945 datasets found

The report describes sport fish losses due to entrainment in major water diversions from the Bow River between Calgary and the Bassano Dam. Fish entrainment was initially...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease that infects cervid species by direct and environmental transmission and is invariably fatal. CWD spread can be promoted by the...

The frequency and severity of extreme weather events such as heat waves are increasing globally, revealing ecological responses that provide valuable insights toward the...

Wetlands globally have and continue to undergo modification from anthropogenic and natural environmental factors. To bridge this gap, this study utilised a GIS-based approach to...

Optimal foraging theory (OFT) and the energy maximization hypothesis (EMH) have long been essential when examining wildlife habitat selection. At high latitudes and altitudes,...

Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are declining across much of their distribution in Canada in response to habitat alteration, leading to unsustainable predation,...

Coexistence between humans and wildlife is necessary for many conservation goals but is difficult to achieve in landscapes with increasing human populations and species that are...

Wolverines (Gulo gulo) are a circumboreal species that has experienced substantial range reduction worldwide. In Canada, the wolverine has been extirpated entirely from the...

The 2024 Critical Review (CR, Driscoll et al. Citation2024a) details current understanding and uncertainties on the sources, transformations, and effects of atmospheric reduced...

important part of the fight to stem greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere. One of the largest industrial contributors to national GHG emissions in Canada is the...

Live capture is an important tool for wildlife research, conservation, and management as it allows for insight into movement, behavior, demographics, diet, and health of...

Provides documentation on the development of the Landscape Connectivity indicator to be applied across the province of Alberta. The Landscape Connectivity indicator quantifies...

This report aims to update the methods for handling censored data and conducting trend analyses used in previous technical reports, and to present updated trends using new water...

Mammal monitoring at the scale of landscape units (LUs) followed the OSM Terrestrial Biological Monitoring (TBM)’s Before-After Dose-Response (BADR) design (Bayne et al. 2021b)....

This annual report presents a summary of hydrometric data collected by the Water Survey of Canada (WSC) in the Alberta Oil Sands area in 2023. This report is intended to provide...

This annual report presents a summary of hydrometric data collected by the Water Survey of Canada (WSC) in the Alberta Oil Sands area in 2024. This report is intended to provide...

Surface water data derived from field-gathered samples analyzed in labs. The data are part of a long-term monitoring program that can be used to meet various needs. ABS058:...

This data set identifies the amount of land across all oil sands mines that has been "permanently reclaimed", but has not yet been "certified" as reclaimed. It is based on the...

This data set provides information on the status of land used by the oil sands mines, at the end of each calendar year from 2009 to 2024. The statuses used include the...

In 2025, the OSM Program released a report on the condition of surface water for rivers and streams in the oil sands region, focusing on two main areas—water quality (what’s in...