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Canadian and American Indians: An Overview of Approaches to Research
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Research concepts, methodologies and data collection instruments and procedures which are appropriate in white communities might not be so in Indian and Metis communities.
Canadian Wetland Inventory using Google Earth Engine: The First Map and Preliminary Results
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Although wetlands provide valuable services to humans and the environment and cover a large portion of Canada, there is currently no Canada-wide wetland inventory based on the specifications defined...
Caragana arborescens Lam. for Afforestation of Oil Sands Reclamation Sites: A Review
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Alberta Forest Service has questioned the use of Caragana arborescens Lam. (caragana) as a high-portion species for afforestation of reclaimed areas associated with oil sands surface mines
Caribou Conservation Through Better Cutblock Design: Year 1 Update
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This 2-page briefing note provides a quick Year 1 update on a Caribou Program project undertaken by fRI Research, which aims to provide information on forest management that could limit habitat for...
Caribou, Fire, and Forestry - Literature Review
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With of goal of understanding how silviculture and harvesting practices might mirror those of natural disturbances, here we summarize research describing differences in responses of caribou and...
Caribou in the Cross-fire? Considering Terrestrial Lichen Forage in the Face of Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) Expansion
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Abstract Mountain pine beetle (MPB) has become an invasive forest pest of mature pine in western North America as it spreads beyond its former endemic range. Management actions such as timber harvest...
Caribou Mortality and Disease Prevalence in West-central Alberta
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Woodland caribou are in decline across their range and although the proximate cause of decline is unsustainable rates of predation, health is increasingly recognised as a factor that may contribute to...
Caribou Range Restoration Project Treatment Sites. 9 to 13 Year Follow-Up Monitoring in the Little Smoky Caribou Range
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As caribou habitat restoration initiatives have become more widespread across Alberta in the last decade, key uncertainties have been recognized regarding what treatment types are appropriate for...
Caribou Response to Oil and Gas Activities: Do Regeneration and Activity Levels Matter?
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This presentation by Dr. Laura Finnegan explores caribou response to oil and gas activities.
Characterization of Organic Constituents in Waters and Wastewaters of the Athabasca Oil Sands Mining Area
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Organic constituents of wastewaters discharged from the GCOS plant and Syncrude Canada Ltd. lease No. 17 were characterized and compared to those occurring naturally in the Athabasca River
Characterization of Stored Peat in the Alberta Oil Sands Area
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Physical, chemical, and microbiological properties of stored materials were compared with those of fibric moss peat, mesic moss peat, and mesic fen peat samples from undisturbed sites
Chemical and Biological Monitoring of Muskeg Drainage at the Alsands Project Site. Volume 1: Review of Available Data on the Muskeg River
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Baseline data available on the Muskeg River hydrology, benthic invertebrates, plankton and fish are generally useful, but additional information is desireable
Chemical and Biological Monitoring of Muskeg Drainage at the Alsands Project Site. Volume II: Monitoring and Fish Studies
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Studies intended to both monitor the effects of Alsands' muskeg drainage on aquatic habitats and terrestrial vegetation, and to form the basis of a long-term aquatic habitat monitoring program
Chemical and Biological Monitoring of the Muskeg Drainage at the Alsands Project Site. Program Evaluation and Suggestions for Continued Monitoring
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The present volume evaluates the 1980 monitoring program, and makes suggestions for the conduct of future monitoring studies on the Muskeg River and elsewhere in the AOSERP area
Circulation of Water and Sediment in the Athabasca Delta Area
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Describe how water and sediment from the Athabasca River are distributed through the delta system and how they circulate and mix in Lake Athabasca and flow through to the Slave River (re contaminants)
Climatological Analysis of Recent Data from the Athabasca Oil Sands Area
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Climatological analysis of recent data from the MAPS network of automatic meteorological data acquisition, forestry lookout stations, minisondes, pack surveys, and the Fort McMurray station
Close Encounters of the Fatal Kind: Landscape Features Associated with Central Mountain Caribou Mortalities
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Abstract In western Canada, anthropogenic disturbances resulting from resource extraction activities are associated with habitat loss and altered predator–prey dynamics. These habitat changes are...
Coal Mining in the Green Area
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In regard to reclamation, the predisturbance inventories carried out as a function of the EIA or D&R Approval, dictate to a large extent the vegetation cover or land uses that will be established. As...
Code of Practice for Wetland Replacement Works
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This code of practice regulates wetland restoration and wetland construction activities as defined in the Code by replacing Water Act approval requirements. Wetland restoration is applied to wetlands...