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Survey of the odonate fauna in Birch Mountains Wildland Park

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An odonate survey was conducted in the summer of 2000 (Hornung 2001) in the Maybelle River, Marguerite River and Richardson River Dunes Wildland Parks. The latter two parks are located in the... More ≫

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An odonate survey was conducted in the summer of 2000 (Hornung 2001) in the Maybelle River, Marguerite River and Richardson River Dunes Wildland Parks. The latter two parks are located in the Central Mixedwood Subregion. Maybelle River WP is located in the Athabasca Plain Subregion. In the summers of 2001 and 2002, three wildland parks located in the Kazan Upland Subregion were surveyed. These were La Butte Creek and Fidler-Greywillow in 2001 and Colin-Cornwall Lakes in 2002 (Macaulay 2002, Macaulay 2003). Most recently, two wildland parks within the Subarctic Subregion were surveyed; the Caribou Mountains in 2003 and Birch Mountains in 2004. These surveys were the first for all of these parks.

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Survey of rare vascular plants in Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park

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Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park is one of 81 recently designated protected areas, established in March 1998. It is a remote site located in the northeast corner of Alberta, north of... More ≫

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Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park is one of 81 recently designated protected areas, established in March 1998. It is a remote site located in the northeast corner of Alberta, north of Lake Athabasca, about 315 km north of Fort McMurray. This park includes portions of the north shore of Lake Athabasca and a series of islands, two of which are amongst the largest islands in the lake. FGWPP falls within the Kazan Upland and Athabasca Plain subregions of the Canadian Shield Natural Region of Alberta.The two main objectives of this reconnaissance survey were to a) document location, habitat and population size information for tracked vascular plant taxa occurring within the study site, and b) to update the list of vascular plant species for FGWPP.

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Evan-Thomas Provincial Recreation Area management plan

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The Evan-Thomas Provincial Recreation Area Management Plan provides a long-term vision and day-to-day guidance for stewardship of this protected area. The plan outlines the type and extent of... More ≫

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The Evan-Thomas Provincial Recreation Area Management Plan provides a long-term vision and day-to-day guidance for stewardship of this protected area. The plan outlines the type and extent of outdoor recreation and tourism opportunities, facilities and services including the delivery of heritage appreciation programs that assist Albertans and visitors to understand and appreciate our natural heritage while ensuring its ongoing preservation. The plan was prepared with extensive public input and will be reviewed and revised periodically. The Minister responsible for parks and protected areas has authorized the implementation of the management plan and retains the authority to amend or interpret its provisions.

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Survey of Lepidoptera in the sub-arctic ecoregion of northeastern Alberta. I, 2003 survey of Caribou Mountains Wildland Park

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The primary goal of this survey was to determine the presence of sub-arctic Lepidoptera fauna, and baseline information on distribution patterns and abundance. Due to the unique ecological... More ≫

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The primary goal of this survey was to determine the presence of sub-arctic Lepidoptera fauna, and baseline information on distribution patterns and abundance. Due to the unique ecological characteristics of this region, and almost complete lack of prior knowledge of the Lepidoptera fauna, the survey of the Caribou Mountain Lepidoptera yielded a number of discoveries important to the knowledge of the provincial fauna.

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A preliminary survey of the beetles (Coleoptera) in Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park

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Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park, located in the north-central region of Alberta, is an area of Boreal Forest dominated by black spruce and bogs. Little is directly known of the flora... More ≫

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Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park, located in the north-central region of Alberta, is an area of Boreal Forest dominated by black spruce and bogs. Little is directly known of the flora and fauna. This study is a glimpse at the beetle diversity found during a 2003 survey. Representatives of 44 families of beetles and 310 species were found in this survey. The beetle species examined clearly demonstrate a very strong boreal composition, but there are also elements of more northern regions and elements that are clearly cordilleran. Most collections of beetles were restricted to areas accessible from lake or river channels, and resulted in a collecting bias to warmer more temperate boreal type sites, missing cooler more arctic highlands.

