• Technical Note #1. Making Sites Rough and Loose (PDF, 2013)
• Technical Note #2. Soil Bio-engineering for Site Restoration (PDF, 2013)
• Technical Note #3. Tilling Compacted Soils with RipPlows (PDF, 2012)
• Technical Note #4. Tilling Frozen Soils with RipPlows & Environmental Risk Assessment (PDF, 2012) 
• Technical Note #33. Site Preparation: Application of Rough and Loose Mounding and Furrowing (RipPlow) on a Wood Mulched Site (PDF, 2019)
• Technical Note #38. Soil Site Preparation Options for Enhancing Woody Seedling Establishment Part 1: Mechanical Tools (PDF, 2020)
• Technical Note #39. Soil Site Preparation Options for Enhancing Woody Seedling Establishment Part 2: Soil Amendments (PDF, 2020)

• Technical Note #11. Reclamation and Restoration Plan Development (PDF, 2011)
• Technical Note #25. Handling of Poplar and Willow Cuttings Part 1 (PDF, 2019)
• Technical Note #26. Handling of Poplar and Willow Cuttings Part 2 (PDF, 2019)
• Technical Note #28. Hitchhiker Planting in Reclamation: Protocols for Developing Nursery Stock of Woody and Herbaceous Species (PDF, 2019)
• Technical Note #31. Competition Considerations When Using Soil Strippings for Reclamation of Industrial Disturbances (PDF, 2019)
• Technical Note #40. Timing of Planting: What Are Our Options? (PDF, 2021)
• Technical Note #41. Effectively Introducing Native Herbaceous Species Into Newly Reclaimed Upland Sites (PDF, 2021)
• Technical Note #49. Native forb planting in land reclamation (PDF, 2025)

Peatland Restoration

• Technical Note #12. Peatland Wellsite Re-vegetation (PDF, 2013) 
• Technical Note #13. Harvest and Transfer of Donor Material for Peatland Re-vegetation (PDF, 2012)

• Technical Note #23. Wood Chip Overburden Reclamation in Peatland (PDF, 2017)

• Technical Note #24. Wellsite Clay Pad Removal and Peat Inversion (PDF, 2017)
• Technical Note #30. Hummock Transfer Technique (HTT) for Reclamation of Temporary Access Features in Peatland. (PDF, 2019)
• Technical Note #37. Peatland Restoration by Burying: An Effective Option (PDF, 2020)
• Technical Note #42. Donor Moss Transfer: How and When to Use in Peatland Restoration (PDF, 2021) 

• Technical Note #27. Native Boreal Seed Enhancement: Seed Pelleting (PDF, 2019)
• Technical Note #29. Greenhouse Propagation of  Endemic North American Reed Grass  (Phragmites australis americanus) (PDF, 2019)
• Technical Note #46 The Use of Nanomaterials to Improve Propagation of  Native Boreal Species (PDF, 2022)

• Technical Note #14. Harvesting and Cleaning Fleshy Shrub Seed for Reclamation (PDF, 2014) 
• Technical Note #15. Seed Collection, Processing and Storage (PDF, 2012) 
• Technical Note #22. Seed Collection and Extraction of Fireweed, Showy Aster and Canada Goldenrod (PDF, 2016)
• Technical Note #34. Populus tremuloides: Species Identification & Seed Collection and Processing (PDF, 2020)
• Technical Note #35. Populus balsamifera: Species Identification & Seed Collection and Processing (PDF, 2020)
• Technical Note #36. Shepherdia canadensis: Species Identification & Seed Collection and Processing (PDF, 2020)
• Technical Note #47 Rhododendron groenlandicum (PDF, 2023)
• Technical Note #48 Betula papyrifera (PDF, 2024)

• Technical Note #18. Pre-Disturbance Assessment (PDF, 2012)

• Technical Note #20. Site Disturbance: Effect on Vegetation Establishment and Succession (PDF, 2012) 
• Technical Note #21. Target Plant Communities and Conditions (PDF, 2012)

Technical notes coming soon. 

