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Now online: the 24-25 annual report from the Boreal Avian Modelling Centre (BAM)!
Read about work on:
🐦 boreal bird population models that bring together >1.45 million bird surveys
🌲 bird responses to forestry, mining, and wildfire
📊 open access bird data and tools
borealbirds.ca/bam-2024-25-...
Read about work on:
🐦 boreal bird population models that bring together >1.45 million bird surveys
🌲 bird responses to forestry, mining, and wildfire
📊 open access bird data and tools
borealbirds.ca/bam-2024-25-...
BAM 2024-25 Annual Report : Boreal Avian Modelling Centre
borealbirds.ca
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Now online: the 24-25 annual report from the Boreal Avian Modelling Centre (BAM)!
Read about work on:
🐦 boreal bird population models that bring together >1.45 million bird surveys
🌲 bird responses to forestry, mining, and wildfire
📊 open access bird data and tools
borealbirds.ca/bam-2024-25-...
Read about work on:
🐦 boreal bird population models that bring together >1.45 million bird surveys
🌲 bird responses to forestry, mining, and wildfire
📊 open access bird data and tools
borealbirds.ca/bam-2024-25-...
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The @abbiodiversity.bsky.social is hiring a statistical ecologist! This is my previous position and is IMO an awesome job. Focus will be on birds 🐦 and acoustics 🔉, holler if you'd like to chat about it!
Learn more & apply by October 30, 2025: abmi.ca/abmi-home/co...
Learn more & apply by October 30, 2025: abmi.ca/abmi-home/co...
Statistical Ecologist
<p>The Human Footprint Analyst plays a pivotal role in one of ABMI’s most recognized programs—the Human Footprint Monitoring Program—tracking human land use patterns across Alberta&r...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The @abbiodiversity.bsky.social is hiring a statistical ecologist! This is my previous position and is IMO an awesome job. Focus will be on birds 🐦 and acoustics 🔉, holler if you'd like to chat about it!
Learn more & apply by October 30, 2025: abmi.ca/abmi-home/co...
Learn more & apply by October 30, 2025: abmi.ca/abmi-home/co...
Grateful to get to share the Wildland Foundations project at the WRCC Building Foundational Knowledge Gathering last week!
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October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Grateful to get to share the Wildland Foundations project at the WRCC Building Foundational Knowledge Gathering last week!
biodiversitypathways.ca/our-initiati...
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Join us Oct. 15 at noon MT to learn how remote cameras and GPS collars are revealing wildlife movement patterns along Highway 3. Researchers will share insights on animal crossings — and how we can make journeys for all safer through this landscape.
Register:
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Register:
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October 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Join us Oct. 15 at noon MT to learn how remote cameras and GPS collars are revealing wildlife movement patterns along Highway 3. Researchers will share insights on animal crossings — and how we can make journeys for all safer through this landscape.
Register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
What goes on Biodiversity Pathways? Read our latest annual report to find out!
Learn about mammal research and monitoring led by the Wildlife Science Centre; environmental sensor research with SENSR; and human footprint mapping by the Geospatial Centre.
biodiversitypathways.ca/annual-repor...
Learn about mammal research and monitoring led by the Wildlife Science Centre; environmental sensor research with SENSR; and human footprint mapping by the Geospatial Centre.
biodiversitypathways.ca/annual-repor...
Biodiversity Pathways Annual Report 2024-25
We're pleased to share our annual report from 2024-25.
biodiversitypathways.ca
October 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
What goes on Biodiversity Pathways? Read our latest annual report to find out!
Learn about mammal research and monitoring led by the Wildlife Science Centre; environmental sensor research with SENSR; and human footprint mapping by the Geospatial Centre.
biodiversitypathways.ca/annual-repor...
Learn about mammal research and monitoring led by the Wildlife Science Centre; environmental sensor research with SENSR; and human footprint mapping by the Geospatial Centre.
biodiversitypathways.ca/annual-repor...
