Vol 11, No 1

I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about some of the issues that have been discussed by the Chapter Executive and Committee Chairs during our monthly conference calls and meetings:

Finances - Chapter by-laws require funds to be placed in a federally insured bank or savings and loan association. A minimum of $4,000 is maintained in our checking account to take care of Chapter business. The remainder (about $30,000) is invested in GIC's with an equal amount ($6,000) maturing each year for the next 5 years. The GIC's will be used to fund scholarships.

Scholarships - A scholarship for $600 will be awarded to a third-year university student in wildlife or wildlife-related studies in January 2000. Thereafter, the university scholarship will be awarded in September instead of January. Thus, two university scholarships will be awarded in 2000; one in January and another in September 2000. The Executive believes that September is more appropriate for a number of reasons including better timing for the students, judges and our banking strategy. As in past years, the Bob Goddard Scholarship for $600 will be awarded to a second-year technical student in wildlife or wildlife-related studies in September 2000.

Our scholarship strategy will be discussed at the annual meeting in March. Important questions to consider: Should the $$ amount of the scholarships be increased and should we award a third scholarship to a graduate student?

Web Site - The Chapter web site is now well developed, thanks to the efforts of Troy Sorensen.

Chapter Display - Corm Gates and Troy Sorensen are working on a plan to develop an electronic display on CD and use the web page as a recruitment tool for the Chapter. We hope to replace our old display; it needed to be updated and has always created problems with storage and transportation.

Student Participation - Margo Pybus is spearheading the discussions to increase student participation in the Chapter. We welcome the formation of a Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society at the University of Alberta, and believe that this will greatly enhance communication with students at the U of A. The Student Chapter at Lethbridge Community College has been active for some time. We selected Lethbridge for our meeting in March, in large part because of the many members that we have in the Lethbridge region.

Membership - Evelyn Merrill and I attended a meeting of the Executive of the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Officers Association and invited their members to join the Chapter. Frankly speaking, this was a move that was long over-due. We need wildlife officers among our membership and we need to forge a relationship with the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Officers Association, for they can be important allies in achieving our Chapter goals.

Conservation - The Executive discussed a number of conservation issues that will be addressed more completely by Doug Collister elsewhere in this newsletter.

The Executive welcomes your comments, suggestions and ideas. We will be discussing many of these issues at our annual meeting in March. Your input will be most appreciated.

Chapter News

World Wildlife Web

Just in time for the New Millennium, The Alberta Chapter has arrived on The Information Highway.

You can help make the official ACTWS website a valuable resource for fellow wildlifers by contributing:

Y2K Photo Contest!

We're asking members of the ACTWS to submit their favorite photos for a contest that will be judged at the next annual meeting in spring 2000. Our main intention for holding the competition is to obtain quality photos to revise the ACTWS display and to use on our new web site.

Photo Categories

- 20th Century: An historical perspective of wildlife
- Wildlife
- Scenic
- Humorous, silly, or weird

Visit the Photo Contest Website to see some of the excellent photos already submitted.

Submission Guidelines

Email photos to Troy Sorensen with the contest category in the subject line (Troy.Sorensen@telus.net). You may also wish to include a title for the photo and a brief explanation or story. If you can't find access to a scanner you can mail in your submissions; however you will not get them back until the next annual meeting. Snail-mail to Troy Sorensen, #203, 111 - 54 St., Edson, AB, T7E 1T2.

Contest Rules

ACTWS Executive 1999 - 2000

ACTWS Committee Chairs 1999 - 2000

Auction Items Needed

The highly successful fund-raising auction will be featured at our annual conference in conjunction with a FUN casino. Last years auction generated $1,731; lets see if we can top this figure in the Year 2000. Proceeds are used to support our student scholarship fund.

Paul Jones is our Y2K auction coordinator. Please contact Paul with commitments or to provide auction items (ph. 403-382-4357 or email: paul.jones@gov.ab.ca). Small and big-ticket items, custom-made, purchases, new or used items, are graciously appreciated. Q

Membership Update

In 1999, there were 205 members in the Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society. This was down from the previous years with a membership of over 240. Don't forget to send in your renewal for membership for the new year. Multi-year memberships (up to 5 years) are available for those of you who want to renew for more than one year at a time.