Technical notes coming soon. 

Technical notes coming soon. 

• Forest Land Reclamation: Tree seedling establishment topics 
• Forest Land Reclamation: Site Preparation (Mechanical and Herbicides) 
• Forest Land Reclamation: Density management topics 
• Forest Land Reclamation: Size Influences on the survival of willow cuttings 
• Plant Identification, Seed Collection & Processing: Carex bebii   
• Plant Identification, Seed Collection & Processing: Chamaedaphne calyculata 
• Plant Identification, Seed Collection & Processing: Cornus sericea 
• Plant Identification, Seed Collection & Processing: Picea mariana 
• Plant Identification, Seed Collection & Processing: Salix Lasiandra 
• Lichen in Reclamation 

• Technical Note #5. Site Clearing & Soil Handling for Reclamation of Conventional Wellsites (PDF, 2012) 
• Technical Note #6. Woody Vegetation (Trees) Establishment on Upland Sites (PDF, 2012) 
• Technical Note #7. Principles of Vegetation Management (PDF, 2011)
• Technical Note #8. Vegetation Management Treatments (PDF, 2011) 
• Technical Note #9. Operational Vegetation Management (PDF, 2011) 
• Technical Note #10. Special Considerations in Herbicide Use (PDF, 2011)
• Technical Note #17. Directives, Guidelines and Criteria Related to the Wellsite Life Cycle (PDF)
• Technical Note #19. Progressive Reclamation (PDF)

Harper, N., Schoonmaker, A., Rolhauser, A. G., Baah-Acheamfour, M., Smreciu, A., & Fraser-Reid, E.C. (2025). Mechanical site preparation and use of non-invasive cover crops influences early-successional forest vegetation composition of a reclaimed airstrip in the Boreal Forest Forest Ecology and Management, 585 (122621).

• Chartrand-Pleau, C., Degenhardt, D., & Schoonmaker, A. (2025). Planting Native Herbaceous Species During Land Reclamation: 3-Year Growth Response to Soil Type and Competing Vegetation. Forests, 16(9), 1442. 
• Schoonmaker, A. L., Mathison, A., & Mackenzie, M.D. (2023). Hitchhiker planting: mixed-species container stock planting as a novel tool to increase plant diversity on industrially disturbed sites. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 53(11), 905-921. 
• Bradley D. Pinno, B.D.,  Schoonmaker, A., Yücel, C. K., & Albricht, R. (2017). Cluster planting: early enhancement of structural diversity in a reclaimed boreal forest. Journal American Society of Mining and Reclamation, 6 (2), 37-50.  
• Le, K. D., Schreiber, S. G., Landhäusser, S. M., & Schoonmaker, A. L. (2020). Manipulating aspen (Populus tremuloides) seedling size characteristics to improve initial establishment and growth on competitive sites. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 35(1–2), 29–45.  
• Chigbo, C., Schoonmaker, A., & Degenhardt, D.(2022). Use of pulp mill biosolids to stimulate forest plant growth on an industrial footprint with marginal soil. Environmental Challenges, 8(100545), 1-12.  
• Baah-Acheamfour, M., Dewey, M., Fraser, E.C., Schreiber, S.G., & Schoonmaker, A. (2022). Assessing Ecological Recovery of Reclaimed Well Sites: A Case Study From Alberta, Canada. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5 (849246),1- 14.  
• Van Dongen, A., Jones, C., Doucet, C., Floreani, T., Schoonmaker, A., Harvey, J., & Degenhardt, D. (2022). Ground Validation of Seismic Line Forest Regeneration Assessments Based on Visual Interpretation of Satellite Imagery . Forests, 13(7), 1022. 

