ACTWS News

The wildlife management challenge we face in Alberta are diverse, multi-faceted, and complex. Defining innovative ways to meet these challenges requires diversity in our thinking and approaches, much of which stems from the diversity of perspective individual wildlife professionals bring to our field. This web series shares the successes, challenges,

In lieu of the poster session at our 2020 conference, we are profiling posters from this year’s conference on our website every few weeks. This month, we’re featuring Arya Horon’s work examining intestinal parasites in coyotes. See a pdf of Arya’s poster. Poster authors: Arya Horon, Deanna Steckler, Colleen Cassady

This month’s poster profile shares the work of Kaegan Finn, a University of Alberta student examining parasites in fish and 15N. Poster authors: Kaegan Finn, Karling Roberts, and Mark Poesch Poster title: Cestode Parasites are Depleted in 15N Relative to their Fish Hosts (pdf of the poster here). Cestode parasites

The complexity of conservation research and issues in Alberta require creativity and innovative problem solving; the more people from diverse backgrounds we have working on these issues, the more likely we are to define new and effective solutions. In this new web series, the ACTWS is celebrating the diversity of

In lieu of the poster session at our 2020 conference, we are profiling posters from this year’s conference on our website every month. Check out Jonathan Farr’s research about an Alberta favourite, the Black-Capped Chickadee. Poster authors: Jonathan Farr, Elène Have-Audet, Dr. Kimberley Mathot Poster title: Pitted Against the Odds:

In lieu of the poster session at our 2020 conference, we are profiling posters from this year’s conference on our website every few weeks. This week we’re focusing on using camera traps to estimate density of an African ungulate, the Sitatunga. Poster authors: Megan Brownlee, Mark Boyce, Camille Warbington Poster