All oil sands land, of course, must be reclaimed. The Government of Alberta requires that companies remediate and reclaim 100% of the land after the oil sands have been extracted. Reclamation means that the land is returned to a self-sustaining ecosystem with local vegetation and wildlife, which, of course, as an Albertan, I'm very proud of, as well.
In the oil sands area, the Government of Alberta has committed to conserving and protecting more than two million hectares of habitat for native species as part of the “Lower Athabasca Regional Plan 2012-2022”. In addition, there's almost 4.5 million hectares of federally protected land just north of the oil sands, a significant amount.
The fifth point is that, of course, oil sand water withdrawals are very closely monitored. The Athabasca River water management framework ensures annual withdrawals by oil sand companies never exceed 3% of the Athabasca River flow. In practice, annual withdrawals are often less than 1%.