• Lemmer, M., Xu, B., Strack, M. & Rochefort, L. (2022). Reestablishment of peatland vegetation following surface leveling of decommissioned in situ oil mining infrastructures. Restoration Ecology, 31.(e13714). 
• Kleinke, K., Davidson, S. J. Schmidt, M., Xu, B., & Strack, M. (2022). How mounds are made matters: seismic line restoration techniques affect peat physical and chemical properties throughout the peat profile. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 52(6), 963-976. 
• Engering, A., Davidson, S.J., Xu, B., Bird, M., Rochefort, L., & Strack, M. Scott J. (2021). Restoration of a boreal peatland impacted by an in-situ oil sands well-pad 2: Greenhouse gas exchange dynamics. Restoration Ecology, 30(3), e13508. 
• Murray, K.R., Bird, M., Strack, M., Cody, M., & Xu, B. (2021). Restoration approach influences carbon exchange at in-situ oil sands exploration sites in east-central Alberta. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 29, 281-299. 
•  Strack, M., Softa, D., Bird, M., & Xu, B. (2017). Impact of winter roads on boreal peatland carbon exchange. Global Change Biology, 24(1) 201-212.  
• Wieder, R. K., Vile, M.A., Vitt, D. H., Scott, K. D., Xu, B., Quinn, J.C., & Albright, C.M. (2022). Can plant or lichen natural abundance ¹⁵N ratios indicate the influence of oil sands N emissions on bogs?Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 40 (101030), 1-9.  
•  Munir, T. M.,  Khadka, B., Xu, B., & Strack, M. ( 2017). Mineral nitrogen and phosphorus pools affected by water table lowering and warming in a boreal forested peatland. Ecohydrology, 10 (8). 

• Pollock, A., Grant, K.R., & Schoonmaker, A. (2025). Size Influences on the Survival of Willow Cuttings Under Operational Field Conditions. Ecology and Evolution, 15 (e70835), 1-11. 
• Inoue, S.,Tedla, B., Sobze, J.-M., & Thomas, R. (2025). Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Application Alters Stomatal Behavior in Boreal Shrubs Under Drought Conditions. Applied Nano, 6 (20). 
• Sobze, J-M., Galagedara, L., Cheema, M., Thomas, R., & Inoue, S. (2022). The Potential of Carbon Nanoparticles as a Stimulant to Improve the Propagation of Native Boreal Forest Species: A Mini-Review. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5 (872780), 1-7. 
• Annabel Arnott, A., Galagedara, L., Thomas, R., Cheema, M., & Sobze, J-M. (2021). The Potential of Rock Dust Nanoparticles to Improve Seed Germination and Seedling Vigor of Native Species: A Review. Science of The Total Environment. 
• Hudson, J.J., Yucel, C. K., Schoonmaker, A.L., & Sobze, J-M. (2017). EEffects of cold stratification on the germination of Vaccinium myrtilloides (common blueberry) and Vaccinium vitis-idaea (bog cranberry) seeds from Alberta, Canada. Native Plants, 8 (3) 245-251. 
•  Kaur, J., Schoonmaker, A.L., &  Sobze, J-M. (2016). Length of cold stratification period affects germination in green alder (Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC. subsp. crispa (Aiton) Turrill) seed collected from northwestern Alberta . Native Plants, 17 (2), 95-101.  
• Pinno, D. B.,  Li, E.H. Y., (Edith H. Y.)   Khadka, B.,  & Schoonmaker., A. (2017). Germination and early growth of boreal understory plants on 3 reclamation soil types under simulated drought conditions. Native Plants,18 (2) 92-104. 

• Kong RS, Schoonmaker A, Hiley P, Sobze J-M. 2025. Aspen (Populus tremuloides) germination is dependent on seed ripeness at collection and not seed age: A 12-y study of aspen seeds in long-term storage. Native Plants Journal 26(2): 105-121. 
•  Baah-Acheamfour, M., & Sobze, J-M.(2022). Assessing Post-harvest Interim Seed Storage Conditions: A Case Study of Four Boreal Plant Species. Seed Science and Technology, 50(2), 183-194  

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Kong, R. S., Ilogu, C., &  Sobze, J-M. (2024). In-situ Electrokinetic Remediation of Salt-Impacted Soil at a Decommissioned Well Site. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 54, 1531–1539. 

