The 22nd Annual Emerald Awards, June 6, 2013, Edmonton

Among the finalists (Government Institutions): Alberta Department of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) Alberta’s ESRD Department actively pursues innovative solutions to balance economic, environmental and social concerns. In part, doing this places emphasis on conserving aquatic habitats and sensitive lands. The problem is that traditional mapping of water and soils relied upon photo-interpretation. But …