Wildland fire management strategy
“A strategic shift is needed to proactively manage the benefits and risks of wildland fire to meet the immediate and longer-term needs of society.” BC Wildland Fire Management Wildland fires …
Common Loon
The Common Loon is a native bird of the North American Continent. Although records of the common loon have been around for 20 to 30 million years, the emergence of …
BC Parks Zoning Framework
To assist the planning and management of the protected areas is British Columbia, zoning is used. That means that zoning divides an area in different units to achieve the most …
Sharp-Tailed Grouse
Introduction The Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) is one of four species of grouse that inhabit steep, grasslands. Historically, Sharp-tailed Grouse were distributed over most of the central and western United …
Identifying and securing hibernation habitat for bats in the Columbia Basin in response to risk of White Nose Syndrome
Winter bat research was carried out in the East and West Kootenay regions in the Columbia Basin using bat detectors to determine population and species variety in a number of …
Gray Wolf
The gray wolf is the largest wild member of the canid family, and the largest known specimens have come from northwestern North America. The gray wolf looks similar to a …
Wolverine
The Wolverine is the largest non-aquatic member of the weasel family in North America. Wolverines are medium-sized, burly, bear-like animals with short, thick-set legs and large paws. Its tail is …
The Canadian Lakes Loon Survey
In 1981 the Canadian Lakes Loon Survey began in Ontario for citizen participants to monitor breeding patterns of Common Loons. It was not until after 1990 that this survey became …
Tolko Industries Ltd Fisher Habitat Evaluation in Mountain Pine Beetle affected areas
The conservation status of fisher changed from S2 to S2S3 indicating concern for the success of the species population. There is not an extensive amount of research or information on …
Abundance and Distribution of Wolverine in the Kootenay Region
The specie Wolverine is under conservation provincially and nationally. Unfortunately, there is a lack of verification about how many wolverine live in the province, including the southern part of the …