habitat monitoring
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Regional Variation in the Distribution of Patterned Fens in the Montane-Boreal Regions of Alberta, Canada
Balancing Between Predation Risk and Food by Boreal Breeding Ducks
Visual Guide for Implementing the Restoration and Establishment Framework in Woodland Caribou Habitat in Alberta
Visual Guide for Implementing the Restoration and Establishment Framework in Woodland Caribou Habitat in Alberta
Sustainability of Arctic Communities
How will climate change affect the sustainability of Arctic villages over the next forty years? This question motivated a collaboration of 23 researchers and four Arctic communities (Old Crow, YT Canada; Aklavik, NT Canada; Fort McPherson, NT Canada; and Arctic Village, AK USA) in or near the range of the Porcupine Caribou Herd. We drew on existing research and local knowledge to examine potential effects of climate change, petroleum development, tourism, and government spending cutbacks on the sustainability of four Arctic villages. We used data across eight disciplines to develop an Arctic Community Synthesis Model and a web-based, interactive Possible Futures Model. Results suggested that climate warming will increase vegetation biomass within the herd’s summer range. However, despite forage increasing, the herd was projected as likely to decline with a warming climate due to increased insect harassment in the summer and potentially greater winter snow depths. There was a strong negative correlation between hypothetical, development-induced displacement of cows and calves from utilized calving grounds and calf survival during June. The results suggested that climate warming coupled with petroleum development would cause a decline in caribou harvest by local communities. Because the Synthesis Model inherits uncertainties associated with each component model, sensitivity analysis is required. Scientists and stakeholders agreed that: 1) although simulation models are incomplete abstractions of the real world, they helped bring scientific and community knowledge together; and, 2) relationships established across disciplines and between scientists and communities were a valuable outcome of the study.
Learning from our Elders - Northern Indigenous perspectives on climate and environmental change
Project Description:
The project was a short-term research exchange between Indigenous communities and scholars in Canada and Sweden, comparing Elder's perspectives on changing environments and livelihoods with focus on caribou/reindeer habitats.
Key Elements to Guide Governance for Cumulative Effects Assessment, Monitoring and Management
Métis Nation of Alberta Region 5 Caribou Wildlife Monitoring Program
Project Description:
Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) Region 5 developed a narrative plan to support a Caribou Monitoring program.
Region 5 implemented a Community-Based Caribou Monitoring Initiative. The Initiative will aim to inform our citizens of the Caribou Monitoring Program and to identify and gather information on cultural and environmental indicators on Traditional Land Use Areas (TLUAs) where Caribou may live in Region 5.
The Initiative were structured in three overlapping phases:
- Métis Community Engagement in 2022-2023, and
- Training on Caribou and planning regarding the installation of the Wildlife Camera, and
- Supporting field work installing the cameras in January-February 2023.
The initiative was carried out on a Metis Trappers area within the Red Earth Caribou Range in northern Alberta and one other area.
The community engagement activities will be undertaken with Métis people from Slave Lake, Wabasca, and the High Prairie area. All the work was planned and managed by the Region V consultation advisor with the help of a technical assistant.
Project Outcomes or Intended Outcomes:
- Training and information for Metis citizens on the Caribou and familiarization with Species at Risk.
- Practical technical knowledge on the installation of the cameras in the bush and their purpose involving Metis citizens.
- Analyze the presence of Caribou through wildlife camera image captures and the associated data.
- Draft a report for Metis leadership and citizens.