Publications

Lower Athabasca Region : status of ambient environmental condition

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Reports on the condition of air and surface water in the Lower Athabasca Region, as part of the Government of Alberta's commitments made under the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan to annual and... More ≫

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Reports on the condition of air and surface water in the Lower Athabasca Region, as part of the Government of Alberta's commitments made under the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan to annual and ongoing monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

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Fall walleye index netting at Blackett Lake, Alberta, 2010

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Fall index netting (FIN) is conducted regularly to monitor walleye and northern pike populations. The abundance of adult fish as determined by the netting is used to help determine the risk to the... More ≫

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Fall index netting (FIN) is conducted regularly to monitor walleye and northern pike populations. The abundance of adult fish as determined by the netting is used to help determine the risk to the long-term sustainability of the fish population in a lake. This report presents the results of netting conducted in 2010 on Blackett Lake.

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Environment and Sustainable Resource Development annual report

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Annual report for the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development

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Environmental Assessment - Athabasca Oil Corporation Hangingstone Expansion Project - EIA Report and application for approval

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Environmental Impact Assessment and associated applications pertaining to the proposed Athabasca Oil Corporation Hangingstone Expansion Project. The proposal is to expand the Hangingstone to... More ≫

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Environmental Impact Assessment and associated applications pertaining to the proposed Athabasca Oil Corporation Hangingstone Expansion Project. The proposal is to expand the Hangingstone to increase the SAGD production capacity to 13,038 m3/d (82,000 bpd). The location of the project is approximately 20 km southeast of Fort McMurray within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. The EIA was deemed complete in 2011. For more information on the environmental assessment process visit ea.alberta.ca.

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Peace River basin flood mitigation feasibility study

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The purpose of this study was to conduct a flood mitigation feasibility study for the areas within the Peace River Basin in Alberta that have historically been flooded and are likely to be... More ≫

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The purpose of this study was to conduct a flood mitigation feasibility study for the areas within the Peace River Basin in Alberta that have historically been flooded and are likely to be impacted by future flooding. A water management plan was included and consists of recommending flood mitigation alternatives for flood affected areas, and evaluating the alternatives in terms of cost and benefit to the community.

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Tree Species Adaptation Risk Management project final report executive summary

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The Tree Species Adaptation Risk Management project was initiated in 2012 with the aim of generating data, scientific-based inferences and recommendations that enable the Alberta government to... More ≫

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The Tree Species Adaptation Risk Management project was initiated in 2012 with the aim of generating data, scientific-based inferences and recommendations that enable the Alberta government to adopt provincial policies that integrate climate change adaptation into seed and clonal transfer guidelines for reforestation in Crown land. This executive summary describes in general terms, the activities and outcomes of each subproject implemented as part of the overall three year project. Unlike the annual progress reports, this final project report is written in a format that facilitates easy public access and knowledge dissemination.

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Climatic adaptation of white spruce and lodgepole pine in Alberta controlled parentage programs

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The main objectives of this project were to summarize information and develop tools to aid the development of seed-transfer guidelines for reforestation practices under climate change. Genetic... More ≫

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The main objectives of this project were to summarize information and develop tools to aid the development of seed-transfer guidelines for reforestation practices under climate change. Genetic analysis of controlled parentage program (CPP) trial data and climatic summaries have been synthesized to develop holistic summaries of the white spruce (Picea glauca) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) CPP programs in Alberta.

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Projected changes in climate for Alberta and forest tree improvement program regions

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The Tree Species Adaptation Risk Management project was initiated in 2012 with the aim of generating data, scientific-based inferences and recommendations that enable the Alberta government to... More ≫

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The Tree Species Adaptation Risk Management project was initiated in 2012 with the aim of generating data, scientific-based inferences and recommendations that enable the Alberta government to adopt provincial policies that integrate climate change adaptation into seed and clonal transfer guidelines for reforestation in Crown land. This report is the first in a series of reports and journal articles which will be produced from the project. It covers projections of future climates for selected climatic variables for the entire province and individual tree breeding program regions, also called Controlled Parentage Programs (CPP) regions. These projections will be integrated with the ongoing analysis on biological data and CPP-based climate change risk analysis to address questions on transfer of wild seed among seed zones; transferability of orchard seed and clones among CPP regions; and reconfiguring seed orchards and deciduous species clonal production programs to address future...

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Fall walleye index netting at Lac La Biche, Alberta, 2014

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The Fall Walleye Index Netting survey was conducted from September 15-19, 2014. A total of 1,166 fish were caught in this survey representing 8 species. a total of 390 walleye were caught in the... More ≫

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The Fall Walleye Index Netting survey was conducted from September 15-19, 2014. A total of 1,166 fish were caught in this survey representing 8 species. a total of 390 walleye were caught in the 32 nets. The report summarizes the statistics of all the fish caught.

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Grizzly bear conservation in Alberta : management activities and recovery implementation

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In June 2010, the Government of Alberta officially declared grizzly bears a threatened species under Alberta's Wildlife Act. The management of grizzly bears is currently guided by the Alberta... More ≫

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In June 2010, the Government of Alberta officially declared grizzly bears a threatened species under Alberta's Wildlife Act. The management of grizzly bears is currently guided by the Alberta Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan, which recommends several strategies to ensure the long-term viability of grizzly bears in the province. This report summarizes the grizzly bear conservation and management activities conducted in 2013 and describes the progress the Government of Alberta has made in implementing the recovery plan.

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