ApexRMS Ecology
@apexrms.bsky.social
Ecological forecasting. Redefined.
A team of scientists and software developers focused on increasing the accessibility of ecological models to decision makers.
🧪 reproducibility | 🔥wildfire | 🌲carbon | 🐛 conservation
A team of scientists and software developers focused on increasing the accessibility of ecological models to decision makers.
🧪 reproducibility | 🔥wildfire | 🌲carbon | 🐛 conservation
ApexRMS at #INVASIVES2026 🧪🌍️
Our Systems Ecologist, Leonardo Frid, is speaking tomorrow at the INVASIVES 2026 Annual Forum & AGM on the growing ecological and economic impacts of invasive species in BC, and new work updating provincial cost estimates across invasive plants and animals.
Our Systems Ecologist, Leonardo Frid, is speaking tomorrow at the INVASIVES 2026 Annual Forum & AGM on the growing ecological and economic impacts of invasive species in BC, and new work updating provincial cost estimates across invasive plants and animals.
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
ApexRMS at #INVASIVES2026 🧪🌍️
Our Systems Ecologist, Leonardo Frid, is speaking tomorrow at the INVASIVES 2026 Annual Forum & AGM on the growing ecological and economic impacts of invasive species in BC, and new work updating provincial cost estimates across invasive plants and animals.
Our Systems Ecologist, Leonardo Frid, is speaking tomorrow at the INVASIVES 2026 Annual Forum & AGM on the growing ecological and economic impacts of invasive species in BC, and new work updating provincial cost estimates across invasive plants and animals.
Next up in our ApexRMS project highlights: image classification 🧪 🌎️
Using the ecoClassify package within the #SyncroSim framework, we apply machine learning to extract actionable insights from remote sensing data for ecological monitoring, modeling, and planning.
Our featured projects include...
Using the ecoClassify package within the #SyncroSim framework, we apply machine learning to extract actionable insights from remote sensing data for ecological monitoring, modeling, and planning.
Our featured projects include...
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Next up in our ApexRMS project highlights: image classification 🧪 🌎️
Using the ecoClassify package within the #SyncroSim framework, we apply machine learning to extract actionable insights from remote sensing data for ecological monitoring, modeling, and planning.
Our featured projects include...
Using the ecoClassify package within the #SyncroSim framework, we apply machine learning to extract actionable insights from remote sensing data for ecological monitoring, modeling, and planning.
Our featured projects include...
Earlier this week, our team co-facilitated a workshop with Swan River First Nation (SRFN) in northern Alberta, focused on modeling habitat connectivity across SRFN’s traditional territory 🌎️🧪
January 30, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Earlier this week, our team co-facilitated a workshop with Swan River First Nation (SRFN) in northern Alberta, focused on modeling habitat connectivity across SRFN’s traditional territory 🌎️🧪
We’re heading to Toronto this August for #EFI2026, a global gathering of scientists and forecasters shaping the future of ecological forecasting. 🌍🧪
January 23, 2026 at 3:10 PM
We’re heading to Toronto this August for #EFI2026, a global gathering of scientists and forecasters shaping the future of ecological forecasting. 🌍🧪
Coming soon: a major speed boost for omniscape in SyncroSim.
The next release of omniscape SyncroSim adds automated spatial multiprocessing, making large-scale connectivity analyses 2–8× faster on multi-core systems. Thanks to a new tiling system, users can model more in less time.
The next release of omniscape SyncroSim adds automated spatial multiprocessing, making large-scale connectivity analyses 2–8× faster on multi-core systems. Thanks to a new tiling system, users can model more in less time.
January 15, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Coming soon: a major speed boost for omniscape in SyncroSim.
The next release of omniscape SyncroSim adds automated spatial multiprocessing, making large-scale connectivity analyses 2–8× faster on multi-core systems. Thanks to a new tiling system, users can model more in less time.
The next release of omniscape SyncroSim adds automated spatial multiprocessing, making large-scale connectivity analyses 2–8× faster on multi-core systems. Thanks to a new tiling system, users can model more in less time.
Wildfire modeling meets community knowledge in Kinuso, AB 🧪🌍
Last fall, we visited Swan River First Nation (SRFN) to co-develop a wildfire risk tool tailored to their territory. This work builds on earlier collaboration and continues to center SRFN’s leadership in wildfire resilience planning.
Last fall, we visited Swan River First Nation (SRFN) to co-develop a wildfire risk tool tailored to their territory. This work builds on earlier collaboration and continues to center SRFN’s leadership in wildfire resilience planning.
