Wildlife
Through ACA’s Wildlife Program, we work to enhance wildlife and their habitat. The partner-driven program’s projects include teaming up with ranches and farms to trial different approaches that balance wildlife habitat with working operations, working with volunteers who provide location sightings of snakes and amphibians, and partnering with stakeholders to restore water quality by improving wildlife habitat along the shores of waterbodies.
Our experience has shown us that we accomplish most of what we do because of our partners. Our wolverine and furbearer study initiatives would not work without vital input from Alberta’s trappers and the MULTISAR project is successful in large part due to buy-in from the ranching community. ACA’s partnerships make the majority of our wildlife work possible.
Featured Projects
2018/19 Projects
Please see the projects we are currently working on in our Annual Operating Plan.
- Snake Hibernaculum Monitoring
- Alberta Volunteer Amphibian Monitoring Program (AVAMP)
- Alberta Wildlife Status Reports
- MULTISAR – Milk River
- MULTISAR – West
- MULTISAR – South Saskatchewan
- MULTISAR – Taber
- Alberta Piping Plover Recovery
- Pronghorn Fence Crossing Enhancement
- Pronghorn Movement Enhancement
- Pronghorn Road Crossing Enhancement
- Pronghorn as a Grassland Indicator
- Upland Bird 4-H Raise and Release Initiative
- Upland Game Bird Fall Forecast
- Habitat Legacy Partnership
- Habitat Connectivity and Access – Ridge Reservoir
- Habitat Connectivity and Access
- Demonstration Farm for Restoring Upland Bird Densities and Biodiversity
- Pheasant Releases to Enhance Hunting Opportunities
- SHARP - Species Habitat Assessments and Ranching Partnerships
- Assessment and Enhancement of Turkeys
- Working with Trappers to Monitor Furbearer Trends (ACA/ATA Partnership)
- Wolverine Density, Movement, and Denning in the Birch Mountains
- Amphibian Monitoring Using Environmental DNA
- Waterfowl Crop Damage Prevention Program
- Taber Pheasant Festival