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Sacred Science Video Series
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Bringing together Indigenous knowledge and western science creates opportunities for new solutions to environmental challenges, including issues that are important to Indigenous People. The Sacred...
Salt Stress Tolerance in Native Alberta Populations of Slender Wheatgrass and Alpine Bluegrass
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Alpine bluegrass [Poa alpina L.] and slender wheatgrass [Elymus trachycaulus (Link.) Gould ex Shinners] accessions from alpine and subalpine regions of the Canadian Rocky Mountains and eastern...
Seeking feedback on challenges and opportunities related to salt-affected sites in Alberta
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InnoTech Alberta is scoping an applied research program to address challenges related to the reclamation and remediation of salt-affected sites in Alberta. InnoTech has a long history of supporting...
Soil and Groundwater Guideline Calculator Workshop - Calgary
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Event Date and Time
May 2nd, 2023 at 10:00am MST to May 2nd, 2023 at 1:00pm MST
Calgary, AB
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Managing assets at the end of their productive lives is a requirement for all industrial development. While many sites do not have chemical impacts from the industrial activities conducted, cleanup...
Soil and Groundwater Guideline Calculator Workshop - Edmonton
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Event Date and Time
May 5th, 2023 at 10:00am MST to May 5th, 2023 at 1:00pm MST
Edmonton, AB
Organization
Managing assets at the end of their productive lives is a requirement for all industrial development. While many sites do not have chemical impacts from the industrial activities conducted, cleanup...
Soil Moisture and Bulk Density Monitoring at Syncrude Canada Ltd.
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Results of the research indicate that current reclamation practices are appropriate for providing soil moisture to support vegetation covers.
Soil Physical Properties in Reclamation
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To provide coordinated direction for reclamation research in Alberta, the need to review the current understanding and the role of soil physical properties in soil disturbance related activities was...
Soils Inventory of the Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program Study Area
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Recurring patterns of soils, landforms, and vegetation were delineated. The information was transferred first to 1:50,000 preliminary maps and then to eight 1:126,720 maps which accompany this report
Soils Inventory of the Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program Study Area: Appendix 9.4 to AOSERP Report 122
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Soil morphology, site descriptions, and physical and chemical data for 130 soil profiles from the AOSERP study area are presented.
Soils of Permanent Sample Plots in the Athabasca Oil Sands Area
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Provide information on the kinds, characteristics, and distribution of soils in 16 permanent sample plots, each of about 5 ha area, established during 1981
State-Of-The-Art Above Ground Mesocosm Facility
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The InnoTech/UofA above ground mesocosm facility enables configurable, innovative approaches for assessing potential environmental and ecological impacts of industrial activities
Strategies for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Reclamation Successes on Native Landscapes
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This study examined three pervasive issues that impacted native ecosystems. Numerous land use practices including oil and gas activities have led to the modification of native grasslands both the...
Subsurface Water Chemistry in Mined Land Reclamation; Key to Development of a Productive Post-mining Landscape
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In reconstructing the landscape during reclamation the sequence and methods of placement of overburden material determine the post-mining subsurface-water chemistry. The type of material at various...
Summary of 2013 Tailings Technology Development and Commercialization Workshop
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There is no single technology solution for tailings disposal – a suite of technologies will be required For a technology to be considered suitable it must provide net environmental benefits
Summary of Resiliency of Reclaimed Boreal Forest Landscapes Seminar
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For reclaimed lands to be considered self-sustaining they should respond to natural and anthropogenic disturbances in a similar manner to how an analogous undisturbed landscape might respond
Summary of the Oil Sands Groundwater – Surface Water Interactions Workshop
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Develop common understanding of the current knowledge regarding groundwater resources, groundwater-surface water interactions in the oil sands area, ongoing applied research, monitoring and impacts
Survey of Albertans’ Value Drivers Regarding Oil Sands Development and Reclamation
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A random sample of 1,032 Albertans to gather empirical information as a basis for oil sands policy development for both industry and government
Survey of Oil Sands Environmental Management Research and Information Needs
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Survey demonstrated need to better communicate availability of existing information and continue to make efforts to provide easy, timely and transparent access to monitoring and research information
Symposium Summary
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What is successful reclamation? Government and industry officials have agreed that successful reclamation is to restore land to former or equivalent capability. For agriculture or forestry this would...