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Indigenous-led land reclamation in Alberta and across Canada
Osprey Environmental Solutions is a majority Indigenous-owned environmental consulting firm headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, working with clients across Canada. We reclaim land disturbed by oil and gas, pipeline, powerline and highway projects, taking each site from evaluation and planning through soil work, revegetation and monitoring until it meets the reclamation standard of the province it's in, such as equivalent land capability in Alberta. We're a Certified Indigenous Business through the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB).
What is land reclamation?
Land reclamation returns disturbed land to a stable, productive state that can support its intended use again. In Alberta, the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) and the Conservation and Reclamation Regulation require operators to reclaim specified land, including well sites, pipelines, and batteries, to an equivalent land capability.
Equivalent land capability means the land can support uses similar to the ones it supported before the disturbance, even if the individual uses aren't identical. For energy sites, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) issues a reclamation certificate once it's satisfied that the work meets that standard. Until then, the liability stays with the operator.
Reclamation and remediation are different jobs. Remediation treats contamination in soil or water. Reclamation rebuilds the landscape, soils and vegetation. Many sites need both before they can be certified.
How our land reclamation process works
We run reclamation in three stages, with one team from the first site visit to a certification-ready site.
Stage 1
Site evaluation and planning
We assess the disturbance, soils, drainage and surrounding vegetation, then set targets against the criteria for the site's land type. Alberta's 2010 Reclamation Criteria for Wellsites and Associated Facilities set separate standards for cultivated lands, forested lands and native grasslands, with a peatlands document revised in 2017. Drone imagery and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping give us a measured baseline to compare against later. Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) also shapes the targets, so the plan reflects what the land supported before it was disturbed.
Stage 2
Soil work and revegetation
We carry out the plan: soil work to rebuild a stable, workable surface, then revegetation with species suited to the site and the surrounding ecosystem. On forested land, the 2010 criteria require woody vegetation with both an overstory and an understory, so species selection plans for trees, shrubs, and ground cover.
Stage 3
Monitoring through to certification
We monitor each site throughout the growing seasons until soils and vegetation meet the criteria, using field assessments and GeoAI-enhanced mapping to track change consistently over time. Results are documented as we go, so the evidence is ready when the reclamation certificate application is prepared.
We're majority Indigenous-owned and CCIB certified
Osprey Environmental Solutions is majority Indigenous-owned. We launched in September 2025 as a partnership between Kee Tas Kee Now Sawmills Limited (KSL) and Silvacom. KSL is owned by five First Nations: Loon River First Nation, Lubicon Lake Band, Peerless Trout First Nation, Whitefish Lake First Nation and Woodland Cree First Nation. Silvacom, established in 1983, brings expertise in natural resources, regulatory, and remote sensing.
Our CCIB certification gives procurement and ESG teams a verifiable Indigenous-ownership credential, not a subcontracted line item. Every project supports training, employment and capacity for KSL's five member Nations.