Species at Risk, Rare and Difficult Species Monitoring, Oil Sands Region

Species at Risk, Rare and Difficult Species Monitoring, Oil Sands Region Environment and Climate Change Canada’s monitoring program for species at risk, rare and difficult-to-monitor species uses targeted sampling designs to assess the population status and trend of species that are not readily sampled by other programs. A formal analysis was used to prioritize landbird species for monitoring under this program. Old-forest songbirds were determined to be the highest priority for monitoring because they can be vulnerable to habitat disturbance, and their habitats are less common overall and difficult to restore once disturbed. An old-forest landbird monitoring program was initiated in 2014. A separate focused study is assessing the potential impacts of oil sands mining on Whooping Cranes, which migrate through the oil sands region twice annually and sometimes stop over during migration. Data from this study are not currently available. 2019-11-05 Environment and Climate Change Canada judith.toms@canada.ca Nature and EnvironmentNature and Biodiversity - HabitatObservation/MeasurementProtect Species Well-BeingAssess Status of SpeciesPrairie - Alberta (AB)Migratory birdsOil sands View ECCC Data Mart (English)HTML http://data.ec.gc.ca/data/species/assess/species-at-risk-rare-and-difficult-species-monitoring-oil-sands-region View ECCC Data Mart (French)HTML http://data.ec.gc.ca/data/species/assess/species-at-risk-rare-and-difficult-species-monitoring-oil-sands-region?lang=fr Species at Risk, Rare and Difficult Species MonitoringESRI REST https://maps-cartes.ec.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/OSM/MapServer/12 Species at Risk, Rare and Difficult Species MonitoringESRI REST https://maps-cartes.ec.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/OSM/MapServer/34 WMSWMS https://maps-cartes.ec.gc.ca/arcgis/services/OSM/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&layers=33&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html WMSWMS https://maps-cartes.ec.gc.ca/arcgis/services/OSM/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&layers=11&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html

Environment and Climate Change Canada’s monitoring program for species at risk, rare and difficult-to-monitor species uses targeted sampling designs to assess the population status and trend of species that are not readily sampled by other programs.

A formal analysis was used to prioritize landbird species for monitoring under this program. Old-forest songbirds were determined to be the highest priority for monitoring because they can be vulnerable to habitat disturbance, and their habitats are less common overall and difficult to restore once disturbed. An old-forest landbird monitoring program was initiated in 2014.

A separate focused study is assessing the potential impacts of oil sands mining on Whooping Cranes, which migrate through the oil sands region twice annually and sometimes stop over during migration. Data from this study are not currently available.

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City: Edmonton

Postal Code: T6B 1K5

Country: Canada

Electronic Mail Address: judith.toms@canada.ca

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