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• McNabb, D. H., Sobze, J-M., &  Schoonmaker, A. 2013. Practices to effectively till industrial forest soils, 1 (13): 40-42. 
• Silviculture knowledge for reclamation of oil and gas disturbances: soil decompaction (pdf).
  Katalijn MacAfee, F. Cortini, and Amanada Schoonmaker. 2016.
  Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Ottawa. 10 p.

• Centre for Boreal Research . 2018. Reclamation Field Tour of Upland and Peatland Industrially-Disturbed Sites. Field Notes. . Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. 
• Schoonmaker, A., Schreiber, C.B., Powter, B.,&  Drozdowski, B. (2018). Optimizing Weed Control for Progressive Reclamation: Risk Analysis on Regulated Weeds in the Boreal Region. InnoTech Alberta. 68 p. 
• Small, C., Degenhardt, D., Drozdowski, B., Thacker, S., Powter, C.B., Schoonmaker, A., & Schreiber, S. (2018). Optimizing Weed Control for Progressive Reclamation: Literature Review. InnoTech Alberta. 48 pp.
• Mihajlovich, M., Sobze, J-M., & Schoonmaker, A. (2014). A life cycle approach to vegetation management on reclaimed industrial sites. Canadian Reclamation, 1 (14), 52-56. 

Sobze, J-M., Schoonmaker, A., & Rochefort, L. 2012. Wellsite clay pad removal and inversion – a peatland restoration pilot project. Canadian Reclamation, 1 (12), 10-13. 

• Goehing, J., Sobze, J-M., & Brown, C. (2017). NAIT advances plant and see technologies to accelerate native plant establishment on boreal reclamation sites. Canadian Reclamation, Fall/Winter, 36-37.  
• Schoonmaker, A., Sobze, J-M., Fraser, E., Marenholtz, E., Smreciu, A., Powter C.B., &  Mckenzie, M. 2014. Alternative native boreal seed and plant delivery systems for oil sands reclamation . Oil Sands Research and Information Network, University of Alberta, School of Energy and the Environment, Edmonton, Alberta. OSRIN Report No. TR-55. 1-61. 

• Kong, Ricky. "NAIT's Centre for Boreal Research Offers a Wealth of Seed Experience." Canadian Land Reclamation Magazine, Fall/Winter 2025, pp. 62–64. 
• Ann Smreciu. 2011. Alberta Native Plants and Seeds: Wild Harvest, Registration and Deployment. A Guide for Technicians and Practitioners. Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Centre for Boreal Research. 1- 17. 
• Kevin Kemball. (2023). Supporting Capacity Building with Knowledge to Practice.  Forestry and Environmental Sustainability NAIT Applied Research. Canadian Reclamation, Sping/Summer, 64-65. 
• Kevin Kemball. (2022). Supporting the Environment and Sustainable Development. Canadian reclamation, Fall/Winter, 50-51. 
• Goehing, J., Sobze, J-M., & Brown, C. (2017). NAIT Advances Plant and Seed Technologies to Accelerate Native Plant Establishment on Boreal Reclamation Sites. Canadian Reclamation, Fall/Winter, 36-37. 
• Mihajlovich, M., Sobze, J-M., Schoonmaker, A. (2014). A Life Cycle Approach to Vegetation Management on Reclaimed Industrial Sites. Canadian Reclamation, Spring/Summer, 1(14), 52-56. 
• McNabb, D.H., Sobze, J-M., & Schoonmaker, A. (2013). Practices to Effectively Till Industrial Forest Soils. Canadian Reclamation, Spring/Summer, 1(13), 40-42. 
• Sobze, J-M., Schoonmaker, A., Rochefort, L. (2012) . Wellsite Clay Pad Removal and Inversion – A Peatland Restoration Pilot Project. Candain Reclamation, Spring/ Summer, 1(12), 10-13. 
• Lichen in Reclamation 
• Kong, R.S., Tedla, B., Schulz, M., and Sobze, J.-M. 2022. A Review of Lichen Transplant Studies and Methods. Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Centre for Boreal Research, Peace River, AB, pp. 1–52. 