Membership drives will be conducted early in the new year. We have updated the past membership brochure and will be sending it to everyone that has not renewed in the last few years to encourage them to renew. Members will also receive a brochure as a mailing or part of the next newsletter. We ask that each of you give the brochure to one potential new member. To entice other professional groups to become members, Mike Dorrance and Evie Merrill visited with representatives of the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Officers Association in December and urged them to join. The brochure and an application form will accompany their Association's minutes sent out in January to each of their members. If you know of other groups we should target to join The Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society, please contact Evie Merrill, Membership Chair (emerrill@ualberta.ca).

Conservation Update

The conservation committee is currently monitoring and developing input on a number of issues. Several of these issues were brought to the committee’s attention by members at large, which is very much appreciated. The combined vigilance of all ACTWS members should guarantee that no issue deserving of input escapes our attention.

Agricultural Lease Review

A "Discussion Document on Draft Regulations" dealing with Alberta Bill 31 (Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act) is out for review as of November 1999. ACTWS has been involved in this review since the beginning and intends to provide comments prior to the 31 January input deadline. ACTWS members who indicated interest in the conservation committee on their 1999 membership form have been alerted to this issue and invited to provide input to the conservation committee chairman. All ACTWS members are invited to do the same and/or forward their personal comments to the Alberta government. Copies of the discussion document are available by phoning toll free 310-0000-427-3595 (0815-1630 hrs) or at http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/aglease.

Management of Overabundant White Goose Populations

The Canadian Wildlife Service is currently undertaking a consultation process in conjunction with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service regarding alternatives for reducing populations of mid-continent light geese and the Greater Snow Goose. Populations of these geese have increased to a level such that degradation of their arctic breeding grounds is occurring. The ACTWS is on the CWS mailing list to receive any regulatory proposals and supporting documents and subsequently provide input and comments to the Director General.

Conservation Cover Program

The Canadian Wildlife Service is leading a group of several conservation agencies in developing a national Conservation Cover Program proposal. The ACTWS has been asked to review and comment on the concept proposal and, if appropriate, provide a letter of support endorsing the concept. Information sessions are planned for both Edmonton and Calgary early in 2000 (details pending). Any members of ACTWS interested in reviewing the concept proposal and assisting the conservation committee in developing a position can e-mail Doug Collister at collis@telusplanet.net for a digital copy and information session details.

Assessment and Taxation of Conservation Lands

The MLA Committee on Farm Property Assessment has undertaken some recent changes in how farmlands are defined and assessed for property taxation purposes. Privately owned lands being maintained for their conservation values appear likely to be negatively impacted. This issue is relatively new to the ACTWS executive and information is still being sought out in order to clarify the most appropriate manner for us to address this issue. More later.

Designation of a Provincial Grass

The ACTWS as a member of the Prairie Conservation Forum endorsed a request to the Minister, Community Development to approve, in principle, the designation of a Provincial Grass under the Emblems of Alberta Act. At this point an appropriate grass species has not been identified.

Proposed Regulatory Changes to the Migratory Birds Regulations

The ACTWS executive decided not to provide input on this issue as the proposed changes general appeared to be reasonable and beneficial to the conservation of migratory birds.

Disposition of Bassano Subdivision

The ACTWS sent a letter dated 30 May 1999 to Canadian Pacific Railway recommending that the Bassano Subdivision be sold to "… an agent who will maintain it as wildlife habitat and thereby sustain its significant conservation value." A consortium of Albert Fish and Game and Special Areas was apparently unsuccessful in acquiring the property. Instead the property was apparently sold to the local government. Hopefully the right-of-way will be managed for its wildlife values.

Prairie Conservation Forum Update

The last Prairie Conservation Forum (PCF) meeting was held on October 19 in Lacombe with 17 of the 43 member organizations represented. The guest speaker for our "Straight Talk" session was our own Mike Dorrance who gave a thought provoking presentation on "The Control of Predators and Nuisance Wildlife". Douglas Thrussell of Alberta Environment also made a presentation on the Year 2000 review of water management as it applies to the South Saskatchewan River Basin.

