Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
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The ABMI is a global leader in biodiversity monitoring. We tell the factual story of Alberta’s wildlife & ecosystems through high quality data & information.
This Polar Sunburst Lichen (Xanthomendoza hasseana) adds a bright pop of colour to Alberta’s landscapes. Lichens like this one are partnerships between fungi and algae (or cyanobacteria) living together. A great example of teamwork in nature 🤝
📸 Photo by Diane Haughland
📸 Photo by Diane Haughland
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This Polar Sunburst Lichen (Xanthomendoza hasseana) adds a bright pop of colour to Alberta’s landscapes. Lichens like this one are partnerships between fungi and algae (or cyanobacteria) living together. A great example of teamwork in nature 🤝
📸 Photo by Diane Haughland
📸 Photo by Diane Haughland
This week, four of us from the ABMI attended the #GoGeomatics Expo 2025—an excellent opportunity to connect with industry professionals, explore emerging #geospatial technologies, and discuss ideas and collaborations to support our current and future projects.
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This week, four of us from the ABMI attended the #GoGeomatics Expo 2025—an excellent opportunity to connect with industry professionals, explore emerging #geospatial technologies, and discuss ideas and collaborations to support our current and future projects.
Have you checked out the Human Footprint Inventory yet? This dataset tracks visible human land use across Alberta, including agriculture, energy, forestry, and urban development.
See it come to life by using the ABMI's Mapping Portal and compare the HFI with other ABMI datasets.
https://maps.abmi.ca
See it come to life by using the ABMI's Mapping Portal and compare the HFI with other ABMI datasets.
https://maps.abmi.ca
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Have you checked out the Human Footprint Inventory yet? This dataset tracks visible human land use across Alberta, including agriculture, energy, forestry, and urban development.
See it come to life by using the ABMI's Mapping Portal and compare the HFI with other ABMI datasets.
https://maps.abmi.ca
See it come to life by using the ABMI's Mapping Portal and compare the HFI with other ABMI datasets.
https://maps.abmi.ca
📢 Under today's Full Beaver Supermoon, we welcome the newest chapter of Wetland Atlas of Alberta: 4.5 The Ecological Role of Beavers in Alberta's Wetlands 🦫
Visit The Wetland Atlas of Alberta to read more: https://ow.ly/mNyZ50Xm8bB
#WetlandAtlas #Wetlands #Alberta #ABMIatWork #AlbertaWildlife
Visit The Wetland Atlas of Alberta to read more: https://ow.ly/mNyZ50Xm8bB
#WetlandAtlas #Wetlands #Alberta #ABMIatWork #AlbertaWildlife
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📢 Under today's Full Beaver Supermoon, we welcome the newest chapter of Wetland Atlas of Alberta: 4.5 The Ecological Role of Beavers in Alberta's Wetlands 🦫
Visit The Wetland Atlas of Alberta to read more: https://ow.ly/mNyZ50Xm8bB
#WetlandAtlas #Wetlands #Alberta #ABMIatWork #AlbertaWildlife
Visit The Wetland Atlas of Alberta to read more: https://ow.ly/mNyZ50Xm8bB
#WetlandAtlas #Wetlands #Alberta #ABMIatWork #AlbertaWildlife
Check out this CBC story on a project we’re part of with the Conklin Resource Development Advisory Committee and the University of Alberta. The study looks at how oil sands noise might affect hunters calling moose, supported by Alberta’s Oil Sands Monitoring Program.
🔗 https://ow.ly/W8uE50XmGV9
🔗 https://ow.ly/W8uE50XmGV9
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Check out this CBC story on a project we’re part of with the Conklin Resource Development Advisory Committee and the University of Alberta. The study looks at how oil sands noise might affect hunters calling moose, supported by Alberta’s Oil Sands Monitoring Program.
🔗 https://ow.ly/W8uE50XmGV9
🔗 https://ow.ly/W8uE50XmGV9
This is your bear-y important reminder to take a stretch break! 🐻
#CameraTrapTuesday #ABWildlife #Bear
#CameraTrapTuesday #ABWildlife #Bear
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is your bear-y important reminder to take a stretch break! 🐻
#CameraTrapTuesday #ABWildlife #Bear
#CameraTrapTuesday #ABWildlife #Bear
The Biodiversity Trajectories Project supports an effort to monitor #biodiversity outcomes of the ecosystem-based management (EBM) and the natural disturbance models of #forestry. Learn more about this collaborative project: https://ow.ly/bzBs50XgCaZ
Biodiversity Trajectories: Comparing Forest Recovery after Fires and Harvest
<p>The Biodiversity Trajectories (BDT) project is a multi-year, collaborative project between the ABMI and seven forestry companies in Alberta.</p>
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October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Biodiversity Trajectories Project supports an effort to monitor #biodiversity outcomes of the ecosystem-based management (EBM) and the natural disturbance models of #forestry. Learn more about this collaborative project: https://ow.ly/bzBs50XgCaZ
A great read about the benefits of embracing open science practices!
Do you practice Open Science? A biological science practices paper published in #ProcB addresses how a more forward-thinking view on #OpenScience may help us better prepare for the future of our species. Author Dylan Gomes tells us more about the paper: buff.ly/x6pxysy | #OAWeek #OAWeek25
Do you practice open science? How more accessible data could improve our shared future | Royal Society
A new biological science practices paper in Proceedings B addresses how a more forward-thinking view on open science may help better prepare for the future of our species. Author Dylan Gomes from the...
royalsociety.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A great read about the benefits of embracing open science practices!
