3.5 Resources

Cited Resources

1. Environmental Guidelines. Royal Canadian Golf Association
   http://www.rcga.org/english/GreenSection/guidelines.asp
   
2. City of Calgary - Integrated Pest Management Plan
   http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/BU/parks_operations/ipm.pdf
   IPM/pdf/ipm.pdf
    
3. City of Calgary - Guidelines for Erosion and Sediment Control, 2001
   http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/wwd/escguidelines2001-02-12.pdf
   
4. City of Calgary – Field Manual for Effective Erosion and Sediment Control, 2001
   http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/wwd/ESCFieldManual2001-02-12.pdf
   
   These documents are also available at Calgary City Hall, 6th Floor, Building Grades counter.
    
5. Agricultural Phosphorous and Eutrophication. Andrew Sharpley. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 1999
   http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/Phos&Eutro2/agphoseutro2ed.pdf
    
6. On the Living Edge: Your Handbook for Waterfront Living, Living by Water Project
   http://www.livingbywater.ca/contact.html
    
7. Caring for Shoreline Properties: Changing the Way We Look at Owning Lakefront Property in Alberta, Alberta Environment, 1999
   http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/info/infocentre/PubDtl.cfm?ID=944
   
   Guidelines for Lakeshore Use, Alberta Environment, 2001
   http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/land/pdf/lakeshore.pdf
    
8. An outline of Alberta’s Science curriculum can be found at Alberta Learning’s website:
   http://www.learning.gov.ab.ca/k_12/curriculum/bySubject/
   science/default.asp
   
   Relevant science modules include:
   
   • Grade 5 - Wetland Ecosystems
   • Grade 7 - Interactions and Ecosystems
   • Grade 8 - Freshwater and Saltwater Systems
   • Grade 9 - Environmental Chemistry
   • Biology 20 – The Biosphere
   • Science 20 - Changes in Living Systems
   • Science 30 - Chemistry in the Environment
    
9. Yellow Fish Road program
   http://www.yellowfishroad.org
    
10. Alberta RiverWatch presents programs designed to support river ecology studies. Students travel a series of shoreline study sites by inflatable rafts and monitor water quality. Riverwatch maintains a website where data is collected throughout a season, over the years and along the length of a river.
    http://www.riverwatch.ab.ca/

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Additional Resources

• City of Calgary – Stormwater Management and Design Manual, 2000
  http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/wwd/StormManual.pdf
• Guidelines for the Approval and Design of Natural and Constructed Treatment Wetlands for Water Quality Improvement, Alberta Environment, 2000
  http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/protenf/publications/
  GuidelinesforNaturalandConstructedTreatmentWetlandsMar00.pdf
   
• Alternative Stormwater Management Practices for Residential Projects is a site maintained by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. It offers Canadian-based research on BMPs used to effectively manage urban stormwater.
  http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/imquaf/himu/wacon/wacon_031_index.cfm

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