.: The Alberta Soil Science Workshop Abstracts :.

Introduction
Robert Grant

Quantifying and Reducing GHG Emissions from Agroecosystems [ PDF Presentation ]
Dr. Ray Desjardins

Measuring and Managing Forest Ecosystem Carbon Budgets
Dr. Werner Kurz

Coffee and Refreshments

Soil Carbon Sequestration - Developing an Effective Policy Framework to Maximize Offset Opportunities [ PDF Presentation ]
Andy Ridge

Greenhouse Gas Quantification Protocols - the Key to the Offset Market [ PDF Presentation ]
Cheryl Arkison

Panel Discussion
Desjardins, Kurz, Ridge, and Arkison

Poster Session

Lunch

The Business of Aggregation of Offset Projects in Agriculture and Forestry - Challenges and Opportunities [ PDF Presentation ]
Chris Bolton

The Buyerâ€™s Perspective in the Canadian GHG Offset Market - A Risky Venture or a Flexible Solution [ PDF Presentation ]
Oliver Bussler

Coffee and Refreshments

Volunteer Session I

Introduction
Xiying Hao

Root nutrient cycling, especially nitrogen [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
Y. K. Soon

A year of greenhouse gas emissions from a saline seep in southern Alberta [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
R. Dunn, D. Werk, and T. Goddard

Measuring and modeling the spatial and temporal variability of nitrous oxide emissions from fertilized agricultural fields [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
K.A. Metivier, R. F. Grant and E. Pattey

Hydrogeochemical and biochemical control of methane emission from a boreal plain forest: northern Alberta [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
T.Jiang, X. Zhan, D. Low, R. Petrone, K. Devito

Black (pyrogenic) carbon as a component of C cycling and ecosystem function in boreal regions [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
C.M. Preston and M.W.I. Schmidt

Predicting Phosphorus Availability from Soil-Applied Cattle Feedlot Manure and Compost [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
F. Zvomuya, B.L. Helgason, F.J. Larney, H. H. Janzen, O.O. Akinremi, and BM. Olson

Social Hour

Banquet: After Dinner Speaker : â€˜The Planet Is Holding Its Breath â€“ the quest for international consensus on stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse gas levels' [ PDF Presentation ]
Ann Coxworth

Volunteer Session II

Introduction
Tom Jensen

Assisted natural recovery using A forest soil propagule bank in the Athabasca oil sands [ Abstract ] [ Citation ]
D. Mackenzie and M.A. Naeth

Reclamation of phosphogypsum stacks [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
C. Nichol

Protocol for allowable concentrations of drilling fluid additives [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
Walker and J. Ashworth

Building reclamation criteria and specialist signoff policy [ PDF Presentation ]
D. Watson

Annual emissions of nitrous oxide and methane from catenas in central Alberta with annual cropping uplands and native wetlands [ PDF Presentation ]
T.W. Goddard, J.A. Brierley, K. Koehler-Munro, L.M. Kryzanowski

Agricultural viability strategy for red deer county [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
B.D. Walker, R.L. McNeil, P.E. Smith, and S.J. Rodvang

Social Hour

Volunteer Session III

Introduction
Don Watson

A Comparison of Methods for Measuring Surface Soil Structure on Reclaimed Well Sites [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
R.L. Johnson and A. Janz

How Barium Chemistry Influences Soil Quality Guidelines [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
G. Dinwoodie

Naturally occurring radioactive material (norm) and the potential contamination of soils [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
M.J.M. Duke

Use of environmental tritium, oxygen-18 and deuterium profiles in the unsaturated zone to evaluate recharge variability across hummocky prairie soil landscapes [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
B. Chhabra, L. Fuller, and D. Chanasyk

Poster Session

Volunteer Session IV

Introduction
Laila Miller

Mapping surface soil moisture and roughness using multi-angle radar imagery without ancillary data [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
M.M. Rahman, M.S. Moran , D.P. Thoma, R. Bryant, C.D. Holifield Collins, T. Jackson, B. J. Orr and M. Tischler

Pedometrics and Digital Soil Mapping (DSM): What are they and why should soil scientists be aware of them? [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
R. A. MacMillan

Manure application and rainfall simulation study [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
G.R.Ontkean, C.A. Volf, D.R. Bennett, S.C. Nolan, D.S. Chanasyk, and J.J. Miller

C storage in Canadian agroecosystems [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
R. Grant, T. Li, E. Pattey, W. Smith, B. Grant and R. Desjardins

Poster Session

TECHNICAL SESSION I

Soil Fertility

Introduction
Len Kryzanowski

In-crop fertilizer application - does it pay? [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
R. H. McKenzie, E. Bremer, C. A. Grant, A. M. Johnston, J. DeMulder and A. B. Middleton

Spatial and temporal variability of soil test phosphorus and phosphorus in runoff [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
S. Nolan, J. Little, B. Olson and F. Hecker

Manure application to rangeland - what are the consequences? [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
R.H. McKenzie, J.F. Dormaar, B. Adams and W. Willms

The role of animal nutrition in facilitating P-based manure management: A case study
M. Oryschak

Life after ammonium nitrate for surface nitrogen applications [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
T. Jensen

Nitrogen mineralization estimation for Alberta soils [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
L. Kryzanowski

