Alberta's New Wet Areas Mapping Initiative
This 1-day workshop demonstrated the utility of the wet areas mapping initiative in fostering stewardship of
Workshop Attendees:
v Increased their awareness of
v Learned more about how the different
v Learned more about the practical uses of this planning tool in predicting where water or wet areas may limit field productivity;
v Learned about software that optimizes road placement so as to limit contact with ephemerals and minimize the need for culvert and expensive road maintenance;
v Learned when this new data source and associated models will be available for their area of operations.
Presentations
Mountain Pine Beetle Status Update and 2009/2010 Strategy (4.2 MB) Erica Lee, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
Wet Areas Mapping Program Overview (3.7MB) Barry White, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
Wet Areas Mapping Principles and Application (24.6MB) Dr. Paul Arp, University of New Brunswick
Wet Areas: Technical Issues Related to Data use and Storage (13.5MB) Jae Olgilvie, University of New Brunswick
Alberta Parks Perspective on Wet Areas Mapping (52.6MB) Matthew Wheatley, Alberta Tourism Parks and Recreation
Wet Areas Mapping: Merging Operational and Strategic Level Objectives (6.3MB) Gordon Whitmore, Daishowa-Marubeni International
Optimizing Recreational Trail Placement and Mitigation Strategies on Public Land (5.3MB) Kevin Wirtanen, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
Optimizing Road Placement on Forest Landscapes to Minimize Impacts and Costs (10.0MB) David Campbell, University of New Brunswick
Application Within ASRD, Implications to Policy, and Future Plans (1.1MB) Barry White, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development