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2023 ANPC Workshop – “How Plants Inspire Us”
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Event Date and Time
April 22nd, 2023 at 9:00am MST to April 22nd, 2023 at 5:00pm MST
, AB
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We are excited to announce the upcoming 35th Alberta Native Plant Council Hybrid Workshop will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2023. This year we will be hosting an in-person workshop at the Cattail...
Alberta has Made Little Progress to Protect Caribou Despite Conservation Deal, Report Shows
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An Alberta government document suggests the province has made little progress in protecting its 15 threatened caribou herds, despite having signed an agreement with Ottawa that promised it would. Full...
ANPC Webinar - Forging Unexpected Alliances to Save Native Plants
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Event Date and Time
April 17th, 2024 at 12:00pm MST to April 17th, 2024 at 1:00pm MST
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Native plant advocate Blake McNeill shares some of the innovative salvage projects the group has undertaken to rescue native flowers and grasses from roadways and development sites prior to demolition...
Biogeochemical Response to Vegetation and Hydrologic Change in an Alaskan Boreal Fen Ecosystem
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Boreal peatlands store approximately one third of the earth’s terrestrial carbon, locked away in currently waterlogged and frozen conditions. Peatlands of boreal and arctic ecosystems are affected...
Botany Alberta: Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park
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Event Date and Time
June 21st, 2024 at 12:00am MST to June 23rd, 2024 at 12:00pm MST
Slave Lake, AB
Organization
Botany Alberta will be held Friday June 21st to Sunday June 23rd, 2024 at Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park near Slave Lake, Alberta. Email botanyab@anpc.ab.ca to register. The event will include: An...
Bryophytes in Peatland Restoration - Alberta Native Plant Council Plant Study Group Webinar Series
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Although we will not be able to meet in person this fall and winter for Plant Study Groups, we are pleased to announce that we will be hosting an online Webinar Series. The webinars will run biweekly...
Caribou butts and wolf cameos: How motion-activated cameras may reveal the secrets of a healthy Manitoba herd
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Wildlife scientists from two provinces are using motion-activated cameras to try to discern why one caribou population in northern Manitoba appears to be stable while herds are dwindling almost...
Caribou Herds in B.C., Alberta, Growing Due to Wolf Culls: Study
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Fresh research suggests Western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing. But the same paper concludes the biggest reason for the rebound is the slaughter of hundreds of wolves, a...
Caribou to be Returned to Lake Superior Island
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There are plans to bring caribou back to the island in Lake Superior where they were rescued from wolves back in 2018. Full text of this article can be accessed here: Caribou set to be airlifted back...
Culling Wolves Alters the Survivors and That Could Be 'Bad News' for Caribou, Study Finds
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When wolves are killed by bullets fired from helicopters during Alberta government culls, surviving members of the pack quickly learn to evade the threat, a new study has found. Full text of this...
'Cutting the heck' out of Canada's boreal forest has put caribou at risk
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Canada is home to the largest boreal forest in the world, a vast expanse of wilderness rich in biodiversity that stretches from coast to coast. But a major new study examining nearly a half century of...
Environmental Minister Calls for Emergency Decree to Protect Quebec Caribou from 'Imminent Threat'
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Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is recommending the adoption of an emergency decree to protect the boreal caribou in Quebec as some herds cross the "threshold of near-disappearance."...
List of Plants that Occur in Wetlands - History and Current Use in Alberta
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Event Date and Time
February 8th, 2022 at 12:00pm MST to February 8th, 2022 at 1:00pm MST
Organization
The National List of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands has been in use since the 80's and has evolved in many ways. Lists originally generated for use in the United States have been adapted for use...
Northern Native Plants and Ecosystems Workshop
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Event Date and Time
March 20th, 2021 at 9:00am MST to March 20th, 2021 at 4:30pm MST
ONLINE,
Organization
The Alberta Native Plant Council’s 2021 virtual spring workshop, Northern Native Plants and Ecosystems, will be held on Saturday March 20, 2021. We will feature presentations from 8 panelists on...
Peat Loss Collocates with a Threshold in Plant–Mycorrhizal Associations in Drained Peatlands Encroached by Trees
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Drainage-induced encroachment by trees may have major effects on the carbon balance of northern peatlands, and responses of microbial communities are likely to play a central mechanistic role. We...
Quebec to Invest $60M in Protecting Province's Caribou
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The Quebec government has announced a $59.5-million bid to safeguard Charlevoix's boreal caribou and the Gaspésie mountain caribou. These two regions were chosen because they have not suffered the...
REGISTER: Northern Native Plants and Ecosystems Workshop
Event
Event Date and Time
March 20th, 2021 at 9:00am to March 20th, 2021 at 4:30pm
ONLINE,
Organization
The Alberta Native Plant Council’s 2021 virtual spring workshop, Northern Native Plants and Ecosystems, will be held virtually on Saturday March 20, 2021. Feature presentations from 8 panelists on...
The Third Generation of Pan-Canadian Wetland Map at 10 m Resolution Using Multisource Earth Observation Data on Cloud Computing Platform
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Development of the Canadian Wetland Inventory Map (CWIM) has thus far proceeded over two generations, reporting the extent and location of bog, fen, swamp, marsh, and water wetlands across the country...