Lunch

Business Meeting

Poster Session

Soil Conservation

Introduction
Susan McGillivray

Prairie Wetlands Within The Agricultural Landscape: Conservation and Sequestration? [ Abstract ] [ Citation ]
A.J. Macbeth, R.L. McDougal, and C.L. Leclair

Top soil moisture in the Sahel as observed with PBMR [ Abstract ] [ Citation ]
W. van Proosdii

Public Perceptions of Tree Plantations [ Abstract ] [ Citation ]
P. Neumann

Water pricing and relations to soil and water conservation (provisional title) [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
T. Veeman

Comparison of greenhouse gas emissions between composting and stockpiling beef feedlot manure [ PDF Presentation ]
G. Singh and G. Clark

CO₂ capture and storage: An ENGO Perspective [ PDF Presentation ]
M. Griffiths

Closing Remarks

TECHNICAL SESSION II

Soil Reclamation

Introduction
Clara Qualizza

Naturally occurring hydrocarbons in soil and parent geologic materials in area of Syncrude's Aurora Mine in the Athabasca soil sand region [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
A. Lanoue and A. Gaze

Soil characteristics in naturally saline toposequences of the boreal forest [ PDF Presentation ]
E. Close, B. Purdy, E. Macdonald and S. Chang

Ectomycorrhizal fungi in reconstructed soils containing hydrocarbons
S. Visser

The 3^rd edition of the Land Capability Classification System [ PDF Presentation ]
L. Leskiw

Soil moisture holding capacity and risk in reconstructed soil cover systems
A. Elshorbagy

Using soil fauna to evaluate LFH placement for enhancing reclaimed landscapes in boreal forests [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
J. Battigelli, J. Brown, L. Leskiw

Lunch

Business Meeting

Poster Session

Riparian/Forestry

Introduction
Scott Chang

Heterotrophic and autotrophic respirations along a chronosequence of hybrid poplar plantations [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
D. Saurette, S.X, Chang, and B. Thomas

Net biome productivity of aspen under drought and climate change [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
R.F. Grant, T.A. Black, D. Gaumont-Guay, N. Klujn, A.G. Barr, K. Morgenstern and Z. Nesic

Maximizing conservation in agricultural landscapes [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
R.W. Wein

6-Year Changes in Litter Chemistry from the Canadian Intersite Decomposition Study (CIDET) [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
C.M. Preston, J. Nault, and J.A. Trofymow

Functionality of riparian buffers for nutrient storage in central Alberta [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
S. Reedyk, K. Devito, A. Stewart and C. Arshad

Use of kraft pulp mill effluent as a source of irrigation water for hybrid poplar and forage production [ Abstract ] [ PDF Presentation ] [ Citation ]
S.J. Patterson, D.S. Chanasyk, M.A. Naeth, V.S. Baron, A.M. Jobson, S.X. Chang, D.D.Johnson, C. Kaiser, S. McNamara, and A. Bertschi

Closing Remarks

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

GHG Farm: a software tool to estimate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from farms
N. Newlands

Grazing and topographic effect on litter decomposition in a natural rangeland
J. Montenegro and R. Grant

Fluxnet-Canada - Influence of climate and disturbance on carbon cycling in forest and peatland ecosystems

Restoration plan for oil-contaminated site and fireguard near Henry House in Jasper National Park
L. Mitchell, S. Clark, S. Donelly and L. Oiffer

N₂O emission factors for agricultural land use systems in Canada
R.F. Grant, T. Li, W. Smith, B. Grant and R.L. Desjardins

Reclamation of a strip coal mine in the northern fescue grassland near Sullivan Lake, Alberta
H. Bowman, J. Brimacombe, N. Cruikshank, M. Wambold and E. White

Reclamation of four decommissioned oil wells in the Peace River region of Alberta
J. Leatherdale, K. Jones, E. van Overloop and B. Kwiatkowski

Reclamation of the North Suffield pipeline decommissioning to dry mixed grass prairie rangeland in southeast Alberta
C. Baranec, J. Bates, K. Kautz and C. MacIntyre

Spatial and temporal variability of soil respiration in a young hybrid poplar plantation in Northern Alberta, Canada
C.B.M. Arevalo, A.L. Orchansky, J.S. Bhatti, S.X. Chang, and D.T. Price

Utilizing Portable Hand Held Data Collection Devices (PDAs) to Enhance GIS based Soil Mapping
M. Ayer, D. Doram and M. Zwierink

Carbon content of the alberta soil quality benchmark sites
J. Cathcart, D. Keyes, and J. Heinz

Spatial variability of soil nutrients at selected AESA soil quality benchmark sites
J. Cathcart and T. Faechner

Using outputs from hydrological flow modeling as inputs to predictive mapping
R. A. MacMillan

A new approach to automated extraction and classification of repeating landform types
R. A. MacMillan

Measuring soil changes over decades: history and discoveries from the Breton Plots
J. Robertson, S. Ross and D. Puurveen

Estimation of net production/consumption of nitrous oxide within distinct soil layers
L. Rock and B. H. Ellert

First-Year Growth Response of Hybrid Poplars to Root-Zone Salinity
H. Steppuhn and K.G. Wall

Using Flow Gauges to Determine Leaf Specific Conductance in Hybrid Poplars Under Mesic and Xeric Conditions
K. G. Wall, H. Steppuhn, J. Kort, C. Stefner