Returning to the water and carrying its own life-support system, this diving beetle (Rhantus sericans) uses an air bubble to breathe underwater, showcasing the incredible adaptations of nature. #MacroMonday #AquaticAdaptations 📸Rob Hinchliffe
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Environmental Services
Edmonton, Alberta 6,450 followers
It's Our Nature to Know
About us
The ABMI is a leader in biodiversity monitoring. We work collaboratively to provide ongoing, relevant and scientifically credible information on Alberta's living resources. We are an organization filled with bright minds, diverse expertise, and valued partners and collaborators. Our Vision: The ABMI advances biodiversity monitoring to inform responsible resource management and land stewardship, now and for future generations. Our Mission: We track changes in wildlife and their habitats across Alberta, working collaboratively to provide ongoing, relevant, and scientifically credible information about our living resources. OUR HISTORY A Comprehensive Monitoring System The ABMI as we know it officially began operations in 2007. A small team was motivated to answer a pressing question: how can we evaluate the combined effects of human activities on Alberta’s natural environments? Alberta was a province in transition, with a growing population and demand for natural resources, that needed a comprehensive system effective across multiple scales to monitor changes in Alberta’s ecosystems. While we formally incorporated as a not-for-profit in 2007, the idea behind the ABMI was born long before. The program emerged from a decade of planning and testing. We developed protocols to monitor seven taxonomic groups determined by our scientific advisors to be useful indicators of ecosystem health as well as protocols aimed at monitoring habitats. Through these pilot years, we refined the protocols by focusing on key questions like, “can this be implemented in a standardized and cost-effective way across the whole province?” and “does it produce the data needed to evaluate cumulative effects?”
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http://abmi.ca/home.html
External link for Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
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- Environmental Services
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- 51-200 employees
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- Edmonton, Alberta
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- Nonprofit
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- 2007
- Specialties
- GIS, Remote Sensing, Taxonomy, Field Protocols, Field Work, Autonomous Recording Units, Remote Cameras, Statistical Analysis, Science Communications, Scientific Analysis, Innovation, collaboration, Knowledge Translation, Stakeholder Engagement, Science Innovation, Species Monitoring, Land Cover Monitoring, Lidar Imaging, Oil Sands Monitoring, Community Based Monitoring and Engagement, Open Data, Publications, and Online Reporting
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CW 405 Biological Sciences Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta T6G2E9, CA
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Alberta Innovates Technology Futures
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Vegreville, Alberta T9C1T4, CA
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Calgary, Alberta, CA
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Updates
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Arnica cardifolia, or Heartleaf Arnica. #FabPhotoFriday
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Many of my ABMI colleagues will be presenting at the GoGeomatics Expo in Calgary in October https://lnkd.in/d7A7sX98
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The ABMI collects data on thousands of species from around Alberta each year. Join us in the field as Micah Winters, one of our ABMI Field Technicians, points out some notable species from the foothills region. For more information on these species we saw today, and others the ABMI monitors, visit the Biodiversity Browser on our website at https://lnkd.in/gjS7DH3T #InTheField #ABMIatWork #MonitoringCentre #EnvironmentalMonitoring #Biodiversity #Ecology #Alberta #Foothills
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Anyone has heard the song of Yellow-headed Blackbird knows that it looks more beautiful than it sounds. 😆 #CameraTrapTuesday
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Some of the smaller aquatic diving beetles boast the most intricate markings. Here, a small Dytiscid beetle (Nebrioporus macronychus) proudly shows off its artistic stripes and splotches. #MacroMonday #BugArt 📸Rob Hinchliffe
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Despite the saying “sly as a fox,” the Red Fox is more shy than sly. These small foxes have beautiful, long coats in varying shades of red and grey, and fluffy tails. Their smarts, sensitive ears, sharp eyes, and keen nose help the Red Fox to hunt and avoid danger. 📸Dave Evans #FabPhotoFriday
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Last chance to help us improve how we monitor wetlands across Alberta! Please fill out this survey before the end of the day tomorrow.
Help us improve how we monitor #wetlands across Alberta!: https://lnkd.in/ddcvnHDk Since 2007 we’ve visited 1700 wetland sites across the province, and now we’d like to refine our approach. Understanding your wetland information needs will help our field staff collect the most valuable information possible as they travel the province carrying out our monitoring work every summer. If improving the understanding of Alberta’s wetlands through publicly accessible wetland data is important to you, please take a moment to complete this survey. Thank you for your input and participation! #wetland #alberta #environmentalscience #biodiversity #ecology #wetlandmonitoring #ABMIatWork Photos by Flavia Papini, Nina Veselka, Rob Hinchliffe, Rachel Humphrey, KirstanTereschyn and Richard Caners
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We are excited to be attending Canada’s National Geomatics Expo 2024 as part of the Geomatics for the Public Good and Hydrospatial Advances programs this October 28-29. Our own Scott Vegter, Cynthia N. McClain, PhD, Jennifer Hird and Jesse Viehweger will be presenting throughout the conference covering a range of the ABMI's innovative geospatial work and products: Scott Vegter, October 28 at 9:45 AM: "Human Footprint Datasets for Alberta: Mapping and Monitoring in Support of Land and Resource Management" Jesse Viehweger, October 28 at 11:00 AM: "Lidar and AI Based Seismic Line Mapping in Caribou Ranges in Boreal Alberta, Canada" Cynthia McClain, October 28 at 11:15 AM: "Fusion of Lidar and Machine Learning Methods for Vegetation Classification on Human Footprint Features in Boreal Alberta, Canada" Jen Hird, October 29 at 3:15 PM: "Monitoring Algal Blooms on Small to Medium Alberta Lakes with Satellite Remote Sensing" Check out the full conference schedule if you haven't already: https://lnkd.in/eqavh_6U GoGeomatics #GoGeomaticsExpo #Calgary #Conference #speakers #networking #innovation #geomatics #geoAI #earthobservation #humanfootprint #lidar #machinelearning #caribou #caribourecovery #vegetationclassification #environmentalmonitoring #Alberta #geospatial #ABMIatWork #sentinel2 #satellite #waterquality
The Geomatics for the Public Good program at the National Geomatics Expo is a powerful example of how technology can transform public services and environmental management. From mapping human footprint in Alberta to land and resource management, these innovative approaches are making a real difference in our communities. Proud to be part of a field that contributes so significantly to improving quality of life and sustainability of our communities. #GeomaticsForGood #GIS #Geospatial #PublicGood #climate #EnvironmentalStewardship #SustainableDevelopment #alberta #InnovationInAction #TechForGood #Canada #gogeoexpo2024 #UrbanAccessibility #geomaticseducation Eagle Engineering and Consulting Pix4D Measurement Sciences Inc Scott Vegter Jiaao Guo Sharlene Fritz Cynthia N. McClain, PhD Miguel Arias Carina Butterworth, PEng, PhD(c) Kenneth Ang Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute The CanSLAM Circuit Amina Deiab, MPP, ICD.D Gavin Schrock Anusuya Datta Mary Jo Wagner
The Public Good Program is Back at GoGeomatics Expo
https://gogeomatics.ca
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An interesting angle on this Sandhill Crane from 2020! Learn more about this species and the other species we monitor on our Biodiversity Browser, Alberta's encyclopedia of life: https://lnkd.in/gjS7DH3T #CameraTrapTuesday
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