Informing land and resource management.
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Jun 8
⏰ 1 week left before this position closes! Please share with your network.
May 13
Help author the next chapter for the Healthy Landscapes Program which has, for over 30 years, explored the application of EBM principles and built partnerships with dozens of land management organizations, NGOs, and universities. Apply by June 15, 2026.
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Jun 5
It's a #FieldworkFriday double header! The crews are bringing the data we need – trail camera photos, veg measurements, fish surveys, and as a bonus, a cool science fact and a new song recommendation! Find out how frogs keep an eye on their food here:
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Jun 5
Next: a rookie field tech far from home shares the good and the bad from his first ever shift:
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May 29
The 2026 field season launched this month, and Sue is back to tell us about it! What's new this year, what makes field work special, and what's the latest on Sew the cat? Photos and answers in the first blog:
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ALT Four biologists in PPE stand on a snowy hilltop with mountains in the background
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May 13
Help author the next chapter for the Healthy Landscapes Program which has, for over 30 years, explored the application of EBM principles and built partnerships with dozens of land management organizations, NGOs, and universities. Apply by June 15, 2026.
friresearch.ca/news/career-o…
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May 12
If you're at the @CSEE_SCEE 2026 conference @UofT, you can catch preliminary results from 2 of our projects:
1⃣ What's affecting moose population trends
2⃣ The accuracy vs time sweet spot for #AI image classification
ALT CSEE-SCEE Toronto 2026. Talk: tuesday 4:45 at BA-1220 by Caroline Lesage. Moose population parameters correlate to forest management activities, wildfire and climate conditions in Alberta, Canada. Poster Tuesday 5:00 at the varsity ice rink by Rebecca Viejou. Optimal MegaDectector thresholds vary across taxa and image trigger type
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Apr 24
The deadline for this position is this Sunday!
Apr 8
The Caribou Program is looking for a new member of the team! Apply by April 26.
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Apr 8
The Caribou Program is looking for a new member of the team! Apply by April 26.
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Apr 7
How big is a grizzly bear? At full stretch, this one was about 1.25 field techs tall.
#TrailcamTuesday
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Mar 23
It's World Bear Day! Since 1998 we have been on the forefront of grizzly bear reserach in Alberta, learning about the species, honing our methods, and finding answers to better manage this threatened species.
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Mar 22
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This footage is from one of our summer 2025 surveys in the Willmore Wilderness. Our Water and Fish Program is working all along the eastern slopes to improve our understanding of Alberta's streams.
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Mar 17
moot, noun
(archaic): an assembly usually for decision-making in a locality.
This definition feels right for what we're seeing. #TrailcamTuesday
ALT Trailcam image of three male moose standing in a circle facing one another. One additional moose is standing in the background, looking towards the circle.
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Mar 10
RARE FOOTAGE – Take a look at a lynx doing exactly what it’s born to do.
#trailcamtuesday
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Mar 3
As grizzly bear hair grows, circulating hormones are deposited, leaving a signature of the bear and what it was experiencing. We're learning how to decode those hormone profiles to better understand what drives population changes.
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ALT a tuft of grizzly bear hair on a barbed wire
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Feb 20
Happy #fieldworkfriday!
Last year's grizzly bear crew had an unofficial exit interview. Here are their highlights, lowlights, and hot takes!
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