by Stephanie Weizenbach | Dec 17, 2024
The eagle count at Kananaskis, run by the Rocky Mountain Eagle Research Foundation, has been running for over 30 years. But many of the older observers are no longer able to help out, so there is a need for dedicated people to help fill their ranks. Everyone who shows...
by Stephanie Weizenbach | Dec 17, 2024
The Canadian Bat Box Program takes citizen science to the next level where people can register their bat box, install a datalogger to record internal temperature and humidity, swab the box to test for white-nose syndrome, and submit guano samples.
by Stephanie Weizenbach | Dec 17, 2024
Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC) is a national organization using hands-on intervention and scientific approaches to save endangered species. Every spring, field biologists collect wild yellow-banded bumble bee queens for their Bumble Bee Recovery Program, to...
by Stephanie Weizenbach | Dec 17, 2024
This is an iNaturalist project that aims to document all species of Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) in Alberta. This information will help build a database of what species exist provincially. Because it is an iNaturalist project, participating is easy. Just take a...
by Stephanie Weizenbach | Dec 17, 2024
The annual Winter Bug Count was started by John Acorn in 2011 to document Arthropods – insects, spiders, and crustaceans such as sow bugs – in Alberta and Saskatchewan through December, January, and February. Accepted species include any free living...
