ALBERTA BIOLOGISTS' BIWEEKLY

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

SEMINARS, WEBINARS & CONFERENCES

DECEMBER

Snow-tracking Field Essentials

With Joseph Litke, December 2, 2023 at Elk Island National Park. Snow Tracking Field Essentials is a one-day, field-based practical workshop on identifying tracks in snow. Suitable as a crash course for beginners, this course is frequently a “breakthrough” experience even for experienced trackers. Ideal for ecology students, wildlife researchers, and environmental consultants with any level of tracking knowledge or experience. Find more information and register HERE.

Workshop:

Transboundary Grassland Partnership

The theme for this year (December 6-7)  is ‘Native Grasslands: Culture, Carbon and Conservation’. The event will be held at Living Sky Casino in Swift Current, SK. You can find more information, and register, HERE.

SEMINARS, WEBINARS & CONFERENCES

FEBRUARY

10th Annual Native Prairie

Restoration/Reclamation Workshop

Registration is now open for the 10th Native Prairie Restoration/Reclamation Workshop on February 7 and 8, 2024, at Saskatoon. The schedule is online and you can register HERE.

Standard Track & Sign Evaluation

With David Moskowitz, on February 24 & 25, 2024 in the Edmonton Area (details disclosed at a later date). This 2-day field-based workshop is an unparalleled opportunity to learn from one of North America’s top wildlife trackers. It offers an opportunity for naturalists, field biologists, and outdoor enthusiasts of any skill-level to advance their abilities in wildlife track and sign identification and interpretation, and potentially earn an internationally recognised Track and Sign Certification from Tracker Certification North America. Find more information and register HERE.

GRASSLAND RESTORATION FORUM

FALL EVENTS 

• Grassland Restoration Forum Fall Information Session GRF Fall Information Session, Claresholm, Alberta, November 16th, 2023. The theme this year is SEEDS. A meeting of the Southern Alberta Native Seed Collaborative (SANSC) is planned for the following day.

Register online for the above events HERE. For more information, contact info.grf.ab@gmail.com or call Donna Watt at 403-563-8925.

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NATURAL RESOURCES

TRAINING GROUP

Water Sustainability Technician – Online – October 16 – December 22 2023

https://nrtraininggroup.com/events/water-sustainability-technician-online-october-16-december-22-2023/

Land Guardian Program – October 23 – November 24th, 2023 – Fully Online

https://nrtraininggroup.com/events/land-guardian-program-october-23-november-24-2023-fully-online/

For course details and the full calendar of upcoming courses the link is here:

https://nrtraininggroup.com/schedule/

SALMTEC

 COURSES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

Join SALMTEC Tuesday November 28 12:00 to 1:00 for a free Alberta Wetland Policy Professional Practice Standard Webinar. SALMTEC is pleased to host a panel of professionals who co-authored the Wetland Professional Practice Standard, as they discuss how it was created, their experiences on how it is being used by Authenticating Wetland Professionals, as well as answers to audience questions. Spaces are limited, so Register early to reserve your spot.

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Fall 2023 Registration Now Open!

SALMTEC Blended Course: Alberta Wetland Rapid Evaluation Tool – Actual (ABWRET-A)

Online Content + Live Streaming Class (December 8, 2023)

Fall 2023 Registration Now Open!

SALMTEC Blended Course: Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI): A User’s Guide

Online Content + Live Streaming Class (December 1, 2023)

Ongoing

SALMTEC Online Course: Wetland Policy Basics

Online

Ongoing

SALMTEC Snackable Learning Course: Understanding ACIMS Tools (Alberta Conservation Information Management System)

Online

Ongoing

SALMTEC Snackable Learning Course: Alberta Soil Information Viewer

Online

VISIT THE SALMTEC CONNECTOR 

THE CONNECTOR is a compilation of applied science and land management event listings, across a variety of sectors and disciplines, published monthly.

You can find the SALMTEC CONNECTOR HERE.

We regularly receive notifications from Google Scholar Alerts and other sources which we select and share below in the BIWEEKLY. Here is the latest batch (the links are HOT):

Revising economic injury levels for Lygus spp. in canola: The value of historical yield and insect data to improve decision making

Toward an understanding of gleicheniaceous fern evolution; organismal concept for an Eocene species from western North America

The umbrella value of caribou management strategies for biodiversity conservation in boreal forests under global change

Nearby night lighting, rather than sky glow, is associated with habitat selection by a top predator in human-dominated landscapes

Looking upstream: A 5-year review of Alberta's monitoring, evaluation, and reporting (MER) plan for lotic systems

Some birds considered derogatory or culturally inappropriate

Current and Potential Pest Threats for Canola in the Canadian Prairies

Response of Moose to Forest Harvest and Management: A Literature Review

One-Third of Global Population at Cancer Risk due to Elevated Volatile Organic Compounds Levels

Bet-hedging bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) recruit episodically over a 127-year timeframe in Saskatchewan

Monofluoroacetate and their Associated End-use Products

Reclamation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils Using Soil Amendments and Native Plant Species

Overview of the 2022 North American Forest Ecology Workshop (NAFEW): Turning Ecological Answers into Forest Management Actions

Grassland Resilience to Woody Encroachment in North America and the Effectiveness of Using Fire in National Parks

Biological control of the mosquito: An analysis of the impediments and possibilities

Reclamation certification of plains coal mines in Alberta: experience from a practitioner perspective

Forest surface soil management from textbook to operations

Grassland intactness outcompetes species as a more efficient surrogate in conservation design

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