Wildlife Program

Our Wildlife Program supports and enhances conservation activities that retain the diversity and abundance of populations and communities of wildlife in Alberta. It focuses on harvested species, but also includes species at risk. The program includes components related to wildlife populations, their habitats and the ecosystems that support them.

We strive to enhance the sustainability of wildlife species through science-based conservation. The program is divided into four areas:

• Ungulates
• Upland game birds
• Waterfowl
• Species at risk

Program objectives are prioritized at the provincial scale through strategic and operational planning. Insight gained through ongoing discussion with ASRD and external experts is a key element of this planning process.

This program supports the inventory and monitoring of priority species and their habitats, the enhancement of key habitats and the restoration and reintroduction of priority populations. The program also informs and supports ASRD in the determination of species status; the development and the implementation of species recovery or management plans. We investigate questions about wildlife populations that lead toward applied management and conservation.