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Wildlife Management Unit 116 aerial ungulate survey (2024)

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This report recounts results from an aerial ungulate survey conducted in Wildlife Management Unit 116 in 2024. Aerial surveys are the primary method used to assess the population size,... More ≫

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This report recounts results from an aerial ungulate survey conducted in Wildlife Management Unit 116 in 2024. Aerial surveys are the primary method used to assess the population size, distribution, population trends and herd composition of ungulates in Alberta. This information supports the effective management and conservation of ungulates, and is used to set hunting licence allocations, identify areas with agricultural depredation problems, and determine priority areas for recovery actions.

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Wildlife Management Unit 312 aerial ungulate survey (2024)

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This report recounts results from an aerial ungulate survey conducted in Wildlife Management Unit 312 in 2024. Aerial surveys are the primary method used to assess the population size,... More ≫

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This report recounts results from an aerial ungulate survey conducted in Wildlife Management Unit 312 in 2024. Aerial surveys are the primary method used to assess the population size, distribution, population trends and herd composition of ungulates in Alberta. This information supports the effective management and conservation of ungulates, and is used to set hunting licence allocations, identify areas with agricultural depredation problems, and determine priority areas for recovery actions.

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Wildlife Management Unit 357 aerial ungulate survey (2024)

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This report recounts results from an aerial ungulate survey conducted in Wildlife Management Unit 357 in 2024. Aerial surveys are the primary method used to assess the population size,... More ≫

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This report recounts results from an aerial ungulate survey conducted in Wildlife Management Unit 357 in 2024. Aerial surveys are the primary method used to assess the population size, distribution, population trends and herd composition of ungulates in Alberta. This information supports the effective management and conservation of ungulates, and is used to set hunting licence allocations, identify areas with agricultural depredation problems, and determine priority areas for recovery actions.

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Wildlife Management Unit 158 aerial ungulate survey (2024)

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This report recounts results from an aerial ungulate survey conducted in Wildlife Management Unit 158 in 2024. Aerial surveys are the primary method used to assess the population size,... More ≫

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This report recounts results from an aerial ungulate survey conducted in Wildlife Management Unit 158 in 2024. Aerial surveys are the primary method used to assess the population size, distribution, population trends and herd composition of ungulates in Alberta. This information supports the effective management and conservation of ungulates, and is used to set hunting licence allocations, identify areas with agricultural depredation problems, and determine priority areas for recovery actions.

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Wildlife Management Unit 344 aerial ungulate survey (2024)

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This report recounts results from an aerial ungulate survey conducted in Wildlife Management Unit 344 in 2024. Aerial surveys are the primary method used to assess the population size,... More ≫

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This report recounts results from an aerial ungulate survey conducted in Wildlife Management Unit 344 in 2024. Aerial surveys are the primary method used to assess the population size, distribution, population trends and herd composition of ungulates in Alberta. This information supports the effective management and conservation of ungulates, and is used to set hunting licence allocations, identify areas with agricultural depredation problems, and determine priority areas for recovery actions.

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WMU 357/521 deer composition survey (December 2015)

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Presents the results of an aerial survey of deer in Wildlife Management Units 357 and 521 in December 2015. Aerial surveys are the primary method used to assess the population size, distribution,... More ≫

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Presents the results of an aerial survey of deer in Wildlife Management Units 357 and 521 in December 2015. Aerial surveys are the primary method used to assess the population size, distribution, population trends and herd composition of ungulates in Alberta. This information supports the effective management and conservation of ungulates, and is used to set hunting licence allocations, identify areas with agricultural depredation problems, and determine priority areas for recovery actions.

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CWD surveillance in Alberta 2005-2012 : literature review and initial data analysis

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The primary objectives were to 1) describe the occurrence of CWD in wild deer in Alberta (raw data and weighted surveillance measures), 2) compare disease occurrence in hunter-harvest and disease... More ≫

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The primary objectives were to 1) describe the occurrence of CWD in wild deer in Alberta (raw data and weighted surveillance measures), 2) compare disease occurrence in hunter-harvest and disease control data, 3) evaluate the sensitivity of the surveillance data to detect CWD occurrence, 4) assess validity of possible geographic spread and/or numerical increase of CWD in Alberta, 5) assess spatial variation in CWD risk, 6) predict future spread, and 7) develop a sampling approach to assess occurrence of CWD in northern, western, or central Alberta.

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Alberta chronic wasting disease : north border deer study final report

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The North Border Deer Study was a 4-year collaborative research project between Alberta Fish and Wildlife and the University of Alberta conducted from January 2006 to April 2010. The study focused... More ≫

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The North Border Deer Study was a 4-year collaborative research project between Alberta Fish and Wildlife and the University of Alberta conducted from January 2006 to April 2010. The study focused on the ecology and management of mule deer and white tailed deer in a CWD-infected region of east-central Alberta. Results of these field studies are expected to provide the basis for further modeling of CWD disease dynamics and spread as well as assist management over the next decade.

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CWD program review 2012

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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an invasive alien prion agent that recently arrived in eastern Alberta. The prion causes fatal infections in cervids and significantly alters the population... More ≫

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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an invasive alien prion agent that recently arrived in eastern Alberta. The prion causes fatal infections in cervids and significantly alters the population structure and viability of local deer herds. There is no natural barrier to further spread, no treatment to eliminate infections, and no feasible live animal test to identify infected deer. CWD has significant environmental, social, and economic effects by altering major ecosystem structure and function, as well as decreasing recreational harvest and guiding/outfitting activity. Alberta was proactive in looking for occurrence of CWD and initially proactive in responding once it was found. Current programs focus on monitoring the ongoing geographic spread and numerical increase in eastern deer populations. Hunter harvest is the primary tool to find infected deer. Population reduction is the only known tool to manage CWD in wild deer.

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Alberta chronic wasting disease management : program review panel report, peer review

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This report summarizes the work of an Alberta Chronic Wasting Disease Management Program Review Panel. The Panel was convened in Fall 2007 to review Alberta's past and current CWD surveillance and... More ≫

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This report summarizes the work of an Alberta Chronic Wasting Disease Management Program Review Panel. The Panel was convened in Fall 2007 to review Alberta's past and current CWD surveillance and response strategies and efforts for wild deer and to provide recommendations to improve ongoing provincial wild deer CWD management. Based on whirtten and verbal information shared by the Fish and Wildlife Division of Alberta SRD, the Panel considered the province's CWD surveillance efforts since surveillance was initiated and then expanded when CWD was documented in wild deer in Saskatchewan in 2001 and in two Albertan cervid farms in 2002, as well as provincial CWD control efforts that began in response to the first identification of CWD in a wild Alberta deer in 2005.

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