The MSES Team will be presenting at the Native Trout Workshop: Join them tonight (March 31) for an in depth discussion about cumulative impacts facing Arctic Grayling in the Swan River area! Tune in by simply heading to the Eventbrite Registration Page at 7:00 PM MST. The presentation is free!

Image: Nikolay Kovalenko & Colin Viessman via Unsplash Access the Alberta Coal Policy Survey here: The Government of Alberta has opened public engagement on the province’s approach to coal development via a public survey. The survey is available on their website until April 19, 2021. Make sure to read the

The Banff Bison Project which aimed to reintroduce bison to their historic habitat range began 25 years ago. In 2017, a group of bison were transferred from Elk Island National Park, and have been thriving since their relocation! The herd is utilizing the landscape and adjusting to the presence of

Species at Risk committee (SARC) in the Northwest Territories acknowledges that Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science are both systems that ‘exist as equals’. They are re-evaluating their processes surrounding wildlife assessments in order to incorporate both ways of knowing. “The new assessment process will be applied for the first time

Image: (Tanya Foubert, RMO)   Access to the Three Sisters Mountain Village Area Structure Plan Applications Public comment and feedback is open given that you register your time slot by March 5th, 2021.  Three Sisters area structure plans received first reading by Council and now there is opportunity for the

(photo from Government of Canada)     Half-moon hairstreak (Satyrium semiluna) The Calgary Zoo recently released their plans to collaborate with Parks Canada in a strategy to protect the half-moon hairstreak butterfly. This butterfly species is only found in 9 locations in Canada, one being in Waterton National Park, Alberta.