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Alberta Community Resilience Program

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The Alberta Community Resilience Program supports the development of long-term community-level resilience to flood and drought events, while supporting integrated adaptation planning and healthy,... More ≫

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The Alberta Community Resilience Program supports the development of long-term community-level resilience to flood and drought events, while supporting integrated adaptation planning and healthy, functioning watersheds. This document provides a summary of project funding allocations to date. It also includes overviews of six projects funded by the program.

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Human-wildlife coexistence

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This report outlines recommendations for improving human-wildlife coexistence in the Bow Valley, based on feedback from a public engagement compiled by the Government of Alberta in August 2018.

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Riparian assessment validation for North Saskatchewan Region Lakes

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This report documents the assessment of the performance of the GIS-based method used to evaluate the intactness of riparian habitats along the shorelines of Pigeon, Gull, Sylvan, and Buffalo lakes... More ≫

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This report documents the assessment of the performance of the GIS-based method used to evaluate the intactness of riparian habitats along the shorelines of Pigeon, Gull, Sylvan, and Buffalo lakes and their associated tributaries. Both desktop and field validation methods were used and the ability of the GIS assessment approach to capture relative differences in intactness locally and regionally was tested. Overall the method proved to be reliable for assessing and comparing the intactness of riparian management areas across large geographical areas.

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Riparian assessment for North Saskatchewan Region lakes

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The report documents the GIS-based method developed to assess the current condition of riparian habitats along the shorelines of Pigeon, Buffalo, Gull, and Sylvan lakes and their associated... More ≫

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The report documents the GIS-based method developed to assess the current condition of riparian habitats along the shorelines of Pigeon, Buffalo, Gull, and Sylvan lakes and their associated tributaries. The results of the riparian and land cover assessment are summarized and visualized, including a summary of habitat change within riparian management areas through time. Includes documentation of the GIS modelling and analysis methods including recommendations for minimum data standards and validation procedures.

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Province wide elm tree inventory update 2017

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The results of a two-year project to inventory elm trees in Alberta cities, towns, villages and hamlets were published in March 1999, and included an assessment of the value of the elm trees in... More ≫

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The results of a two-year project to inventory elm trees in Alberta cities, towns, villages and hamlets were published in March 1999, and included an assessment of the value of the elm trees in each community surveyed. The survey was updated in 2017 to reflect an updated inventory for many communities and an updated methodology to assess the value of the trees. The data from the 2017 elm inventory includes the number of trees in each municipality and their approximate value.

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Capital Region implementation progress report [years]

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The Capital Region Implementation Progress Report is a deliverable under the Capital Region Air Quality Management Framework and the Fine Particulate Matter Response. The report provides an update... More ≫

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The Capital Region Implementation Progress Report is a deliverable under the Capital Region Air Quality Management Framework and the Fine Particulate Matter Response. The report provides an update on the efforts to date by Alberta Environment and Parks and stakeholders in the Capital Region on addressing air quality concerns and identifies upcoming implementation priorities. The report is to be released annually.

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