Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Authors
Michael Willoughby
Dave Downing
Margaret Meijer
The Upper Boreal Highlands subregion is found elevationally above the Lower Boreal Highlands subregion in the Birch Mountain, Buffalo Head Hills and Cameron Hills of Northcentral and Northwestern...
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Resource Date:
January
2018
The Guide to Watershed Management Planning in Alberta provides advice on the steps to develop and implement a watershed management plan.
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Resource Date:
December
2018
This practitioner guide provides a user-friendly overview of the interactions between boreal wetlands and forests and what these interactions mean for forest managers working in Canada’s boreal.
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Resource Date:
November
2008
An overview of the process elements for compiling and evaluating existing and available information for the purpose of completing a broad-scale screening of the physical features, resources and conditions of a watershed.
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Authors
Alan Pollock
Amanda Schoonmaker
Jean-Marie Sobze
Jeannine Goehing
Poplars and willows are woody species that can be propagated by stem cuttings, and grow across a wide range of site and environmental conditions. Both poplars and willows are early successional...
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Authors
Amanda Schoonmaker
Jeannine Goehing
Çağdaş Kera Yücel
Technical Note #26: Poplars and willows are woody species that can be propagated by stem cuttings, and grow across a wide range of site and environmental conditions. Both poplars and willows are early...
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Authors
Jean-Marie Sobze
Marie-Eve Gauthier
Raymond Thomas
Peatland vegetative covers are typically dominated by Bryophytes, and as such vegetative transfer techniques that successfully re-establish the Bryophyte communities play a critical role in the...
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Authors
Ann Smreciu
Simon Landhäusser
Eckehart Marenholtz
Jean-Marie Sobze
Kimberly Gould
Florence Niemi
Amanda Schoonmaker
Production of aspen plants can be done in two ways; from root cuttings or from seeds. The former method is used to produce plants of a specific clone; and is generally used when selecting for high...
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Amanda Schoonmaker
Eckehart Marenholtz
Jean-Marie Sobze
Ann Smreciu
Alberta’s forest land reclamation criteria require the establishment of multi-strata vegetation that includes a shrub layer. Establishment of a shrub layer requires the acquisition of seed from a...
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Authors
Amanda Schoonmaker
Jeannine Goehing
Çağdaş Kera Yücel
The 2010 reclamation criteria for forested lands requires the establishment of both native woody and herbaceous species, while controlling undesirable and noxious weed species, to reclaim industrially...
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Exploration of resources creates numerous temporary access features, including seismic lines, winter roads, and oil sands exploration wells in boreal peatlands. Although construction is usually...
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Authors
Chris Powter
Marshall McKenzie
Christina Small
This version of the Inventory of Native Grass Seed Mixes in Alberta spreadsheet, released on October 27, 2017, was developed by Chris Powter (Enviro Q&A Services), Marshall McKenzie and Christina...
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The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: Ducks Unlimited...
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The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: A new field guide...
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Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
Resource Date:
April
2021
This document was developed by CCME’s Cumulative Effects Working Group (CEWG).
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National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium
Resource Date:
November
2020
Formed in 2018, the National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium (NBCKC) is a forum for collaboration and information sharing that brings together experts and knowledge holders to support the recovery...
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Annosus root and butt rot appeared in Quebec relatively recently and its progression still seems to be fairly limited. However, the capacity of this disease to spread over long distances and the value...
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Resource Date:
September
2017
This brief presents evidence of land use planning, spatial planning, territorial (or regional) planning, and ecosystem-based or environmental land use planning as tools that can strengthen land governance, improve economic opportunities based on sustainable management of land resources, and develop land use options that reconcile conservation and development objectives.
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Alberta NAWMP Partnership
The Landowner Guide to the Alberta Wetland Policy helps landowners understand their rights and responsibilities when working in and around wetlands on their farm or ranch under Alberta’s Wetland...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
This flowchart outlines each step of the treatment process for forest land (upland) landscape as incorporated in the corresponding Decision Support Systems (DSS). View more tools by NAIT Centre for...