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Ever wondered if bats are in your neighbourhood? 🦇 Alberta libraries now offer borrowable "Bat Kits"! Each kit has a detector & resources to help you listen for bats. Check your library (and ask about inter-library loans) or learn more: www.albertabats.ca/batkits/
Bat Kits - Alberta Community Bat Program
Library Loan Kits We are rolling out library loan kits in select communities across Alberta. Stay tuned to learn more about where to reserve yours. Participating Libraries The following libraries hos...
www.albertabats.ca
August 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Ever wondered if bats are in your neighbourhood? 🦇 Alberta libraries now offer borrowable "Bat Kits"! Each kit has a detector & resources to help you listen for bats. Check your library (and ask about inter-library loans) or learn more: www.albertabats.ca/batkits/
The Wildland Foundations project aims to understand the impact of #wildfire on wildlife, habitat, and forest structure; cultural sites; and Indigenous use of traditional lands in four NRCAN-funded demonstration sites.
Take a tour of the project:
biodiversitypathways.ca/our-initiati...
Take a tour of the project:
biodiversitypathways.ca/our-initiati...
Wildland Foundations
Fire Risk Mitigation in Indigenous Communities
biodiversitypathways.ca
August 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Wildland Foundations project aims to understand the impact of #wildfire on wildlife, habitat, and forest structure; cultural sites; and Indigenous use of traditional lands in four NRCAN-funded demonstration sites.
Take a tour of the project:
biodiversitypathways.ca/our-initiati...
Take a tour of the project:
biodiversitypathways.ca/our-initiati...
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We're #hiring!
We’re looking for skilled animal identifiers! Work remotely and process images and recordings from environmental sensors using the WildTrax platform. You will be the essential link between field work and results!
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
#environmentaljobs #wildlife
We’re looking for skilled animal identifiers! Work remotely and process images and recordings from environmental sensors using the WildTrax platform. You will be the essential link between field work and results!
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
#environmentaljobs #wildlife
Acoustic and Image Processing Contractors
Contract Positions Available: 6 When: September 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026 with extension depending on performance Where: Work may be conducted remotely with a stable, high-speed internet connection Wo...
sensr.ca
July 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We're #hiring!
We’re looking for skilled animal identifiers! Work remotely and process images and recordings from environmental sensors using the WildTrax platform. You will be the essential link between field work and results!
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
#environmentaljobs #wildlife
We’re looking for skilled animal identifiers! Work remotely and process images and recordings from environmental sensors using the WildTrax platform. You will be the essential link between field work and results!
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
#environmentaljobs #wildlife
We're #hiring!
We’re looking for skilled animal identifiers! Work remotely and process images and recordings from environmental sensors using the WildTrax platform. You will be the essential link between field work and results!
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
#environmentaljobs #wildlife
We’re looking for skilled animal identifiers! Work remotely and process images and recordings from environmental sensors using the WildTrax platform. You will be the essential link between field work and results!
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
#environmentaljobs #wildlife
Acoustic and Image Processing Contractors
Contract Positions Available: 6 When: September 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026 with extension depending on performance Where: Work may be conducted remotely with a stable, high-speed internet connection Wo...
sensr.ca
July 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We're #hiring!
We’re looking for skilled animal identifiers! Work remotely and process images and recordings from environmental sensors using the WildTrax platform. You will be the essential link between field work and results!
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
#environmentaljobs #wildlife
We’re looking for skilled animal identifiers! Work remotely and process images and recordings from environmental sensors using the WildTrax platform. You will be the essential link between field work and results!
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
#environmentaljobs #wildlife
The southern Rocky Mountains provide a critical but narrow connection between grizzly #bear populations in North America.
In a #newpaper, over twenty years of GPS collar data was used to understand where bears go and why in the southern Rocky Mountains.
tinyurl.com/3kbfsvcu
In a #newpaper, over twenty years of GPS collar data was used to understand where bears go and why in the southern Rocky Mountains.
tinyurl.com/3kbfsvcu
New study looks at grizzly bear movements and habitat choices—and the influence of human infrastructure
Over twenty years of GPS collar data was used to understand where bears go and why in the southern Rocky Mountains
tinyurl.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The southern Rocky Mountains provide a critical but narrow connection between grizzly #bear populations in North America.
