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Caribou Conservation in Jasper National Park
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June 23rd, 2022 at 6:30pm MST to June 23rd, 2022 at 8:30pm MST
Jasper, AB
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Parks Canada’s proposal for conservation breeding is available online ( plan summary). Consultations on caribou conservation breeding in Jasper are ongoing with Indigenous partners and interested...
A Guide To Mosses And Liverworts Of Alberta Peatlands
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The guide identifies 60 species of mosses and liverworts that comprise the flora of fens and bogs in Alberta and western boreal Canada, designed for use in the field and laboratory.
A Life Cycle Approach to Vegetation Management on Reclaimed Industrial Sites
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This resource is an excerpt from an issue of Canadian Reclamation (Issue 4, Vol 14) containing and article advising practitioners on best practices for vegetation management using the Life Cycle...
A Practical Approach to Assessing Existing Evidence for Specific Conservation Strategies
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There is currently a great deal of work being undertaken to collect, analyze, and synthesize available evidence about the effectiveness of conservation strategies. But substantial challenges still...
Alberta Native Plants and Seeds: Wild Harvest, Registration and Deployment. A Guide for Technicians and Practitioners
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Re-vegetation of land disturbances began in Alberta in the 1970’s and has evolved over time. The use of native plants to revegetate land disturbances in forested areas of Alberta is mandated by the...
Alberta Reclamation Practitioner Survey
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At the 2023 Alberta Chapter, Canadian Land Reclamation Association annual conference, Chris Powter, Tanya Richens, Andy Etmanski, Amanda Schoonmaker, and Dean MacKenzie participated in a panel...
Alternative Native Boreal Seed and Plant Delivery Systems for Oil Sands Reclamation
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The purpose of this document is to review traditional and alternative systems of seed and nursery stock treatment and delivery for use in oil sands reclamation. Treatment systems are considered those...
Amanda Schoonmaker
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NSERC Indst Research Chair - Boreal Rec and Reforest
Applications and Costs of Wildlife Habitat Reclamation
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The costs and methods of wildlife habitat reclamation are discussed for three examples. The first example, the Cascade Landfill site in Banff National Park, illustrates the approach and costs of...
April 2021 Wetland Knowledge Exchange Webinar Series
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Event Date and Time
April 29th, 2021 at 12:00pm MST to April 29th, 2021 at 1:00pm MST
ONLINE,
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Natural Climate Solutions for Canada Presented by Pascal Badiou, Ducks Unlimited Canada and Ronnie Drever, Nature United Alongside the steep reductions needed in fossil fuel emissions, natural climate...
Assessing Ecological Recovery of Reclaimed Well Sites: A Case Study From Alberta, Canada
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Empirical evaluations of reclamation success are critical for understanding the speed of ecosystem recovery and improving best practices. In this study, we provide a quantitative evaluation of the...
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 Post-harvest Interim Seed Storage Conditions: A Case Study of Four Boreal Plant Species
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The longevity of seeds in storage is modulated by the initial quality as well as the storage conditions.
Assessing Post-Harvest Interim Seed Storage Conditions: A Case Study of Four Boreal Plant Species Used in Land Reclamation
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Event Date and Time
April 20th, 2023 at 11:30am MST to April 20th, 2023 at 1:00pm MST
Calgary, AB
Presenter: Jean-Marie Sobze, PhD RPF, Manager, Boreal Forest Plant and Seed Technology Access Centre, Centre for Boreal Research, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT). For many of the...
Assessing the Evidence for Adoption of a Conservation Breeding Strategy to Enable Recovery of Southern Mountain Caribou Population in Jasper NP
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This report describes an assessment of the evidence for a conservation breeding program being proposed by Parks Canada to recover threatened woodland caribou populations in Jasper National Park. This...
Assessing the Health-fitness Dynamics of Endangered Mountain Caribou and the Influence of Maternal Penning
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Abstract The health of wildlife plays a crucial role in population demography by connecting habitat and physiology. Southern mountain caribou, a population of woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus...
August 2024 Wetland Knowledge Exchange Newsletter
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The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: Estimating carbon...