#DYK that the ABMI offers multiple terabytes of freely available #biodiversity and land cover data? Check it out: https://abmi.ca/abmi-home/data-resources/data-portal-main.html
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<p>Access our data and innovative data products including species and habitat raw data.</p>
abmi.ca
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#DYK that the ABMI offers multiple terabytes of freely available #biodiversity and land cover data? Check it out: https://abmi.ca/abmi-home/data-resources/data-portal-main.html
The latest on our blog: Read on to learn about how the ABMI’s Imaging Centre has developed a new automated workflow to better detect and delineate wellsites across Alberta, advancing the precision of land-use mapping and habitat monitoring. https://ow.ly/quKj50XgACS #lidar #machinelearning
Improved Habitat Monitoring in Alberta using Lidar and Machine Learning in Wellsite Identification
<p>Scientists at the ABMI's Imaging Centre are leveraging the power of an impressive partnership: remote sensing (lidar) and machine learning. By combining these advanced technologies, imaging experts can now automatically and accurately delineate the outlines of wellsites in the boreal forest of Alberta; proving to be a boost to the science of land mapping as well increasing the level of detail of existing land-use maps.</p>
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October 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The latest on our blog: Read on to learn about how the ABMI’s Imaging Centre has developed a new automated workflow to better detect and delineate wellsites across Alberta, advancing the precision of land-use mapping and habitat monitoring. https://ow.ly/quKj50XgACS #lidar #machinelearning
Bear cubs always seem to have so much fun with our equipment...
#CameraTrapTuesday
#CameraTrapTuesday
February 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Bear cubs always seem to have so much fun with our equipment...
#CameraTrapTuesday
#CameraTrapTuesday
Seirophora contortuplicata or Crannied Orangebush Lichen.
📷 Diane Haughland
If you're interested in learning about Alberta's lichen species, check out Diane's 2021 webinar on our YouTube channel:#FabPhotoFriday
ow.ly/oFhz50LRNza
📷 Diane Haughland
If you're interested in learning about Alberta's lichen species, check out Diane's 2021 webinar on our YouTube channel:#FabPhotoFriday
ow.ly/oFhz50LRNza
February 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Seirophora contortuplicata or Crannied Orangebush Lichen.
📷 Diane Haughland
If you're interested in learning about Alberta's lichen species, check out Diane's 2021 webinar on our YouTube channel:#FabPhotoFriday
ow.ly/oFhz50LRNza
📷 Diane Haughland
If you're interested in learning about Alberta's lichen species, check out Diane's 2021 webinar on our YouTube channel:#FabPhotoFriday
ow.ly/oFhz50LRNza
A Canada lynx moving through some deep snow on a balmy -29 degree celsius night one year ago!
#CameraTrapTuesday
#CameraTrapTuesday
February 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A Canada lynx moving through some deep snow on a balmy -29 degree celsius night one year ago!
#CameraTrapTuesday
#CameraTrapTuesday
February 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Ever wonder how you can estimate population density using camera traps? Which mathematical models are available, and how they work?
If so, join WildCAM's webinar on February 8th at 1 PM MST.
Details and registration here:#CameraTrapTuesday
ow.ly/7Ijs50MrSBm
If so, join WildCAM's webinar on February 8th at 1 PM MST.
Details and registration here:#CameraTrapTuesday
ow.ly/7Ijs50MrSBm
February 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Ever wonder how you can estimate population density using camera traps? Which mathematical models are available, and how they work?
If so, join WildCAM's webinar on February 8th at 1 PM MST.
Details and registration here:#CameraTrapTuesday
ow.ly/7Ijs50MrSBm
If so, join WildCAM's webinar on February 8th at 1 PM MST.
Details and registration here:#CameraTrapTuesday
ow.ly/7Ijs50MrSBm
February 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is the same location, but with a difference of a few months and about an extra meter of snow. The added height from the snow helped us get this excellent image of a least chipmunk.
#CameraTrapTuesday
#CameraTrapTuesday
February 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is the same location, but with a difference of a few months and about an extra meter of snow. The added height from the snow helped us get this excellent image of a least chipmunk.
#CameraTrapTuesday
#CameraTrapTuesday
February 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
February 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Sara Venskaitis shows us that it is possible to find bright and vibrant colours in Alberta during the winter months!
#FabPhotoFriday
#FabPhotoFriday
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Sara Venskaitis shows us that it is possible to find bright and vibrant colours in Alberta during the winter months!
#FabPhotoFriday
#FabPhotoFriday
Here's a throwback to summer and this fluffy Bighorn Sheep lamb! Any guess what month this image was taken?
#CameraTrapTuesday
#CameraTrapTuesday
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Here's a throwback to summer and this fluffy Bighorn Sheep lamb! Any guess what month this image was taken?
#CameraTrapTuesday
#CameraTrapTuesday
The Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens, is a common sight year-round in #Alberta!
#FabPhotoFriday
📷Chris Kolaczan
#FabPhotoFriday
📷Chris Kolaczan
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens, is a common sight year-round in #Alberta!
#FabPhotoFriday
📷Chris Kolaczan
#FabPhotoFriday
📷Chris Kolaczan
Check out those huge padded paws that make moving through the snow so effortless for the Canada Lynx!
#CameraTrapTuesday
#CameraTrapTuesday
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Check out those huge padded paws that make moving through the snow so effortless for the Canada Lynx!
#CameraTrapTuesday
#CameraTrapTuesday
Lepus americanus, or snowshoe hare, has its name because of its large hind feet.
#FabPhotoFriday
#FabPhotoFriday
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Lepus americanus, or snowshoe hare, has its name because of its large hind feet.
#FabPhotoFriday
#FabPhotoFriday
Bear installs remote camera; wait, do we owe it a wage for this?
#CameraTrapTuesday
#CameraTrapTuesday
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bear installs remote camera; wait, do we owe it a wage for this?
#CameraTrapTuesday
#CameraTrapTuesday