Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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The mines in the Edson Area are relatively young in terms of mining in the area and so the actual results of reclamation are just starting to show. Cardinal River Coals is the oldest, having commenced...
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The concepts important to the regulation of reclaimed land have been evolving and will continue to evolve. We have gone from emphasis on "equal to or greater than productivity" to emphasis on...
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Reclamation of land disturbed during surface mining of coal in the plains region of Alberta has become an important issue in the last decade. This corresponds to the increasing concerns over...
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Cardinal River Coals, Ltd. is a joint coal mining venture owned 50% by Luscar, Ltd. and 50% by Consolidation Coal, Co. of Canada. The minesite is located approximately 40 kilometres south of Hinton...
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Past and present reclamation operations for the Vesta Mine are reviewed. Descriptions of the early attempts at levelling, subsoil and topsoil salvage and replacement, and revegetation are given...
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Terry Macyk
Vern Albush
O. Terry
In 1992 the Alberta Research Council initiated a reclamation study at the Smoky River Coal Limited No. 12 Mine South area located northwest of Grande Cache, Alberta. The objective of the research is...
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This section describes standards for reclamation that were adopted by CP Rail and Parks Canada in the form of an agreement for the Rogers Pass Development. The rationale for the adoption of...
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Seventy-eight reclamation practitioners from government, industry, consulting, academia, and the services sector gathered in Edmonton on March 6, 2024, to highlight and discuss specific issues facing...
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Alberta Environmental Protection, Land and Forest Service
In addition to controlling erosion, native species are used for revegetation mainly to maintain the genetic integrity of a site's native vegetation and to ensure the habitat is appropriate for...
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Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Fisheries and Land Resources
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April
2018
Newfoundland and Labrador is home to several herds of caribou; the island population, the migratory George River caribou (northern Labrador), and perhaps the most sensitive, the boreal herds of...
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Hans Skatter
John Kansas
Michael Charlebois
Brady Balicki
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February
2014
In boreal forests, wildfire is a dominant ecological process that affects the distribution and abundance of terrestrial lichens, the principal winter food for Woodland Caribou ( Rangifer tarandus...
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Southern mountain caribou are currently distributed across 38 subpopulations, comprising 24 LPUs. Most subpopulations have undergone long-term declines in numbers. The current overall number of...
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Curtis Brinker
Rick Ferster
The Coal Valley Mine, approved in 1976, was the first Alberta mine with a prescribed post-disturbance forest end land use. At that time, unlike reclamation of mined lands on an agricultural land base...
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Tim Adamson
Eric Beresford
The Obed Marsh Thermal Coal Project is located some 24 km N.E. of Hinton and is within the Forest Management Area administered by St. Regis (Alberta) Ltd. A commitment by Union Oil Company of Canada...
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A brief history of the reclamation legislation in the province of Alberta is given. Also how the public, industry, and the government agencies are involved in creating reclamation standards is...
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Bonnie Drozdowski
Simone Levy
Chris Powter
Discussions in 2018 developed a collective understanding of the number of sites impacted by soil sterilants and the specific challenges associated with their remediation and management
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January
2016
Restoring peatlands in the in situ oil sands region of northern Alberta presents a set of challenges that have yet to be properly addressed. The lack of proven, cost-effective methods for restoring...
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Diesel invert wastes are one of the more difficult types of drilling mud wastes to dispose of due to the presence of hydrocarbons and salts. In 1989 a joint research program funded by the Alberta...
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Restoration of post mining disturbed sites within the boreal sub-alpine ecological communities of the Yukon has varied levels of success. Employing ecological succession principles to further the...
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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...