There are a few key features of the site that I’d like to introduce you to - once you get the hang of navigating through aemera.org, you should find it easy to get to the content you need when you need it. First of all, you will notice our new homepage grid. This grid is […]
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Summer Student Diary
We were lucky to get some incredible summer students this year. We sent them each a questionnaire while preparing our feature article for this site but some of the responses were too good not to share! What is your academic background? I received my diploma in Environmental Sciences majoring in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation, from […]
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..that the word benthic means ‘bottom-dwelling’ and invertebrate means ‘without a backbone’? So the next time you think of someone as spineless or bottom-dwelling, remember that the benthic invertebrate living in Alberta’s water bodies are an important part of the ecosystem and act as key indicators of pollution and stress. These little critters are incredibly […]
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Monitoring Air Quality During Forest Fires
Where there is fire, there is smoke. After an abnormally dry spring, Alberta (and western Canada) is experiencing one of the worst forest fire seasons in a decade. With 1,2961 fires and counting so far this year, people are worried about the quality of the air in their communities. In response to requests from communities, […]
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AEMERA @ LICA’s Annual General Meeting
The Lakeland Industry and Community Association (LICA) is an important working partner in the AEMERA Oil Sands Monitoring Program. AEMERA President and CEO Jay Nagendran had the pleasure of attending their Annual General Meeting and 15th Anniversary Celebration at the Bonnyville Senior’s Drop-in centre on Thursday, April 23rd. The Annual General Meeting provided an excellent […]
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Did you know…
…Undaunted by our spring snowstorms, ferruginous hawks are returning from their winter homes to Alberta. Two sightings have been reported near Medicine Hat in the past couple of weeks. For more information about monitoring species at risk in Alberta, check out our latest updates to the AEMERIS map and data library.
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Better Environment Management Through Monitoring: The Story of the Yellow Rail in the Lower Athabasca
“The approval holder shall provide a plan or participate in the development of a plan for the monitoring and mitigation of the Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) by [given date] to the satisfaction of the Director…” - Approval condition for oil sands mine project The Yellow Rail is a secretive, nocturnal wetland bird. It’s currently listed […]
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The Future of Environmental Monitoring
Through investments by governments and private sector members into research and development, new technologies such as remote sensing, new DNA technologies, big data, robotics, and social networking, are drastically changing how the environment is monitored. As new technologies arise, tools adopted in the environmental monitoring system will share some common “technological DNA” with other surveillance […]
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Did you know…
… AEMERA, in partnership with the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) and the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), has compiled lists of the species at risk in the first region of Alberta’s seven Land Use Planning regions? The following lists for 2014 in the oil sands areas (which include the Lower Athabasca […]
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