Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Event Date and Time
October 30th, 2023 at 4:30pm MST to October 30th, 2023 at 6:30pm MST
Westlock, AB
Beaver Information Night Join ALUS Barrhead-Westlock-Athabasca, the Athabasca Watershed Council, and Cows and Fish for an exciting evening filled with fascinating insights about beavers! This in...
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Event Date and Time
December 10th, 2020 at 3:00pm EST to December 10th, 2020 at 4:30pm EST
Webinar #4: Addressing Common Barriers and Objections to Beaver Restoration Work Thursday, December 10, 2020 - 3:00 pm-4:30 pm Eastern Presenters Wally MacFarlane, Utah State University Justin Jimenez...
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Event Date and Time
September 26th, 2023 at 9:00am to September 28th, 2023 at 5:00pm
Logan, UT
Workshop Overview This is a three-day hands-on, field-based workshop designed for practitioners to learn how to interact with and manage nuisance beavers and to relocate them to areas for stream...
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Working with Beavers Collaborative (Cows and Fish and Miistakis Institute) is pleased to host this webinar about beavers and their role in watershed resiliency with respect to drought.
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Authors
Aneta Spyra
Anna Cieplok
Mariola Krodkiewska
Beaver-created ponds constitute an important element of small water retention in forest catchments and preserving biodiversity as breeding sites for vertebrates and invertebrates. In many areas, these...
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Authors
Jeffrey Fidgen
Chris MacQuarrie
Beech scale is an introduced insect that damages beech trees; this damage can lead to beech bark disease. The insect was introduced to North America in the late 1800’s and has spread throughout...
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Authors
Thomas Woodcock
Peter Kevan
Andrea McGraw-Alcock
In the summer of 2009, planning and research began at Waynco Ltd. (a subsidiary of Nelson Aggregate Co.) in Cambridge, which was nearing the final stages of rehabilitation. Although the soil hasn't...
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Authors
Cole Burton
Christopher Beirne
Catherine Sun
Alys Granados
Michael Procko
Cheng Chen
Mitchell Fennell
Alexia Constantinou
Chris Colton
Katie Tjaden-McClement
Jason Fisher
Joanna Burgar
This study used camera trap data to test predictions about predator-sensitive behavior in three ungulate species (caribou Rangifer tarandus; white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus; moose, Alces...
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Authors
Doug MacNearney
Karine Pigeon
Laura Finnegan
Anthropogenic disturbance like oil and gas development is thought to negatively affect boreal caribou through displacement and degradation of habitat, and through creation of favourable conditions for...
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Authors
Stephanie Peacock
Susan Kutz
Bryanne Hoar
Peter Molnar
An academic paper reporting on combined experimentation and modeling to try to assess the effects of climate change on a common caribou/reindeer gut parasite.
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Authors
Steve Wilson
John Wilmshurst
Helicopter- and snowcat-supported backcountry skiing is a unique industry that is widespread throughout southern mountain caribou habitat in British Columbia (BC). We analyzed records of helicopter...
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Nitrogen and complete fertilizer applications improved growth of white spruce on overburden sites. Fertilization did not, however, have an effect on lodgepole pine growth on tailings sand sites
Event
Event Date and Time
February 22nd, 2022 at 12:00pm MST to February 22nd, 2022 at 1:00pm MST
Join us Tuesday, February 22 at 12 PM with our Watershed Coordinator, Sarah MacDonald, and John Swann for a conversation about benthic invertebrates in the headwaters of the Athabasca Watershed! This...
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Understanding how birds respond to landscape disturbance is key to effective restoration. Two studies used non-invasive microphone arrays to determine the exact locations of singing individuals in the...
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Mounding is a common restoration technique designed to improve microsite conditions for planted seedlings in wetlands. There are a variety of strategies for constructing mounds, though, and how mounds...
News
The Canada Energy Regulator recently launched a new search tool that provides easier access to regulatory data on Canada’s land and water, weather and wildlife, species at risk, environmental...
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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Alberta Environment and Water
The document was developed with the intention of providing leading practices that will help operators optimize the use of available reclamation materials on a site-specific basis. EPEA approvals state...