ALBERTA BIOLOGISTS' BIWEEKLY

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Caribou of the Tundra!

The First Place Winner of the 2024 ASPB Photo Contest

is this photo submitted by Sandra Scott, P. Biol.

SEMINARS, WEBINARS & CONFERENCES

JANUARY

Great Plains Fishery Workers

Announce dates for annual workshop

The 2025 Great Plains Fishery Workers Association Workshop will be held in Fort Collins, Colorado, January 14, 2025 - January 16, 2025. A formal presentation schedule will be distributed as the conference gets closer, but if you are interested in presenting at this year's workshop, please contact alex.jouney@state.co.us or alexander.townsend@state.co.us. 

SEMINARS, WEBINARS & CONFERENCES

FEBRUARY

Native Prairie Restoration/Reclamation Workshop

The 11th Native Prairie Restoration/Reclamation Workshop and the Prairie Fire Summit 2025 will take place February 11-13, 2025 in Regina. The theme is "Collaborative Approaches to Prairie Conservation", and here is the Draft Program . Registration is open.

The Call for Abstracts is also open: the deadline for oral presentations was October 15th, 2024 but an extension may be granted if requests for approvals within your organization need more time. Contact Carolyn (pcap@sasktel.net) to discuss). The Call for Presentation Abstracts can be found here, and the Call for Poster Abstracts can be found here.

TRAINING PROVIDERS

NATURAL RESOURCES

TRAINING GROUP

Fish Habitat Restoration — Instream Techniques – Online, November 19-20, 2024

Fish Habitat Restoration — Instream Techniques – Online, November 19-20, 2024 Natural Resources Training Group (nrtraininggroup.com)

Drone Applications in Environmental Surveying – Online – November 19th, 2024

Drone Applications in Environmental Surveying – Online – November 19th, 2024 Natural Resources Training Group (nrtraininggroup.com)

Bird Nest Surveys — Beyond Standard Approaches – Online – November 20th, 2024

Bird Nest Surveys — Beyond Standard Approaches – Online – November 20th, 2024 Natural Resources Training Group (nrtraininggroup.com)

Ichthyology – Online, November 26-27, 2024

Ichthyology – Online, November 26-27, 2024 Natural Resources Training Group (nrtraininggroup.com)

Identification and Control Methods of Common Weeds in Western Canada – Online – November 26th, 2024

Identification and Control Methods of Common Weeds in Western Canada – Online – November 26th, 2024 Natural Resources Training Group (nrtraininggroup.com)

For the full calendar of upcoming courses, and course details, follow this link:

https://nrtraininggroup.com/schedule/

COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS INSTITUTE

of Applied Ecology

Revelstoke BC

QGIS Level I & II – Online

Dates scheduled according to student schedules.

ESTI

The Environmental Sciences Training Institute

The Environmental Sciences Training Institute is excited to host backpack electrofishing certification training in Alberta and British Columbia this September. This one-and-a-half day course serves to certify participants in backpack electrofishing safety, fish handling methods, equipment, and fundamentals of electrical theory.

Please contact efishing@esticanada.com with any questions or to book a custom delivery. Learn about our Efishing program here. 

View our in-person course calendar at

https://esticanada.com/shop/

Nest Sweep Protocol: Online – Self-Paced

Online Courses

SALMTEC

 COURSES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

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NEW! Preliminary Wetland Delineation On Demand Seminar

SALMTEC is pleased to announce that they have a new offering: Preliminary Wetland Delineation On Demand Seminar.

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

Online Content + Live Streaming Class

Fall 2024 Registration Now Open!

SALMTEC Blended Course: ABWRET-A Blended Course

Online Content + Live Streaming Class, Fall 2024 Registration Now Open!

SALMTEC On Demand Hydrology & Wetland Design seminar. For more information please go here: https://salmtec.com/product/wetland-design-hydrology/

SALMTEC Offers several shorter online courses:

Wetland Policy Basics – Online Course

Understanding ACIMS Tools – Online Course

Alberta Soil Information Viewer – Online Course

Land Use Analysis OnDemand Seminar

Technical Report Review OnDemand Seminar

Landscape Analysis OnDemand Seminar

NEW! Preliminary Wetland Delineation - OnDemand Seminar

VISIT THE SALMTEC CONNECTOR 

THE SALMTEC 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):

Effects of noise from oil and gas development on raptors and songbirds—A science synthesis to inform National Environmental Policy Act analyses

To Identify Important Highway Locations for Wildlife Crossings List of Figures West-Wide Study to Identify Important Highway Locations for Wildlife Crossings

Deterrents intended to mitigate mining effects mostly fail to change nesting behavior of Arctic breeding birds

Early Detection of Wildlife Disease Pathogens Using CRISPR-Cas System Methods

The impact of seasonal cattle grazing on ungulate spatiotemporal behavior in a multiuse recreational area in central Alberta

The Global Economic Value of the Climate Regulation of Inland Wetland Ecosystems

Colonial management drives ecological change following the exclusion of Indigenous stewardship in a Stoney Iyethka montane grassland, Canadian Rocky Mountains

Of goats and heat, the differential impact of summer temperature on habitat selection and activity patterns in mountain goats of different ecotypes

“People collect spiders a bit like people collect Pokemon – they want to 'catch 'em all.”

Structured, Inbred and Plastic: the Genome and Population Genetics of the weed False cleavers (Galium spurium)

Traditional Environmental Knowledge in a Changing Environment: Vuntut Gwitchin Observations of Change in the Yukon Territory

Animals and the Law

Effects of bear endozoochory on germination and dispersal of huckleberry in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Green Capitalism

Solid asset creation from a liquid liability: Is the Evaplant technology appropriate for BC and Alberta mine applications?

Challenges of reclamation in the Canadian High Arctic: Pilot study at an active mine site on North Baffin Island, NU

Defying Predictions: How Increased CO2 and Innovation Are Mitigating Effects of Drought on US Crops and Forest Productivity

Neoichnology of a Lake Margin in the Canadian Aspen Parkland Region, Cooking Lake, Alberta

Assessing the Restoration of Grassland Plant Communities and Bird Habitat in the Conservation Reserve Program

Bat handlers, bat bites, and rabies: vaccination and serological testing of humans at risk

The Taxonomic Report

Rocky Mountain Elk

Gene tweaks sweeten tomato’s deal

Ionospheric mapping could sharpen SatNav

2024 CONFERENCE SPONSORS

This week’s banner photo:

Caribou of the Tundra!

The First Place Winner of the 2024 ASPB Photo Contest is this photo submitted by Sandra Scott (taken with an iPhone 14 pro).

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