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John Wilmshurst

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Partnering With Ranchers to Conserve Vulnerable Grassland Wildlife

  • March 3, 2023
  • by John Wilmshurst
When the job is this big, you need good partners Many of Canada’s most iconic and vulnerable animals — wild bison, Pronghorn, Prairie Dogs, Burrowing Owls, Sage Grouse, Swift Foxes…
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  • Forests & Fields

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

  • January 20, 2023
  • by John Wilmshurst
Working on a winter science project not long ago, my team was struggling to find the groups of elk we needed for the study. Elk were around, but well hidden…
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The Canadian Grasslands Project

  • October 26, 2022
  • by John Wilmshurst
There’s a concept in Conservation Biology, called Ecosystem Services, that has been around for a while and continues to grow in popularity and importance. What is it? Ecosystem services are…
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  • Forests & Fields

Carbon Trek — The Central Grasslands Living Lab

  • October 6, 2022
  • by John Wilmshurst
In one of my favourite episodes of Star Trek (the TV series), the crew of the Starship Enterprise encounters an alien lifeform that is utterly confusing. It’s a blob made…
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  • Forests & Fields

Little Niche on the Prairie

  • September 13, 2022
  • by John Wilmshurst
One way or another, we all adapt to our environment. We know this when we get taken from it: a country kid learning to use an urban transit system, or…
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Water in the Prairies

  • June 21, 2022
  • by John Wilmshurst
Close your eyes and think of water. Imagine waves crashing on a coastline, a babbling brook, diving into a clear-water lake off a boat dock. Canadians are blessed by water,…
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The Connection Between Prairie Pollinators and Climate Change

  • April 28, 2022
  • by John Wilmshurst
Often in nature, timing is everything. From Monarch Butterflies migrating to Canada from Mexico just as milkweed is ripe to bison calves being born just as the plains turn green,…
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