Vanderwell Contractors (1971) Ltd. is an Alberta family owned company that has been in the Alberta Forest Industry for over 60 years. In 1968, the company acquired its own forest tenure quota, and as a result established their sawmill in the Red Earth area. The company was incorporated as Vanderwell Contractors (1971) Ltd., and moved their sawmill and operations to the location near Slave Lake where they are today.
Woodland caribou are a cultural and ecological icon of Alberta’s forests. However, they are also a threatened species and represent a significant conservation challenge.
The fRI Research Caribou Program carries out applied research, in partnership with industry and the Government of Alberta, to help maintain caribou herds in Alberta into the future.
The fRI Research Grizzly Bear Program provides knowledge and planning tools to ensure the long-term conservation of grizzly bears in Alberta.
This project uses direct and indirect methods to determine how caribou respond to linear features at different stages of re-vegetation.
This DNA mark-recapture study uses hair snags to conduct the first ever estimate of the population of grizzly bears in BMA 7.
In the next webinar for the Spring 2021 FGrOW Webinar Series, Dick Dempster will present on the results from over 2… https://t.co/QX6gkObZEn
