Germination Chambers for Boreal Reclamation

novaNAIT北方研究院是NAIT的卫星校区，位于埃德蒙顿西北500公里处。工业发展给艾伯塔省的北方森林带来了压力，森林地区积压了近5万个废弃的油气井。土地复垦是将工业用地恢复到其原始状态的过程。新的艾伯塔省填海标准要求这些工业用地使用本土北方植物进行填海。2010年11月，我们的提案“北方垦荒的田间技术”获得了CCI NSERC的资助，与当地公司和中小企业（SMEs）合作，开发精选本地物种的种子收集和幼苗生产方法。用于开垦的本地种子和繁殖体最有可能需要登记，这将需要有关发芽和休眠的信息。我们正在申请两个发芽室，以支持一个长期项目的初步阶段，该项目是在艾伯塔省西北部受石油和天然气工业干扰的地区重建植被。发芽器允许非常高的温度，湿度和照明控制和均匀性。它们不仅是确定一批种子发芽率的重要工具，而且还有助于打破某些形式的种子休眠，以确保有活力的种子发芽。30多年来，NAIT一直致力于为工业提供训练有素的林业，石油工程和其他高需求的培训生，并在五个核心项目中提供土地复垦教育。大量学生需要熟悉阿尔伯塔省的开垦法规和实践，其中包括收获过程，以及处理用于开垦项目的本地种子。考虑到省的利益

novaNAIT Boreal Research Institute is a satellite campus of NAIT located 500 km northwest of Edmonton. Industrial growth is putting pressure on Alberta's boreal forest with a growing backlog of almost 50,000 abandoned oil and gas well sites in forested areas. Land reclamation is the process of restoring industrial sites to a state similar to their original condition. New Alberta reclamation criteria require that these industrial sites be reclaimed using native boreal plants. Our proposal called Field Technologies for Boreal Reclamation received funding from CCI NSERC in November 2010 to work with local companies and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and develop seed collection and seedling production approaches for select native species. Native seeds and propagules used for reclamation most likely will need to be registered, which will require information on germination and dormancy. We are requesting two germination chambers to support preliminary stages of a long term project on re-vegetating areas disturbed by the oil and gas industry in north western Alberta. Germinators allow for very high temperature, humidity and lighting control and uniformity. They are essential instruments not only to determine germination percentages of a seed lot, but also to help break some forms of seed dormancy to insure that viable seeds will germinate. NAIT has been in the business of providing highly trained forestry, petroleum engineering and other high demand trainees to industry for over 30 years, and offers land reclamation education within five core programs. A large number of students need to be familiar with reclamation regulations and practices in Alberta, which will include the process of harvesting, and processing native seeds for use in reclamation projects. Considering the interest of the provincial