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Performance of Grasses, Shrubs and Trees on Disturbed Soil at the AOSERP Mildred Lake Camp Experimental Area
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Objectives were to establish grass, shrub and tree species for evaluation of their response, particularly their reproduction response, to the climatic and edaphic conditions north of Fort McMurray
Population Dynamics of Caribou Shaped by Glacial Cycles Before the Last Glacial Maximum
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Pleistocene glacial cycles influenced the diversification of high- latitude wildlife species through recurrent periods of range contraction, isolation, divergence, and expansion from refugia and...
Population Structure of Caribou in an Ice-bound Archipelago
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This 2018 academic paper suggests that, based on genetics, the Baffin Island population of caribou should be treated as a separate “designatable unit” under the classification system for the Committee...
Population Trend Analysis for Boreal Caribou in SK2 Central using Non-invasive Capture-Recapture Analysis (2007 – 2019)
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"A 3-year population monitoring program was put in place for a study area within SK2 Central covering 16,092 km2 using fecal DNA based capture–recapture methods to estimate population sizes and...
Preliminary Baseline Investigations of Furbearing and Ungulate Mammals Using Lease No. 17
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Relative abundance and spatial distribution of moose, deer and 13 species of furbearers were investigated by systematic aerial surveys and winter track counts along 215 km of established transect line
Proceedings of Alberta Oil Sands Tailings Wastewater Treatment Technology Workshop
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Syncrude has requested that Alberta Environment consider controlled discharge of treated water as part of the waste control guidelines for the plant and establish discharge criteria
Reclaimed Upland Vegetation Community Trends on Syncrude's Mine Sites
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This report summarizes up to 39 years of plant community development trends on Syncrude’s reclaimed mine sites near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Reclamation Activities at Syncrude Canada Ltd.
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Syncrude Canada Ltd. (Mildred Lake Project) is an oil sand surface mining and processing venture situated in the Athabasca Oil Sands of northeastern Alberta . This project, approximately 420 km north...
Reclamation and Vegetation of Surface Mined Areas in the Athabasca Tar Sands
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Field trial on an already vegetated area on the GCOS tailings pond dike, to determine responses of the already established vegetative cover to different fertility levels, and fate of added fertilizer
Reclamation Research for Various Land Uses in the Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada
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Syncrude Canada Ltd. produces 200,000 barrels of synthetic crude oil per day from its oil sands surface mining operations located 50 km north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The three major types of...
Regional Hydrogeological Study McMurray Oil Sands Area, Alberta
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Determine the present availability of pertinent hydrogeological data. Interpret this data as far as possible and outline effects of the groundwater systems on oil recovery operations and vice versa
Remote Sensing and the Athabasca Tar Sands: An Overview
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This report is a survey of remote sensing technology and its applicability to the environmental study needs of the tar sands area and includes examples of surveys that have already been completed
Response of Confined Aquatic Biota to Mine Depressurization Water in Beaver Creek Reservoir
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Study was designed to investigate the survival of selected organisms in Beaver Creek Reservoir during 1979 following discharge of mine depressurization water from the mining area into the Reservoir
Revegetation and Management of Tailings Sand Slopes: 1977 Results
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Of the 14 species seeded in 1976, only Lupine and the oat cover crop did not grow in 1977. A comparison of fall seeding versus spring seeding indicated that fall seeding could be successfully used
Revegetation and Management of Tailings Sand Slopes from Tar Sands Extraction: 1978 Results
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Objectives of the research were to study methods for the establishment of a stable vegetative cover that would prevent erosion of the slope and, in time, might become a self maintaining unit.
Revegetation: Species Selection – an Initial Report
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This monograph reports the selection of native and naturalized species suitable for use in revegetation of disturbed sites in the Athabasca Tar Sands Area. Growth chamber tests using 25 species
Review of Mammal Populations on Lease No. 17 and Vicinity
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Brief review of the principal habitat units present on the Syncrude lease prior to development supported by a review of pertinent references