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The Institute
The Crown of the Continent
represents an international ecosystem in Montana, British Columbia
and Alberta of remarkable value. This region has tremendous biological
and human socioeconomic diversity and importance. Geographically
the region is centered on the Waterton-Glacier International Peace
Park and stretches along the axis of the Rocky Mountains between
the Canadian Central Rockies and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
The Miistakis Institute
for the Rockies was founded in 1995 to build bridges between people,
their perceptions and their information about this landscape.
Miistakis is a non-profit corporation affiliated with the University
of Calgary that undertakes and supports pure and applied research
respecting the ecosystems of the Rocky Mountains and surrounding
regions.
In 2002, Miistakis developed
research programs that reflect core conservation issues in the
Crown, they include:
- Facilitation of ecosystem-based
research in the Crown of the Continent
- Transboundary Geospatial Analysis and Research
- Creation of tools
to disseminate spatial and biological information to a wide
audience.
Miistakis implements
these programs through an affiliation with the University of Calgary
and in close partnership with federal and provincial/state agencies,
landowners, First Nations, conservation organizations and industry.
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