Spring in SW AB!

This is so wild.

For everyone that works on human dimensions of bears & human-bear conflict, it's not only ranches, exurban areas, and town fringes! This is right in the center of Pincher Creek, a pretty big town at ~ 3,500 folks!

Gotta get that stationery, I guess.

That the manufacture and use of plastics helps enhance biodiversity is the lol I needed this Friday afternoon. 😂😂

April newsletter is out!

A new project to monitor carbon uptake of all this resto. Is there a difference in carbon response btwn summer & winter treatment? We'll see!

An exciting collaboration with Dr Maria Strack & Bin Xu

Welcome to MSc student Henry Gibbons.

Last load! Crossing bracing and beautiful reclaimed 4” beveled fir siding. From old AB farm buildings to a new playhouse for the boys. ⁦Salvage Solutions Ltd⁩

Spring in SW AB!

Join our Human Footprint team: ow.ly/in1n50QYMB6
This remote position is for Alberta-based people that supports mapping seismic lines in the boreal forest, and evaluating vegetation regeneration in caribou habitat.
Apply by April 10 to Scott Vegter ([email protected])

This looks great!

Data for resource roads (and most other anthropogenic features) in BC are notoriously incomplete & inaccurate. If this helps expedtie cobbling a roads layer together from dozens of provincinal data sets it's a huge win. (Right Nikita Wallia)

SwampDonkey is hiring an Applied Restoration Ecologist! Apply or feel free to R/T.

Begins w 2 great tasks - devel. & delivery of protocols to evaluate resto outcomes on seismic lines & recovery of bush after fire in NE #BC . Close collab w a First Nation partner & #Guardians .

Good times in the North over the last two weeks. Got the Klinse-Za maternal pen loaded up thanks to an A-list team of vets, pilots, biologists, and Guardians. Herd is nearing 160 animals, up from 38 in 2013.

When done well - slightly tipping trees but maintaining their roots intact & in place - tree tipping can be an effective component to treating lines in caribou habitat. Done last winter & a year out the trees are still alive & upright. Too aggressive often = dead trees on ground.

A little left to the winter yet! Treating away!!

Check out the March newsletter on #caribou #habitat #restoration . This one all about #wolves . Some fun and exciting work in progress on a big piece of the puzzle. And some serious dispersal distances with individuals crossing many many different ranges and biomes!

I've been studying bears for >40 years (polar & grizzly) but I've now published a paper on black bears! It was an interesting path for this study but a fantastic team of collaborators & contributions from all North American jurisdictions made it happen.

New paper from an enjoyable collaborative project.

My 5-yr old, Miles, is a budding ⁦ #Pulitzer winner for nonfiction. I wish this title was thought up entirely on his own, but it’s not. ⁦Calvin and Hobbes⁩

Fucking yikes!

No water left, very little snow on the ground. We’re in calamity territory.

Being proud of water sharing negotiations among major license holders is pretty stupid when there’s no water to share…

#ableg get it together.
calgaryherald.com/news/crowsnest…

Group of University of Waterloo students demanding improved response to COVID-19-related issues kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/02/09/gro…

The #WISElab and Joe Northrup labs are seeking a PhD student to join us alongside several First Nations to weave knowledges in moose ecology research. Apply now!

This is how it's done! Closing lines & taking names. Driven by the force of nature that is Katherine Wolfenden.

After 5 years of trial, error, focus, learing, & growth a sustainable resto economy is growing in NE #BC . (Which is good bc there's 100's of 1,000s of lines left...)