Test of a bird deterrent device at a tailings pond, Athabasca oil sands, 1974

• Main Authors: Birdsall, D.A., Sharp, P.L., Dyke, G.R.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 1976
• Subjects: Oil Sands; Birds; Tar Sands; Syncrude; Bird Deterrent; Professional Paper 1976-1; Tailings ponds; Alberta; Fort McMurray; Mildred Lake
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/f13a34b8-508f-466f-a8c9-2eceac479df2; https://doi.org/10.7939/R3VD6P79S

Between 26 August and 30 October 1974, a reflector device was tested as a deterrent to birds at a small tailings pond (Lower Camp Tailings Pond) located on Syncrude's lease 17, approximately 40 km (25 mi) north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. This tailings pond provided a situation analogous (though...