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PICTURE BUTTE, ALTA. Osprey arriving back to southern Alberta after a long migration, will have a new nesting structure at the Picture Butte reservoir. The nest platform, which was installed on a tall wooden pole, has been donated and built by AltaLink to be ready for the return of osprey this spring. Local volunteers with the Walk On the Wild Side Society brought branches to build the starter nest. “What we’re trying to do is get one of the higher predators in, which helps to balance the whole eco-system,” said John Kolk, a society member who farms nearby.
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Grazing livestock could reduce greenhouse gases in atmosphere, study shows
An innovative approach to livestock grazing could help eliminate climate change-causing greenhouse gases, according to a new study by University of Alberta biologists.
The research shows that a strategy called adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) grazing extracts methane gas from the atmosphere, locking it inside the soil through microbial activity. Methane gas has a climate warming effect that is 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 100-year time frame.
“Grasslands are the most endangered ecosystem type worldwide because of agricultural development and tillage,” said Mark Boyce, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and supervising author on the project.
Posted: Mar 06, 2021 8:00 AM MT | Last Updated: March 6
Wildlife such as moose is part of the draw for people heading to Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Recreation Area east of Edmonton. (Alberta Environment and Parks)
Study: Human development can block antelope migration
Missoula Current
Lead researcher Andrew Jakes, a National Wildlife Federation biologist in Missoula, said advances in tracking technology allowed the biologists to follow their study antelope more closely than before to learn how the animals choose their routes.
By: Laura Lundquist - Missoula Current
Posted at 11:27 AM, Dec 31, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-31 13:27:32-05
MISSOULA â Conservationists know the most important thing to do for wildlife is to protect their habitat. Now, research shows good habitat is just as important in regions where wildlife migrate.
Earlier this month, eight scientists published an eight-year study emphasizing the need to protect large swaths of prairie in eastern Montana and Canada from more development, so pronghorn antelope can continue their historic spring and fall migrations.