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Beaver Monitor Volunteer

By Nature Kids / 19 January 2022

Help the Friends of Elk Island Society monitor beaver occupancy!

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Board of Directors

By Nature Kids / 18 January 2022

Volunteer Opportunity
Alberta Native Plant Council

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Two adult coyotes.

Reducing Human-Coyote Conflict Volunteers

By Nature Kids / 18 January 2022

The Edmonton Urban Coyote Project at the University of Alberta is looking for volunteers to test an approach that could reduce human-coyote conflicts.

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Edmonton Urban Coyote Project Volunteers

By Nature Kids / 18 January 2022

The St. Clair Lab/Urban Coyote Project is seeking motivated volunteers to remotely classify public reports of Edmonton urban coyote encounters and sightings.

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Plight of the Bumble Bee

By Steph Weizenbach / 21 July 2021

BY NICHOLAS BOYCE

There is a good chance you have heard the slogan “save the bees” somewhere, perhaps on social media or on a flyer at the local coffee shop. But to clarify, which bees does this sentiment refer to? Which bees need saving? Read about the plight of the bumble bee, who cares, what is being done and, most importantly, what you can do to save the bees.

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The Swift Fox: A Canadian Conservation Success Story

By Steph Weizenbach / 22 April 2021

BY LU CARBYN, NIKKI PASKAR, KRISTY BLY, AND RICHARD SCHNEIDER

The swift fox reintroduction program successfully brought the fastest member of the wild dog family’s population from Extirpated to Endangered, and finally to Threatened. Although it began with an illegal publicity stunt by a game farm, structured efforts soon followed. Habitat conservation continues to be a key issue for swift fox populations.

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Concerns Regarding a Proposed Irrigation Expansion Project in Southern Alberta

By Rick Schneider / 31 March 2021

A large-scale project to expand irrigation infrastructure in the South Saskatchewan River Basin has been announced by the government. Environmental groups have raised concerns about the impacts of this project.

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Coal at What Cost? Alberta’s Endangered Whitebark Pine Under Threat From Benga’s Proposed Coal Mine

By Rick Schneider / 6 February 2021

Kelsey Fleming reviews the implications of the Benga coal mine on Alberta’s endangered whitebark pine.

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Red Deer River Naturalists requests public consultations on proposed coal developments

By Rick Schneider / 3 February 2021

The Red Deer River Naturalists Society has requested that the government reopen the public consultation processes for the North Saskatchewan River Regional Plan and enable the public to comment on the cumulative effects of coal development.

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Province Pushes the Pause Button on Coal Development

By Susan / 27 January 2021

Energy Minister Sonya Savage has announced that the province will cancel 11 recently issued coal leases and pause future lease sales in the Eastern Slopes.

Unfortunately, a pause is not the same as a stop.

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