Reclamation project is fen-tastic
Fens are an important part of many ecosystems, especially in the boreal region where they are the most common type of wetland. More commonly known as muskeg or peat land, fens are a type of wetland where the decaying vegetation accumulates as peat. Before it was developed, 1/2 of the land in Wood Buffalo was fen wetland...
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Bringing post-mined oil sands land back to nature
Interview with Dr. Jonathan Price from Waterloo University
Jonathan Price and colleagues are doing what nobody has ever done before – turning the barren landscape left behind after oil sands mining back into the delicate, diverse peatland that once covered more than half of the Athabasca region of northern Alberta.... |
Nikanotee Fen - Cosia
Improving industry’s ability to reclaim the most common wetland type in the oil sands region
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In 2013, Suncor Energy, with the help of joint industry project (JIP) partners Imperial Oil Limited and Shell Canada, completed construction of a three-hectare fen, named the Nikanotee Fen (pronounced Nee-ga-no-tee; Cree word for “future”). This achievement established Suncor as one of the first companies in the world to complete reconstruction of this type of wetland in co-operation with a number of university researchers and consultants from across the continent....
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Suncor Nikanotee Fen - Suncor Energy Inc.
In 2013, Suncor achieved the extraordinary: the construction of the most common wetland type in the northern boreal forest region – the fen. The Nikanotee Fen program advances reclamation and sustainability practices in the oil sands and the world by enhancing the ability to reclaim the diversity of wetland landscapes, thereby increasing the similarity of the reclaimed landscape to pre-disturbance conditions. Knowledge gained throughout the design, construction and monitoring phases of the program are being shared throughout the industry, the region and the world through conferences, peer-reviewed publications and updates to guidance documents, further advancing state-of-knowledge and encouraging future work and innovation in fen and wetland reclamation.