From black to green to gold: alternative land use strategies for abandoned and decommissioned oil well sites in southeast Saskatchewan
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2017
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Tulloch, Kyla
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Through the historic and current study of southeast Saskatchewan, this practicum reveals the present day conditions of the exploited and extended rural landscape. The pothole prairie landscape has been structured and altered beyond recognition from agricultural land use and oil extraction, affecting flora and fauna and ecosystem services. This practicum strives to reconsider how we use the land and advocates for large-scale change through small-scale interventions. Abandoned and decommissioned oil well sites are repurposed through the alteration of government regulations, the combination of conservation initiatives, the recognition of private land ownership limitations, and the proposal of a new land use management system. This creates a shift from the oil well sites as barren bits of gravel amidst the monoculture matrix to thriving sites of forage and nesting for native bee species.
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Saskatchewan, Oil, Post-industrial, Landscape, Land use strategies, ALUS, Bees, Prairie