Abstracts

In January 2008 the At a Crossroads: Highway 3 Transportation Corridor Workshop Summary convened in Fernie, British Columbia. A full workshop summary is available for download:

R. Ament, T. Clevenger, N. Darlow and T. Lee (2008) At the Crossroads: Highway 3 Transportation Corridor Workshop Summary.

Abstracts, power point and resources for each presenter at the workshop can be accessed by clicking on the presentations below.

Introductions

  1. Dr. Tony Clevenger, Western Transportation Institute
    Overview: Potential Solutions to Transportation- Wildlife Conflicts

Ungulates

  1. Dale Paton, University of Calgary
    Elk Migration and Movement in Southwest Alberta

  2. Dr. Michael Quinn, Tracy Lee and Danah Duke, University of Calgary, Miistakis Institute
    Wildlife Movement across Highway 3: A Citizens Approach

  3. Tracy Lee, Miistakis Institute
    A Partnership with Canadian Pacific Railway

Carnivores

  1. Dr. Carita Bergman, Independent scientist
    Ranking corridors along Highway 3 in Alberta and the application of a Grizzly Bear habitat model as an umbrella model to identify multi-species carnivore concerns.

  2. Dr. Michael Proctor, Independent scientist
    Grizzlies of the Southern Rocky Mountains.

  3. Dr. Michael Proctor, Independent scientist
    Review of Foothills Model Forest methodology and implications for southwestern Alberta.

  4. Dr. Clayton Apps, Aspen Wildlife Research
    A suite of carnivores in the Southern Rockies; cores, corridors and movements.

  5. Cheryl-Lesley Chetkiewicz, University of Alberta
    Where to draw the line: using resource selection functions to identify corridors for grizzly bears Ursus arctos and cougars Puma concolor in the Crowsnest Pass, southwestern Alberta, Canada

  6. Trevor Kinley, Sylvan Consulting Ltd.
    Badger Roadkill Risk in Relation to the Presence of Culverts and Jersey Barriers

How does science influence transportation planning?

  1. Rob Ament, Western Transportation Institute
    Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Reduction Study.

  2. Leonard Sielecki, British Columbia, Ministry of Transportation
    Dynamic Knowledge and Static Infrastructure: Wildlife Monitoring and Mitigation in British Columbia