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Uncovering Traits in Recovering Grasslands: A Functional Assessment of Oil and Gas Well Pad Reclamation
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Results suggest that even as practices and policies evolve, reclamation does not fully alleviate the legacy effects of industrial disturbance. Trait-based approaches can inform recovery assessment.
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...
Vegetation Studies Pertinent to the AOSERP Study Area: A Literature Review
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Review of provides basis for evaluating the current progress regarding vegetation descriptions in this area and for designing certain future vegetation studies.
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...
Very High Resolution Meteorological Satellite Study of Oil Sands Weather “A Feasibility Study”
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Imagery from both meteorological and environmental satellite sensor systems was analyzed to determine its applicability in monitoring weather conditions at the Alberta oil sands.
Video - A Framework for Assessing Cumulative Effects on Watershed Values
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This presentation describes a method of assessing cumulative effects, taking into account the many drivers or pressures on the landscape and their effects on watershed processes.
Video - A Recreational Trail Routing Tool Developed for the Ghost Watershed
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David Campbell, geospatial analyst at FORCORP, talks about recreation in Alberta and the importance of considering many different environmental factors before creating a trail. Given current and...
Video - A Woodland Caribou Policy for Alberta
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This 2012 presentation reviews where the Government of Alberta is at on caribou recovery.
Video - Alberta's Water Priorities: Update on wetlands
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This 2012 talk presented the government's take on provincial water priorities, specifically in regards to the provincial wetlands policy.
Video - Alberta's Watershed Management Symposium: Flood and Drought Mitigation
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This public symposium covers Alberta's progress to improve its flood and drought resiliency, including the role of natural solutions. NOTE: This is a 4 hour video with multiple presenters
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 - Aquatic Invasive Species: The Alberta Approach & Program Highlights
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Kate Wilson explains how Alberta is dealing with managing invasive species, and how the process is going.
Video - Assessing agricultural practices to improve watershed management in Alberta
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This presentation summarizes a 6 year project to evaluate the environmental and economic performance of agricultural BMPs to improve water quality on small watercourses in Alberta.
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 - Assessment of forest attributes using airborne and terrestrial LiDAR
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This presentation discusses the different ways that LiDAR data can be effectively used in forestry management applications.
Video - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Characterization Using LiDAR and Wet Areas Mapping
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This presentation provides an example oaf how Wet Areas Mapping and LiDAR can be used as a tool to monitor biodiversity.