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Hybrid Poplars: The New Addition to Syncrude's Land Reclamation Species
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Field survival and growth of three hybrid poplar varieties, Walker (Populus deltoides x Populus petrowskyana), Northwest (Populus deltoides x Populus balsamifera) and 38P38 (Populus balsamifera x...
Impact of Climate on Reclamation Success in the Foothills/Mountains Region of Alberta, Canada
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The Alberta Research Council has conducted a reclamation research program near Grande Cache, Alberta in conjunction with the surface mining operations of Smoky River Coal Limited since 1972. Use of...
Implementation of Contaminated Water Management System Upgrades to Allow for Dewatering of Two Open Pits at the Vangorda Plateau, Faro Mine Complex, Yukon
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The Vangorda Plateau at the Faro Mine Complex contains two open pits that, starting in 2013, will both require dewatering. Since mine abandonment in 1998, water levels in Vangorda pit have been...
Improving Soil Tilth in Reclaimed Soils at the Highvale Mine
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The Highvale mine, located 65 km west of Edmonton along the south side of Lake Wabamum, produces approximately 12 m1llion tons of coal per year as fuel for the Sundance and Keephills generating plants...
Industrial Site Decommissioning
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The objective of industrial site decommissioning is to leave the site in a safe condition consistent with its proposed future use. Environmental and human health concerns are key ingredients in any...
Intentional Anthropogenic Additions to Soils: Pesticides
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During the 1980's, environmental issues grew rapidly in importance, and more sophisticated modelling scenarios were developed as an aid in predicting the transport and persistence behaviour of...
Key Factors in Developing and Implementing a Successful Mine Reclamation Plan - Denison Sites 20 Years After Closure
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Developing and implementing a successful reclamation plan is dependent on a number of key factors, including defining clear objectives, assessing available options to meet those objectives, gathering...
Land Reclamation in the Sand and Gravel Mining Industry
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Gravel is a very valuable natural resource because of its many uses as a construction material. It is the basic component of concrete and asphalt and is used by itself wherever pervious materials are...
Łeghagots'enete ́, (Learning Together): The Importance of Indigenous Perspectives in the Identification of Biological Variation
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Using multiple knowledge sources to interpret patterns of biodiversity can generate the comprehensive species characterizations that are required for effective conservation strategies. Caribou...
Literature Review and Interviews: Indigenous Ways of Knowing Boreal Caribou Populations
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Boreal caribou are an important animal for First Nations and Métis communities in almost all regions of the NWT. Hunters and Elders have comprehensive traditional knowledge about past and current...
Management of Canada’s Uranium and Uranium Mining Legacies on the Historic Northern Transportation Route
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The Northern Transportation Route (NTR) was established in the 1930s to transport pitch blende ore 2,200 km from the Port Radium Mine in the Northwest Territories to Fort McMurray, Alberta. The ore...
Measuring Success in Land Reclamation – A Joint Government and Industry Workshop
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The question we are faced with today is: How do we establish a system or systems for measuring success in reclamation?
National CLRA Conference Papers
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The Canadian Land Reclamation Association has been holding annual reclamation conferences since 1975.
Native Grass Breeding Program at Alberta Environmental Centre
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A program to develop genotypes of native Alberta species for reclamation of disturbed lands was begun at the Alberta Environmental Centre in 1983. As a part of this larger program a native grass...
Natural Processes: An Effective Model for Mine Reclamation
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Restoration programs based on the use of natural processes can reduce the costs of restoration while providing self-sustaining restored ecosystems that re-integrate with the local recovery...
Northern Biochar for Northern Remediation and Restoration
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Biochar is a soil amendment that results from heating various biological ingredients, such as wood, fish or animal bone under oxygen limited conditions and has proven to promote plant growth, as well...
Northern Caribou Canada
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About the Northern Caribou Canada: Who This is a project of the Wekʼèezhìi Renewable Resources Board in collaboration with the organizations, governments, and agencies listed on the bottom of the page...
NWT Conference of Management Authorities: Consensus Agreement on Listing Northern Mountain Caribou
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This 11 page document is the agreement by the NWT management authorities responsible for the northern population of mountain caribou (woodland caribou in northern mountain habitat) to add the caribou...
Oil Sands Clay Fines: Can they be Reclaimed as Productive, Self-Sustaining Wetlands?
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The Clark hot water process currently used for extracting bitumen from the Athabasca oil sands results in large volumes of clay fines containing small amounts of residual bitumen. One possible way of...