over time in comparison to the more traditional two-date, before and after comparison.
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
Improving seed emergence and survival is one of the largest potential benefits for native boreal seed enhancement. Seed pelleting can increase seed size by multiple orders of magnitude, resulting in...
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Wendy MacKeigan
Alex Mifflin
Tyler Mifflin
Samantha Blake
Jacob Thompson
Nick Koro
Resource Date:
November
2023
Wetlands are the most diverse and ecologically important ecosystems in Ontario. They help purify water, control floods, reduce erosion and fight climate change. They provide critical habitat for...
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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...