SERVICES
oil & Gas Reclamation Management
Our team specializes in reclamation in challenging environments, including alpine and subalpine mines, wetlands, native grasslands, and forested areas across western Canada. Unlike most reclamation companies, we specialize in challenging environments and addressing complex environmental issues. We are leaders in the reclamation and restoration of Fescue grassland ecosystems in Southern and Central Alberta, with virtually no one else ever demonstrating consistent ability to reclaim these challenging grassland communities. While we focus on natural ecosystems, our goal is to provide our clients with unparalleled technical expertise, regardless of the project’s complexity.
Reclamation Assessments
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Phase 1 Assessments
We can provide comprehensive assessments for our urban and oil and gas clients
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Phase 2 Assessments
Our personnel have extensive experience working with oil and gas phase 2
assessments
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Detailed Site Assessments
We are experienced in grassland, forested, and cultivated assessments and the accompanying applications and reporting
Our reclamation team has extensive experience manage reclamation programs across western Canada. We complete initial site assessments and reviews to determine the needs of each location. Our team leverages the expertise of our larger team in vegetation and soil management to provide our clients with the highest quality reclamation regardless of the project size.
We have extensive experience in contractor management and can effectively coordinate project work for all oil and gas reclamation sites. We also can leverage our knowledge in native plant material propagation to ensure that we apply the appropriate seed mix at the appropriate time to maximize the success of reclamation projects.
We also have access to research and cutting edge reclamation techniques developed by our research team to allow us to increase the success and speed of reclamation even in the most challenging conditions.
Our team has extensive experience completing Phase 1 assessments for our clients on oil and gas facilities. We can leverage our knowledge of the industry and extensive experience completing reclamation projects across western Canada to ensure that we can quickly and accurately complete phase 1 assessments.
Our team has completed phase 2 assessments across Alberta and have worked on numerous projects to complete phase 2 assessments for our clients.
Our team has completed numerous DSA’s each year. Our team completes DSA’s for our own projects, but also subcontracts to multiple other reclamation companies to support their DSA programs each year.
Native Grassland and Forested DSA’s: With our specialization in native grassland ecosystems we can provide quick and efficient DSA assessments at the highest quality of work. Our specialists are drained in native grassland plant identification and are highly skilled in assessing grassland ecosystems across Western Canada. Our team has completed DSA’s across Alberta including forested regions. We are confident we can provide our clients with the highest quality of work in an efficient and timely manner no matter where there project is located.
Crop and Tame Pasture DSA’s: Our team has completed numerous DSA’s on tame pasture and cropland across Alberta. Our highly trained staff can efficiently coordinate with farmers on their schedules and efficiently assess sites in a manner that ensures that all sites are assessed when the crops are at the appropriate stage before they are harvested.
Regulatory Reporting: Our team can provide comprehensive support for all rec applications for our clients in a timely and efficient manner.
Our team has been involved in the design and installation of over 20 bioengineering projects across Western Canada in the past 5 years, as well as designing reclamation plans for mines, urban parks, oil and gas projects, along with other industrial clients.
Our Approach to Reclamation / RestorationOur Approach
Our focus on natural ecosystems allows us to adapt to the most challenging environments, regardless of the project requirements
Habitat Assessments
We complete a comprehensive habitat assessment for each project, including environmental conditions, soils, topography, landscape characteristics, vegetation, and invasive species.
Route Planning
When our clients bring us into a project during the planning stages, we can help with route selection to minimize environmental impacts and reduce regulatory requirements. This can involve avoiding wetlands, rare species, and selecting routes that will be the fastest and most cost-effective to reclaim.
Minimizing Environmental Impacts
Our team has extensive experience in minimal disturbance construction techniques, and we can aid our clients in reducing impacts to the environment while reducing their costs at the same time.
Regulatory Requirements
For each site, we determine the regulatory requirements, such as requirements of the regulator (AUC, AER, AEP), required regulatory approvals to do the work (Water Act, Public Lands Act, DFO, Transport Canada…) and put a plan together with our client to get all required regulatory approvals before work begins.
Rare Species Mitigation
When rare species are encountered, we can employ mitigation measures to ensure that projects can proceed while minimizing the impact on these species. We can complete wildlife, aquatic and vegetation assessments to support the reclamation process and, in some cases, enhance sites during this process so that upon completion, the reclamation results in improved habitat for rare species.
Environmental Protection Plans and Restoration Frameworks
We have completed reclamation frameworks for wind farms and have experience designing complete environmental protection plans for small and large projects.
Planting Designs
We have created numerous planting designs for bioengineering projects, wetland restoration projects, mine reclamation projects as well as for landscape architects and for the oil and gas industry. Our plans can vary in complexity to simple densities all the way up to detailed plans showing the location of each plant being installed. We customize each plan to our client’s needs.
Bio-engineering Designs
Our skill in propagating plants has allowed us to provide unique bio-engineering designs suitable for harsh climatic conditions including droughts, poor soils, and exposure to harsh weather. We build our designs in consultation with our clients and regulatory authorities to ensure that each project is delivered to the satisfaction of both our clients and the regulators. We focus on 100% self-compensating designs to ensure that our clients do not have to create additional offset projects for fish compensation and we have a very successful track record of having our designs accepted by regulators.
Reclamation Assessments
While our focus is in managing reclamation we have a network of professionals we partner with to allow us to complete turnkey reclamation programs regardless of the project complexity. Our team has extensive experience in the following assessment techniques with hundreds of assessments completed for each category.
Reclamation Management Plans
Where our clients require detailed plans including drawings and specifications for reclamation we can provide detailed reclamation plans with all the details in an easy to follow plan.
Seed Mix Creation
We have created advanced seed mix calculators capable of predicting plant community composition based on the environmental conditions of a site and the management being employed on the site. With over 30 years’ experience propagating native plants for commercial seed and live plant production we are capable of creating high quality seed mixes capable of achieving our client’s goals. We apply scientific principles with the art of interpreting landscapes and the environment to provide our clients with some of the most effective seed mixes available. Our calculator is used by the City of Calgary parks department and we teach courses on creating seed mix calculators annually.
Regulatory Applications
We can complete all regulatory applications regardless of whether they include pre-disturbance applications or final reclamation assessments and submissions (Detailed Site Assessments).
Reclamation Management
We provide our clients with complete management and inspection services for reclamation projects. Our team has managed numerous reclamation programs from concept to final monitoring for the oil and gas industry over the past 15 years and we have worked with numerous teams to provide these services for bank stabilization projects, urban parks, and mine reclamation programs.
- Construction Management
- Environmental Inspections
- Post Reclamation Monitoring
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Tannas Conservation Services Ltd. delivers quality, science-based solutions in reclamation, ecology, and regulatory compliance. Connect with our experts today to discuss your project.
