Vegetation Recovery Classification for Cold Lake Oil Sands from 2006-2007

Government of Alberta data release contains vegetation recovery data from 2006 to 2007, classified into six land cover classes. The dataset was produced using Landsat multispectral imagery and Land Use and Land Cover classification data. It was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Classify land cover into one of six categories (shrub land, grassland, agricultural areas, coniferous forest, broadleaf forest, mixed forest) using Landsat imagery.
• Analyze vegetation recovery patterns from anthropogenic disturbances like oil and gas infrastructure between 2006 and 2007.
• Monitor changes in forest types (coniferous, broadleaf, mixed) for regional environmental assessments in the Lower Athabasca plan area.

Strengths

• Data covers a defined geographic region (Townships 56 to 69, Ranges 1 to 11, west of the 4th Meridian).
• Classification scheme includes six distinct land cover classes for analysis.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is limited to a two-year period (2006-2007), which may not show long-term trends.
• Specific row/feature counts, image resolution, and validation metrics are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Derived from Landsat multispectral imagery for 2006 and 2007 and Land Use and Land Cover classification data from 2007.

Time Range

2006 to 2007

Freshness

Data was last updated in March 2026, but the underlying observation period is 2006-2007.

Geography

Cold Lake oil sands area, Alberta, Canada (Townships 56 to 69, Ranges 1 to 11, west of the 4th Meridian).