Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada
Ecological Issues Forum
November 24, 2016
The Calgary Petroleum Club
On November 24, 2016, a group of dedicated environmental researchers and technology development stakeholders joined PTAC for the 2016 Ecological Issues Forum. A major component of the forum comprised updates on the Alberta Upstream Petroleum Research Fund (AUPRF) research projects. AUPRF is funded by oil and gas producers operating in Alberta and has a broad focus which includes reducing the impacts of industry activities on species and the communities they live in.
Panel Discussion
Presenters: Shane Patterson (panel lead), Todd Shipman, Robert Albricht, Kimberley Van Vliet, Steve Liang, and Andy Dean
PTAC Ecological Research Planning Committee Update
Presenter: Shane Patterson
Caribou Response to Oil and Gas Activities: Do Regeneration and Activity Levels Matter?
Presenter: Laura Finnegan
Grizzly Bear Survival in Oil and Gas Operating Areas
Presenter: Gord Stenhouse
White-Tailed Deer Behavioural Response to Anthropogenic Features
Presenter: Jason Fisher
Presenter: Jason Fisher
Canada Warbler Response to Vegetation Structure on Recovering Energy Sector Disturbances
Presenter: Erin Bayne
Caribou Health and Mortality in West-Central Alberta
Presenter: Laura Finnegan
Presenter: Marco Musiani
Integrated Monitoring of Wetlands, Reclamation, Vegetation, and Wildlife Across Space and Time
Presenter: Jonah Keim
