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Seed matters 3 : sowing five needle pines from Alberta seed

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The Alberta Tree Improvement & Seed Centre (ATISC) has run trials designed to obtain better germination and sowing methods for growing Endangered limber and whitebark pine seedlings. This... More ≫

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The Alberta Tree Improvement & Seed Centre (ATISC) has run trials designed to obtain better germination and sowing methods for growing Endangered limber and whitebark pine seedlings. This document is a distillation of trials and experience obtained from growing over 25,000 seedlings over the past decade as part of Alberta’s Five-Needle Pine Recovery Programs.

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Planning and reporting requirements for tree improvement

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This directive clarifies the planning, reporting, and monitoring requirements for deploying improved seed. It consolidates improved seed deployment requirements outlined in other policy documents... More ≫

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This directive clarifies the planning, reporting, and monitoring requirements for deploying improved seed. It consolidates improved seed deployment requirements outlined in other policy documents into a single reference document and is applicable to all timber disposition holders in the Green Area of Alberta with reforestation obligations.

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Alberta Forest Genetic Resource Management and Conservation Standards. Third revision of STIA

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The standards in this publication are released under the Timber Management Regulation and represent rules to facilitate the collection, development, processing, documentation, tracking, custody... More ≫

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The standards in this publication are released under the Timber Management Regulation and represent rules to facilitate the collection, development, processing, documentation, tracking, custody and eventual use of forest reproductive materials. The forest genetic resources of Alberta are crucial to the long-term economic and ecological stability of the province. Without proper management, human activity can lead to genetic erosion, reduced fitness and loss of evolutionary resilience in wild populations, and can also reduce opportunities for development of new and useful plant varieties and gene products.

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Standards for tree improvement in Alberta. First revision of STIA

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Management and conservation standards were developed through extensive consultations with geneticists and other scientific and management professionals. The standards will be formally reviewed... More ≫

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Management and conservation standards were developed through extensive consultations with geneticists and other scientific and management professionals. The standards will be formally reviewed annually for the first two years, and again after five years. The Alberta Forest Legacy document guided the development of the standards.

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