Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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A total of 14 species was observed on the study plots in 72 separate sightings. The gray jay was the most common species (57 sightings), followed by hoary and common redpolls (33 sightings), willow p
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Marek Krasowski
Les Herring
Tony Letchford
The occurrence of winter damage to young conifer seedlings should be a concern to all silviculturists practicing in areas where the problem exists. Similarly, the physics of the injury mechanism and...
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An article based on research into wolf habits in northeast Alberta after culling prompted by caribou conservation. The article found that remaining wolves in an area where wolves have been culled...
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Population studies of wolves (Canis lupus) were carried out between October 1975 and June 1978 on two study areas in northern Alberta. Ten adult wolves in four packs and two lone wolves were captured
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Wolf Feasibility Assessment Technical Working Group
A 2017 assessment of options for wolf control on the range of the Bathurst caribou herd. Assessment criteria include humaneness, efficiency, effectiveness, and risks. The Wolf Feasibility Assessment...
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Melanie Bird
Bin Xu
Jeannine Goehing
Catherine Brown
Thick wood chips on a temporary access road through a peatland provided a unique operational opportunity to test an adaption of the peat inversion process. The thick layer of wood chips prevented...
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Total-stem and breast-height wood density data from published and unpublished sources are presented for Canadian tree species grown in and outside of Canada. Calculations for mean density and...
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Sara McCarthy
Shelley Moores
John Pisapio
The purposes of this agreement are to: coordinate planning efforts between the Parties, which includes facilitating the integration of new information into updated federal and provincial recovery...
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Government of Northwest Territories
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Resource Date:
March
2023
SARA SECTION 11 (S11) CONSERVATION AGREEMENT - Northwest Territories The overarching goal of this Agreement is to articulate the actions the Parties will take over the next five years to support the...
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SARA SECTION 11 (S11) CONSERVATION AGREEMENT - Yukon The overarching goal of this agreement is to articulate the actions the Parties will take over the next five years to support the conservation of...
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Ontario Environment, Conservation and Parks
Woodland Caribou are native to Ontario’s northern forests. They are an important indicator of the healthy boreal forest ecosystem on which they rely. As one of several jurisdictions responsible for...
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To meet the considerable challenge of sustainable forest management, the Government intends to implement a weighted approach in which the bulk of the protection effort is focused on the key elements...
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Twenty-nine caribou in the Birch Mountains of northeastern Alberta were radio collared and repeatedly located from fixed wing aircraft. Late-winter density of 1 caribou/24km2. Total 433 caribou
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Woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou) are listed as a threatened species in Alberta and British Columbia and nationally; with the Central Mountain and Southern Mountain Populations listed as...
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The objectives of the study are to provide recommendations on the most suitable methods for establishing and maintaining self-sustaining and productive plant communities in the Alberta tar sands area
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Milo Mihajlovich
Pat Wearmouth
An effective, reliable and relatively inexpensive means to achieve the Alberta 2010 Reclamation Criteria for Wellsites and Associated Facilities in Forested Lands requirements is to plant seedlings...
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Alberta Lake Management Society
Resource Date:
September
2013
The Alberta Lake Management Society has produced a workbook for groups to use when developing lake watershed management plans in this province.
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Government of Nunavut, Department of Environment
A brief 2013 workshop report which examines the causes and impacts of the decline of caribou on Baffin Island, and suggests some management measures. This resource and others can be found on the...
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J.M.E. Tondu
Ann Balasubramaniam
Louise Chavarie
Nikolaus Gantner
J.A. Knopp
Jennifer Provencher
Pamela Wong
Deborah Simmons
Partnerships between northern communities and academics have existed for decades, yet new attitudes regarding northern scholarship have shifted the research paradigm towards one that is more...
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Wek’èezhìı Renewable Resources Board
Resource Date:
October
2019
A 2019 report from the Wek’èezhìı Renewable Resources Board detailing its response to management plans for the Bathurst herd put forward by the Tlicho Government and the Government of the Northwest...