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Wildfire modeling meets community knowledge in Kinuso, AB 🧪🌍
Last fall, we visited Swan River First Nation (SRFN) to co-develop a wildfire risk tool tailored to their territory. This work builds on earlier collaboration and continues to center SRFN’s leadership in wildfire resilience planning.
Last fall, we visited Swan River First Nation (SRFN) to co-develop a wildfire risk tool tailored to their territory. This work builds on earlier collaboration and continues to center SRFN’s leadership in wildfire resilience planning.
This week we welcomed our new Finance and Operations Manager, Kristen Porter!
Holding a certificate in Bookkeeping and Accounting Practices from Algonquin College, Kristen’s journey started in bookkeeping and grew into full-cycle finance and ops leadership, supporting fast-paced tech environments.
Holding a certificate in Bookkeeping and Accounting Practices from Algonquin College, Kristen’s journey started in bookkeeping and grew into full-cycle finance and ops leadership, supporting fast-paced tech environments.
December 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This week we welcomed our new Finance and Operations Manager, Kristen Porter!
Holding a certificate in Bookkeeping and Accounting Practices from Algonquin College, Kristen’s journey started in bookkeeping and grew into full-cycle finance and ops leadership, supporting fast-paced tech environments.
Holding a certificate in Bookkeeping and Accounting Practices from Algonquin College, Kristen’s journey started in bookkeeping and grew into full-cycle finance and ops leadership, supporting fast-paced tech environments.
Spotlight on #SyncroSim Packages: omniscape 🌎🧪
Today we’re highlighting omniscape SyncroSim, an open-source package for modeling omnidirectional landscape connectivity using Omniscape.jl.
Today we’re highlighting omniscape SyncroSim, an open-source package for modeling omnidirectional landscape connectivity using Omniscape.jl.
December 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Spotlight on #SyncroSim Packages: omniscape 🌎🧪
Today we’re highlighting omniscape SyncroSim, an open-source package for modeling omnidirectional landscape connectivity using Omniscape.jl.
Today we’re highlighting omniscape SyncroSim, an open-source package for modeling omnidirectional landscape connectivity using Omniscape.jl.
🎉 We're welcoming a new member to the ApexRMS team, Vicki Zhang!
Fresh off defending her PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (@utoronto.ca), Vicki brings expertise in species invasion and a passion for applying robust quantitative methods to study and manage important ecosystems 🌎🧪
Fresh off defending her PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (@utoronto.ca), Vicki brings expertise in species invasion and a passion for applying robust quantitative methods to study and manage important ecosystems 🌎🧪
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🎉 We're welcoming a new member to the ApexRMS team, Vicki Zhang!
Fresh off defending her PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (@utoronto.ca), Vicki brings expertise in species invasion and a passion for applying robust quantitative methods to study and manage important ecosystems 🌎🧪
Fresh off defending her PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (@utoronto.ca), Vicki brings expertise in species invasion and a passion for applying robust quantitative methods to study and manage important ecosystems 🌎🧪
Thank you to all participants in last month’s BurnP3+ wildfire modeling course in Kelowna, BC. Recent enhancements to SyncroSim and BurnP3+ supported a smoother workflow and improved ease of use.
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Thank you to all participants in last month’s BurnP3+ wildfire modeling course in Kelowna, BC. Recent enhancements to SyncroSim and BurnP3+ supported a smoother workflow and improved ease of use.
🧪🌎 Last week, ApexRMS team members hosted a fantastic workshop at Trent U exploring a new SyncroSim package that brings the power of prioritizr into systematic conservation planning.
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🧪🌎 Last week, ApexRMS team members hosted a fantastic workshop at Trent U exploring a new SyncroSim package that brings the power of prioritizr into systematic conservation planning.
🧪🌎 SyncroSim modeling is coming to your browser.
The new Tables feature in #SyncroSim Cloud is coming soon! View & explore your model datasheets online, no software install needed.
The new Tables feature in #SyncroSim Cloud is coming soon! View & explore your model datasheets online, no software install needed.
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🧪🌎 SyncroSim modeling is coming to your browser.
The new Tables feature in #SyncroSim Cloud is coming soon! View & explore your model datasheets online, no software install needed.
The new Tables feature in #SyncroSim Cloud is coming soon! View & explore your model datasheets online, no software install needed.
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How do windstorms affect forests in Europe?
In the latest addition to our Key Questions on Forests series, @drtomlocatelli.bsky.social from @forestresearchuk.bsky.social explores the complex impacts of windstorms on forests.
🔗 efi.int/forestquesti...
In the latest addition to our Key Questions on Forests series, @drtomlocatelli.bsky.social from @forestresearchuk.bsky.social explores the complex impacts of windstorms on forests.
