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Great Backyard Bird Count

By Steph Weizenbach / 19 January 2022

Feb 18 – 21

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Winter LakeKeepers

By Steph Weizenbach / 2 December 2021

Volunteer with the Alberta Lake Management Society as a Winter LakeKeeper to monitor lakes for parameters important for understanding lake ecology and health in the winter. This volunteer role is well suited for ice fishers!

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Winter LakeKeepers Information Session

By Steph Weizenbach / 2 December 2021

Recording Now Available
Alberta Lake Management Society

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Using iNaturalist on a smartphone to identify a plant

The Rise of Citizen Scientists

By Steph Weizenbach / 20 April 2021

BY MATT WALLACE

Today, nearly everyone is equipped with the tools to make citizen science observations — even if they do not know a thing about plants or animals! Apps such as iNaturalist use artificial intelligence to help users immediately identify the subjects of photos taken with their smartphone cameras.

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Big brown bat

Bat House Monitoring at Ellis Bird Farm

By Susan / 15 October 2020

BY SHAYE HILL, MYRNA PEARMAN, CLAUDIA LIPSKI, AND NATALIA LIFSHITZ

Bats are fascinating creatures, playing a critical role in supporting biodiversity.

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