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About plant, land and wetland indicators
The Government of Alberta is currently working to analyze province-wide datasets for indicators that communicate the health and integrity of Alberta’s plants, land and wetlands. These indicators will be added here when available. In the meantime, explore the resources below to learn more about plants, land and wetlands work and results in Alberta.
Related publications
Reports, articles and other publications reporting on the condition of Alberta's plants, land and wetlands.
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Can soil invertebrates indicate soil biological quality on well pads reclaimed back to cultivated lands?Year published: 2021
Authors: Lupardus, R.C., Battigelli, J.P., Janz, A. and Lumley, L.M. -
Succession after reclamation: identifying and assessing ecological indicators of forest recovery on reclaimed oil and natural gas well pads
Year published: 2019
Authors: Lupardus, R.C., McIntosh, A.C., Janz, A. and Farr, D. -
Monitoring ecological recovery of reclaimed wellsites: Protocols for quantifying recovery on forested lands
Year published: 2019
Authors: McIntosh, A.C., Drozdowski, B., Degenhardt, D., Powter, C.B., Small, C.C., Begg, J., Farr, D., Janz, A., Lupardus, R.C., Ryerson, D. and Schieck, J. -
Soil quality and land capability of reclaimed oil and gas well pads in southern Alberta: Long-term legacy effects
Year published: 2019
Authors: Janz, A., Whitson, I.R. and Lupardus, R.C. -
Assessment of reclaimed soils by unsupervised clustering of proximal sensor data
Year published: 2018
Authors: Sorenson, P. T., Small, C., Quideau, S. A., Underwood, A., and Janz, A. -
Land use, climate change and ecological responses in the Upper North Saskatchewan and Upper Red Deer River Basins: A scientific assessment
Year published: 2018
Authors: Farr. D., Mortimer, C., Wyatt, F., Braid, A., Loewen, C., Emmerton, C., and Slater, S. -
Ecological response to human activities in southwestern Alberta: scientific assessment and synthesis
Year published: 2017
Authors: Farr, D., Braid, A., Janz, A., Sarchuk, B., Slater, S., Sztaba, A., Barrett, D., Stenhouse, G., Morehouse, A., and Wheatley M.
Plant, land and wetland monitoring
Learn more about:
- plants, land and wetland monitoring in Alberta
- how cumulative effects are tracked and measured across Alberta landscapes
- how adaptive monitoring systems are being applied to improve our ability to respond to cumulative effects on Alberta’s environment: Environmental monitoring
Contact Alberta's Environmental Science Program or the Office of the Chief Scientist:
Email: [email protected]
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