by Sara Jordan-McLachlan | Dec 17, 2024
The Calgary Urban Species Response Team is working to understand the impacts of window strikes on birds in Calgary. Following the lead of organizations like FLAP in Toronto, our team goes out during spring and fall migration to document window strikes and rescue...
by Alberta Native Bee Council | Dec 17, 2024
In 2017, the Alberta Native Bee Council launched a citizen science program to monitor bumble bee nest boxes, similar to birdhouses. While colonization rates vary, about 25% of boxes in Alberta are occupied, with urban areas showing higher success. Participants can...
by Stephanie Weizenbach | Dec 17, 2024
Freshwater bivalves (clams and mussels) are declining due to habitat destruction. In Alberta, the current distribution and status of bivalves is largely unknown, as the taxon was last surveyed in the 1960s. Thus, a thorough provincial-wide survey of bivalves is...
by Kristyn Mayner | Dec 17, 2024
Botany Alberta is ANPC’s annual, in-person field trip to a site of ecological or botanical significance in Alberta. The goal of the event is to curate a species list for the area, contributing valuable data to relevant managers and the Alberta Conservation...
by Kiara Abma | Dec 17, 2024
Across the Battle River Watershed, the X-stream Science program takes classes from Grade 7 to Grade 12 into their local streams and rivers to test benthic macroinvertebrates (BMI) as means to gain understanding of the waterbody’s pollution level.
