Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Resource Date:
March
2012
This presentation discusses how to use LiDAR data, in particular for forestry, but also for other government and industry applications.
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Srboljub Masala is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer with Thurber Engineering Ltd. He describes pilot scale tests at Shell Canada's Tailings Testing Facility at their Muskeg River oil sands mine in NE...
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Resource Date:
March
2012
Jae Ogilvie presents on his group's research related to the use of Wet Areas Mapping data to predict the flow of contaminants from the Rainbow pipeline spill in northern Alberta in 2011.
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Authors
John Sobkowicz
Al Hyndman
Bryan Watts
Richard Dawson
COSIA (Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance) created a committee to develop guidelines for management of fluid fine tailings so that oil sands mines could meet closure requirements. Dr. John...
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Alexey Klyashtorin
Tamara Yankovich
The Gunnar Mine site is part of a cleanup project, Project CLEANS (Cleanup of Abandoned Northern Sites), managed by the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC). Significant progress was made at Gunnar...
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Resource Date:
March
2012
This presentation discuss a pilot project done with Spray Lakes Sawmill FMA related to doing plot inventories using LiDAR.
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Dr. Roland Kroebel outines where ecosystem modeling for agriculture is moving in a presentation to the 50th Alberta Soil Science Workshop. Starting with a GHG calculator, HOLOS, Dr. Kroebel proposes adding a number of other models, for carbon, soil moisture, nitrogen and environmental footprints to create a "Virtual Farm" concept.
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
This video shows how to properly use the RipPlow to adjust severely disturbed soil. The NAIT Boreal Research Institute in Peace River is using the RipPlow® to test the restoration of soil quality on...
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This presentation discusses impacts of climate warming on the spatial and temporal trends in ecosystem productivity in North America.
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Authors
John Sobkowicz
Jeremy Boswell
Iain Gidley
In a presentation to challenge the tailings research community, the Alberta oil sand industry and regulators, John Sobkowicz asks whether an ingenuity gap exists in the tailings management solutions...
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Authors
Janice Cooke
Nadir Erbilgin
Maya Evenden
This presentation reports on the TRIA project, as well as research in pine response to fungal infection and simulated MPB attacks, as well as measuring mountain pine beetle dispersal.
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Nicole Kimmel provides a history of weed control in Canada and Alberta focusing on invasive weeds and their impact on natural landscapes and agriculture.
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This presentation reviews the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan, what it means for Alberta's international reputation, Canada's Greenhouse Gas policies, and resource development challenges.
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Ed Whittingham, Executive Director, Pembina Institute reviews the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan and discusses what it means for Alberta's international reputation, Canada's Greenhouse Gas policies...
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Resource Date:
March
2013
This presentation discusses land-use as a tool to understand the drivers of water processes.
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This talk describes the lands within the Wek’èezhìi Management Area and their importance to the Tłįchǫ, the planning process to develop the resilient Tłįchǫ Wenek’e as well as the lessons learned.
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In this presentation, Jessica Hum, Acting Manager, Land Use Planner, Department of Culture and Lands Protection, from the Tłįchǫ Government describes the lands within the Wek’èezhìi Management Area...
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Authors
Brian Sawyer
Phil Mackenzie
Resource Date:
March
2012
Brian Sawyer and Phil Mackenzie discuss how GOA decided to acquire LiDAR data, the value it has to various government departments, and how it is being used.
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This presentation provides insight and understanding to how LiDAR data is used to produce digital elevation models and vegetation maps.
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Resource Date:
March
2012
This presentation discusses some of the issues with data collection and analysis that could lead users to require standards.