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Use of Anthropogenic Linear Features by Alternative Predators in Woodland Caribou Range
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In this study, we examined seasonal coyote and black bear use of industrial linear features and rivers and streams (i.e. natural linear features). We used two methods to assess movement behavior...
Vegetative and Soil Mesofaunal Changes at Boreal Peatland Field Sites from Produced Water Spills: Implications for the Environmental Assessment and Remediation of Upstream Oil and Gas Sites
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Field data on the abundance (or percent cover) of vascular plants, bryophytes, and soil mesofauna were obtained in the summer of 2008 and 2009 from nine produced water release sites in Alberta and...
Video - Alternative Water Sources & Constraining Flowback Chemistry in Hydraulic Fracturing in Alberta
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This presentation was a part of the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada, Hydraulic Fracturing in Western Canada: an Environmental Perspective Forum, in May of 2014.
Video - An Ecosystem Approach to Natural Landscapes Management
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Dr. David Andison describes how an ecosystem approach would work with woodland caribou habitat recovery. At the core of a ecosystem management approach is the question: "What would Mother Nature Do?"
Video - An Ecosystem Approach to Natural Landscapes Management
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Dr. David Andison is program lead of the fRI Healthy Landscapes program. He begins by explaining the "Why" of ecosystem management and how current approaches to land management fragments the landscape...
Video - Assessing Cumulative Ecological Effects: The Changing Management Landscape
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Jim Schieck discusses how cumulative effects are currently being assessed in Alberta.
Video - Assessing Cumulative Ecological Effects: The Changing Management Landscape
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Jim Schieck, research scientist at Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures, discusses how cumulative effects are currently being assessed in Alberta. He talks about the pilot study of how to use...
Video - Assessment Methods for Oil Sands Reclamation Marshes
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Video tutorial that lays out the field sampling process for reclaimed wetland assessment from start to finish in easy-to-follow steps and visually clarifies how protocols should be enacted
Video - Caribou and Development in West-Central AB/BC
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Marco Musiani talks about research on caribou and development in west-central Alberta and British Columbia. An Associate Professor for the University of Calgary, Muisiani shows and explains the...
Video - Caribou and Development in West-Central Alberta and British-Columbia
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Marco Musiani talks about research on caribou and development in west-central Alberta and British Columbia.
Video - Complexities of Hydraulic Fracturing in Alberta
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Bruce Peachey, president of New Paradigm Engineering Ltd, discusses the complexities of hydraulic fracturing in Alberta.
Video - Development of Advanced Analytical Methods for Open Path FTIR
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Susan Stuver, Research Scientist for Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources, discusses the development of advanced analytical methods for open path systems
Video - Ecological Resiliency
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This introductory lecture at the seminar on Resiliency of Reclaimed Boreal Forest Landscapes discusses the two sides of the coin, ecosystem resilience and engineering resilience.
Video - PTAC Knowledge Transfer Session: New Draft Wellsite Certification Guidance Documents for Sites in the Boreal Forest
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Since 2018, InnoTech Alberta, Vertex Resource Group Ltd., Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and Enviro Q&A Services have been working on a PTAC-sponsored project to provide recommendations for...
Video - Revegetation Success of Foothills Fescue Grassland
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Jay Woosaree discusses fescue grassland site characteristics, different reclamation treatments, results and future plans.
Video - Revegetation Success of Foothills Fescue Grassland (2013)
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Fescue grassland is very difficult to restore, due in part to poor establishment of seeds and erratic seed production. It requires on-going maintenance is required to have long term success. Yet, it...
Video - Unconventional Resources Industry Development: Innovation Creates Value
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Justin Riemer, Assistant Deputy Minister for Innovation and Advanced Education, Government of Alberta, talks about the importance of collaboration, networking and research to strengthen our provincial economy.
Video - White-Tailed Deer In Boreal Alberta: The Effects Of Winter Severity
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Jason Fisher is the Senior Research Scientist in Wildlife Ecology for Alberta Innovates and his presentation is about White-tailed deer in boreal Alberta. White-tailed deer are expanding their...
We Have a Reclamation Certificate, But is it Good Enough? Ecological Recovery Monitoring of Oil and Gas Wellsites 2012- 13 Final Report
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There is uncertainty related to the long-term consequences of reconstructing landscapes on Alberta’s specified lands. Alberta has over 100,000 wellsites that have been certified under evolving...