2010 Fall Information Session

The Foothills Restoration Forum held its 4th Annual Fall Information Session on Friday, January 14th, 2011 at the Cowley District Hall, Village of Cowley, Alberta. The theme for the 2010 Information Session was: The Importance of Long Term Monitoring and Native Plant Community Succession.

The agenda of the event as well as pdf versions of the day's presentations can be viewed by clicking on the thumbnails below.

We thank all our attendees and presenters for braving the winter weather, and look forward to seeing you again next year!

 

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Restoration of Foothills Rough Fescue into a Timothy Dominated Plant Community on a Pipeline Right-of-Way

Steve Tannas

PhD Candidate, University of Alberta


Reclamation Outcomes on Energy Disturbances in Silver Sagebrush Communities

Laura Hickman

University of Calgary Department of Environmental Design


Long-term Recovery of Native Prairie From Industry Disturbance Express Pipeline Case Study

Jane Lancaster

Kestrel Research Inc.


Festuca Ovina: Concerns Regarding the Use of Sheep Fescue

Marilyn Neville

Gramineae Services Ltd.


Forest to Grassland: Restoration at the Ya Ha Tinda

Maria Didkowsky

Parks Canada

 

Video Presentation by Dan McKim, DU Ranch (YouTube Link)

(Double click for Full Screen, or select options on player)


Update on Ground Truthing in the Porcupine Hills

Mike Verhage

Alberta Conservation Association (ACA)

2009 Fall Information Session

View the presentations from the 2009 Fall Information Session below, in PDF format. Click to download.

Quantifying Habitat Change

Maria Didkowsky, Alberta Conservation Association

Robert Albricht, Silvatech

Petro-Canada Sustainable Grassland Program

 

Restoration of Plains and Foothills, Rough Fescue Grassland

Darin Sherritt

Dr. M. Anne Naeth, University of Alberta

 

Revised Reclamation Criteria for Wellsites and Associated Facilities for Grasslands

 

Rough Fescue Restoration and Ecology

Peggy Desserud, PhD Candidate

Dr. M. Anne Naeth, University of Alberta

 

The Effects of Rough Fescue Density on Kentucky Bluegrass Invasion

Steven Tannas, Dr. Edward Bork

University of Alberta

 

Transboundary Restoration Clearinghouse

Aaron Kindle

Restoration and Post Construction Monitoring of the TMX-Anchor Loop Pipeline Project in Jasper National Park

TERA Environmental Consultants 2010

 

2009 Fall Information Session

View the presentations from the 2009 Fall Information Session below, in PDF format. Click to download.

Quantifying Habitat Change

Maria Didkowsky, Alberta Conservation Association

Robert Albricht, Silvatech

Petro-Canada Sustainable Grassland Program

 

Restoration of Plains and Foothills, Rough Fescue Grassland

Darin Sherritt

Dr. M. Anne Naeth, University of Alberta

 

Revised Reclamation Criteria for Wellsites and Associated Facilities for Grasslands

 

Rough Fescue Restoration and Ecology

Peggy Desserud, PhD Candidate

Dr. M. Anne Naeth, University of Alberta

 

The Effects of Rough Fescue Density on Kentucky Bluegrass Invasion

Steven Tannas, Dr. Edward Bork

University of Alberta

 

Transboundary Restoration Clearinghouse

Aaron Kindle