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Spider records from Colin-Cornwall Lakes Wildland Provincial Park

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Three wildland provincial parks and one ecological reserve have been established in the northeast corner of Alberta. Colin-Cornwall Lakes, Fidler-Greywillow and La Butte Creek Wildland Provincial... More ≫

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Three wildland provincial parks and one ecological reserve have been established in the northeast corner of Alberta. Colin-Cornwall Lakes, Fidler-Greywillow and La Butte Creek Wildland Provincial Parks are located in the Canadian Shield Natural Region. Egg Island Ecological Reserve, within Lake Athabasca, is also located in that Natural Region (Alberta Environmental Protection 1998). Note that Fidler-Greywillow is comprised of a strip of mainland plus some islands in Lake Athabasca. These protected areas contain numerous and important examples of Alberta's biodiversity. Much of it is poorly understood or unknown, particularly the invertebrate fauna. The spider fauna is no exception. The spider specimens that were collected in Colin-Cornwall Lakes Wildland Provincial Park during this survey were the first for this area.

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Survey of Lepidoptera in the Canadian Shield ecoregion of northeastern Alberta. III. 2002 survey of Colin-Cornwall Lakes Wildland Park

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A Lepidoptera survey was conducted in the summer of 2000 (Schmidt and Pohl 2000) in the Maybelle River, Marguerite River and Richardson River Dunes Wildland Parks, which are located in the... More ≫

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A Lepidoptera survey was conducted in the summer of 2000 (Schmidt and Pohl 2000) in the Maybelle River, Marguerite River and Richardson River Dunes Wildland Parks, which are located in the Athabasca Plain Subregion. In the summer of 2001, two wildland parks located in the Kazan Upland Subregion were surveyed (Macaulay and Pohl 2002), namely La Butte Creek and Fidler-Greywillow. These surveys were the first for all of these parks.

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Small patch communities of Colin-Cornwall Lakes Wildland Provincial Park

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In July 2002 Colin-Cornwall Lakes Wildland Provincial Park (CC) was surveyed to document small patch plant communities. Small patch plant communities add considerably to the diversity of a site,... More ≫

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In July 2002 Colin-Cornwall Lakes Wildland Provincial Park (CC) was surveyed to document small patch plant communities. Small patch plant communities add considerably to the diversity of a site, harbouring flora and potentially fauna dependent on these specialized habitats. They are, however, often overlooked in vegetation studies because they are neither extensive nor common enough to be considered representative. The focus of this study was to look within the matrix of the representative plant communities to find and document the small patch communities that may be significant in a provincial context.

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Survey of Lepidoptera of the Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve [2004]

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Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve (see map) is located to the southeast of Wainwright in parts of townships 41 and 42, and range 5. It is about 28 km2 in size. This area has intrigued me since I... More ≫

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Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve (see map) is located to the southeast of Wainwright in parts of townships 41 and 42, and range 5. It is about 28 km2 in size. This area has intrigued me since I was last there with Gary Anweiler on July 13 and 14, 2002. The habitat here consists of stabilized dunes that contain a mixture of aspen groves, prairie and open sand with sedges. I was able to return to this area in 2004 on June 8th, and July 2nd and 3rd. Sherri Dunne and I accessed the ecological reserve from the south side; the same as in 2002, and camped near the reserve entrance. All specimens were taken at and around 52.5960N, -110.6088W (the red dot on the map). The following list of 132 species updates the 88 of the previous list from June of 2002. Specimens were collected under Research and Collection Permit No. RC04EC003.

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Bat survey of Writing on Stone Provincial Park : a compilation of work since 1985

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Writing on Stone Provincial Park is located along an area of the Milk River where rocky outcroppings are abundant. This terrain provides excellent roosting habitat for several species of bats.... More ≫

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Writing on Stone Provincial Park is located along an area of the Milk River where rocky outcroppings are abundant. This terrain provides excellent roosting habitat for several species of bats. There are also clumps of cottonwood trees along the river, which provide foraging habitat for all prairie bats. While bats have been captured in the park for many years, there has been no compilation of records, and there has been confusion over what areas of the park have and have not been surveyed for bats. This report describes the capture records of the author for bat work done in both the public areas of park and the restricted area of the park south of the Milk River. The report also compiles netting records for bat work done in the park since 1985.

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