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Monitoring Alberta’s Native Bee Biodiversity
Native bees are essential pollinators that support healthy ecosystems and agricultural productivity across Alberta. Yet despite more than 370 native bee species living in the province, nearly two-thirds lack enough data to determine their conservation status. Without reliable information on where species occur and how populations are changing, protecting pollinators and the ecosystems that depend…
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Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass
The Trans-Canada Highway east of Banff is one of Alberta’s busiest transportation corridors. For decades, it has also acted as a barrier for wildlife in the Bow Valley, fragmenting habitat and leading to frequent animal-vehicle collisions that threaten both wildlife and motorists. Species including elk, moose, deer, grizzly bears, black bears, and lynx rely on…
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Conservation Land Stewards Program
In Alberta’s Parkland ecoregion, natural habitat is increasingly rare. Only about five percent of the region remains as natural vegetation, and less than one percent is formally protected. At the same time, conservation organizations face limited capacity to steward the lands they work to protect, especially as volunteer engagement has shifted in recent years. The…
