ACTWS News

Each year, the Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society has several board positions available. One of them is definitely for you! These are the positions available this year: President-elect – a voting member that serves three terms with the ACTWS. First as the “president-elect”, a second year as President, and

We’ve shared some great posters from the 2020 conference through our Poster Profiles this year and this one is no exception! This month, we’re sharing Erin Tattersall’s research about ecological characteristics of linear features and how those relate to wildlife use. Poster authors: Erin Tattersall, Karine Pigeon, Doug MacNearney, and

Our poster profiles from the 2020 ACTWS Conference continue with this great poster by Aidan Sheppard from the University of Alberta. Poster authors: Aidan H.C. Sheppard, Lee J. Hecker, Mark A. Edwards, and Scott E. Nielsen Poster title: The influence of snow and temperature on the movement rates of wood

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