Dr. Mark Boyce
Mark Boyce is the Alberta Conservation Association Chair in Fisheries and Wildlife at the University of Alberta. This is a professorship endowed by ACA to ensure that applied fisheries and wildlife research is being conducted at the University of Alberta. In this capacity Mark supervises a number of graduate students who are conducting field studies on a diversity of wildlife species including upland game birds, furbearers, and large mammals. His research specialty is habitat modelling and population dynamics. Mark is an avid hunter and angler and maintains a registered trapline near Nordegg, Alberta. He was named International Conservationist of the Year by Safari Club International in 2007.
Just cause it's cold outside...
...doesn't mean you have to stay indoors 24/7. Don't go stir crazy this winter.
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Winter Chameleon
White-tailed ptarmigans have cleverly adapted to harsh mountain winters. These cool critters change their colour and bury themselves in powdery snow for insulation. But that's not all...
Did You Know...
In the past year, we planted 6.5 km of shelterbelts to enhance winter survival and escape cover for pheasants and other wildlife. More interesting facts in ACA's Annual Report!