Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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In some areas the accelerated weathering of material disturbed by coal mining operations releases toxic concentrations of elements present. Also, water seeping through the mine waste may become quite...
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Jay Johnson
Richard Howitt
Gregory Cajete
Fikret Berkes
Renee Pualani Louis
Andrew Kliskey
Indigenous and sustainability sciences have much to offer one another regarding the identification of techniques and methods for sustaining resilient landscapes. Based upon the literature, and our...
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Dominique Henri
Jennifer Provencher
Ella Bowles
Jessica Taylor
Jade Steel
Carmen Chelick
Jesse Popp
Steven Cooke
Trina Rytwinski
Deborah McGregor
Adam Ford
Steven Alexander
Human activities and development have contributed to declines in biodiversity across the globe. Understanding and addressing biodiversity loss will require the mobilization of diverse knowledge...
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The issue of how to best manage the wastes resulting from the bitumen extraction processes is complex. When clays contained in the oil sands are subjected to the Clark Hot Water Extraction Process a...
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Bev Gingras
Jules Lebeouf
Kylie McLeod
Leanne Mingo
These proceedings describe the findings of the Wetland Best Management Practices (BMPs) Workshop held on January 20th & 21st 2016 in Edmonton, Alberta hosted by Ducks Unlimited Canada.
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Jan Adamczewski
Anne Gunn
Kim Poole
Alex Hall
John Nishi
John Boulanger
The Beverly herd was one of the first large migratory herds of barren-ground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) defined in northern Canada on the basis of annual return of breeding females to...
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Laura Finnegan
Mark Hebblewhite
Karine Pigeon
Linear features are pervasive across the boreal forest of Canada, negatively impacting several wildlife species. Understanding how wildlife responds to different types and characteristics of linear...
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Surya Acharya
R.N. Coleman
M.E. Neuwirth
Michelle Dalpe
Soil samples from the rhizosphere of Poa alpina and Trisetum spicatum collected on Lookout Mountain, Banff National Park, Alberta contained at least 10 times more bacteria than the soil 3 cm away. The...
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Kayla Buhler
Antonia Dibernardo
Nicholas Pilfold
Jane Harms
Heather Fenton
Suzanne Carriere
Allicia Kelly
Helen Schwantje
Xavier Fernandez Aguilar
Lisa-Marie Leclerc
Geraldine Gouin
Nicholas Lunn
Evan Richardson
David McGeachy
Émilie Bouchard
Adrián Hernández Ortiz
Gustaf Samelius
Robbin Lindsay
Michael Drebot
Patricia Gaffney
Patrick Leighton
Ray Alisauskas
Emily Jenkins
Northern Canada is warming at 3 times the global rate. Thus, changing diversity and distribution of vectors and pathogens is an increasing health concern. California serogroup (CSG) viruses are...
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Chris Stockdale
Quinn Barber
Marc-André Parisien
Resource Date:
April
2018
The boreal forests of Alberta have dense networks of seismic exploration lines which have been shown to contribute significantly to the decline in woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)...
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Jeffrey Green
Alan Nilson
To compensate for losses of wildlife habitat associated with the construction and operation of the Oldman River dam in southern Alberta, an extensive wildlife habitat mitigation program has been...
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AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd.
Report provides a summary of wildlife habitat information for oil sands reclamation
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Chris Powter
Brian Eaton
Gord McKenna
Jason Fisher
On March 3, 2016 Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures (AITF) held a Workshop on Reclamation Planning for Wildlife Habitat on Oil Sands Mines. The goal of the Workshop was to review the current...
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Tatiane Micheletti
Samuel Haché
Diana Stralberg
Frances Stewart
Alex Chubaty
Ceres Barros
Erin Bayne
Steven Cumming
Teegan Docherty
Amanda Dookie
Isabelle Duclos
Ian Eddy
Zuzu Gadallah
Claudia Haas
James Hodson
Mathieu Leblond
Steven Van Wilgenburg
Alana Westwood
Eliot McIntire
Conservation approaches that efficiently protect multiple values, such as the umbrella species concept, have been widely promoted with expected dramatic ecosystem changes. Due to its social and...
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Wolf Feasibility Assessment Technical Working Group
A 2017 assessment of options for wolf control on the range of the Bathurst caribou herd. Assessment criteria include humaneness, efficiency, effectiveness, and risks. The Wolf Feasibility Assessment...
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Government of Northwest Territories
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Resource Date:
March
2023
SARA SECTION 11 (S11) CONSERVATION AGREEMENT - Northwest Territories The overarching goal of this Agreement is to articulate the actions the Parties will take over the next five years to support the...
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SARA SECTION 11 (S11) CONSERVATION AGREEMENT - Yukon The overarching goal of this agreement is to articulate the actions the Parties will take over the next five years to support the conservation of...
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To meet the considerable challenge of sustainable forest management, the Government intends to implement a weighted approach in which the bulk of the protection effort is focused on the key elements...
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Woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou) are listed as a threatened species in Alberta and British Columbia and nationally; with the Central Mountain and Southern Mountain Populations listed as...
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Government of Nunavut, Department of Environment
A brief 2013 workshop report which examines the causes and impacts of the decline of caribou on Baffin Island, and suggests some management measures. This resource and others can be found on the...