Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Soil quality criteria for Alberta's resource extraction industries were prepared by the Soil Quality Criteria Subcommittee of the Alberta Soils Advisory Committee. The document produced was intended...
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C. Gaudet
M. Bonnell
Ted Nason
L. Hofmann
There can be little argument that contaminants are now a ubiquitous presence in our environment. Though large-scale efforts to deal with contaminant issues have traditionally focused on water and air...
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Three mid- to high-elevation lines of slender wheatgrass were selected and released as varieties for use in reclamation
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Two lines of alpine bluegrass were selected and released as varieties for use in reclamation
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Sarah Thacker
Sara Venskaitis
Kevin Renkema
Emily Herdman
Earth observation (EO), remote sensing (RS), and other digital technologies are emerging as powerful tools for monitoring the environment and collecting environmental data. These technologies can be...
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The foothills and mountain regions are extremely varied in soils, vegetation, climate and geology. Oil and gas drilling wastes must be contained ana then dispose □ of, despite of this extreme...
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Gonçalo Curveira-Santos
Solène Marion
Chris Sutherland
Christopher Beirne
Emily Herdman
Erin Tattersall
Joanna Burgar
Jason Fisher
Cole Burton
Abstract Compound effects of anthropogenic disturbances on wildlife emerge through a complex network of direct responses and species interactions. Land-use changes driven by energy and forestry...
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Greniqueca Mitchell
Paul Wilson
Micheline Manseau
Bridgett Redquest
Brent Patterson
Linda Rutledge
Woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou) are threatened in Canada because of the drastic decline in population size caused primarily by human-induced landscape changes that decrease habitat and...
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Highway rights-of-way in Alberta, and elsewhere, are dull because they consist of limited, non-native species mixes that are frequently mowed. These rights-of-way are therefore not much more exciting...
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Wenjun Chen
Sylvain Leblanc
Peter White
Christian Prevost
Brian Milakovic
Christine Rock
Greg Sharam
Harry O’Keefe
Laura Corey
Bruno Croft
Anne Gunn
Sjoerd van der Wielen
Adeline Football
Boyan Tracz
Jody Snortland Pellissey
John Boulanger
Resource Date:
March
2017
A 2017 paper assessing the impacts of dust from a mining haul road in the NWT on vegetation used by caribou. The paper concluded that dust from the road negatively affected the vegetation within a...
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Franck Stefani
Julien Beguin
David Paré
Marie-Josée Morency
Christine Martineau
André Fortin
Nelson Thiffault
Armand Séguin
Introduction: Reforestation of degraded lands in the boreal forest is challenging and depends on the direction and strength of the plant-soil feedback (PSF). Methods: Using a gradient in tree...
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Whaèhdôö Nàowoò Kö Dogrib Treaty 11 Council
A long 2002 paper on Dogrib (Tlicho) place names. It discusses how caribou are embedded in many place names. This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find more...
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Government of Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Natural Resources
A 21-page 2019 report on the results of the public engagement by the Government of the Northwest Terriotries on the Bathurst caribou herd range plan. The document summarizes the views that were heard...
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Kaysandra Waldron
Nelson Thiffault
Frédéric Bujold
Jean-Claude Ruel
Jean-Martin Lussier
Dominique Boucher
The Eastern boreal forests of Quebec, Canada, have been extensively harvested over the past decades. Second growth stands originating from sites harvested between 1920 and 1950 will soon reach the...
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Torben Jensen
Tim Keddy
Derek Sidders
Canada is seeking cost-effective means to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, particularly CO2. One of the promising means is the short rotation woody crops (SRWC) plantation, a silvicultural approach...
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In 1983 the Alberta Environmental Centre (AEC) at Vegreville began a program to develop licensed, commercially available seed varieties suitable for use in the reclamation of rangeland and man-made...
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Steve Wilson
Thomas Nudds
Philip Green
Andrew de Vries
Woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou) are considered to preferentially use older forests that provide abundant terrestrial lichen forage and refuge from predators. However, structural...
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Steven Wilson
Thomas Nudds
Philip Green
Andrew de Vries
Woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou (Gmelin, 1788)) use older forests that provide abundant terrestrial lichen forage and refuge from predators. However, forest structural characteristics...
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Four solum and subsoil materials from Alberta were treated to determine if soil aggregation and aggregate strength could be increased to reduce succeptibility to soil compaction. Each soil was treated...
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Clayton Lamb
Sara Williams
Stan Boutin
Michael Bridger
Deborah Cichowski
Kristina Cornhill
Craig DeMars
Melanie Dickie
Bevan Ernst
Adam Ford
Michael Gillingham
Laura Greene
Douglas Heard
Mark Hebblewhite
Dave Hervieux
Mike Klaczek
Bruce McLellan
Scott McNay
Lalenia Neufeld
Barry Nobert
Joshua Nowak
Agnes Pelletier
Caroline Seip
Carolyn Shores
Robin Steenweg
Shane White
Heiko Wittmer
Mark Wong
Kathryn Zimmerman
Robert Serrouya
Habitat loss is affecting many species, including the southern mountain caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) population in western North America. Over the last half century, this threatened caribou...