The PCF was provided an update on a joint Prairie Conservation Action Plan (PCAP) funding proposal that the three Prairie Provinces collaborated on for the Millennium Fund. Unfortunately Alberta did not receive any funding but Manitoba and Saskatchewan received about $500,000. Alberta has regrouped and submitted an amended proposal.

There was a report on the completion of the Native Prairie Inventory for the Grassland Natural Region by Alberta Environment that was undertaken as a direct result of one of the objectives of the PCAP.

We were also provided updates on the three PCF Working Groups, Communications, Prairie Ecological Research Committee and the Topics in Prairie Conservation Course. As usual the Roundtable session, where each representative gives a quick summary of the activities of their organization, was extremely informative.

PCF members have been asked to seek their organizations support for the designation of a provincial grass. This request has been forwarded to the ACTWS Executive for comment.

The next meeting is planned for Lethbridge on January 26, 2000. If you have any ideas for upcoming meetings or questions about the PCF please do not hesitate to give Dave Scobie a call (403 793 8500) or email (avocet@eidnet.org).

Endangered Species Conservation Committee Update

ESCC has been meeting 3 to 4 times a year since the initial inception meeting just over two years ago. Alberta Conservation Association (ACA) has been the main source of funding for establishing and maintaining the committee to date. During this time the committee, which is composed of individuals from a variety of backgrounds and interests has:

Established terms of reference and operating procedure consistent with the original objectives for committee formation.

Established an independent, Scientific Sub-Committee (SSC) with terms of reference and operating procedures for that group. The SCC will make its recommendations based on the available biological and scientific information on species at risk, which will be passed on to the Minister for release as public information.

Reviewed various procedures for addressing species at risk (COSEWIC, IUCN, Provincial etc.).

Is in the process of making the first set of recommendation to the Minister, involving three species deemed to be of high priority including: Sage Grouse, Peregrine Falcon, and Sprague’s Pipit. Recommendations will deal with legal designation, recovery planning, and immediate conservation action required.

At the last meeting, which I was unable to attend (Ian Ross attended as the alternate) the Minister made a commitment to continue with and adequately fund the process established by ESCC and SSC. Also I have just received notification, two days ago, of the first set of recommendations going to the Minister.

A Barrel of Monkeys

In rural Pennsylvania, a group of men were drinking beer and discharging their firearms from the rear deck of a home owned by one of the men. They were firing at a raccoon that was wandering by, but the beer apparently impaired their aim. They fired around 35 times but the raccoon escaped into a 3-foot-diameter drainage pipe some 100 feet away from the deck of the house. Determined to terminate the animal, one of the men retrieved a can of gasoline and poured some down the pipe, intending to smoke the animal out.

After several unsuccessful attempts to ignite the fuel, the man emptied the entire 5 gallon can of fuel down the pipe and tried to ignite it again, to no avail. Not one to admit defeat by wildlife, he proceeded to slide feet-first approximately 15 feet down the sloping pipe to toss the match. The subsequent rapidly expanding fireball propelled the man back the way he had come at a much higher rate of speed.

He exited the angled pipe "like a Polaris missile leaves a submarine", according to one witness. The launchee was shot directly over his own home, right over the heads of his astonished friends, onto his front lawn. In all, he traveled over 200 feet by air. There was a Doppler Effect to his scream another witness reported, followed by a loud thud. Amazingly, he suffered only minor injuries. "It was actually pretty cool," said the human cannonball, "like when they shoot someone out of a cannon at the circus. I¹d do it again if I was sure I wouldn¹t get hurt."

Reprinted from The Wildlife Society Wildlife Damage Management Working Group Newsletter, Fall 1999.

