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A Proposed Evaluation System for Wildlife Habitat Reclamation in the Mountains and Foothills Biomes of Alberta: Proposed Methodology and Assessment Handbook
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Although the capability currently exists to reclaim disturbed areas as wildlife habitat, no guidelines have been developed for evaluating success of wildlife habitat reclamation efforts
A Review of the International Literature on Mine Spoil Subsidence
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Differential subsidence of reclaimed surfaces has been demonstrated to create water—holding depressions that disrupt farming operations and to cause pavement distress in roads crossing reclaimed areas
A Summary of Land Resource and Groundwater Issues Related to Plains Coal Mine Reclamation in Alberta
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Report synthesizes and summarizes 36 RRTAC reports to provide the user with a unified source of information on land and groundwater reclamation research in the plains of Alberta
A Two-Roads Approach to Co-Reclamation: Centring Indigenous Voices and Leadership in Canada’s Energy Transition
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This is a chapter in a story that is still unfolding. It is a story about a First Nation and academic co-researchers who learned from one another and, in doing so, co-created intercultural planning...
A User Guide to Pit and Quarry Reclamation in Alberta
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Important considerations in reclamation planning and methods for reclamation are described for: agriculture, forestry, wildlife habitat, fish habitat, recreation, and residential/industrial use
Assessing Design Flows and Sediment Discharge on the Eastern Slopes
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Document provides an evaluation of currently available rainfall runoff sediment production methodologies, identifies key parameters, and outlines field programs to gather data for model calibration
Baseline Growth Performance Levels and Assessment Procedure for Commercial Tree Species in Alberta’s Mountains and Foothills
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data were used to define reasonable expectations of early growth performance under prevailing environmental conditions, as a basis for evaluating the success of reforestation following coal mining
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...
Catalogue of Technologies for Reducing the Environmental Impact of Fine Tailings from Oil Sand Processing
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A catalogue containing 22 technologies for reducing the environmental impact of fine tailings derived from oil sand processing has been assembled
Characterization and Variability of Soil Reconstructed after Surface Mining in Central Alberta
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Reconstructed soils representing different materials handling and replacement techniques were characterized and variability in chemical and physical properties was assessed
Chemical Characterization of Various Oil Sands Substrates
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This report is a condensed version of two reports on the chemistry of a variety of oil sands substrates from Syncrude, Suncor, OSLO and SolvEx.
Ectomycorrhizae of Jack Pine and Green Alder: Assessment of the Need for Inoculation, Development of Inoculation Techniques and Outplanting Trials on Oil Sand Tailings
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The overall objectives of these studies were to characterize the mycorrhizal status of jack pine and green alder which are prime candidates as reclamation species for oil sand tailings
Fort McKay First Nation’s Involvement in Reclamation of Alberta’s Oil Sands Development
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In the future, Fort McKay will continue to strive for faster reclamation that will restore the land to pre-mining conditions and seek the complete elimination of fluid fine tailings stored in an EPL
List of Reclamation Research Technical Advisory Committee Reports
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This document provides the full list of reports published by the Reclamation Research Technical Advisory Committee from 1979 to 1994
Manual of Plant Species Suitability for Reclamation in Alberta: 2nd Edition
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The manual includes information on forty-four grasses, fourteen forbs and thirty-five trees and shrubs. The summary, presented in tabular form, provides, for key reclamation parameters,
Mapping and Characterization of Cutover Peatlands
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Methodology for cost-effective soil survey and sampling of cutover peatlands, and obtaining baseline chemical information and data interpretation for peat materials to examine reclamation alternatives
Mycorrhizal Studies Regarding the Reclamation of Oil Sand Tailings: Production and Outplanting of Jack Pine Seedlings and Amounts of VA- and Ectomycorrhizal Inoculum in Stockpiled Peat
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Produce mycorrhizal jack pine seedlings in the greenhouse and initiate a field study on the Syncrude dyke on the effect of different ectomycorrhizal fungi on the growth of jack pine
Native Legumes for Reclamation in Alberta
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4-year project to collect, multiply, evaluate, and select native legume species for inclusion in a native seed mixture being developed at AEC for reclamation in the mountains and foothills