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How to restore #seismiclines in #caribouranges
a [serious
on] thread:
PAPER -> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-68151-7
Background: Huge areas of Alberta's foothills/boreal forest are crisscrossed with seismic lines [lines ~ 8m-wide cleared of trees for oil & gas exploration]
: @fRIresearch
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a [serious
on] thread:PAPER -> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-68151-7
Background: Huge areas of Alberta's foothills/boreal forest are crisscrossed with seismic lines [lines ~ 8m-wide cleared of trees for oil & gas exploration]
: @fRIresearch
These long straight lines are easy paths for wolves to travel & hunt in #caribouranges
Research by @MelanieDickie:
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.12732
The original thought was that trees would just regrow:
Research by @MelanieDickie:
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.12732
The original thought was that trees would just regrow:
Turns out - Nope!
We need active #restoration
research by @lfinnegal
…https://www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/science/article/pii/S0378112719304529
We need active #restoration research by @lfinnegal
…https://www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/science/article/pii/S0378112719304529
Restoring seismic lines in caribou ranges (e.g. planting trees on those lines) will take a huge amount of time, effort, and 
@friresearch
@friresearch
BUT! Our research shows that restoration can't take half-measures - The way we restore these lines makes a difference:
We found that #wolves were near seismic lines with low #vegetation more often in landscapes with low levels of human development
We found that #wolves were near seismic lines with low #vegetation more often in landscapes with low levels of human development
Why should we care?
Well, if only some of the seismic lines are restored in areas of caribou ranges, the remaining ones could act as 'predator highways' funneling wolves to #caribou
@friresearch
Well, if only some of the seismic lines are restored in areas of caribou ranges, the remaining ones could act as 'predator highways'
funneling wolves to #caribou @friresearch
Our results show that simply lowering densites of linear disturbances (seismic lines, pipeplines, roads) across large parts of caribou ranges might be effort & money wasted
Conclusion: #conservation outcomes will be better by focusing restoration efforts:
Fully restore some areas and have no new resource extraction in these areas, and allow development in other areas.
Our research -> Evidence that can be directly used in land-use #planning
Fully restore some areas and have no new resource extraction in these areas, and allow development in other areas.
Our research -> Evidence that can be directly used in land-use #planning
Replying to @KEPigeon
[Bah!] ...Correct link to @lfinnegal paper about the need for active restoration on seismic lines: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.05.026
(if only the technology for an edit button existed...)
[Bah!] ...Correct link to @lfinnegal paper about the need for active restoration on seismic lines: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.05.026
(if only the technology for an edit button existed...)