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April 20–21, 2021  

• Overview and Regional Context of the Research Program 2014 – 2019  
  Dr. Kevin Kemball (NAIT CBR) 
  Five Year Synthesis of Boreal Reclamation Research in the Peace River Region: Key findings, best practices and future opportunities 
  Hosted by NAIT Centre for Boreal Research 

October 2, 2018 

• NAIT Centre for Boreal Research – Applied Research and Knowledge Exchange 
  Dr. Kevin Kemball (NAIT CBR), Catherine Brown (NAIT CBR) 
  Hosted by the Wetland BMP Knowledge Exchange 

November 14, 2017  

• Site Preparation and Vegetation Management in Reclamation – Part 1 
  Dr. Amanda Schoonmaker (NAIT CBR) 
  Hosted by NAIT Centre for Boreal Research 

• Site Preparation and Vegetation Management in Reclamation - Part 2 
  Dr. Amanda Schoonmaker (NAIT CBR) 
  Hosted by NAIT Centre for Boreal Research 

March 8, 2024  

• Restoring a Functional Forest: Challenges and opportunities undertaking legacy well site reclamation 
  Dr. Amanda Schoonmaker (NAIT CBR) 
  Alberta School of Forest Science and Management Seminar Series 

• Topsoil replacement depth impacts on forest reclamation outcomes 
  Dr. Amanda Schoonmaker (NAIT CBR) 
  Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA) Annual Conference 

January 5, 2024 

• Webinar: Effect of Planting Timing on Survival and Growth of Frozen 1-0 Container White Spruce and Lodgepole Pine 
  Dr. Amanda Schoonmaker (NAIT CBR) 
  Forest Growth Organization of Western Canada, Winter Webinar Series 

March 8, 2023 

• Taking a long-term approach: a case study of non-chemical noxious weed management on an in-situ facility soil stockpile 
  Dr. Amanda Schoonmaker (NAIT CBR), Dr. Brad Pinno (University of Alberta), Dr. Chibuike Chigbo (Innotech Alberta), Robert Albricht (ConocoPhillips Canada) 
  Alberta Invasive Species Conference (AISC) Annual Conference 

February 24, 2023 

• Coal mine reclamation and the challenges of establishing forest vegetation in the face significant ruderal competition: a 5-year assessment of the good, the bad and the downright ridiculous 
  Dr. Amanda Schoonmaker (NAIT CBR), Dr. Mark Baah-Acheamfour (NAIT CBR), Stefan Schreiber, Eckehart Marenholtz 
  Boreal Nature Series, Hosted by NAIT Centre for Boreal Research 

April 20–21, 2021 

• Hitchhiking Native Forbs with Conifers  
  Dr. Amanda Schoonmaker (NAIT CBR) 

• Use of Organic Amendments to Improve Soil Quality of Recently Placed, 40-Year-Old Topsoil  
  Dr. Chibuike Chigbo (NAIT CBR) 
  Five Year Synthesis of Boreal Reclamation Research in the Peace River Region: Key findings, best practices and future opportunities 
  Hosted by NAIT Centre for Boreal Research 

March 31, 2021 

• Clustered deciduous tree planting as a method to speed forest development in post-industrial disturbed landscapes 
  Dr. Amanda Schoonmaker 
  Hosted by NAIT Centre for Boreal Research, Boreal Nature Series 

April 4, 2020 

• Open Access: Interim Reforestation of Soil Stockpiles 
  Dr. Amanda Schoonmaker (NAIT CBR) 
  Hosted by the Society for Ecological Restoration 

