topic:"Wildlife" found 104 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

(Not) the dinner bell

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: May 2019

Author: Stuart, Ryan

Publisher: Crowfoot Media

Call Number: P

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Author: Stuart, Ryan

Publisher: Crowfoot Media

Published Date: May 2019

Physical Description: p.18-19

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Bears, Grizzly; Railway routes; Canadian Pacific Railway; Wildlife; Wildlife corridors; Research

Abstract: Pertains to the mortality rate of grizzly bears along the Canadian Pacific Railway lines in Banff National Park and the five-year study by Colleen Cassady St. Clair of the University of Alberta with the creation of a warning system with University of Alberta engineering student Jonathan Backs.

Notes: In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.04, May 2019

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual

Websites

https://crowfootmedia.com/canadian-rockies-annual/

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Look both ways: finding paths to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 2019

Author: Petterson, Nissa

Publisher: The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal

Call Number: P

1 website

Author: Petterson, Nissa

Publisher: The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal

Published Date: 2019

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Wildlife; Wildlife corridors; Wildlife management; Trans Canada Highway; Bears; Bears, Grizzly; Elk; Deer

Abstract: Pertains to mitigation efforts in the Bow Valley to reduce grizzly bear and car and train collisions along wildlife corridors with fences and overpasses, and how they are failing wildlife populations as evidenced by increased mortality rates

Notes: In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 27, No.4, December 2019. pg. 13 - 15

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Digital copy available

Websites

https://albertawilderness.ca/publications/wild-lands-advocate/

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Caribou rainforest : from heartbreak to hope

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2018

Author: Moskowitz, David

Publisher: Seattle, WA : Braided River, the conservation imprint of Mountaineers Books

Call Number: 04.2 M85c

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Author: Moskowitz, David

Publisher: Seattle, WA : Braided River, the conservation imprint of Mountaineers Books

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: 204 pages : color illustrations, color maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Caribou; Wildlife; Conservation; Alberta; Rocky Mountains

Abstract: In a North American rainforest, that few people even know exists, about a dozen dwindling herds of caribou are struggling to survive. Caribou Rainforest doesn’t tell an easy story, ask easy questions, or pretend that there are easy solutions to the possible extinction of the last mountain caribou herds found in Canada and the United States. There are fewer than twenty animals left in the last US herd. Yet what Caribou Rainforest does—with photographs, words, and science—is explain why this is happening, so that as a community we don’t repeat our mistakes, even when our intentions are good. Author and photographer David Moskowitz has studied and photographed these caribou extensively in order to understand their plight. He hasn’t found villains, but rather climate change, predators, recreationists, settler colonialism, industrial logging, mineral extraction, and a perfect confluence of factors that have worked against this fragile species and the fragile environment upon which it relies. The story of this iconic animal and stunning landscape provides an example of shifting conservation challenges and tactics in the twenty-first century. Mountain caribou have been identified as an “umbrella species” by conservationists, meaning that protecting their habitat also helps preserve many other species who depend on the same ecosystem. The discussion topics are controversial and wrenching—upending the forestry economy of the region, exterminating wolves (who also struggle to survive) to protect the caribou, limiting recreational access to critical habitat, respecting the rights of indigenous peoples. The issues are contentious, but the opportunity to craft solutions still exists. If we do in fact lose the caribou, the task then pivots to how can we protect what remains of this rare rainforest ecosystem. In Caribou Rainforest, the author searches for lessons that can turn despair into hope: their story can become the inspiration and catalyst for committed change. (from Caribou Rainforest website)

Contents: North America's hidden rainforest. Map: Mountain caribou range : historical and current -- The mountains : our playground, their last refuge. Map: Overview of the Caribou Rainforest -- The Caribou Rainforest : a forest like none other. Map: Northwest inland temperate rainforest -- Mountain caribou : ghosts of the rainforest. Map: Historical and current caribou populations -- Wildlife of these mountains : a laboratory of evolution -- Human dimensions : the language of a landscape -- The path ahead : reflections on grief and hope -- Acknowledgments -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Photographer's notes -- Get involved.

Notes: Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival finalist for Mountain Environment and Natural History

ISBN: 9781680511284

Accession Number: P2020-1

Call Number: 04.2 M85c

Location: Reading Room

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Website for Caribou Rainforest project

Websites

https://caribourainforest.org/the-book

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Fat cats

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2018

Author: Mercer, George

Publisher: [North Saanich, British Columbia]

Call Number: 05.2 Me46f

Variant Title: Fat cats a novel by George Mercer

Author: Mercer, George

Responsibility: George Mercer

Publisher: [North Saanich, British Columbia]

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: 293 pages : 22 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Book four in the Dyed in the green series

Subjects: National parks; Cougars; Wildlife; Wardens; Fiction

Abstract: "When a cougar shows up in British Columbia's Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, Park Warden John Haffcut sees it as an opportunity to deal with the overabundance of deer that have transformed the islands into an ecological hodgepodge. Foiled by landowners with a not-in-my-backyard attitude and a notorious cougar-tracker intent on making away with the cat, John decides to take matters into his own hands, putting his career and the cougar's future in jeapordy" - back cover

ISBN: 978-0-9879754-6-1

Accession Number: p2019-22

Call Number: 05.2 Me46f

Collection: Archives Library

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Extinction triage

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 2018

Author: Stuart, Ryan

Publisher: In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018

Call Number: P

Author: Stuart, Ryan

Editor: Ward, Meghan J.

Publisher: In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: p.58-63

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Wildlife; Caribou; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park

Abstract: Caribou numbers are dwindling in the mountain parks despite millions of dollars being allocated to save them. Should we be giving up on one species for the sake of another?