Tuesday, January 237:30 pm (in person only) Catherine Robb Whyte Building (Srs’ Pioneer Room), Banff *
*101 Bear Street – our traditional meeting place above the Library – with a new name!
Read Rocky Mountain Outlook Article: “Grizzlies and Wolverines Need Room to Roam”
SUMMARY
Jesse will speak about trends in the grizzly population and update information about wolverines as well as some of the smaller creatures that are under scrutiny, including pikas and amphibians. Jesse may also mention some current pilot projects. Much of the wildlife work in the National Parks is linked to questions of connectivity and climate change as well.
GUEST SPEAKER
Jesse Whittington is a Wildlife Monitoring Ecologist for Banff National Park and has studied wildlife ranging from pikas to grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies for almost 30 years. He obtained his Master of Science on wolves from the University of Alberta in 2002. He is interested in understanding how predators, prey, and people affect wildlife movement and population trends.