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Reclamation at the Site C hydro-electric project Barnette, Matthew; Rodgers, Jess; Schoonmaker, Amanda

Abstract

The Site C hydro-electric project in northeastern British Columbia, Canada requires reclamation of land temporarily disturbed by construction activities. The paper presents a project reclamation case study including an overview of seed and cutting collection, propagation of native seedlings, physical reclamation techniques, planting of native seedlings, reclamation effectiveness monitoring and the use of a reclamation geographical information system (GIS) tool. An overview of governance provided by the Treaty 8 First Nation Site C Reclamation Sub-committee is also provided.

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Title
Reclamation at the Site C hydro-electric project
Creator
Barnette, Matthew; Rodgers, Jess; Schoonmaker, Amanda
Contributor
British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium; University of British Columbia. Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
Date Issued
2025-09
Description
The Site C hydro-electric project in northeastern British Columbia, Canada requires reclamation of land temporarily disturbed by construction activities. The paper presents a project reclamation case study including an overview of seed and cutting collection, propagation of native seedlings, physical reclamation techniques, planting of native seedlings, reclamation effectiveness monitoring and the use of a reclamation geographical information system (GIS) tool. An overview of governance provided by the Treaty 8 First Nation Site C Reclamation Sub-committee is also provided.
Subject
Reclamation; Seed; Seedlings; GIS
Genre
Conference Paper
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2025-11-28
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercialNoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0450888
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/93053
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Other
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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