In a #newpaper, over twenty years of GPS collar data was used to understand where bears go and why in the southern Rocky Mountains.
tinyurl.com/3kbfsvcu
In a #newpaper, over twenty years of GPS collar data was used to understand where bears go and why in the southern Rocky Mountains.
tinyurl.com/3kbfsvcu
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Not gonna lie, it’s pretty cool! So grateful for everything in my PhD that led me here.
July 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Not gonna lie, it’s pretty cool! So grateful for everything in my PhD that led me here.
HawkEars, a new AI tool that identifies Canadian birds and amphibians in audio recordings, could improve how ecologists monitor and study wildlife.
Learn about its development and its potential on CBC's Edmonton AM in "AI for the birds": www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Learn about its development and its potential on CBC's Edmonton AM in "AI for the birds": www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
July 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
HawkEars, a new AI tool that identifies Canadian birds and amphibians in audio recordings, could improve how ecologists monitor and study wildlife.
Learn about its development and its potential on CBC's Edmonton AM in "AI for the birds": www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Learn about its development and its potential on CBC's Edmonton AM in "AI for the birds": www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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We have installed 80 wildlife cameras in SW Alberta to monitor wildlife near Highway 3! This was a big effort by our project team and we look forward to sharing project updates and results... and fun wildlife photos. 😎
@claytontlamb.bsky.social @ncccnc.bsky.social @y2y.bsky.social
@claytontlamb.bsky.social @ncccnc.bsky.social @y2y.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We have installed 80 wildlife cameras in SW Alberta to monitor wildlife near Highway 3! This was a big effort by our project team and we look forward to sharing project updates and results... and fun wildlife photos. 😎
@claytontlamb.bsky.social @ncccnc.bsky.social @y2y.bsky.social
@claytontlamb.bsky.social @ncccnc.bsky.social @y2y.bsky.social
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Reconnecting the Rockies - BC is focused on improving motorist and wildlife safety on Highway 3 in SE BC. Already, 8.4 km of fencing has been installed and 6 underpasses have been retrofitted to allow for wildlife movement!
@ncccnc.bsky.social @biodivpathways.bsky.social
@claytontlamb.bsky.social
@ncccnc.bsky.social @biodivpathways.bsky.social
@claytontlamb.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reconnecting the Rockies - BC is focused on improving motorist and wildlife safety on Highway 3 in SE BC. Already, 8.4 km of fencing has been installed and 6 underpasses have been retrofitted to allow for wildlife movement!
@ncccnc.bsky.social @biodivpathways.bsky.social
@claytontlamb.bsky.social
@ncccnc.bsky.social @biodivpathways.bsky.social
@claytontlamb.bsky.social
Over the next five years, the Government of Alberta is building #wildlife crossing structures along Highway 3 — and we're part of a team studying how animals use these crossings.
Wildlife scientist Clayton Lamb shares more about the project on CBC Daybreak South:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Wildlife scientist Clayton Lamb shares more about the project on CBC Daybreak South:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
June 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Over the next five years, the Government of Alberta is building #wildlife crossing structures along Highway 3 — and we're part of a team studying how animals use these crossings.
Wildlife scientist Clayton Lamb shares more about the project on CBC Daybreak South:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Wildlife scientist Clayton Lamb shares more about the project on CBC Daybreak South:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
🎉 If you've worked with Wildlife Science Centre caribou ecologist @melaniedickie.bsky.social, you won't be surprised she received the Governor General Gold Medal for Academic Excellence for her PhD research! Nor will you be surprised by the Taylor Swift reference.
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Dr. Melanie Dickie’s doctoral journey earns Governor General Gold Medal for Academic Excellence
science.ok.ubc.ca
June 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🎉 If you've worked with Wildlife Science Centre caribou ecologist @melaniedickie.bsky.social, you won't be surprised she received the Governor General Gold Medal for Academic Excellence for her PhD research! Nor will you be surprised by the Taylor Swift reference.
science.ok.ubc.ca/2025/06/06/d...
science.ok.ubc.ca/2025/06/06/d...