🔗 efi.int/forestquesti...
October 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
How do windstorms affect forests in Europe?
In the latest addition to our Key Questions on Forests series, @drtomlocatelli.bsky.social from @forestresearchuk.bsky.social explores the complex impacts of windstorms on forests.
🔗 efi.int/forestquesti...
In the latest addition to our Key Questions on Forests series, @drtomlocatelli.bsky.social from @forestresearchuk.bsky.social explores the complex impacts of windstorms on forests.
🔗 efi.int/forestquesti...
We’re hiring a Quantitative Ecologist (Internship)!
ApexRMS is looking for an early-career ecologist who’s passionate about using data, models, and code to understand how ecosystems change including wildfire risk, carbon dynamics, species conservation, and land use.
ApexRMS is looking for an early-career ecologist who’s passionate about using data, models, and code to understand how ecosystems change including wildfire risk, carbon dynamics, species conservation, and land use.
October 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We’re hiring a Quantitative Ecologist (Internship)!
ApexRMS is looking for an early-career ecologist who’s passionate about using data, models, and code to understand how ecosystems change including wildfire risk, carbon dynamics, species conservation, and land use.
ApexRMS is looking for an early-career ecologist who’s passionate about using data, models, and code to understand how ecosystems change including wildfire risk, carbon dynamics, species conservation, and land use.
🧪🌎 Want to boost your wildfire modeling skills?
We’ve got a few spots left for our BurnP3+ training course, happening Nov 12–14 at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna!
We’ve got a few spots left for our BurnP3+ training course, happening Nov 12–14 at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna!
October 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🧪🌎 Want to boost your wildfire modeling skills?
We’ve got a few spots left for our BurnP3+ training course, happening Nov 12–14 at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna!
We’ve got a few spots left for our BurnP3+ training course, happening Nov 12–14 at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna!
🧪🌎 This summer, we kicked off a new collab with @csiro.bsky.social’s Ecological Knowledge System team, supporting Australia’s emerging Nature Repair Market, a voluntary biodiversity credit system rooted in science.
October 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🧪🌎 This summer, we kicked off a new collab with @csiro.bsky.social’s Ecological Knowledge System team, supporting Australia’s emerging Nature Repair Market, a voluntary biodiversity credit system rooted in science.
Are you a biologist or environmental professional looking to turn imagery into insights?
Join us Nov 5th, 1–4 PM EST for the first-ever ecoClassify workshop, co-hosted by @westernu.ca and ApexRMS. Learn to classify satellite/UAV/DSLR imagery using transparent, reproducible workflows in #SyncroSim.
Join us Nov 5th, 1–4 PM EST for the first-ever ecoClassify workshop, co-hosted by @westernu.ca and ApexRMS. Learn to classify satellite/UAV/DSLR imagery using transparent, reproducible workflows in #SyncroSim.
September 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Are you a biologist or environmental professional looking to turn imagery into insights?
Join us Nov 5th, 1–4 PM EST for the first-ever ecoClassify workshop, co-hosted by @westernu.ca and ApexRMS. Learn to classify satellite/UAV/DSLR imagery using transparent, reproducible workflows in #SyncroSim.
Join us Nov 5th, 1–4 PM EST for the first-ever ecoClassify workshop, co-hosted by @westernu.ca and ApexRMS. Learn to classify satellite/UAV/DSLR imagery using transparent, reproducible workflows in #SyncroSim.
🧪🌎 Our latest #SyncroSim package is here!
EcoClassify helps you turn raw aerial imagery into classified maps using machine learning, no coding needed. It's all about making image classification for ecology and remote sensing easier and faster.
EcoClassify helps you turn raw aerial imagery into classified maps using machine learning, no coding needed. It's all about making image classification for ecology and remote sensing easier and faster.
September 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🧪🌎 Our latest #SyncroSim package is here!
EcoClassify helps you turn raw aerial imagery into classified maps using machine learning, no coding needed. It's all about making image classification for ecology and remote sensing easier and faster.
EcoClassify helps you turn raw aerial imagery into classified maps using machine learning, no coding needed. It's all about making image classification for ecology and remote sensing easier and faster.
🧪🌎 Natural resource management, powered by science-based modeling.
We’re kicking off a new series spotlighting the impactful projects we lead at ApexRMS — starting with our featured Landscape Change projects.
We’re kicking off a new series spotlighting the impactful projects we lead at ApexRMS — starting with our featured Landscape Change projects.
September 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🧪🌎 Natural resource management, powered by science-based modeling.