Book Review

Welcome to another issue of the Wildlifer. This is my second shift as co-editor, this time with Troy Sorensen. One of the reasons I decided to become an editor is to try and introduce more than the usual stuff to the newsletter. I’m hoping that some of our membership will begin to contribute to the newsletter. As is often said, we could use feature articles, book reviews discussions of issues, etc. etc. I was moved, while lying in a bathtub and beginning a new book, to start this myself. The book I’ve begun is called ‘Hours and the Birds, a Saskatchewan Record’. I’ve only got to the second chapter as I write this but already I love the book. Unfortunately, it was written back in 1967 and is probably long out of print. Margo gets to borrow it first cause I know she’ll love it also. It was passed on to me by my late uncle who grew up on my grandpa’s farm near a little town called Hyaas, north of Yorkton, and it was he who introduced me to the nature of Saskatchewan and left me with an abiding interest in wildlife.

The author is a transplanted Englishman who wanted to see birds and had the wisdom to move to Saskatchewan. He was 16 when he moved and the book was written in his 50th year over here. He has some wonderful quotes, indicating his thinking was well ahead of his time, even, perhaps, for some professional biologists and wildlife managers of the period.

Now I’m not familiar with copyright laws and I’m a bit too busy these days to chase down copyright holders. Besides the guy was born in 1898 and is probably long dead. Reading of his love of the land and its wildlife, I suspect he wouldn’t mind in the least to be quoted in a newsletter for like-minded individuals. With that said, I’m going to be free with his quotes, and his father’s poems. His name was (or perhaps still is, you never know) R. D. Symons.

‘Claus’ for Concern: Alberta’s Caribou

The Answer to this Festive Pun is…YES…Woodland Caribou are a species of concern, not just because they’re considered THREATENED in Alberta, but also because they serve as a flagship for cumulative effects in our northern forests.

Members of the ACTWS have been involved in research and monitoring of woodland caribou populations for many decades. Much of the earlier work was focused on caribou in west central Alberta. The 1990’s saw a dramatic expansion of research in Alberta on both mountain and boreal ecotypes of woodland caribou. Most of the research currently being conducted on mountain ecotype caribou is being done through the West Central Region Standing committee on Woodland Caribou; while work in northern Alberta is conducted through the Boreal Caribou Research Program (BCRP; a sub committee of the Boreal Caribou Committee). Both committees are comprised of members from industry and the provincial government; while university researchers play a key role in the research programs. While there are differences in 1) the ecology of mountain and boreal ecotype woodland caribou, and 2) predominant industrial activities in caribou habitat, the goal of both committees revolves around integrating human land-use practices and caribou conservation.

Striving to achieve the stated goal of integration is to be accomplished through an adaptive management process. Industrial land-use guidelines established in northern Alberta in the early to mid 1990’s were viewed as interim. With the completion of several key components of the research program,,, the Boreal Caribou Committee will review and revise land-use guidelines incorporating the recently acquired knowledge. It is hoped that new guidelines will be in place for the 2000/2001 winter.

If BCRP recommendations are accepted, changes to these operating ground rules have the potential to significantly soften the human footprint on the landscape. These changes are likely to be primarily mitigative in nature. Numerous government policies, the competitive nature of business, and stated mandates for growth in the industrial sector place huge challenges on dealing with cumulative effects. Long term, sustainable initiatives to integrate industry and conservation will require significant changes to industrial practises and government policy.

Whether you work for government, industry, academia, or a consulting firm, it is incumbent upon you as a member of the ACTWS to take an active role in reforming policies and practises that contravene issues of wildlife conservation.

Elston Dzus, former Research Coordinator of the Boreal Caribou Research Program

Key Findings from Caribou Research
in Northern Alberta

Populations are stable to declining
Peatlands represent primary caribou habitat in much of northern Alberta
Wolf movements & predation on caribou facilitated by linear corridors
Habitat degradation through avoidance of industrial infrastructure (roads, seismic lines, and well sites) & barrier effects (all weather roads)

For more information on the Boreal Caribou Research Program, see:

http://www.deer.rr.ualberta.ca/
caribou/BCRP.htm

"Overlapping landuse practises: challenges in wildlife conservation"

Government officials and industry sector representatives tout the ‘Alberta Advantage’ as a way of attracting and keeping a variety of economic engines running in the province. Economics, however, are not based on static financial statements. In reality there are stated growth mandates for all aspects of Alberta’s economy and it’s associated human population. Despite significant diversification in recent year, the natural resource sector is still a driving force in Alberta. Forestry, oil & gas, ranching, farming, peat mining, mineral exploitation…, while the picture changes as you traverse the province, there are commonalties that challenge the ecological integrity of every biome in Alberta.