February 2016 

• Spatial Analysis and Visualization of Soil Resistance Before and After Soil Adjustment on a Reclaimed Site 
  Dr. Amanda Schoonmaker (NAIT CBR), Trevor Floreani (NAIT CBR) 
  Hosted by the Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network 

April 20–21, 2021 

• Restoration of Peatland Ecosystem by Removing/Burying Overburden (clay and wood chip) Under Peat Layer (BUPL)  
  Dr. Bin Xu (NAIT CBR) 

• From Dirt to Peat: Fen Initiation on Residual Mineral Substrate  
  Dr. Bin Xu (NAIT CBR) 

• Understanding the Impact of Linear Features on Peatland Hydrology and Greenhouse Fluxes  
  Dr. Bin Xu (NAIT CBR) 

• Donor Moss Sites Harvested from Existing Linear Footprints: Do they naturally recover?  
  Melanie Bird (NAIT CBR) 
  Five Year Synthesis of Boreal Reclamation Research in the Peace River Region: Key findings, best practices and future opportunities 
  Hosted by NAIT Centre for Boreal Research 

December 2, 2020 

• Boreal Peatland Restoration: 10 Years of Learning 
  Dr. Bin Xu (NAIT CBR) 
  Society of Wetland Scientists Conference 

April 20–21, 2021 

• Seed Pelleting for Land Reclamation  
  Dr. Jean-Marie Sobze (NAIT CBR) 

• Osmotic Priming of Paper Birch and Green Alder Seeds  
  Dr. Natalia Startsev (Canadian Forest Service) 
  Five Year Synthesis of Boreal Reclamation Research in the Peace River Region: Key findings, best practices and future opportunities 
  Hosted by NAIT Centre for Boreal Research 

January 28, 2026 

• Growth and survival of lichen of different sizes and substrates in a greenhouse | ARCKP Webinar 
  Dr. Ricky Kong (NAIT CBR), Michael J. Schulz (Portage College) 
  ARCKP Webinar, hosted by fRI Research 

June 6, 2025 

• Transplanting Lichen into Burned Areas | ARCKP Webinar 
  Michael J. Schulz (Portage College) 
  ARCKP Webinar, hosted by fRI Research 

September 24, 2025 

• Effect of Fragment Size and Susbtrate on Survival and Health of Lichen Transplants | ARCKP Webinar 
  Dr. Duoduo Wang (NAIT CBR), Dr. Jean-Marie Sobze (NAIT CBR) 
  ARCKP Webinar, hosted by fRI Research 

May 22, 2025 

• Long-term lichen enhancement for woodland caribou habitat restoration: insights from a 24-year trial 
  Dr. Duoduo Wang (NAIT CBR) 
  ARCKP Webinar, hosted by fRI Research 

April 8, 2022 

• A Review of Lichen Transplant Studies and Methods | ARCKP Webinar #4 
  Dr. Ricky Kong (NAIT CBR), Michael J. Schulz (Portage College) 
  ARCKP Webinar, hosted by fRI Research 

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June 15, 2023 

• Mother Earth: Boreal Beauty of the Peace Country 
  Sharon Krushel, NAIT Applied Research - Centre for Boreal Research 
  Hosted by NAIT Centre for Boreal Research, Boreal Nature Series 

October 28, 2020 

• Forest Health Perspectives: Indicators of Unhealthy Forests at Various Scales 
  Ryan Hermanutz, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (NW Alberta Regional Forest Health Team) 
  Hosted by NAIT Applied Research - Centre for Boreal Research, Boreal Nature Series 

April 22, 2020 

• Air Quality in the Peace River-Three Creeks Region: Monitoring a success story 
  Michael Bisaga, Peace River Area Monitoring Program 
  Hosted by NAIT Applied Research - Centre for Boreal Research, Boreal Nature Series 

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