Reclaiming reality
Oil sands reclamation projects are more talk than action
Matt Jones
Photography by Robin Jones
Amid the rampant industrial upheaval that surrounds Fort McMurray lies a slice of serenity where a young forest grows and wood bison frolic. Located just off Highway 63 are the Wood Bison Viewpoint and the Wood Bison Trails. The Viewpoint is home to 300 wood bison, the descendants of 32 animals initially brought there in 1993 by oil giant Syncrude. Across the street are the Trails. Also known as Gateway Hill, this is the 104-hectare former dumping site for excavated land that last March earned Syncrude Alberta’s first ever oil sands land reclamation certificate...[continue reading...]
