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Spatial Variation in Nutrient Dynamics Among Five Different Peatland Types in the Alberta Oil Sands Region
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Wetlands are found extensively throughout the Western Boreal Plain, a region under pressure because of disturbance by the oil and gas industries. To understand how wetland systems may respond to...
Strategies for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Reclamation Successes on Native Landscapes
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This study examined three pervasive issues that impacted native ecosystems. Numerous land use practices including oil and gas activities have led to the modification of native grasslands both the...
The Alberta Boreal Deer Project
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Alberta’s woodland caribou populations are declining, and wolf predation is considered a primary cause (Wittmer et al. 2005). Predation increases where seismic line density is high (ASRD 2010), so...
The Alberta Boreal Deer Project: 2013 Report to PTAC
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Woodland caribou are declining in Alberta’s northeast, and increased predation following elevated wolf densities is implicated. Wolf numbers are increasing in part due to white-tailed deer, which...
The Influence of Energy Development on the Ecology of the Ferruginous Hawk in the Western Canadian Grassland Ecosystems
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The Ferruginous Hawk (FEHA) has been listed as an Endangered Species under the Alberta Wildlife Act by the provincial government since 2006 (Alberta FEHA Recovery Team 2009); and were re-listed as a...
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 - 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 - 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...