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A Guide To Mosses And Liverworts Of Alberta Peatlands
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The guide identifies 60 species of mosses and liverworts that comprise the flora of fens and bogs in Alberta and western boreal Canada, designed for use in the field and laboratory.
A Life Cycle Approach to Vegetation Management on Reclaimed Industrial Sites
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This resource is an excerpt from an issue of Canadian Reclamation (Issue 4, Vol 14) containing and article advising practitioners on best practices for vegetation management using the Life Cycle...
A Strong Mitigation Scenario Maintains Climate Neutrality of Northern Peatlands
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Northern peatlands store 300–600 Pg C, of which approximately half are underlain by permafrost. Climate warming and, in some regions, soil drying from enhanced evaporation are progressively...
Alberta Native Plants and Seeds: Wild Harvest, Registration and Deployment. A Guide for Technicians and Practitioners
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Re-vegetation of land disturbances began in Alberta in the 1970’s and has evolved over time. The use of native plants to revegetate land disturbances in forested areas of Alberta is mandated by the...
Alternative Native Boreal Seed and Plant Delivery Systems for Oil Sands Reclamation
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The purpose of this document is to review traditional and alternative systems of seed and nursery stock treatment and delivery for use in oil sands reclamation. Treatment systems are considered those...
Amanda Schoonmaker
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NSERC Indst Research Chair - Boreal Rec and Reforest
Assessing Ecological Recovery of Reclaimed Well Sites: A Case Study From Alberta, Canada
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Empirical evaluations of reclamation success are critical for understanding the speed of ecosystem recovery and improving best practices. In this study, we provide a quantitative evaluation of the...
Assessing Peatland Restoration Success to Meet Alberta’s Peatland Reclamation Criteria
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We conducted a full peatland assessment using the new criteria on a restored well pad near Peace River, Alberta. In 2012, mineral overburden was removed along with geo-textile and the buried peat was...
Assessing Post-harvest Interim Seed Storage Conditions: A Case Study of Four Boreal Plant Species
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The longevity of seeds in storage is modulated by the initial quality as well as the storage conditions.
August 2024 Wetland Knowledge Exchange Newsletter
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The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: Estimating carbon...
Boreal Wetland Well Site Reclamation across Alberta: Implications for Restoration of Linear Disturbances
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This research poster discusses and compares various treatments to well pad sites as well as an overview of temporary and permanent linear features. Presented at the NAIT 7th Seminar on Linear...
Can Plant or Lichen Natural Abundance 15N Ratios Indicate the Influence of Oil Sands N Emissions on Bogs?
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The 140,329 km 2 Athabasca Oil Sands Administrative Area (OSAA), which contains 8982 km 2 of bogs. Since the late 1970s, N emissions from oil sands development in the OSAA have steadily increased...
Caribou in Northern British Columbia: An Assessment of Range Condition and Population Status
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Most populations of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in southern British Columbia (BC) have undergone dramatic declines, especially in the last 10-20 years, with seven herds already extirpated and another...
Certification of Mineral Soil Pads in the Boreal Region – Decision Framework and Support Tools: 2023 Update
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This 2022 Update is a revision of the original Decision Framework and Support Tools report based on stakeholder feedback and a field verification trial.
Certification Of Mineral Soil Pads in The Boreal Region – Decision Framework and Support Tools: Stakeholder Review and Field Verification
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Results of a stakeholder review of the draft Certification of Mineral Soil Pads in the Boreal Region – Decision Framework and Support Tools report and a field verification trial by practitioners.
Cluster Planting: Early Enhancement of Structural Diversity in a Reclaimed Boreal Forest
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Abstract: Planting trees is an important step in re-establishing functioning forest ecosystems after industrial land disturbances. Conventional planting practices create forests with evenly spaced...
Coal Mine Reclamation and the Challenges of Establishing Forest Vegetation in the Face of Significant Ruderal Competition: A 5-Year Assessment of the Good, the Bad and the Downright Ridiculous
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A presentation on a combination of approaches to manage vegetation and forest development, through the use of wood mulch, film mulch, pre-emergent herbicide, rototilling, hitchhiking native forbs with...
Competition Considerations When Using Soil Strippings for Reclamation of Industrial Disturbances
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In recent years, operators have been working towards the reclamation, and ultimately, certification of industrial disturbance sites. One challenge is aggressive colonization of agronomic vegetation...