Guidelines & References

This section hosts links for current government guidance and downloadable documents on ecological site restoration risk analysis, how to conduct assessment of native grasslands, planning tools to minimize disturbance to native grasslands and designing reclamation of native grassland disturbances.

TARGETED GRAZING FOR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT: PLANT AND ANIMAL INTERACTIONS AND RECOMMENDED MONITORING PROTOCOLS

Recommended Monitoring Protocols for Targeted Grazing Projects

ECOLOGICAL SITE RESTORATION RISK ANALYSIS

The ESRRA documents are being revised to reflect the risk analysis detailed for each Natural Subregion in the “Recovery Strategies for Disturbance in Native Grasslands

RANGE PLANT COMMUNITY GUIDES AND RANGE HEALTH

Range Inventory Manual for Forest Reserve Allotments and Grazing Leases within Rocky Mountain, Foothills, Parkland and Grassland Natural Regions

MINIMIZING SURFACE DISTURBANCE – PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES

Conservation Assessments in Native Grasslands: Strategic Siting and Pre-disturbance Site Assessment Methodology for Industrial Activities in Native Grassland

Principles for Minimizing Surface Disturbance in Native Grassland – Principles, Guidelines, and Tools for All Industrial Activity in Native Grasslands in the Prairie and Parkland Landscapes of Alberta. Alberta Environment and Parks. 2016.

Industrial Activity in the Central Parkland and Northern Fescue Native Grasslands – Strategies for Minimizing Disturbance. Alberta Environment and Parks. 2016.