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Conservation Close to Home - Story Map
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Conservation Assessment for Southern Canada The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has completed a comprehensive assessment of the conservation needs and opportunities in southern Canada. The first of...
Conservation through Co-occurrence: Woodland Caribou as a Focal Species for Boreal Biodiversity
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Assessment of the focal/umbrella value of boreal caribou for conservation of mammalian and avian richness, based on evaluation of co-occurrence and conducting systematic conservation planning.
Natural Climate Solutions for Canada
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Alongside the steep reductions needed in fossil fuel emissions, natural climate solutions (NCS) represent readily deployable options that can contribute to Canada’s goals for emission reductions. We...
Recent Climate Change has Driven Divergent Hydrological Shifts in High-latitude Peatlands
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High-latitude peatlands are changing rapidly in response to climate change, including permafrost thaw. Here, we reconstruct hydrological conditions since the seventeenth century using testate amoeba...
Video - A Comparison of Site Preparation Methods on Sub-surface Soil Resistance and Moisture on Reclaimed Industrial Sites in Northwestern Alberta
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This presentation discusses a comparison of site preparation methods on sub-surface soil resistance and moisture on reclaimed industrial sites in northwestern Alberta.
Video - Biodiversity Management Frameworks for Alberta's Land Use Planning Regions
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This presentation discusses Biodiversity Management Frameworks (BMFs), including indicators, triggers, monitoring and management response and reporting.
Video - Comparing Soil and Crop Management in Kazakhstan and Alberta
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Dr. Frank Larnery compares soils and crop management in Akmola province, Kazakhstan with cropping in the black soil zone of Alberta.
Video - Conservation Offset: A Tool for Land Management
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This presentation discusses conservation offsets such as wetland replacement. It is a tool to address multiple demands on land, air and watersheds.
Video - Determining Community Level Physiological Profiles of Organic Soil Horizons
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This presentation is about understanding how land disturbances impact the diversity, abundance and activity of soil microorganisms, and discusses both CLPP and functional diversity
Video - Evaluation of BMPs on the Lower Little Bow River
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At the 2013 Alberta Soil Science Workshop, Dr. Jim Miller covered the extensive and long term results of riparian protection (streambank fencing and offsite watering for cattle pastures) on stream water quality and biology plus the benefits and costs for cattleman.
Video - Evaluation of Nutrient and Irrigation Management BMPs in Southern Alberta
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This presentation is about an evaluation of nutrient and irrigation management Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) in Southern Alberta.
Video - Forest Floor Protection in the Reclamation of Temporary Drilling Pads
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Sascha Bachmann presented research related to reclamation of temporary drilling pads.
Video - From Mammals to Mites: Biodiversity Management Frameworks for Alberta's Land Use Planning Regions
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Shannon R. White is the Biodiversity Specialist for the Land-use Framework Regional Planning Branch for ESRD. She discusses Biodiversity Management Frameworks (BMFs), including indicators, triggers...
Video - HOLOS: A GHG Calculator Growing Up
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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.
Video - Managing Soil Carbon in Temperate & Boreal Ecosystems
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This presentation discusses managing soil carbon in temperate and boreal ecosystems.
Video - Overview of land classification for irrigation in Alberta
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Gerald Ontkean provides a history of the science of assessing soils for irrigation suitability from 1915 with the enactment of Alberta's Irrigation Act.
Video - Preliminary Study: Forest Soil Development Following Industrial Disturbances, NW Alberta
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Amanada Schoonmaker, NAIT Boreal Research Institute, introduces a preliminary case study on ripping trials on logged landing sites and wellsite reclamation sites in NW Alberta. Soil compaction is an issue for reclamation success for both types of industrial sites.
Video - Reclamation Monitoring: Eye in the Sky
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Becky Doherty summarizes the role of remote sensing can play in monitoring the progress of reclamation on mining and well sites. She outlines the techniques that can be combined to monitor changes on reclaimed sites.