Research

Partner Driven

Scientific evaluation and monitoring provides important information that helps guide and refine Alberta NAWMP planning and implementation priorities. Environment Canada (EC), Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) conduct ongoing research and assume a lead role in scientific evaluation of Alberta NAWMP programs.

Here are some examples of the research these Partners are currently engaged in.

Environment Canada
EC facilitates and conducts scientific research and monitoring on a broad range of migratory bird and species at risk topics including:

Trends in duck breeding populations, 1955–2009 (PDF 2.11 MB). Conducted in collaboration with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Bird Trends
Prairie and Northern Region Habitat Monitoring Program Phase II: Recent habitat trends in the Prairie Habitat Joint Venture, Watmough & Schmoll, 2007)

Click here for a full listing of EC wildlife research topics.

Ducks Unlimited Canada
The Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research (IWWR) is the scientific research arm of DUC. The IWWR directly supports DUC’s conservation planning and implementation. The work done by IWWR also serves to inform and support natural resource policy decisions by government. Key examples include:

Broughton’s Creek Watershed — The Impacts of Wetland Loss in Manitoba
Ecological Goods and Services (EG&S) pilot project
Spatial and Temporal Variation in Nest Success of Prairie Ducks (SpATS) Study

Click here for a full listing of DUC research projects.

Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
Together with its associate agency Alberta Conservation Association (ACA), SRD also conducts scientific research on and monitoring of a range of fish, wildlife and habitat, including migratory birds and species at risk.

Click here for a listing of SRD directed biodiversity studies.

The Alberta NAWMP Science Fund

The Science Fund, directed by the Partners and broader scientific committee, supports a variety of wetland related studies which span agricultural, water management and ecological studies. Learn more >>

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The Alberta NAWMP Partnership is an excellent example of the cooperation we need. Working with partners is the key to moving conservation efforts along.

H. Loney Dickson
Past Chair of the Prairie Habitat Joint Venture (PHJV), Shorebird Working Group