…these five interesting facts about Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis)? They have needles that come out in bunches of five. They tend to be stumpy and twisted, due to their ability to withstand considerable bending. As a result, they often do well in avalanche paths. Their flexibility is the reason for their name - Pinus flexilis. […]
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Cause-Effects Monitoring: Barred Owl Monitoring
Project Outline Objectives: Provide an improved understanding of the status, trends and habitat selection of a species at risk occurring in the oil sands area. Key Outcomes: Determine the effects of oil sands development on barred owl population and habitat. Results from this work will also be used to inform large-scale land-use planning, guide regulatory […]
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Species at Risk and Rare / Difficult Species Monitoring: Caribou Monitoring
Project Outline Objectives: Caribou Population Enumeration (DNA Sight-Resight) Oversee delivery of sight-resight methods for determining caribou population size and composition estimates through the use of fecal pellet samples. Organize field logistics. Key Outcomes: To gain valuable and necessary insight regarding woodland caribou populations in the oil sands region. Information obtained through this program will subsequently […]
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… 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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