Abstract: A current Land Cover dataset, Wetland Inventory, Historical Wetland Inventory and Potential Restorable Wetland Inventory were created as part of this project. The land cover and wetland inventory for the Bow River Basin creates spatial information that can be used for land use planning, as well as for a range of other wetland monitoring, conservation and restoration initiatives. Considerations have been included in the report for the appropriate use for the data, along with suggestions for how the dataset can be used to assist with land use and conservation planning at local and regional scales. The wetland inventory dataset is not intended to replace site specific or local information to describe wetland type, area and location. The restorable wetland inventory was created through a combination of manual and semi-automated procedures. Potential restorable wetlands were identified through manual interpretation of high resolution ESRI (ArcGIS) Basemap and Google Earth imagery at 1:10,000 scale to identify wetland basins that appeared to be impacted by a drainage features. This inventory estimates locations where there is a high likelihood that wetlands have been impacted by drainage activity, and where those wetlands may be eligible for restoration under the provincial Wetland Restoration Program. This data can be used to identify locations where there is a high probably of a restorable basin being present; however, all locations should be verified in the field prior to making management or restoration decisions based on the data.
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eng
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dataset
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Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Lands Policy and Programs Branch, Lands Division
Contact info:
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Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
3rd Floor, South Petroleum Plaza
Delivery point:
9915 108 Street
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2G8
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
WRRP@gov.ab.ca
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publisher
Date stamp:
2023-09-12
Metadata standard name:
NAP - Metadata
Metadata standard version:
1.2
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Code:
3400
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EPSG
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Project Returns for Regional Wetland Datasets for the Bow River Basin
Date:
Date:
Date:
2023-03-20
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2023-09-11
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Lands Policy and Programs Branch, Lands Division
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
3rd Floor, South Petroleum Plaza
Delivery point:
9915 108 Street
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2G8
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
WRRP@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
originator
Abstract:
A current Land Cover dataset, Wetland Inventory, Historical Wetland Inventory and Potential Restorable Wetland
Inventory were created as part of this project. The land cover and wetland inventory for the Bow River Basin
creates spatial information that can be used for land use planning, as well as for a range of other wetland
monitoring, conservation and restoration initiatives. Considerations have been included in the report for
the appropriate use for the data, along with suggestions for how the dataset can be used to assist with land
use and conservation planning at local and regional scales. The wetland inventory dataset is not intended to
replace site specific or local information to describe wetland type, area and location. The restorable
wetland inventory was created through a combination of manual and semi-automated procedures. Potential
restorable wetlands were identified through manual interpretation of high resolution ESRI (ArcGIS) Basemap
and Google Earth imagery at 1:10,000 scale to identify wetland basins that appeared to be impacted by a
drainage features. This inventory estimates locations where there is a high likelihood that wetlands have
been impacted by drainage activity, and where those wetlands may be eligible for restoration under the
provincial Wetland Restoration Program. This data can be used to identify locations where there is a high
probably of a restorable basin being present; however, all locations should be verified in the field prior
to making management or restoration decisions based on the data.
Purpose:
This GIS-based assessment allows for a general assessment of land cover, regional wetland datasets and
potential restorable wetlands for the Bow River Basin.
Credit:
Fiera Biological Consulting Ltd.; Miistakis Institute; Bow River Basin Council; City of Calgary.
Status:
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completed
Point of contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Lands Policy and Programs Branch, Lands Division
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
3rd Floor, South Petroleum Plaza
Delivery point:
9915 108 Street
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2G8
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
WRRP@gov.ab.ca
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Role code:
pointOfContact
Resource maintenance:
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
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notPlanned
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Alberta, Canada
Keyword:
Bow River Basin
Type:
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place
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Wetlands
Keyword:
Land cover
Keyword:
Restorable wetlands
Keyword:
Land use planning
Keyword:
Wetlands monitoring
Keyword:
Conservation
Keyword:
Restoration
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theme
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Alberta, in force as of the date you accessed the information, found at
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incidental, consequential, or other loss, injury or damage caused by its use or otherwise arising in
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loss, injury or damage.
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unclassified
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Public/Unrestricted
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Government of Alberta Data and Information Security Classification
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https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/Pages/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification.aspx
Aggregation Info:
AggregateInformation:
Aggregate Data Set Name:
Citation:
Title:
Creation of Land Cover and Wetland Inventory Datasets for the Bow River Basin
Date:
Date:
Date:
2022-02-01
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Fiera Biological Consulting Ltd.
Role:
Role code:
publisher
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Association type code:
crossReference
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Topic category:
Topic category code:
biota
Topic category:
Topic category code:
environment
Extent:
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Geographic element:
Geographic bounding box:
West bound longitude:
-115.578146
East bound longitude:
-110.881618
South bound latitude:
49.89051
North bound latitude:
51.707806
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Distribution:
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File Geodatabase
Version:
10.7.1
Specification:
FGDB
File decompression technique:
ZIP
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804277374
Facsimile:
7804220712
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
PGC.Data@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
distributor
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MB
Transfer size:
405
Online:
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Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/environment/Wetland/BRB_RegionalWetlandDatasets.zip
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
Bow River Basin Landcover and Wetlands (FGDB)
Description:
FGDB containing Bow River Basin Regional Wetland dataset (ZIP)
Function:
Online function code:
download
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MB
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20
Online:
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Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/environment/Wetland/BRB_LandCoverAndWetlandFinalReport.pdf
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
Creation of Land Cover and Wetland Inventory Datasets for the Bow River Basin Final Report (PDF)
Description:
PDF document containing Land Cover and Wetland Inventory Datasets for the Bow River Bains Final Report
Function:
Online function code:
download
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
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Statement:
A pixel based Random Forest model was used to create the land cover layer for the Bow River Basin using
multi-source dataset (SPOT, Sentinel, 15m LiDAR and 20m provincial DEM). Following was a process to
extract land cover classes and editing of preliminary objects, prior to creating wetland objects and
wetland class assignment. Historical Wetlands were derived using a mosaic of black and white orthophoto
capture between 1949 and 1951. The Potential Restorable Wetland Inventory identified wetlands that have
a have been historically drained or partially drained. The restorable wetland inventory was created
through a combination of manual and semi-automated procedures. Wetland basins that appeared to be
impacted by a drainage feature were identified in ArcGIS by placing a point near the center of the
wetland basin. Drainage features that were flagged included ditches that appeared to be human created.
Assessing the accuracy of the Restorable Wetland Inventory was not possible, as there are no existing
datasets to complete this task, and field verification was not undertaken given the size of the study
area. As such, this data can be used to identify locations where there is a high probably of a
restorable basin being present; however, all locations should be verified in the field prior to making
management or restoration decisions based on the data.
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
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