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Spring 2025 |
Newsletter Archive |
Pronghorn Xing - In the Wild |  |
Spring has sprung and our cameras, ARUs, and GPS collars have been deployed! In the fall the project team completed a Pronghorn Connectivity Action Plan which outlines strategies for addressing barriers to pronghorn movement. Part of this strategy is the development of a road mitigation system along the Trans-Canada Highway between Brooks, Alberta and Swift Current, Saskatchewan, where we have identified 21 potential mitigation sites, 6 of which are priority sites. During the spring, summer and fall, cameras and acoustic recordings units (ARU) will capture wildlife on either side of the highway at the 6 priority sites, that's a total of 12 ARUs and 24 remote cameras. This biodiversity monitoring began in fall 2024, and we've already captured some great images such as this pronghorn (seen above right). We’ve also captured images of badger, moose, mule and white-tailed deer, coyotes on the remote cameras, as well as a variety of bird species and a few amphibians on the ARUs. In addition to biodiversity monitoring at each of the priority sites, the Alberta Conservation Association has collared pronghorn and mule deer in both Alberta and Saskatchewan to track their movements and how they interact with the Trans-Canada Highway. The combination of the biodiversity monitoring and collaring data will inform the design considerations and exact locations of potential road mitigation infrastructure such as over passes and underpasses. Stay tuned for more updates as Pronghorn Xing continues. Project team: Alberta Conservation Association, Canadian Wildlife Federation, and Miistakis Institute Thank you to our generous supporters:
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