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This project is a pilot study to assess the viability of transplantation as a technique to establish reindeer lichens on reclaimed areas of oil sands surface mines in the Athabasca region of Alberta...
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Radio telemetry was employed to delineate seasonal use, and preference and avoidance of both habitat strata and forages. Environmental variables affecting habitat use were identified and measured
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Bonnie Drozdowski
Simone Levy
Chris Powter
Discussions in 2018 developed a collective understanding of the number of sites impacted by soil sterilants and the specific challenges associated with their remediation and management
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This report is a survey of remote sensing technology and its applicability to the environmental study needs of the tar sands area and includes examples of surveys that have already been completed
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J. C. White
M. Wulder
E. Naesset
F. E. Fassnacht
Remote sensing has developed into an omnipresent technology in the scientific field of forestry and is also increasingly used in an operational fashion. However, the pace and level of uptake of remote...
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Mar Martinez
Gary Borstad
Leslie Brown
Kaan Ersahin
Michael Henley
Monitoring of reclaimed sites is a complex, interdisciplinary undertaking, especially in large, disturbed areas with difficult access. In that context, remote sensing is a unique and valuable tool...
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Authors
Barry Hurndall
Norbert Morgenstern
Angela Kupper
John Sobkowicz
Trees and woody shrubs on the slopes of active oil sands tailings dam shall be considered part of the responsibility of the Engineer-of-Record and plans will be submitted to Dam Safety for approval
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James Ryan
Gerald Hilchie
Members of 261 insect families were found in the study area, of which 220 were collected in this survey. Damage surveys showed great variation in the rates of insect attack on dominant plant species
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Howard Baldwin
Bryant Bidgood
Design techniques are presented for a very high frequency telemetry system capable of transmitting short radio frequency pulse signals from the body of a fish to an aircraft flying over a river.
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Tim Jantzie
Leigh Noton
Neil Chymko
Study was designed to investigate the survival of selected organisms in Beaver Creek Reservoir during 1979 following discharge of mine depressurization water from the mining area into the Reservoir
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Because natural resources development causes landscape disturbance, post-development site restoration requires an in-depth knowledge of previous conditions. What did the landscape look like before...
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Sam Vander Kloet
Trevor Avery
P.J. Vander Kloet
G.R. Milton
The research reported here aims to characterise and compare different planting methods in terms of which would be more successful for achieving the regeneration of dwarf fleshy-fruited shrubs on...
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Restoration of post mining disturbed sites within the boreal sub-alpine ecological communities of the Yukon has varied levels of success. Employing ecological succession principles to further the...
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Provides recommendations based on the field survey and ground checking, for developing methodologies to enhance the detail on 1:50 000 vegetation maps (preliminary vegetation community classification)
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Authors
Evgeniya Smirnova
Isabelle Demers
Medard Bouda
Mostafa Benzaazoua
Mamert Mbonimpa
Guylaine Bois
The use of the lime neutralization process is a common technique to treat acid mine drainage (AMD) generated by sulphidic mine wastes. The AMD-contaminated water collected on the mine site is...
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Of the 14 species seeded in 1976, only Lupine and the oat cover crop did not grow in 1977. A comparison of fall seeding versus spring seeding indicated that fall seeding could be successfully used
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Objectives of the research were to study methods for the establishment of a stable vegetative cover that would prevent erosion of the slope and, in time, might become a self maintaining unit.
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The resource information needs of land use, soil handling and revegetation in the US are integral to the reclamation planning and permitting requirements of Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act...
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Authors
Robert Danielson
Suzanne Visser
Associated with the roots of silver-berry and buffalo-berry are two symbionts the N2-fixing actinomycete, Frankia, and the vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi.
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Authors
Dean MacKenzie
Kevin Remkema
Hand collecting vegetative propagules from surrounding pre-mined land and directly planting these propagules on post-mined land may be the only method to successfully establish key shrub species