Parks Canada - Organizations - Canadian Urban Data Catalogue (CUDC)

Catalogue Entry: Migratory Shorebird Habitat Use - Pacific Rim

This program aims to monitor migratory shorebird abundance, distribution and use on sandy beaches of the Long Beach Unit as an Ecological Integrity condition measure and to...

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Catalogue Entry: Old-growth Forest Extent- Pacific Rim

From the point of view of ecological integrity and the responsibility of the park to protect and maintain a biotic community naturally associated with the ecoregion, we are...

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Catalogue Entry: Black bear and other forest mammal populations – Pacific Rim

This project aims to capture population trends by estimating absolute abundance of American Black Bears (Ursus americanus) every 2-3 years and relative abundance of three forest...

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Catalogue Entry: Elk - Waterton Lakes - Grasslands

Elk are by far the dominant ungulate in Waterton Lakes Naitonal Park, with a population large enough to influence park ecosystems, particularly in the montane and aspen parkland...

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Catalogue Entry: Water Quality - Waterton Lakes - Freshwater

This program, led by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), is part of a larger national program serving to describe spatial and temporal patterns in water quality on...

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Catalogue Entry: Terrestrial Birds - Waterton Lakes - Forest

Birds are the most diverse of land vertebrates and are an important indicator of ecosystem health. Large protected areas, such as Waterton Lakes National Park, provide important...

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Catalogue Entry: Amphibian Occupancy - Waterton Lakes - Freshwater

Amphibians are vulnerable to an array of environmental changes because of their permeable skin, a complex life history, and a dependence on moist terrestrial or wetland...

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Catalogue Entry: Grassland Birds - Waterton Lakes - Grasslands

Long-term population data on birds can provide information on population trends, particularly for species of concern, but it can also provide information on ecosystem structure...

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Catalogue Entry: Lake Fish Index - Waterton Lakes - Freshwater

Lakes and ponds are a significant aquatic feature in Waterton Lakes National Park. Due to the extreme topography, many of these water bodies were fishless prior to historic...

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Catalogue Entry: Stream Fish Occupancy - Waterton Lakes - Freshwater

Freshwater fishes are some of the most imperiled taxa worldwide as evident by the number of threatened and endangered species. For example, the Committee on the Status of...

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Catalogue Entry: Multi-Species Mammal Occupancy - Waterton Lakes - Forest

Motion-detection cameras are a cost-effective and non-invasive tool used in Waterton Lakes National Park for sampling mammal populations and estimating species occurrence....

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Catalogue Entry: Sensitive Species Secure Habitat - Waterton Lakes - Forest

In Waterton Lakes National Park, grizzly bears are used as an umbrella species representing wildlife that are sensitive to human disturbance, whereas the status of secure...

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Catalogue Entry: Invasive non-native plants - Waterton Lakes - Grasslands

Non-native plants have invaded most low-elevation habitats and physically disturbed sites in Waterton Lakes National Park (WLNP). Parks Canada devotes substantial resources...

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Catalogue Entry: Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network - Waterton Lakes - Freshwater

Benthic macro-invertebrate diversity, stream hydrology, water chemistry, climate, geology, and landcover are collected at randomly selected sites using a standard protocol for...

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Catalogue Entry: Area disturbed by Fire - Waterton Lakes - Grasslands

Fire plays an important role in maintaining health of forests and grasslands, and maintains biodiversity by creating a mosaic of varying age structure. The fescue grasslands of...

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Catalogue Entry: Area disturbed by Fire - Waterton Lakes - Forest

Fire plays an important role in restoring health to our forests and maintains biodiversity by creating a mosaic of forest stands of varying age structure. Forests in the Montane...

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Catalogue Entry: 5 Needled Pine - Health transects - Waterton Lakes - Forest

Whitebark pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) is an introduced pathogen affecting whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) and limber pine (Pinus flexilis). Whitebark pine is an...

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Catalogue Entry: Invasive Plant Cover - Waterton Lakes - Conservation and Restoration Project (Fescue)

Only 2.1% of the Foothills Parkland ecoregion is protected within any federal or provincial park in Canada. Waterton Lakes National Park (WLNP) is the only national park where...

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Catalogue Entry: Disturbed Land Revegetation - Waterton Lakes - Conservation and Restoration...

Only 2.1% of the Foothills Parkland ecoregion is protected within any federal or provincial park in Canada. Waterton Lakes National Park (WLNP) is the only national park where...

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Catalogue Entry: Seedling Rate - Waterton Lakes - Conservation and Restoration Project (Five...

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis – listed as Endangered under the Species At Risk Act) and Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis- recommended as Endangered by the Committee on the Status...

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