Job alert!! We're looking for a summer technician to aid in a caribou habitat restoration project! See details below!

Hello everyone! We thought this would be a good time to introduce the Ronald Lake Bison Project team, starting with our Co-Principal Investigators!

Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Lee Hecker on his successful PhD defence! Lee’s work focussed on the nutritional ecology of the Ronald Lake wood bison herd and drivers of herd migration within their range. Ronald Lake Bison Project

We're hiring!! Want to contribute to a key study examining seismic line restoration within caribou habitat? We're hiring a summer technician to assist as part of a larger study by the Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment project. More info here: tiny.cc/xv81vz

Another job posting! We're looking for a summer field assistant to assist in a vascular plant reclamation study! Gain experience in disturbance ecology, plant ID, and plant community dynamics! For more information contact Hailey ([email protected])

Our researchers are collaborating with UAlberta ACE Lab & ABMI to learn more about the role #peatlands may play as climate refugia: areas of the landscape that are sheltered/buffered from the effects of #ClimateChange. NSERC / CRSNG #WorldWetlandsDay

Some great opportunities here!

🐦Job opportunity!🐦 The Boreal Avian Modelling Project (BAM) is looking for a program leader. A great opportunity to get involved in bird conservation! More info here: borealbirds.ca/program-leader…

Michelle chats all things drought refugia at Northern Research Days! UAlberta North Northern Students' Association

Congratulations to former PhD student and Post-doc Federico Riva for receiving the 2023 Honourable Mention for Best Paper in Landscape Ecology. His work highlights the importance of small patches in biodiversity conservation. Read the full paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

Congrats for getting this published Lee!

New paper!! Former MSc student Christine Kuntzmann identifies the fire buffering effects of peatlands in boreal Alberta

Congrats to former MSc student Christine Kuntzemann for winning the Nobel Peat Prize! Her work examines the role peatlands play in buffering uplands from fire effects. Read the full paper here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

New paper! PhD Candidate Ashley Hillman examines the cooling effects Lake Superior provides on its shorelines and adjacent forests, and associated implications for resisting vegetation transitions under climate warming. Read the full paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Applications are now open for the Caribou Program's 2024 field crew! Do you love the outdoors – bugs and all? Join the team and help us collect plant and animal data this spring and summer. Full details and how to apply here: friresearch.ca/news/employmen…

We're hiring for the Grizzly Bear Monitoring Project's next field season! Apply by February 12, 2024 to join the team and help us collect habitat data and grizzly bear hair samples. Full details and how to apply: friresearch.ca/news/employmen…

New paper!! PhD candidate Ashley Hillman analyzed the spatial distribution of disjunct arctic-alpine plants at Lake Superior. We also predicted how their occurrence would change under various climate warming scenarios. Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rt…