Publications

Bloom guide : hybrid seed canola

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A bloom guide for hybrid seed canola with specific images of field-level and plant-level hybrid seed canola bloom. This guide will help beekeepers, farmers, agronomists and hybrid seed canola... More ≫

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A bloom guide for hybrid seed canola with specific images of field-level and plant-level hybrid seed canola bloom. This guide will help beekeepers, farmers, agronomists and hybrid seed canola production companies when discussing bloom stages for the placement of honey bee hives.

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Industrial activity in the Central Parkland and Northern Fescue Native Grasslands : strategies for minimizing surface disturbance

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Provides guidance on minimizing surface disturbances for Central Parkland and Northern Fescue Natural Subregions. Describes the important grasslands in these subregions and outlines best practices... More ≫

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Provides guidance on minimizing surface disturbances for Central Parkland and Northern Fescue Natural Subregions. Describes the important grasslands in these subregions and outlines best practices for conservation and reclamation. The intent is to also to educate and alert all industries to the environmental and economic risks of disturbing the remaining grasslands in the Central Parkland and Northern Fescue subregions.

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Principles for minimizing surface disturbances in native grassland : principles, guidelines, and tools for all industrial activity in Native Grassland in the Prairie and Parkland landscapes of Alberta

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Recognizing the diversity of industrial activity on the landscape, this document is intended to provide government regulatory agencies and industry with a comprehensive set of principles and... More ≫

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Recognizing the diversity of industrial activity on the landscape, this document is intended to provide government regulatory agencies and industry with a comprehensive set of principles and guidelines for all industrial activity in native grassland landscapes. Many of the principles are requirements for development on public lands, as stated in the standards and conditions of public lands formal dispositions, authorizations and approvals. These principles and guidelines are also appropriate and applicable to other land holders for the promotion and advancement of avoidance and minimal disturbance practices.

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Soil inventory project procedures manual

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This manual was initially intended as a procedures manual for the compilation teams conducting the Canada-Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Soil Inventory Project (1993 to 1998), and... More ≫

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This manual was initially intended as a procedures manual for the compilation teams conducting the Canada-Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Soil Inventory Project (1993 to 1998), and was updated and revised in 1998 to accompany the digital soils information compiled during the project. The manual describes the procedures used and the attribute data captured during the project. It also provides users of the database some background information on the mapping systems used during the compilation of the soils database.

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Recommended methods of soil analyses for Canadian prairie agricultural soils

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This manual is intended to provide an outline of the analytical procedures in common use in Western Canada. These procedures provide data on which are based fertility and cultural recommendations... More ≫

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This manual is intended to provide an outline of the analytical procedures in common use in Western Canada. These procedures provide data on which are based fertility and cultural recommendations for prairie agricultural soils. They have been reviewed and accepted by Soils Advisory Councils in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

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