Compounding the expansions within any one industry is the fact that in most areas of the province there are typically multiple land use practice occurring simultaneously on the same landbase. In an effort to maximize entrepreneurial opportunities, royalties and taxes, the government allocates a variety of surface and subsurface resources to different industrial operators. Until the day comes when the geography of the province changes, the end result is competition for a single land surface. It is on this interface that industry & ecology meet, resulting in a continuum from habitat alteration, to habitat degradation & ultimately habitat loss.

Economic opportunities mean ecological challenges. The challenge to you as an invited speaker is to highlight some aspect of research or wildlife management that relates to our plenary theme "Overlapping landuse practices: challenges in wildlife conservation". The Alberta Advantage can also be considered to extend to the field of conservation as we are fortunate to house a dynamic team of ecologists. Rather than invite speakers from "away", we’ve elected to feature prominent Alberta researchers and wildlife professionals. We’ve also chosen to highlight challenges faced in a variety of regions in Alberta. An impressive list of speakers have accepted an invitation to give a 30 minute presentation (each) followed by 15 minutes of question / discussion. Plenary sessions will "kick off" each day.

Our current list of invitees include Brad Stelfox (Boreal); Lorne Fitch (Grasslands); Vic Adamowicz (Economics & Ecology); Mark Boyce (Overview/ research & management opportunities). Two additional speakers have been invited but have not confirmed.

Please join us at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Alberta Chapter of the Wildlife Society to engage these dynamic speakers in a dialogue of interest to all of us.

Northwest Section News

The Idaho Chapter

Volunteer Outreach

TWS Communication Awards Committee is seeking volunteers to review presentations and abstracts at the upcoming Northwest Section meeting during March 6-10, 2000 in Post Falls, Idaho. While serving on the Review Panel is hard work, it is important to recognize the contributions that each speaker makes at the Section Meeting. Volunteers would review and evaluate roughly 8 to 10 30-minute professional and student papers/abstracts each day. Each reviewer would then fill out a standard evaluation form for each presentation and deliver it to the Committee Chair for the record. The more reviewers on the panel will lessen the overall workload. We would like to have each NW Chapter well represented on the Review panel. If you are planning to attend the Year 2000 Section Meeting and would like to contribute towards it's success please contact; Alan Dohmen: Committee Chair at (208) 879-5012 (home); (208) 879-4321 (work); E-mail - alandohmen@hotmail.com (home), adohmen/r4_s-c@fs.fed.us (Forest Service internet) or adohmen/r4,s-c (Forest Service IBM). Your help and support for this portion of the Section meeting will be much appreciated.

Resources for Alberta Wildlifers

Any of the internet links below, including those from previous newsletters, can be found on the ACTWS website at www.albertadirectory.com/actws/.

Alberta Society of Professional Biologists, is a self-regulating body committed to the promotion of excellence in the practice of biology. The Society provides opportunities for its members to keep abreast of advances in knowledge in the field by organizing both symposia and in-house seminars on topics of importance to practitioners. www.aspb.ab.ca/

CIDA Forestry Advisers Network (CFAN) has prepared a draft paper on tropical forests and climate change. It is hoped that the paper will raise public awareness and contribute to a broader understanding of the challenges and possible solutions. It is not a scientific paper directed at the research and academic communities. We invite you to review it and send us your comments and suggestions. It can be found at:http://www.rcfa-cfan.org/English/issues.13.html. At the present time it is only in English but will be available in French and Spanish in early 2000. When finalized, the paper will also have an extensive bibliography of Internet resources on the climate change and forests. If you or your organization knows of websites that you would recommend, please forward the site address (URL) to us: trees@rcfa-cfan.org n

