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A Mesocosm‐Scale Study of Chemical and Ecological Response to Different Types of Oil Sands Tailings and Process Water (2019 ‐ 2021)
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The use of pit lakes (PL) to reclaim pits at the end of mine life is common in metal and coal extraction operations. Oil sands mine operators of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)...
A Review of Exploration Tools and Techniques to Support the COSIA Land Challenge: Near Zero Footprint Seismic Exploration
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Seismic lines are an essential operation in the exploration for natural resources, providing more efficient and safe travel through a variety of topography with predictable costs associated. However...
Alberta Background Soil Quality System Project: Workshop Summary
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Objective is to work collaboratively with soil data users to develop the Alberta Background Soil Quality System (ABSQS) as a tool to assist industry and government in environmental management
Alberta Boreal Deer Project: Final Report
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White-tailed deer expansion in the boreal forest is due to an interaction between less severe winters following climate change, and a substantial forage subsidy provided by widespread anthropogenic features
Algar Habitat Project: Improving Fen Restoration Outcomes
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Monitoring has been ongoing in Algar since 2011. Monitoring data along with supporting field observations information suggest that treatments may not be successfully placing linear disturbance within...
Analysis and Improvement of Linear Features to Increase Caribou Functional Habitat in West-central and North-western Alberta
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We used GPS data from caribou and wolves, field data on human and wildlife use of seismic lines and pipelines, vegetation heights extracted from LiDAR, non-invasive fecal DNA collections, and a suite...
Assessing Peatland Restoration Success to Meet Alberta’s Peatland Reclamation Criteria
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We conducted a full peatland assessment using the new criteria on a restored well pad near Peace River, Alberta. In 2012, mineral overburden was removed along with geo-textile and the buried peat was...
Assessing Spatial Factors Affecting Predation Risk to Boreal Caribou Calves: Implications for Management
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In 2013, we completed the last year of data collection for the project. Across the project’s three years, we collected GPS data from 57 female caribou, 19 wolves (Canis lupus) and 19 black bears...
Assessment of Phytoremediation as an In-Situ Technique for Cleaning Oil-Contaminated Sites: Phase II Final Report
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The cold climate and short growing season characteristic of the major oil and gas producing regions of western Canada make it particularly important to conduct phytoremediation research on plants...
Behaviour and Calving Success of Boreal Caribou in Relation to Oil and Gas Development
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Anthropogenic disturbance like oil and gas development is thought to negatively affect boreal caribou through displacement and degradation of habitat, and through creation of favourable conditions for...
Bioengineering and Conventional Erosion and Sediment Control Solutions for Oil Sands Operations
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This report, prepared by Associated Environmental (Associated) on behalf of Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), documents the benefits and limitations of bioengineering and conventional...
Biogeochemical Response to Vegetation and Hydrologic Change in an Alaskan Boreal Fen Ecosystem
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Boreal peatlands store approximately one third of the earth’s terrestrial carbon, locked away in currently waterlogged and frozen conditions. Peatlands of boreal and arctic ecosystems are affected...
Bringing the Forest to the Office: An Introduction to the COSIA 360 Tours Project
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This document is an introduction to a 360 tours project Toolkit developed by Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) led by Cenovus Energy Inc., in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada...
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 Recovery Pilot Project, Aboriginal Engagement Report
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The primary objective of the Pilot is to establish and maintain a small breeding population of caribou in a fenced predator-free exclosure within their natural habitat in northeast Alberta. The intent...
Certification of Mineral Soil Pads in the Boreal Region – A Path Forward. Working Session Summary
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Workshop summary of discussions to inform a path forward for a policy framework that provided clarity on the process to request a change in land use and the criteria for evaluating the requests.
Certification of Mineral Soil Pads in the Boreal Region – Decision Framework and Support Tools
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Factors to consider when assessing the ecological implications of a change in land use request (hydrology, cumulative effects and regional considerations, upland function, status of the borrow pit ...
Characterizing Spatial and Temporal Variations in Nutrient and CO2 Dynamics Within and Across Peatlands in the Western Boreal Plain, Canada
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This thesis is comprising two studies characterizing nutrient dynamics within the Athabasca Oil Sands region (AOS) of Alberta. The first study simultaneously examined and compared nutrient (nitrogen...