The Plains Northern Foothills Boundaries feature class contains polygon features representing Department of Energy Regional Boundaries for the Province of Alberta.
Upper North Saskatchewan and Red Deer River Study Area
This dataset is a subset of the Hydrologic Unit Code Watersheds of Alberta which is produced for the Government of Alberta and is available to the general public. Please consult the Distribution Information of this metadata for the appropriate contact to acquire this dataset. The study area used in the report 'Land use, climate change and ecological responses in the Upper North Saskatchewan and Red Deer River Basins: A Scientific Assessment' encompasses the Upper North Saskatchewan River Basin a...
Upper North Saskatchewan and Upper Red Deer River Basin Forest Harvest Areas
This is a dataset of forest harvest areas for the Upper North Saskatchewan and Upper Red Deer River Basins of Alberta. This dataset was created to support spatial analyses of forest harvest areas in the Upper North Saskatchewan and Upper Red Deer River Basins for the Alberta Environment and Parks report entitled “Ecological response to land use and human activities in the eastern slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains: A scientific assessment”. This is a polygon dataset covering the Upper North Sas...
Upper North Saskatchewan and Upper Red Deer River Basin Linear Disturbance
This is a linear disturbance dataset for the Upper North Saskatchewan and Upper Red Deer River Basins of Alberta. This dataset was created to support spatial analyses of linear disturbances in the Upper North Saskatchewan and Upper Red Deer River Basins for the Alberta Environment and Parks report entitled “Ecological response to land use and human activities in the eastern slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains: A scientific assessment”. This is a polyline dataset covering the Upper North Saskatch...
This circa 1985 Landcover/Landuse dataset of actual features was produced under the "Alberta Environment Geospatial Database for Existing Oil Sands Industrial Features" project funded by Alberta Environment and Parks. The geographical extent covers active oil sands projects with the Lower Athabasca Planning Region in the mid 1980s. The source data included satellite imagery, conservation and reclamation reports submitted by oil sands operators, aerial photography and a series of ancillary GIS da...
The Government of Alberta's Land-use Framework (LUF) sets out an approach to manage Alberta's lands and natural resources to achieve the province's long-term economic, environmental and social goals and provides a blueprint for land-use management and decision-making that addresses Alberta's growth pressures. The LUF was developed with extensive public, stakeholder, and Aboriginal consultation. The final framework was released by the Government of Alberta in December 2008 and provides the necess...