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Alberta Remediation Practitioner Survey

The Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association is hosting a one-day pre-conference Workshop titled A Shared Foundation: Advancing Remediation Innovation Through Policy and Technology on March 3, 2026...

Delta Nature Reserve to be closed for a year during boardwalk replacement

The Delta Nature Reserve is the only publicly accessible part of Burns Bog Ecological Conservancy Area and is accessed via 2.3 kilometres of wooden boardwalk

First Detection of Meningeal Worm in Alberta Boreal Caribou

Meningeal worm is a parasitic roundworm that typically infects white-tailed deer, its natural host. In white-tailed deer, the parasite carries out its lifecycle and rarely causes illness. However, in caribou...

Alberta Environment and Protected Areas Announces Release of Environmental Records Viewer

Alberta Environment and Protected Areas (EPA) has a new easy to use online geospatial tool that displays information about contaminated sites regulated by EPA such as gas stations, drycleaners and...

Alberta lays out new wetlands rules after months of ‘divisive’ consultation

Industry pushed for drainage; environmental groups discouraged by plan

The Alberta government says it has landed on new policy reforms that will oversee the province’s wetlands — those “sponges” on...

Meningeal worm confirmed in Alberta for first time

Alberta wildlife officials have confirmed the province’s first cases of meningeal worm, a parasite fatal to elk, caribou, moose and mule deer. Five caribou and one moose from the Cold...

Akaitcho First Nations call for pause on caribou hunting

Akaitcho First Nations say they want to temporarily ban winter road hunting of caribou within an agreed boundary.

Tłı̨chǫ Government proposes pausing winter caribou hunts to allow herds to recover

Movement between herds and calf survival rate affect population totals, says biologist.

This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station in the harshness of space

Researchers hope findings can be applied to humans living in space

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ABMI adds "The Ecological Role of Beavers in Alberta's Wetlands" to the Wetland Atlas of Alberta

We're excited to release new content in the Wetland Atlas of Alberta, a comprehensive open-access online report that brings together wetland mapping, human footprint, and species information in a...