Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute

Canada Lynx are wary animals that prefer forest habitats with a large amount of shrubs and deadfall. These habitat requirements closely follow that of their preferred prey, the Snowshoe Hare. Because of this, they are often found in dense boreal forests throughout Northern Alberta. #CameraTrapTuesday

#ICYMI We've uploaded a recording of our most recent #webinar, "The ABMI and lidar: Remote sensing methods to map vegetation regeneration on human footprint" to our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/gM7DNCQP In this recording you'll find a discussion of our most recent efforts to use remote sensing methods to map vegetation regrowth on human footprint in Alberta. During this presentation, Branko Hricko, Human Footprint and Landuse Mapping Coordinator in the ABMI's Imaging Centre, addresses: 🛩️lidar based vegetation recovery assessment on human footprint features, 🛩️structure of the lidar point clouds, 🛩️lidar derived raster products, 🛩️analysis and interpretation of the lidar derived products. #lidar #humanfootprint #machinelearning #remotesensing #ABMIatWork

#DYK The ABMI has data on over 450 species of #lichens and allied #fungi. And it's all available for you to explore on our Biodiversity Browser: https://lnkd.in/gjS7DH3T

We made it to #COP16! We are proud to have our Executive Director Jim Herbers and Geospatial Centre Director Cynthia N. McClain, PhD representing the ABMI at the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) in Cali, Colombia. #BiodiversityMatters #ABMI

A reminder to apply for this position by October 31!

Today kicks off the first day of Bat Week! 🦇 Bat Week is an annual, international celebration of the many roles bats play in nature. There are more than 1,450 species of bats, accounting for about 20% of all mammal species – which makes bats the second largest group of mammals in the world! Nine species of bat are confirmed to occur in Alberta, including the hoary bat pictured here. Bats are known for keeping insect populations at bay, but did you know they are also master pollinators and help spread plant seeds? To learn more about the key roles bats play in ecosystem health and the threats they face, visit batweek.org. Interested in learning more about Alberta’s bats? Check out the Alberta Community Bat Program for information about the bats that call Alberta home and how you can get involved in broader bat initiatives: https://lnkd.in/e3Y2J6T 📸 Cami Hurtado #BatWeek #Bats #Pollinators #Conservation #Biodiversity

📢 The Boreal Avian Modelling Project (BAM) is conducting an online survey to gather feedback from its collaborators and the users of its products. We are requesting your feedback about the usefulness of our current data products, and how we can make future products more useful to you. 📝 We kindly ask you to take a few minutes to complete this brief and anonymous questionnaire.

The Harmful Algal Blooms monitoring project has had a successful second field season. Though we faced more challenges when it came to collecting our samples (more cloudy and smoky days when the #Sentinel2 satellite was flying over to capture imagery of the lakes), we still managed to nearly meet our goals. For the second season in a row, #lake #watersamples were collected at the same time the #sentinel2 #satellite flew directly overhead collecting imagery. The #satelliteimagery is used to estimate chlorophyll-a concentrations (a green pigment found in algae), and the water samples are analyzed at the University of Alberta to identify types and concentrations of #algae or #cyanobacteria present, and to test #waterquality. By combining these data, researchers can develop models of current and historical blooms, and eventually predict future blooms, too! In 2025 we plan to launch an online Google Earth Engine app, freely available to anyone, to visualize and track blooms on their lakes of interest in "near real time," and to look at historical blooms. Stay tuned for project updates! A big shout-out to the tireless staff at ALMS for leading our field sampling efforts, and the staff and volunteers of all of our collaborating partner organizations for contributing their time and resources to this project. Want to read more? Check out our blog post from last year about this project: https://lnkd.in/gQRzht5z We’d like to thank Alberta Innovates for funding this work, and acknowledge all of the important project collaborators: the University of Alberta, the Alberta Lake Management Society, Alberta Health,  Alberta Health Services, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Associated Environmental Consultants, the Pigeon Lake Watershed Association, Lac La Biche County, and the Wabamun Watershed Management Council. #watersamples #satelliteimagery #harmfulalgalblooms #phytoplankton #cyanobacteria #waterquality #Albertalakes #algalblooms

🍃We are seeking a Vegetation Ecologist to join our Science Centre team: https://ow.ly/74l950TQYWA If leading statistical exploration, development, and reporting in active collaboration with multiple partners across sectors appeals to you, consider applying today! In this role, you can expect to: 🍃Analyze environmental monitoring data collected by ABMI to evaluate trends over time and relationships with human development activities for various species, with a focus on vascular and non-vascular plants; 🍃Develop and implement new analytical approaches for large biodiversity monitoring datasets; 🍃Work with government, industry, and other technical representatives to explore the application of ABMI statistical products to planning, policy development, and environmental resource development. 🍃Provide expertise related to the delivery of ABMI monitoring programs, including methods, data collection, and analysis. 🍃Conduct computer programming tasks to clean, store, and analyze data using a variety of software (e.g., R, Python, SQL, and Git); 🍃Produce papers in the scientific literature about the analysis of biodiversity data. In addition, this job offers: - A #flexible work arrangement allowing #remotework, and the opportunity for office space in either Edmonton or Calgary, Alberta; - A comprehensive #benefits package through the University of Alberta; - The opportunity to work #independently with little supervision; - A great team of people directly within your team, and across the entire organization; - A chance to meaningfully contribute to biodiversity monitoring in Alberta as part of a growing, fast-paced organization working at the cutting edge of monitoring biodiversity and their habitats. We welcome applicants from across Alberta to apply by November 6 at the University of Alberta's careers page: https://ow.ly/ZYIe50TQYWB #ABMIatWork #NowHiring #AlbertaJobs #EnvironmentalScience #biodiversity #ecology #vegetation #R #python #SQL #Git #trendanalysis

It's here! We are pleased to announce our new website is live and ready to be explored! With a brand new look and feel, finding information about Alberta's living resources is easier than ever. Take a look at our new Open Data Portal (previously Data Discover). Dive into the new page outlining our Taxonomic work, including how we monitor and collect data for each taxonomic group. Check out our page on Airborne Data Collection, and the work our new Imaging Centre has been doing with Lidar data. Check it out at abmi.ca and let us know what you think! #ABMI #NewWebsite #BiodiversityMatters #Biodiversity #EnvironmentalScience