Balancing Recreation and Wildlife in Protected Areas
October 27, 2021Protected areas are commonly thought of as lands free of human disturbance. Yet, recent studies have shown the varied impacts recreational...
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Western Alberta Wildlife-Recreation Project
September 28, 2021Recreation activities across a wide spectrum (e.g. hiking to ATV use) are known to disrupt wildlife habitat use in varying ways. The...
Finding Elk Amongst the Trees
August 31, 2021Like the old adage ‘can’t see the forest for the trees’ it can be difficult for even the most seasoned field biologist to clearly...
Calibrating Trafx trail counters with wildlife camera data in Kananaskis
August 03, 2021In Kananaskis Country we use our stable of over 200 cameras and 75 trail counters to monitor wildlife distribution, abundance, and movement...
MethodologyGrizzly bear responses to forest harvesting
July 06, 2021Outside of protected areas, forestry is the most common land use practice in remaining grizzly bear habitat of western North America....
Focal Species Wildlife Management