WEBINAR – The Nature Conservancy’s high-diversity prairie restoration efforts in central Nebraska
Biological soil crusts are an understudied but integral component of rangeland vegetation in the Northern Great Plains.
WEBINAR – Rangeland biological soil crusts: their ecological functions in the Northern Great Plains and industrial disturbance response
Biological soil crusts are an understudied but integral component of rangeland vegetation in the Northern Great Plains.
WEBINAR – Recovery Strategies for Industrial Development in the Dry Mixedgrass Natural Subregion
The Recovery Strategies for Industrial Development in Native Grasslands project is a multi-stakeholder initiative to provide guidance to minimize future impacts, and promote effective reclamation/restoration of past and future disturbances in native grasslands. The purpose of the manuals is to set projects up for success and to provide expectations and understanding of what is required to reach the outcome of restoration over time.
WEBINAR – Quantification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with native plants in natural and disturbed grasslands. A project update.
Over the past two and a half decades, Canada has lost 25 million acres of grasslands (Nature Canada, 2022). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can establish symbiosis with more than 80% of plant families and they are able to improve plant growth through increased uptake of nutrients essential for plant growth, such as available soil phosphorus. AMF can help stabilize soil aggregates, alleviating erosion and improving soil structure and can increase plant tolerance to stress caused by biotic and abiotic factors.
WORKING IN NATIVE GRASSLAND PRIMER
Target Audience: Project Managers and Contractors.
Useful for: Landowners, inclusion in bid documents and pre-job meetings with contractors.
Industrial activity, agriculture, recreation and conservation interests are often competing to use the same piece of land. Working together with these stakeholder groups, the oil and gas industry and government regulatory authorities have developed principles, guidelines and tools that reduce the footprint of industrial activity in this multiple-use landscape.
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The Revitalization of Alberta’s Certified Weed Free Forage
The Revitalization of Alberta’s Certified Weed Free Forage Megan Evans, Megan Evans, Executive Director Alberta Invasive Species Council About the AISC Non-profit established in 2006 Large Board of Directors from variety of backgrounds Two staff Funding comes from a variety of sourcesWe aim to:–Increase awareness–Serve as a respected source of credible information–Foster partnerships–Engage and empower
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Stavely Research Ranch
Situated in the Porcupine Hills west of Stavely, Alberta, the Staveley Research Ranch is a unique and valuable demonstration of long-term effects of land management on grassland ecosystems in Alberta. Stavely was instrumental in development of the Alberta Range Health Assessment Protocols. Stavely continues to provide research opportunities, managed through the University of Alberta, Rangeland Research Institute (RRI) https://rri.ualberta.ca/research/stavely-research-station/.
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