Land Management Search Results
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John Sobkowicz
Al Hyndman
Bryan Watts
Richard Dawson
COSIA (Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance) created a committee to develop guidelines for management of fluid fine tailings so that oil sands mines could meet closure requirements. Dr. John...
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March
2013
This presentation reviews the forest management planning for Hidden Creek, a tributary to the Oldman River in southwestern Alberta.
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Dr. Roland Kroebel outines where ecosystem modeling for agriculture is moving in a presentation to the 50th Alberta Soil Science Workshop. Starting with a GHG calculator, HOLOS, Dr. Kroebel proposes adding a number of other models, for carbon, soil moisture, nitrogen and environmental footprints to create a "Virtual Farm" concept.
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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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April
2017
This presentation discusses the work of Alberta Environment and Parks on the water management framework in the industrial heartland and the capital region.
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January
2016
The Duck Mountain Provincial Forest in west-central Manitoba is a landbase with a mosaic of uplands and wetlands. The wetlands are both interspersed and interconnected with uplands. Ecosystem Based...
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John Sobkowicz
Jeremy Boswell
Iain Gidley
In a presentation to challenge the tailings research community, the Alberta oil sand industry and regulators, John Sobkowicz asks whether an ingenuity gap exists in the tailings management solutions...
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January
2016
This presentation provides an overview of the Ducks Unlimited Canada Best Management Practices (BMP) program and the road to and purpose of the 2016 Wetland BMP Workshop.
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Nicole Kimmel provides a history of weed control in Canada and Alberta focusing on invasive weeds and their impact on natural landscapes and agriculture.
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This presentation reviews the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan, what it means for Alberta's international reputation, Canada's Greenhouse Gas policies, and resource development challenges.
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March
2013
This presentation discusses land-use as a tool to understand the drivers of water processes.
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Dr. Chris Hopkinson introduces a series of seven videos that covers the topic of LiDAR and its application in water resources planning and monitoring.
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Brian Sawyer
Phil Mackenzie
Resource Date:
March
2012
Brian Sawyer and Phil Mackenzie discuss how GOA decided to acquire LiDAR data, the value it has to various government departments, and how it is being used.
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Resource Date:
March
2012
This presentation discusses how Alberta Parks uses LiDAR data to inform decision-making in their land management activities.
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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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This presentation discusses managing soil carbon in temperate and boreal ecosystems.
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The goal of the program is to develop a set of spatially explicit models that can be used to map the supply and economic value ecosystems goods and services
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Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) created a committee to develop guidelines for testing the load bearing strength of oil sands tailings deposits. The need comes from the Alberta Energy...