We’re kicking off a new series spotlighting the impactful projects we lead at ApexRMS — starting with our featured Landscape Change projects.
We’re kicking off a new series spotlighting the impactful projects we lead at ApexRMS — starting with our featured Landscape Change projects.
🌎🧪 Not every insight needs a new model—sometimes, you just need a new way to see the one you’ve already built.
With side-by-side map comparison in #SyncroSim Cloud, you can now view two model outputs next to each other and spot key differences across space, time, and scenarios.
With side-by-side map comparison in #SyncroSim Cloud, you can now view two model outputs next to each other and spot key differences across space, time, and scenarios.
September 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🌎🧪 Not every insight needs a new model—sometimes, you just need a new way to see the one you’ve already built.
With side-by-side map comparison in #SyncroSim Cloud, you can now view two model outputs next to each other and spot key differences across space, time, and scenarios.
With side-by-side map comparison in #SyncroSim Cloud, you can now view two model outputs next to each other and spot key differences across space, time, and scenarios.
🌎 Apex is making connections across the globe!
Our President & Systems Ecologist Colin Daniel just wrapped up a tour across Australia strengthening international collaborations involving fire, carbon, and landscape change modeling 🧪
Our President & Systems Ecologist Colin Daniel just wrapped up a tour across Australia strengthening international collaborations involving fire, carbon, and landscape change modeling 🧪
August 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🌎 Apex is making connections across the globe!
Our President & Systems Ecologist Colin Daniel just wrapped up a tour across Australia strengthening international collaborations involving fire, carbon, and landscape change modeling 🧪
Our President & Systems Ecologist Colin Daniel just wrapped up a tour across Australia strengthening international collaborations involving fire, carbon, and landscape change modeling 🧪
🌎 🧪 Earlier this summer, our team joined Swan River First Nation (SRFN) in Kinuso, AB, for a 2-day workshop on wildfire risk 🔥 Co-led with Todd Bailey (SRFN) & Trevor Wiens (Apropos Information Systems), we worked on plans for a decision-support tool to forecast wildfire risk across SRFN territory.
August 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🌎 🧪 Earlier this summer, our team joined Swan River First Nation (SRFN) in Kinuso, AB, for a 2-day workshop on wildfire risk 🔥 Co-led with Todd Bailey (SRFN) & Trevor Wiens (Apropos Information Systems), we worked on plans for a decision-support tool to forecast wildfire risk across SRFN territory.
Celebrating 30 years of alpine science in the Rockies 🌎 🧪
This July, our teammates @afilazzola.bsky.social and Hannah Adams joined researchers in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country to help monitor an alpine butterfly and its host plant—a project that’s been running since 1995.
This July, our teammates @afilazzola.bsky.social and Hannah Adams joined researchers in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country to help monitor an alpine butterfly and its host plant—a project that’s been running since 1995.
August 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Celebrating 30 years of alpine science in the Rockies 🌎 🧪
This July, our teammates @afilazzola.bsky.social and Hannah Adams joined researchers in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country to help monitor an alpine butterfly and its host plant—a project that’s been running since 1995.
This July, our teammates @afilazzola.bsky.social and Hannah Adams joined researchers in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country to help monitor an alpine butterfly and its host plant—a project that’s been running since 1995.
The #SyncroSim Support page just got a major upgrade with the launch of our new Help Center.
Our new Help Center is your all-in-one destination for:
➡️ SyncroSim documentation
➡️ Forum access (browse or post questions)
➡️ Latest blog updates
➡️ Support requests
Our new Help Center is your all-in-one destination for:
➡️ SyncroSim documentation
➡️ Forum access (browse or post questions)
➡️ Latest blog updates
➡️ Support requests
July 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The #SyncroSim Support page just got a major upgrade with the launch of our new Help Center.
Our new Help Center is your all-in-one destination for:
➡️ SyncroSim documentation
➡️ Forum access (browse or post questions)
➡️ Latest blog updates
➡️ Support requests
Our new Help Center is your all-in-one destination for:
➡️ SyncroSim documentation
➡️ Forum access (browse or post questions)
➡️ Latest blog updates
➡️ Support requests
🌎🧪 Canada’s 2024 wildfire season is already on track to be one of the worst—and we’re only halfway through the year. With wildfire risk intensifying, Canada just launched the $11.7M Wildfire Resilience Consortium—a huge investment into wildfire research and mitigation efforts.
July 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🌎🧪 Canada’s 2024 wildfire season is already on track to be one of the worst—and we’re only halfway through the year. With wildfire risk intensifying, Canada just launched the $11.7M Wildfire Resilience Consortium—a huge investment into wildfire research and mitigation efforts.