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Transportation Corridor Study. Volume 4 Appendix: Environment - General Characteristics & Conditions - Part 1
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Contains the following sections: Environment Characteristics and Conditions; Soils; Wildlife; and, Preliminary Review and Land Evaluation
Transportation Corridor Study. Volume 4 Appendix: Environment - General Characteristics & Conditions - Part 2
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Contains the following chapters: Environment Characteristics and Conditions; Soils; Wildlife; and Human Settlement Pattern of the Expanded Study Area
Video - 2016 Wetland Best Management Practices Workshop: Opening Remarks
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With over 75 years of experience and activity in every province and territory, Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is a registered charity and a recognized leader in wetland conservation. DUC is a science...
Video - Applications of Wetland Inventories
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The various applications of Ducks Unlimited Canada’s wetland inventories play a critical role in wetland conservation. They serve as key planning tools, helping people who live and work in the boreal...
Video - Boreal Wetlands Remote Sensing
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In order to protect boreal wetlands, we must first know where they are. This 6-minute video will show you how Ducks Unlimited Canada uses satellite data and remote sensing techniques to map wetlands...
Video - COSIA Design of Experimental Study in Support of Development of a Standard for Fines Measurement in Oil Sands
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Dr. Ron Currie was project lead for a study conducted at NAIT Applied Research Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability (NARCOSS) to help develop a standard for Alberta's oil sands producers to measure...
Video - Geotechnical Insights Into Thickened Tailings, Shell Tailings Testing Facility
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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...
Video - Incorporation of Wetlands into Forest Management
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The Duck Mountain Provincial Forest in west-central Manitoba is a landbase with a mosaic of uplands and wetlands. The wetlands are both interspersed and interconnected with uplands. Ecosystem Based...
Video - Innovative Information Management to Support Wetland Conservation
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This presentation provides an overview of the Ducks Unlimited Canada Best Management Practices (BMP) program and the road to and purpose of the 2016 Wetland BMP Workshop.
Video - Wetland Retention and Restoration: A Business Case for Conservation in the Settled Areas of Alberta
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This presentation explains the economic case for wetland conservation in the White Zone of Alberta.
Video - Wetlands 101
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This 10-minute video will equip you with the knowledge to identify the different wetland classes found in Canada's boreal. Identification of wetland types is a first step toward conservation and a...
Webinar - The Canadian Model for Peatlands: A National Scale Peatland Carbon Accounting Model
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The Canadian Model for Peatlands (CaMP) was developed to address growing international pressure on Canada to better account for greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands in national and international...
Webinar - A Road Runs Through it: What Happens when the Dam Road Gets in the Way
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This webinar explores the effects of roads built through peatlands with horizontal water flow, including ability to affect local hydrology and thus vegetation composition and structure.
Webinar - Applied Research on Mitigating and Restoring In-Situ Footprint on Boreal Peatlands
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This presentation provides an introduction to the Peatland Restoration program at the NAIT Boreal Research Institute and the program's current research.
Webinar - Assessing the Condition of Wetlands in B.C. with a Lens on Forestry
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The provincial Forest and Range Evaluation Program and the BC Wildlife Federation have created a health assessment that can be used to assess the functioning condition of wetlands. A healthy wetland...
Webinar - Beaver Wetlands
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The February 2020 Wetland Best Management Practice Knowledge Exchange webinar. Dr. Cherie Westbrook with the University of Saskatchewan discussed the role and importance of beavers as ecosystem...
Webinar - Biodiversity and Environmental Conditions Along Seismic Lines in the Oil Sands of Alberta
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This ongoing project characterized changes and early responses in biodiversity and environmental conditions along seismic lines in relation to the adjacent forest.
Webinar - Boreal Peatlands in the Discontinuous Permafrost Zone of Canada
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Peatlands cover 12% of Canada, and a majority of Canadian peatlands are found in regions with perennially frozen ground, also known as permafrost. The deep, organic soils of peatlands provide...