Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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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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This publication discusses the restoration of treed peatlands after disturbances caused by oil and gas activities, particularly in areas where seismic lines have been created. Seismic lines are...
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Agriculture, urban development, and woody encroachment have reduced the North American tallgrass prairie ecosystem to less than 1% of its historical extent. The remnants of this now rare habitat are...
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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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A field experiment from 2012 to 2013 at two locations in northeastern Alberta examined the short-term success of different fen revegetation strategies following the removal of infrastructure (road and...
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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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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
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Jay Woosaree
Bruce Anderson
Reclamation in the oil sands in Alberta is a high priority and can be challenging. Suncor Energy is in the process of reclaiming one of its consolidated tailings (CT) ponds (Pond 5). The CT is being...
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Vaartnou & Sons Enterprises Ltd.
Laboratory studies were conducted during 1976 to investigate native grasses and legumes potentially useful for revegetation on various soils with and without the addition of fertilizer.
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By the fall of 1974 34 test sites had been obtained and on 27 of these at least some planting had taken place. In 1975 more small sites (see included map) were obtained and these also were planted
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This monograph reports the selection of native and naturalized species suitable for use in revegetation of disturbed sites in the Athabasca Tar Sands Area. Growth chamber tests using 25 species
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This Fact Sheet gives guidance regarding the use of native plant materials for revegetation of industrial developments in Alberta. A native plant is defined as a species occurring within its historic...
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The current infestation of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) is having a significant effect on the lodgepole pine forests of Interior British Columbia. By 2004, 7 million hectares had...
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Fact Sheets for each of the four monitoring programs: ABMI, CEMA, RAMP and WBEA. Stakeholders lack detailed understanding of the suite of monitoring activities taking place in the oil sands
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State of knowledge related to technologies for reclaiming oil sands tailings substrates to upland boreal forests and wetlands
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AMEC Earth & Environmental Limited
Various methods have been developed and used to revegetate sites disturbed by oil and gas activities in Western Canada. Considerable information describing these methods and their effectiveness exists...
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Ronny Seidel
Ullrich Dettmann
Bärbel Tiemeyer
Peat and other organic soils (e.g., organo-mineral soils) show distinctive volume changes through desiccation and wetting. Important processes behind volume changes are shrinkage and swelling. There...
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Forest Pest Leaflets are a series of about eighty publications dealing with insects, tree diseases, and other problems affecting the growth, survival, and general health of forests. Each leaflet...