Author Archives: Courtney Hughes

As another autumn draws to an end, so too does the bear season. With this in mind, we thought it would be a good time to review and remind people about the importance of the Alberta BearSmart program. As some … Continue reading →

Check out our mini documentary on the Northwest Grizzly Bear Team and their work on the grizzly bear spatially explicit capture-recapture (SECR) project, the Grizz Tracker app and the implementation of Alberta BearSmart practises in the Peace Region. Keep your … Continue reading →

It has been a while and we thought our readers might be interested in knowing the status of the grizzly bear spatially explicit capture-recapture (SECR) project. The hair samples collected over the past field season have been sent to the … Continue reading →

ABS Spring Newsletter

People that spend time out on the landscape often have information that can be useful for monitoring wildlife populations, and the collection of these data is referred to as citizen science. Unfortunately, citizen science programs often have a variety of … Continue reading →

Thank you to Trina Moyles and Keeley Dakin for the great story and photos! http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/grizz-tracker-grizzly-bears-alberta-peace-country

Grizzly bears are listed as a Threatened species within Alberta, meaning that habitat alteration and human-caused mortality have the potential to put the species at a risk of disappearing from the Alberta landscape. One of the main hindrances to grizzly … Continue reading →