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Vermicomposting to reduce kitchen waste

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Vermicomposting or worm composting is using red wiggler worms to decompose organic household wastes into a useful soil conditioner.

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Natural history inventory 2000 Grizzly Ridge Wildland Park

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Cottonwood Consultants Ltd. of Calgary was contracted by Alberta Environment to undertake a natural history inventory at Grizzly Ridge Wildland Park in the Swan Hills area of north-central... More ≫

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Cottonwood Consultants Ltd. of Calgary was contracted by Alberta Environment to undertake a natural history inventory at Grizzly Ridge Wildland Park in the Swan Hills area of north-central Alberta. No previous comprehensive natural history studies have been carried out on fauna and flora in the area. The 2000-2001 study included a literature review, a multi-season field inventory, and aerial photograph/biophysical map interpretation (including GIS mapping). The objectives of the project were to: conduct an ecological land classification and define ecological units; produce a bird and mammal inventory of the park; identify and describe special features and sensitive and disturbed areas in the park; provide GIS files and hardcopy maps of the ecological land classification; and provide a report describing the ecological characteristics and special features of the area.

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Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve management plan

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The Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve Management Plan provides the overall direction for the protection, management and operation of the reserve. It translates the provisions of the Wilderness... More ≫

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The Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve Management Plan provides the overall direction for the protection, management and operation of the reserve. It translates the provisions of the Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves and Natural Areas Act into specific guidelines that are consistent with the protection of ecological values of the reserve. The plan is a commitment by all involved agencies to the efficient and effective implementation of the management guidelines.

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Big Knife Provincial Park natural history theme classification

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The classification on maps 2 and 3 includes: level 1- Landforms and Surficial Materials; level 2- Broad Vegetation Class and Associated Soil Great Groups; level 3- Vegetation Communities (in bold)... More ≫

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The classification on maps 2 and 3 includes: level 1- Landforms and Surficial Materials; level 2- Broad Vegetation Class and Associated Soil Great Groups; level 3- Vegetation Communities (in bold) and Soil Subgroups observed during 1998 Summer Field Season

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Dillberry Lake Provincial Park biophysical inventory

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Dillberry Lake Provincial Park is located along the Alberta-Saskatchewan border in east central Alberta. The landscape is represented predominantly by undulating to hummocky terrain with slopes... More ≫

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Dillberry Lake Provincial Park is located along the Alberta-Saskatchewan border in east central Alberta. The landscape is represented predominantly by undulating to hummocky terrain with slopes ranging on average from 2 - 20%, and occasionally as high as 75%, overlain primarily by coarse glaciofluvial and eolian sediments of Pleistocene origin. The northern part of the Park consists of glaciofluvial ice contact landforms marked by numerous pothole lakes (or kettles) which typify knob and kettle terrain. In the southern part, these coarse deposits have been reworked by wind creating eolian sand dunes, which for the most part have stabilized over time. Currently, active blowouts are evident in some areas amongst the dunes. Small areas of coarse to fine lacustrine sediments are found exposed around the shorelines of lakes located in the Park.

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Coal mining : life & times

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This publication is part of a series of field study programs produced by the Environmental Education Program of Natural Resources Service in Kananaskis Country and Fish Creek Provincial Park. The... More ≫

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This publication is part of a series of field study programs produced by the Environmental Education Program of Natural Resources Service in Kananaskis Country and Fish Creek Provincial Park. The publications have been written to address the mission of Alberta Environment and increase students’ environmental awareness, understanding, interaction and responsibility for the natural world in which they live. The publications are developed in a close working relationship with teachers, community educators and program writers. Programs focus on the areas of environmental education, science, social studies and language arts. They are also developed to emphasize elements of environmental literacy, lifestyle, and citizenship.

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1995 Alberta state of the environment annual report : waste management

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The theme of the 1995 Alberta State of the Environment Report is waste management. In particular, this report focuses on wastes that are disposed of on land, as opposed to those that are treated... More ≫

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The theme of the 1995 Alberta State of the Environment Report is waste management. In particular, this report focuses on wastes that are disposed of on land, as opposed to those that are treated or discharged into water or air. State of the environment reporting provides timely, accurate and accessible information on ecosystem conditions and trends, their significance and societal responses to such trends.

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Athabasca tar sands development : environmental impact statement matrix : physical & chemical characteristics

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The methodology of environmental impact analyses incorporates the principle of subjective assessment of the impacts of the separate actions which comprise the project upon various factors of the... More ≫

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The methodology of environmental impact analyses incorporates the principle of subjective assessment of the impacts of the separate actions which comprise the project upon various factors of the environment. The significant factors relating to effects on the physical and chemical characteristics of the northern Alberta environment as a result of potential oil sands development in the Athabasca tar sands were documented according to the "Procedure for Evaluating Environmental Impact" - Geological Survey Circular 645. The text of this impact report was based on the sum of magnitude and importance vectors being equal to or greater than 5 for any specific sector of the physical and chemical environment. This report and possible computer data adaptation may provide for additional summation and recommendation of specific actions incurred by oil sands development as these proposals further relate to biological and cultural aspects of the environment.

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