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This thesis analyses the current solid waste management situation in Canada to determine the most effective methods of managing solid waste. To arrive at best practices for sustainable waste management, the relationships between waste composition, diversion efforts, management methods and landfill characteristics were explored for 97 Canadian landfills. Municipal solid waste undergoes biological decomposition to generate landfill gas, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. In addition I developed: (1) a statistical analysis of operations and their impact on methane generation, and (2) waste management guidance to reduce emissions from the solid waste sector. Landfill space is in short supply...
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As persuasive communication is among the least intrusive of all management tools, this thesis proposes that persuasive messaging based upon the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) could be used to promote low-impact ORV use in the Yukon's backcountry. Information was collected through a content analysis of three documents that focused on the use of ORVs in Yukon. Information was gathered, analyzed and used to create four persuasive messages. Messages were then presented to focus groups and tested for effectiveness and adherence to the theoretical framework used. Focus group data suggests some message content was likely processed with a bias and primarily reinforced strong initial attitudes towards unrestrictive ORV...
In order to properly manage this vast wilderness, the park completed a major amendment to its general management plan in 2006, a comprehensive backcountry management plan and environmental impact statement (BCMP). The backcountry management plan is the result of a public process that took eight years and included specific management goals for Denali’s variety of backcountry lands: designated wilderness, suitable wilderness, national preserve, national park, and other undeveloped park lands. The plan created management zones to accommodate a range of backcountry users accessing the park in a variety of ways, such as day hikers, backpackers, mountain climbers, snow machiners, and hunters. Soundscape is a critical...
Several studies have documented the potential and existing environmental degradation due to all-terrain vehicle (ATV) use in sub-arctic terrain. Impacts include vegetation damage or destruction, changes in vegetation community composition and structure, substrate thermal change and permafrost thaw, and soil erosion and subsequent development of thermokarst features and terrain degradation. One of the most evident effects of prolonged ATV use in sub-arctic tundra is the development of extensive trail braiding. Trail braiding results from alternate trails that are created by users in order to avoid mud bogs and standing water (ponding) that develop on ATV trails which are underlain by ice ridge permafrost. One option...
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The Orange Hill property ("Property") is a parcel of eighteen patented mineral claims and one patented mill site encompassing 363.23 acres located at the toe of Nabesna Glacier at a distance of approximately 12 miles by trail from the end of the Nabesna Road. The distinctive orange color of the hill stems from the weathering of a large body of disseminated copper, molybdenum, silver and gold mineralization that forms the bedrock of the property. The Property is owned by Northwest Explorations Joint Venture ("Venture") organized for the purpose of conducting mineral exploration in Alaska. At the time of organization, AJV Corporation contributed to the Venture the Orange Hill Property, consisting of eighteen patented...
The purpose of this Code is to establish standards and conditions for interaction between the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Project and its Owners and their Affiliates, in relation to the provision of Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Services. The Code sets parameters for transactions, information sharing and the sharing of services and resources, which protect the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Project's customers from inappropriate inter-Affiliate behaviour and practices. These parameters also allow the Owners and the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Project to engage in inter-Affiliate relationships and transactions to achieve operating efficiencies from economies of scale and scope, in a manner that agrees with the objectives of the...
In the Arctic, permafrost extends up to 500 m below the ground surface, and it is generally just the top metre that thaws in summer. Lakes, rivers, and wetlands on the arctic landscape are normally not connected with groundwater in the same way that they are in temperate regions. When the surface is frozen in winter, only lakes deeper than 2 m and rivers with significant flow retain liquid water. Surface water is largely abundant in summer, when it serves as a breeding ground for fish, birds, and mammals. In winter, many mammals and birds are forced to migrate out of the Arctic. Fish must seek out lakes or rivers deep enough to provide good overwintering habitat. Humans in the Arctic rely on surface water in many...
In the Arctic, permafrost extends up to 500 m below the ground surface, and it is generally just the top metre that thaws in summer. Lakes, rivers, and wetlands on the arctic landscape are normally not connected with groundwater in the same way that they are in temperate regions. When the surface is frozen in winter, only lakes deeper than 2 m and rivers with significant flow retain liquid water. Surface water is largely abundant in summer, when it serves as a breeding ground for fish, birds, and mammals. In winter, many mammals and birds are forced to migrate out of the Arctic. Fish must seek out lakes or rivers deep enough to provide good overwintering habitat. Humans in the Arctic rely on surface water in many...
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