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Thirty Years of Reclamation Research in the Alpine and Subalpine Regions in Alberta, Canada
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The Alberta Research Council, Inc. (ARC) has conducted a surface coal mine reclamation research program in association with the operations of Smoky River Coal Ltd. near Grande Cache, Alberta since...
Two Decades of Reclamation Research in the Subalpine Region of Alberta
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The Alberta Research Council has conducted a surface mine reclamation research program in association with the operations of Smoky River Coal Ltd. near Grande Cache, Alberta since 1972. The main...
Using Aquatic Mesocosms to Assess the Effects of Soil and Vegetation for Informing Environmental Research
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An aquatic mesocosm facility consisting of thirty 15,000 L tanks was constructed in Vegreville, Alberta to support environmental research. In 2017, an experiment was conducted as an inaugural run for...
Using Stable Isotopes to Track Hydrological Processes at an Oil Sands Mine, Alberta, Canada
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Water samples were collected and analyzed regularly over an eight-year period to establish inventories of site-wide water isotope signatures including seasonal and interannual changes in the recycle...
Variability in Flow and Tracer-based Performance Metric Sensitivities Reveal RFegional Differences in Dominant Hydrological Processes Across the Athabasca River Basin
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This study evaluates whether combined use of streamflow and isotope tracer performance metrics can improve representation of simulated streamflow-generating processes within a large river basin, the...
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 - Assessing the Provisioning of Water Purification in Alberta
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The presentation describes the purpose and development of a water purification model that can be used to help decision-makers evaluate tradeoffs for land use development proposals
Video - Blood Tribe Buffalo Restoration Project
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Members of the Káínawa – or Blood Tribe – are applying training in western science, alongside their Indigenous Knowledge, to bring buffalo back to their historical habitat in southern Alberta, the...
Video - Caribou Conservation Project
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The Denesųłiné of Cold Lake First Nations (CLFN) are applying both their Indigenous Knowledge and expertise in western science to develop and implement diverse caribou conservation strategies in...
Video - InnoTech Alberta Aquatic Mesocosms
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An aquatic mesocosm facility consisting of thirty 15,000 L tanks was constructed in Vegreville, Alberta to support environmental research.
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 - Red River Environmental Project
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The Fort McKay Métis Nation is using its Indigenous Knowledge to inform a community-led water monitoring program on the Red River, also called the McKay River, an important water source for their...
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 - Revegetation Success of Foothills Fescue Grassland (2014)
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Jay Woosaree, revegetation ecologist for Alberta Innovates Technology Futures, talks about revegetation success of foothills fescue grassland over the last twenty years. This large seral and long...
Video - Selecting Indicators for Monitoring Reclamation Success From a Soils Perspective
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Determining appropriate indicators for measuring and monitoring reclamation success and ecological recovery rates can be challenging and often involves trade-offs.
Video - Seminar 1: Opportunities in Wellsite Reclamation - Driving Collaboration
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An online seminar developed by InnoTech Alberta and Acden Vertex for Indigenous opportunity seekers, the energy industry and service providers.
Video - Seminar 2: Cutting Edge Technology in Asset Retirement
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This online seminar provides information on cutting-edge digital and emerging technologies for more effective management of the environmental stages of energy asset retirement.
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...
Wapiti Selection of Forages That Have Potential Use in Reclamation
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Time spent foraging on 18 different plant species was estimated for 4 wapiti during winter (February 14-27), spring (June 12-18) and late summer (August 2O-September 2). Creeping red fescue and hard...