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Fall 2019
Surface mining in the Athabasca Oil Sands region (AOSR) of Alberta, Canada, has led to the removal of over 760 km2 of boreal forest. Successful reclamation of these areas must return them to an equivalent capability boreal forest community. Clearwater overburden is a saline byproduct of surface...
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Spring 2020
Surface mining is an anthropogenic disturbance which significantly alters natural ecosystems, involving the removal of vegetation, top and subsoils, and several metres of overburden material before accessing valuable resources. Forest reclamation efforts following surface mining face several...
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Fall 2019
Surface mining in the Athabasca Oil Sands region has disturbed approximately 895 km2 of boreal forest, all of which will need to be reclaimed to a state that is both representative of, and as productive of the surrounding boreal forest. However, much remains to be understood regarding the effects...