Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are a threatened species federally and provincially in Alberta. Habitat restoration is critical to maintaining suitable habitat to support healthy...
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The Mackenzie River Basin, encompassing much of boreal Alberta, is the third largest boreal peatland region in the world and the region is warming at rate much greater than the global average. Climate...
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April
2022
Presented by Dave Sauchyn, Director of the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative at the University of Regina and Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. Since the mid 20th century, mean...
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Cold Lake First Nation has been working with the Airshed and Watershed Stewardship Branch in the Indigenous Lake Monitoring Program since 2017. The long-term goal of this program is to support shared...
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February
2021
Growing up as a farm kid in central Alberta exposed me to many interests related to raising cattle and life on the family farm. Exploring and enjoying the willow thickets, aspen stands and wetlands...
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Michael Merchant
Lyle Boychuk
The Government of Alberta’s current wetland inventory is a publicly available, generalized dataset collated from the best available spatial wetland data across the province. The Alberta Merged Wetland...
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April
2017
This webinar provides an overview of a resource roads and wetlands field guide completed by Ducks Unlimited Canada and FPInnovations.
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Knowledge gaps concerning how various human activities combine to impact freshwater ecosystems can result in reported damaging “ecological surprises.” Although ecological surprises are typically...
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Viraj Muthye
James Wasmuth
There is a microscopic menace harming Alberta's fish. In fact, these parasites, called myxozoans, threaten fish and aquaculture globally. In our talk, you will discover the challenges posed by...
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Boreal forests are regularly subjected to natural disturbances, which affect forest structure, composition, age distribution, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. Forest biodiversity shows continual...
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October
2022
Presented by Matt Dyson, PhD, Research Scientist with Ducks Unlimited Canada Matt Dyson's research investigated the effects of oil and gas development on the nesting ecology of boreal ducks. He...
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January
2017
Ducks Unlimited Canada's Best Management Practices Team (BMP) was developed in 2012 to help industry’s growing efforts to implement practices that support the responsible management of wetlands...
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January
2021
Ducks Unlimited Canada’s Satellite-Based Wetland Inventories: Advancements and Applications Presented by Becky Edwards, Ducks Unlimited Canada Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is leading the effort to...
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Whitebark pine and limber pine are unique, slow-growing tree species found in Alberta’s mountains and foothills. Populations are rapidly declining, due to several threats, from invasive disease to...
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September
2018
Oil sands mining in Alberta has disturbed large areas of peatlands, the dominant regional ecosystem type, and no formal strategies exist to reconstruct the landscape. Peatland reclamation is...
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March
2021
Rapid functional assessment tools like WESP (Wetland Ecosystem Services Protocol) give the ability to quantify several wetland functions and benefits, such as water storage, carbon sequestration and...
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Authors
Jason Leach
Danielle Hudson
Jason Leach and Danielle Hudson present a lecture to the Canadian Institute of Forestry on the influence of tree planting on floods / droughts. In this talk, the speakers explore how afforestation and...
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Isabelle Aubin presents a lecture to the Canadian Institute of Forestry on fostering co-benefits when planting trees using PlantR. PlantR is an interactive tool that can be used to restore multiple...
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Grasslands represent a major ecosystem in Alberta, and play a key role in supporting livestock grazing on both private and public land. Despite this, the current revenue streams provided by grasslands...
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This webinar introduces the guiding principles, objectives, and planning considerations for wetland stewardship, and discusses how these concepts can be applied in the context of forest management.