Northern Fescue native grasslands are highly fragmented. Competent pre-disturbance site assessment and follow through are critical to preparing effective and cost-efficient construction and reclamation plans. This two-day classroom and field-based course covers how to:

• Use the Range Plant Community Guides to assess grasslands
• Develop a Recovery Strategy for Disturbances
• Design and source seed mixes for industrial disturbances to meet Reclamation Criteria conservation objectives.

These tools provide valuable context to interpret results of data collected for NEW AEP Conservation Assessments – Strategic Siting and Pre-disturbance Site Assessments for Industrial Activities on Native Grasslands.

Instructors: B. Adams, M. Neville, P. Desserud, N. Ball

Target Audience Environmental and construction consultants and planners, operations personnel and reclamation practitioners working in native grassland and parkland.

Learning Objectives

• Gain a basic understanding of the ecosystem classification concepts for the Grassland and Parkland Range Plant Community Guides.
• Learn to navigate through the guides to link site conditions, soils and determine plant communities – with hands on practice.
• Overview of disturbance risk assessments and strategic siting for grassland plant communities.
• Work through development of appropriate mitigation and restoration strategies, linked to types of disturbance and plant community, for plant community discussed.
• Designing and sourcing native seed mixes and other plant materials.

Registration $550 per person. Includes course fees and materials. 

Target Audience

Designed for students, agrologists, ecologists, land owners, regulators, planners, reclamation practitioners and anyone interested in learning more about native grassland ecosystems.

This course will provide valuable context to interpret the results of data collected in the upcoming AEP Conservation Assessments – Strategic Siting and Pre-disturbance Site Assessments for Industrial Activities on Native Grasslands.

Learning Objectives

• Gain a basic understanding of the ecosystem classification concepts for the Grassland and Parkland Range Plant Community Guides.
• Learn how to navigate through the guides to link site conditions, soils and determine plant communities. Participants will practice on data sets for each of the two classification systems.
• Overview of disturbance risk assessments and strategic siting for grassland plant communities
• Work through development of appropriate mitigation and restoration strategies, linked to types of disturbance, for each plant community discussed.

Purchasing online is not available. Please contact Donna Watt at info.frf.ab@gmail.comor 403-563-8925 to enquire.