Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Heather Tokay
Chris Powter
Bin Xu
Bonnie Drozdowski
Dean MacKenzie
Simone Levy
Need for clear direction on information required to support professional justification which describes why specific deficiencies will not have long term adverse environmental impacts and/or affect ELC
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L.L. May
Carl Warner
C.A. Acton
Francis Salifu
Bruce Anderson
Wayne Tedder
Tree and shrub cover increased following reclamation, with shrub cover reaching a plateau after nine years. Traditional use species are present and those planted have remained
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Russell Ecological Consultants
There were few significant differences among provenances for any of the native species. This suggests that genotypic differences were small among the populations tested.
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Poa alpina L. seeds germinated best under darkness and 16/8 h cycles of 22/l5°C temperature while Agropyron latiglume L. seeds needed a 29/22°C regime and darkness for best germination. Rapid...
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Literature review provides an understanding of ecological resilience as a concept to promote successful land reclamation in Alberta’s mineable oil sands region
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S.F. Van Zalingen
Terry Macyk
Vern Betts
Factors affecting native species invasion were studied on a subalpine minesite (Smoky River Coal Limited No. 8 Mine) in the vicinity of Grande Cache, Alberta. The site had been revegetated with...
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Kevin Renkema
Dean MacKenzie
Natalie Shelby‐James
Bin Xu
Chris Powter
The pilot study validated the research questions, sampling design, measurement and data analysis methods developed for a large‐scale study, with some minor amendments.
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In preparation for remediation and closure of the Faro Mine Complex (FMC), significant work has been completed to develop and test revegetation methods at the mine site. Development and implementation...
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V. Coulombe
B. Bussière
J. Côté
M. Paradis
In this field study conducted on Raglan Mine's tailings storage facility (TSF), tailings oxidation rates were characterized with the oxygen consumption (OC) method. Surface tailings unfrozen...
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W.M. White
Art Limbird
S.C. Josefowich
During the 1980's, the impact of frequent droughts and consequent erosion of topsoil by the wind have become of increasing concern to the agricultural community of southern Alberta. This paper...
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August
2020
This document is part of the 360 tours project Toolkit developed by Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) led by Cenovus Energy Inc., in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada. The...
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A cooperative trial to test the use of vegetation to enhance treatment of soils contaminated with weathered petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) was initiated in 2002. Experimental protocols were adapted...
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A. Lalumière
J.A. Trofymow
Fine root and ectomycorrhizal root density and biomass were quantified in 2003 and 2004 by sequential soil coring in a 54-year old second-growth stand and 3- and 14-year-old third-growth stands of...
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This report is adapted from a brief that was delivered in May, 2021 to the Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship, an all-party committee of the New Brunswick Legislature...
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In 2017-2018, Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) partnered with the Canadian Forest Service - Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to develop a suite of extension products. These products...
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Oil Sands Research and Information Network
Current state of knowledge about shrubs and their use in oil sands reclamation noted a number of regulatory requirements and policies that support shrub use but a far larger list of impediments
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The Galena Hill Ecosystem Map (GHEM) was initially developed to provide information about existing plant communities and their growth conditions to guide upcoming reclamation efforts at the historical...
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Maurice Dusseault
Hal Soderberg
The post-reclamation subsidence of cast-back overburden is of interest to mining companies and regulatory agencies. Although subsidence may be of lesser concern than the prevention of soil degradation...
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United Nations Environment Programme
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November
2022
Peatlands are unique and rare ecosystems that, despite only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, they contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon, which is twice the amount of...
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This glossary was prepared to provide those working in the field of reclamation in Alberta with a standardized set of definitions for reclamation terms.