A three year roadside vegetation naturalization pilot project was initiated in Calgary in 2021 to demonstrate proof of concept for using an alternative landscaping treatment to replace the manicured turfgrass with mixes of wildflowers and native grasses to enhanced pollinator habitat and increased resilience to a changing climate. This talk will review the results from the first 2 years of the project and discuss the learnings to date.
Liz Murray is a senior scientist with Earthmaster Environmental Strategies in Calgary, Alberta. She is a graduate of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She has a Ph.D. in human genetics and she has worked for more than 20 years in medical related research and in plant based biotechnology, developing biologics as treatments for human diseases. Liz has worked in environmental sciences for more than 10 years and plays a lead role in the analysis and reporting of phytoremediation research and results. She also manages the research and development of Earthmaster’s PEPSystems® technologies.
Kent Cryer is a remediation manager with Earthmaster Environmental Strategies in Calgary, Alberta. He is originally from Estevan, Saskatchewan and is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan with a degree in environmental science. Kent has over twenty years of environmental consulting, program development, and management experience in the commercial and upstream/downstream oil and gas industries. He has been a professional agrologist for 17 years and manages large remediation projects across Alberta. Kent has been the manager of the phytoremediation program at the company for over 15 years and has managed commercial field projects across Canada and the northern USA.
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