The Caribou Program is back with another busy field season collecting data about habitat and animal use all through the west-central Alberta caribou ranges. Hailey, James, Kris, and Nicola joined the team this May – let’s get to know them a bit better!
Hailey Guysbers
Fun Fact: Alberta used to be at the bottom of the ocean!
Top snack: Dutch Crunch Jalapeno & Cheddar Kettle Chips
Song recommendation: anything by Kings of Leon
James Gibson
Fun Fact: foxes almost always pounce north because they use magnetic fields to gauge distance.
Top snack: beef jerky
Song recommendation: anything by Charley Crockett
Kris Melnychuk
Fun Fact: wombats poop cubes!
Top snack: energy trail mix
Song recommendation: anything by Merle Haggard
Nicola Costerton
Fun Fact: the Olive-sided Flycatcher song sounds like, “quick three beers!”
Top snack: dried mango
Song recommendation: Don’t Let It Bring You Down by Mt. Joy
Their first few shifts were focused on servicing trail camera sites for the ungulate density project. Now that vegetation is blooming, it’s time to test drive a new protocol! For much of the rest of the summer, the crews will be measuring regeneration on seismic lines, 10 years after we first surveyed them!
Biologists Leonie, Becky, and Solène have all been helping out this week introducing the new protocol.
