Fort Chipewyan Metis (Local #125) Land Use and Indigenous Knowledge Study and Cultural Impact Assessment
For the Suncor Base Mine Extension (BMX) Project (2018-2020) FCM BMX Project *Project summary forthcoming
Fort McKay Cumulative Effects Study
An assessment of cumulative effects from resource development in Fort McKay’s Traditional Territory, and identification of land-management tools to mitigate these effects.
UAV Soil Amendment Mapping at Detour Lake Mine
In partnership with BGC Engineering, IEG conducted a UAV survey of an organic matter reclamation cover on a constructed plateau at Detour Lake Mine. The objective of the project was to assess the distribution of a peat mineral mix (PMM) used as a cover material and create a spatially explicit map of PMM distribution to be used as a covariate in a revegetation trial.
Assessment of high elevation grasslands in the Elk River valley in Southeast BC
Integral Ecology Group is supporting the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy in the re-assessment of high elevation grasslands and bighorn sheep winter range in the Elk River valley in southeast British Columbia.
Community revegetation program at the Faro mine
In 2020, IEG began working with Dena Cho Environmental and Remediation Inc. and CIRNAC on the revegetation program at the Faro Mine, located on Kaska traditional territory in south-central Yukon.…
IEG launches free mine-reclamation ecohydrology tool
IEG has spent almost a decade, and substantial effort, developing quantitative approaches to ecohydrological analysis, reclamation-cover design, and projection of post-closure ecosystems on mining landscapes. The culmination of this work…
Collaborative research with Nlaka’pamux communities: Effects of dust on soapberry in BC
IEG staff and colleagues worked with Nlaka’pamux communities and Teck’s Highland Valley Copper mine in south-central British Columbia to develop and implement a study to examine the effects of mine…
New paper examining the potential effects of coal-mine development on water quality in Alberta’s Eastern Slopes
Research published in Science of the Total Environment explores potential outcomes of development of coal mines in the Oldman River Basin of southwest Alberta on selenium concentrations in receiving environments…
COVID-19, Indigenous Communities, Health Sovereignty, and Working Together for a Change
Two exciting opportunities we would like to share include: 1) Digital Health Initiative The Digital Health Initiative was developed by Kitatipithitamak Mithwayawin. The initiative aims to improve access to and…
New paper on cumulative effects of disturbance to bird populations
A paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution presents a modeling study exploring long-term bird population responses in northeastern Alberta (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.00252/full). IEG ecologist Matt Carlson, one of the paper’s…
