This section hosts research and monitoring documents relevant to conservation, management and reclamation of native grasslands.

MANAGING INVASIVE SPECIES

Seeding blue grama in old crested wheatgrass fields in southwest Saskatchewan. Baker et al. JRM 50

Ecology and Management of Crested Wheatgrass Invasion. Henderson. 2005.

Managing Crested Wheatgrass in Native Grassland. Saskatchewan Watershed Authority.

Extirpation or Coexistence? Management of a Persistent Introduced Grass in a Prairie Restoration. Wilson and Pärtel. Restoration Ecology 2003.

RECLAMATION MONITORING

Long Term Recovery of Native Prairie from Industrial Disturbance: Express Pipeline Revegetation Monitoring Project – Abridged Version. 2011

Long Term Recovery of Native Prairie from Industrial Disturbance: Express Pipeline Revegetation Monitoring Project. 2010.

Restoration of Rough Fescue (Festuca campestris) Grassland on Pipelines in Southwestern Alberta. Desserud. 2009.

Reclamation Status of Plains Rough Fescue Grasslands at Rumsey Block after Well Site and Pipeline Disturbance. Elsinger. 2009.

NATIVE GRASSLAND VALUES

What are Global Temperate Grasslands Worth? A Case for Their Protection. A Review of Current Research on their Total Economic Value. Heidenreich. 2009.

The Value of BC’s Grasslands: Exploring Ecosystem Values and Incentives for Conservation. Wilson. 2009

CLIMATE CHANGE

Rangeland Responses to Climate Change. Research Report #3. Prepared For: Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. 2009.