ALBERTA BIOLOGISTS' BIWEEKLY

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

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ASPB Fee Renewal Schedule

Is Now Posted Online

Full information about the 2024 membership fee schedule is now available on line. There is a fee increase for 2024, but December 2023 is, in effect, a fee-increase holiday this year: renewals received this December will be subject to the 2023 rates until December 31. The new 2024 rates will apply on January 01, 2024 and late fees will apply on February 01. More detailed information is available HERE.

Conference Wait List

Closes November 17

The attendance “wait list” will close Nov 17, and the committee is working with the hotel to open some rooms for wait-listed folks as well. 

WE NEED THREE VOLUNTEERS

The Conference Committee is looking for volunteers to assist with speaker time management and attending to the video recording device in presentation rooms during concurrent sessions. Please contact the Conference Manager, Jessica Koehli .

ASPB PHOTO CONTEST HAS CLOSED

The photo contest has now closed and over 50 photos were submitted by 17 individuals! The conference committee will choose the top 10 photos, from which the conference attendees will pick their favourites and vote for them during the conference. 

Sponsorship Opportunities

Close Friday November 17

Opportunities to sign up for a conference sponsorship will close Nov 17. Most packages still have opportunities for sponsorship but we would like to highlight our bronze packages "Door Prize" and "Photo Contest" so we can put more cash behind these prizes. Sponsorship packages can be found on our Conference Webpage, or contact Jessica Koehli for more information.

ASPB Annual General Meeting #48

will take place Friday, Nov. 24, 2023 at 9:15 am

at the Red Deer Resort and Casino in Red Deer, AB

Registered members in good standing may also attend remotely. You can find the agenda and register on the ASPB website HERE.


BUILDING YOUR

CAREER?

See what's new on the

BIOLOGISTS'

JOB BOARD



Regional Wildlife Ecologist

 

Ecological Planner ID: 48081

 

Senior Authorizations Water Specialist

 

Intermediate Environmental Specialist

 

Environmental Professional

 

Fisheries Biologist

 

Senior Wildlife Biologist

 

Senior Biologist/Conservation Planner

 

Environmental 2024 Summer Jobs

 

Wildlife Discipline Lead

 

Regulatory Specialist - NWT and NU

 

Intermediate to Senior Aquatic Biologist

 

Vegetation Ecologist

 

  FIND INFORMATION

ON THESE AND

MANY OTHER POSITIONS

HERE

SEMINARS, WEBINARS & CONFERENCES
NOVEMBER
Legislation and Conducting
Projects Near Water
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) in Ontario, Prairie and Arctic regions are providing information sessions on DFO Legislation and Conducting Projects Near Water. To attend the November session, click here: November 21, 2023 @ 11:00-12:30 CST and allow the link to open in your web browser (please use Chrome or Edge). If you have the Teams application installed, click on “Open in Microsoft Teams” in the pop-up window or “Launch it Now”. If you do not have the Teams application installed, click “Join on the Web Instead”.

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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CONTACT US

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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