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Big Backyard BioBlitz
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July 29th, 2021 at 12:00am to August 2nd, 2021 at 11:59pm
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New to citizen science? It doesn’t take much. Grab your smartphone, tablet or camera, head outside to search for plants, animals and insects, snap a photo and share. From urban centres to remote...
Campaign launched to protect nearly 1,500 square kilometres of boreal forest
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The Nature Conservancy of Canada has recently launched the largest single private conservation project in Canadian history. The Boreal Wildlands Project aims to protect nearly 1,500 square kilometres...
Conservation Close to Home - Story Map
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Conservation Assessment for Southern Canada The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has completed a comprehensive assessment of the conservation needs and opportunities in southern Canada. The first of...
Conservation through Co-occurrence: Woodland Caribou as a Focal Species for Boreal Biodiversity
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Assessment of the focal/umbrella value of boreal caribou for conservation of mammalian and avian richness, based on evaluation of co-occurrence and conducting systematic conservation planning.
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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Ilja van Meerveld is a Senior Teaching and Research Associate in the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich. She obtained her PhD in 2004 from Oregon State University, and worked at the...
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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Ana Barros, Duke University will be presenting on: Running the Distance in Cogwheels - Multiscale Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Hydroclimatic Change. More information to come.
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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Brad Wilcox, Texas A&M will be presenting on: The Ecohydrology of Woody Plant Encroachment: How the Conversion of Grasslands to Woodlands is Altering the Water Cycle. More information to come.
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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Lecture 4: Moving toward the next generation of Arctic land models Cathy Wilson is a Senior Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), where she has held positions as Deputy Division Leader...
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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LEcture 5: Deeper groundwater drilling an unsustainable solution to groundwater depletion Debra Perrone is an Assistant Professor of UCSB’s Environmental Studies Program. Deb integrates research...
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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LEcture 6: Classification and Similarity for Global Hydrologic Prediction Ross Woods received his PhD at the University of Western Australia, under Dr Siva Sivapalan supervision in 1996. He is now an...
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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Lecture 7: Coupled Hydrological and Biogeochemical Cycles in Watersheds: Responses to Anthropogenic Changes in the Critical Zone Elizabeth W. Boyer is an Associate Professor of water resources at the...
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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Lecture 8: Which rainfall events produces the largest flash flood? A hydrologist by training, Markus Weiler has worked in fields ranging from hydrology, soil science, isotope geochemistry, solute...
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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Lecture 10: River corridors as global hotspots for microplastic accumulation, degradation and environmental impacts Dr Stefan Krause is Professor of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry in the School of...
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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Lecture 10: Ecohydrological connectivity – What do we know and what’s next? Genevieve Ali is an Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph since January...
Natural Climate Solutions for Canada
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Alongside the steep reductions needed in fossil fuel emissions, natural climate solutions (NCS) represent readily deployable options that can contribute to Canada’s goals for emission reductions. We...
NatureTalks: Wetlands 101
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March 29th, 2022 at 6:00pm MST to March 29th, 2022 at 7:00pm MST
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What is a wetland? Do you know how to spot one? Did you know that the health of wetlands and grasslands are connected? Wetlands aren’t simply beautiful features of a landscape; they are important to...
Riparian 101 - Where Land and Water Meet
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June 21st, 2022 at 7:00pm MST to June 21st, 2022 at 9:00pm MST
Drayton Valley, AB
Join ALUS Brazeau, Cows & Fish, and AWES for a free interactive workshop on the importance and management of riparian areas (the areas where land and water meet). The workshop will include talks on...
Swath of boreal forest twice the size of Toronto to be protected in northern Ontario
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OTTAWA — The largest private land conservation project in Canadian history is unfolding in northern Ontario. The Nature Conservancy of Canada spent the last year negotiating the purchase of 1,450...