📢 Scholarship Spotlight: Landon Birch 📢 Landon Birch is a master’s student at UBC - Okanagan. His research focuses on the seasonal patterns of body condition in Stone's sheep, aiming to improve habitat management strategies for this globally unique species.

my backyard right now #Kelowna

I've met a lot of really charming animals in my life. But Arny, who I met at the car mechanics today, is possibly the most it cant be a real creature it's so cute I've ever met.

#wordle is trolling everyone applying for funding this month. Wordle 1,215 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Officially Dr. Baron! 🎓 Yesterday I passed the final defence of my PhD at @forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky. Many thanks to all those who supported this journey over the past 5 years 🩷. Looking forward to the next chapter as Assistant Professor of Fire Ecology at UBC Okanagan! #PhDone #PhDLife

We are now accepting applications for the Liber Ero Fellowship Program! The program supports post-doctoral fellows who address pressing conservation challenges of relevance to Canada. Application deadline is November 1, 2024. See liberero.ca/for more details.

Behind the scenes footage of PhD committee members working on their nodding and SMH muscles.

Together with WildSafeBC, we are urging residents to take proactive measures to prevent human-bear conflicts by managing all attractants, including garbage. Here's a few quick tips: 🗑️☀️ Only put curbside carts out for collection on the morning of your pick-up. 🍏🧹 Manage your

New article from The Journal of Wildlife Management, exploring whether reducing moose populations through hunting could decrease the number of wolves killed for caribou conservation. The Wildlife Society #JournalSpotlight Read the full article 🔗 ow.ly/JTgY50TRqBL

Contrary to the common narrative that prey behavioral response to predation risk is a key driver of ecological change, we found that elk browsing pressure and aspen tree regeneration in northern Yellowstone National Park were largely unaffected by wolf predation risk.

But did they change rivers?

In 1896, the #Dodgers were named after trolley dodging baseball fans. In 2024, staff in the #WiRELab are currently reviewing and analyzing data on railroad-caused wildlife mortalities. Is the #WorldSeries a portend of how important railways are for wildlife conservation?

I’m not a cougar hunter; however, my experiences with cougar conservation & science, cougar hunters & hunting, and cougar meat are generally the opposite of the author. A thread about a thread.

So true - our project - the largest cougar project in BC's history, bccougarproject.weebly.com would not exist without in kind support from the hounds and their handlers. This project only happens if people from very diverse backgrounds get along ...and they do!

Great to see how the USA invests in safer roads for people and wildlife! PSA -> Hopefully Secretary Pete is gesturing at the fence, which help reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions by close to 90% in other areas. The wildlife overpass is for connectivity.

An incredible day to celebrate Melanie Dickie and her accomplishments in wildlife restoration. In a mere 1771 days as a PhD student, she knocked out more than 20 papers, won a researcher of the year award, and taught me how to bead friendship bracelets. The Mel #Eras tour rocks!

Gutted by this news. Karsten was a mentor, a coauthor, a family friend, an inspiration, and a transformative visionary for a better world. While the world got dimmer with his passing - his dream of wild, connected spaces will shine brightly forever.

Fully funded PhD position with Dr. Tal Avgar at the University of British Columbia Okanagan: Wildlife population and space-use ecology Start date: September 2025 (negotiable). The pay: Minimum $37,000/vear for four years.

Signing back on to this dumpster fire of an app to update ongoing thread about the #kelowna #DumpsterFires castanet.net/news/Kelowna/5…