Moose Response to Disturbance in West-central Alberta

This project examines how moose respond to different re-vegetation trajectories on seismic lines after disturbance and different silvicultural treatments used by forestry. A re-vegetation prescription or silvicultural treatment that moose avoid may be less of a problem for caribou.

This Caribou Program project examines how moose respond to different re-vegetation trajectories after disturbance. This will give re-vegetation prescriptions that favour moose less, and therefore are less of a problem for caribou.

This project in the Little Smoky, A la Peche, Redrock-Prairie Creek, and Narraway caribou ranges will look at variables like ecosites, vegetation height, and other habitat and landscape characteristics. We will use moose GPS collar data to figure out which re-vegetation prescriptions after disturbance like forest harvesting and seismic lines moose are more likely to avoid.

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Caribou Program

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September 2018

Project Begins
December 2018

Analysis Underway

Progress update: Moose GPS data prepared and ready for analysis.
March 2019

More Analysis Underway

Progress update: The team is processing cutblock data.
June 2019

Analysis Complete

Progress update: Report for partners drafted