June 19, 2007 - Foothills Model Forest Wins Major Award

Canada’s mining industry leaders gathered recently in Montreal, Québec, for the country’s largest mining conference hosted annually by the Canadian Institute of Mining.  Among the prestigious award winners was the Foothills Model Forest Grizzly Bear Program, which was the first recipient of the Syncrude Award of Excellence in Sustainable...

March 31, 2007 - Indicators of Mixed-Wood Forest Condition: The Long-Term Effects of Pre-Commercial Thinning on the Abundance of Small Mammals

Given that maintenance of biodiversity is a goal of many forest managers, knowledge of the impact of this treatment on wildlife, including small mammals is important.  To project objectives were to 1) to determine if pre-commercial...

March 11, 2007 - Adopt-A-Box Flying Squirrel Nest Box Program

The purpose of this project was to involve local woodlot owners, students and community groups in learning about the northern flying squirrel. Because they are nocturnal, flying squirrels are rarely observed in nature, but have been found to readily...

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