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Alberta Environment and Alberta Geological Survey began a cross-ministry plan to inventory Alberta's groundwater
resources. The first area of study was the Edmonton-Calgary Corridor.

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Andre Lytviak on Tuesday, November 29, after a battle with cancer.

The Mineral Core Research Facility is undergoing a major facelift to create a special collection of core from key stratigraphic units, making it more accessible for clients and more efficient fo Alberta Geological Survey staff to locate, layout, and rack individual core.

The oil sands and surveillance monitoring project is piloting the use of Earth Observation technologies to evaluate their potential application as tools to aid in energy industry regulation in Alberta.

The American Geological Institute and the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences launched CanGeoRef on September 15, 2011.

As part of a multi-year initiative, the Alberta Geological survey is continuing its regional surficial geology mapping program in northern Alberta.