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We're #hiring a #wildlife camera coordinator! This highly collaborative position works with the wider monitoring community to develop and process camera projects. Full details available online, apply by June 16:
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
May 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're #hiring a #wildlife camera coordinator! This highly collaborative position works with the wider monitoring community to develop and process camera projects. Full details available online, apply by June 16:
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
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Need an electric fence in the Elk Valley, BC? Want to remove an unused fruit tree? Reach out to kootenaycostshares@gov.bc.ca and you can get financial support to keep your property safer from bears. More info here: wildlifescience.ca/projects/wil...
June 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Need an electric fence in the Elk Valley, BC? Want to remove an unused fruit tree? Reach out to kootenaycostshares@gov.bc.ca and you can get financial support to keep your property safer from bears. More info here: wildlifescience.ca/projects/wil...
We're #hiring a #wildlife camera coordinator! This highly collaborative position works with the wider monitoring community to develop and process camera projects. Full details available online, apply by June 16:
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
May 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're #hiring a #wildlife camera coordinator! This highly collaborative position works with the wider monitoring community to develop and process camera projects. Full details available online, apply by June 16:
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
Today is the last day to apply!
We're #hiring a Statistical Wildlife Ecologist! This position analyzes large, complex datasets to support landscape management throughout Canada.
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
May 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Today is the last day to apply!
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New paper! We developed HawkEars, a CNN training framework and classifier for a regional community of acoustic animals - 328 bird species and 13 amphibian species in Canada.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#bioacoustics 1/n
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#bioacoustics 1/n
HawkEars: A regional, high-performance avian acoustic classifier
Passive acoustic monitoring is rapidly emerging as a dominant approach for studying acoustic wildlife, with neural networks used as an increasingly co…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
New paper! We developed HawkEars, a CNN training framework and classifier for a regional community of acoustic animals - 328 bird species and 13 amphibian species in Canada.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#bioacoustics 1/n
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#bioacoustics 1/n
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We're #hiring a Statistical Wildlife Ecologist! This position analyzes large, complex datasets to support landscape management throughout Canada.
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
May 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We're #hiring a Statistical Wildlife Ecologist! This position analyzes large, complex datasets to support landscape management throughout Canada.
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
We're #hiring a Statistical Wildlife Ecologist! This position analyzes large, complex datasets to support landscape management throughout Canada.
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
May 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We're #hiring a Statistical Wildlife Ecologist! This position analyzes large, complex datasets to support landscape management throughout Canada.
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
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I'm super excited to step into this new role! For 20 years, BAM has made enormous contributions to boreal bird conservation; I am deeply honoured to steward and continue those contributions as part of the Biodiversity Pathways family. We've got lots of exciting collaborative work on the horizons!
This April, we welcomed the Boreal Avian Modelling Project (now Centre!) to Biodiversity Pathways! We are pleased to announce that @ellycknight.bsky.social has taken on the new role of Operational Director at BAM for this next chapter.
biodiversitypathways.ca/bam-joins-bp/
biodiversitypathways.ca/bam-joins-bp/
BAM is now the Boreal Avian Modelling Centre with Biodiversity Pathways
As of April 1, 2025, BAM has become the fourth initiative under Biodiversity Pathways.
biodiversitypathways.ca
May 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I'm super excited to step into this new role! For 20 years, BAM has made enormous contributions to boreal bird conservation; I am deeply honoured to steward and continue those contributions as part of the Biodiversity Pathways family. We've got lots of exciting collaborative work on the horizons!
This April, we welcomed the Boreal Avian Modelling Project (now Centre!) to Biodiversity Pathways! We are pleased to announce that @ellycknight.bsky.social has taken on the new role of Operational Director at BAM for this next chapter.
biodiversitypathways.ca/bam-joins-bp/
biodiversitypathways.ca/bam-joins-bp/
BAM is now the Boreal Avian Modelling Centre with Biodiversity Pathways
As of April 1, 2025, BAM has become the fourth initiative under Biodiversity Pathways.
biodiversitypathways.ca
May 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This April, we welcomed the Boreal Avian Modelling Project (now Centre!) to Biodiversity Pathways! We are pleased to announce that @ellycknight.bsky.social has taken on the new role of Operational Director at BAM for this next chapter.
biodiversitypathways.ca/bam-joins-bp/
biodiversitypathways.ca/bam-joins-bp/