| Modeling Carnivore Habitat-Use,
Travel Patterns and Human Activity around the Town of Canmore,
Alberta |
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Miistakis in conjunction with Dr. S. Alexander
from the Department of Geography, University of Calgary and Dr.
P. Paquet from the Faculty of Environmental Design, University
of Calgary developed and demonstrated an interactive and repeatable
process for identifying wildlife corridors that combines ecological,
sociological, and economic information and encourages interactions
by scientists, land managers, urban planners and developers. The
resulting GIS-based model can be revisited and rerun with varying
inputs, updates with new information, and used to assess countless
land-planning scenarios. Regulatory agencies, parks, town managers,
developers, and private landowners can use the information to
track and improve decision-making when considering activities
and landscape modifications that may influence established wildlife
movements. The modeling process outlined probable movement patterns
of wolves and cougar that travel through the Bow Valley.
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