Upcoming Events

Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing For Sustainable Forest Management: Challenge and Innovation in the 21st Century

The University of Alberta Earth Observation Systems Lab (EOSL), the Network Centers of Excellence - Sustainable Forest Management (NCE-SFM) group, and the Canadian Forest Service would like to welcome you to the Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing For Sustainable Forest Management: Challenge and Innovation in the 21st Century workshop Website. This exciting workshop is designed to provide attendees with an opportunity to listen to speakers discuss the practical application of GIS and Remote Sensing technology to sustainable forest management; particularly in the areas of: Land Use Cover Change, Biodiversity, Spatial Data Integration and Management, Technological Tools for Supporting Forest Management Decisions, Forestry Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS. For more information visit their website at www.biology.ualberta.ca/sfm.hp/sfm.web/index.htm

2000 Annual Northwest Section Meeting

The Idaho Chapter will host the NW Section Meeting in Post Falls, Idaho. The NW Section includes members from Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, the Northwest Territories, Oregon, Washington, and the Yukon. The meeting will include workshops, symposia and a general paper session. For registration information, contact Michelle Commons at 208-324-4359; FAX 208-324-1160; e-mail mcommons@idfg.state.us. Visit the website (http:\\www.ictws.org) for more information and to register.

19th Vertebrate Pest Conference

The Vertebrate Pest Conference is an educational event for discussing and exchanging information on problems and solutions to wildlife damage and undesirable interactions between wildlife and people. Presentations range from practical management to more technical papers concerning research or new technology. Presentation topics include: Commensal rodent management; Field rodent and rabbit management; Bird management (urban or agricultural); Predator problems and their management; Urban wildlife (problems and solutions); Wildlife and reforestation problems; New wildlife management chemicals, materials, or techniques; Human, domestic animal, and wildlife health; Alternative management methods and materials (repellents, exclusion, etc.); Endangered species programs and vertebrate pest management; Economic, social, and political aspects of vertebrate pest problems and their management.

Contact: Dr. Desley Whisson, Program Chairperson, c/o Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616-8751, dawhisson@ucdavis.edu.

The 7th Western Black Bear Workshop

Session topics include: research methods and techniques, management of bear-human conflicts, ecology, state and provincial status reports, social aspects, and management and conservation. For more information, contact Troy Sorensen (Troy.Sorensen@telus.net, 780-723-8556) for full registration package.

The Role of Boreal Forests and Forestry in the Global Carbon Budget

An international conference focusing on the current scientific understanding of forest carbon dynamics in the circumpolar boreal region. Verbal and poster presentations are invited on the following themes: boreal forest carbon budgets, monitoring carbon fluxes and stocks, forestry practices for carbon management, social and economic issues, and implications of Kyoto. Abstracts should be submitted to the Conference Coordinator (5320 - 122 St. Edmonton, Alberta, T6H 3S5, Fax: 780 - 435 - 7356, email: carbon@nofc.forestry.ca) by November 1, 1999. For more information visit the website: www.nofc.forestry.ca/carbon.

Annual Summer Meeting of the Central Mountains and Plains Section of the Wildlife Society

Hosted by the Manitoba Chapter of the Wildlife Society, this 2-3 day meeting will feature several paper sessions, field trips and evening get-togethers.

Cumulative Environmental Effects Management: Tools & Approaches

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: The purpose of CEEM 2000 is to provide participants with clear and practical solutions for the proactive and effective management of cumulative effects. This three day forum will examine processes for managing cumulative effects using examples from a variety of development projects and perspectives. Practitioners are invited to submit an abstract summarizing a paper for presentation at the symposium either orally on in a poster session. All papers are required to describe practical real-world experience that emphasis management of cumulative effects and should involve principles that are applicable to a variety of geographic regions or administrative jurisdictions. The following themes are preferred:

The deadline for abstract submission is January 30th, 2000. For more information please contact: George Hegmann - Technical Program Coordinator, Tel: (403) 750-7668 or Email: ghegmann@axys.net Full details on the symposium and instructions for submission of abstracts can be found on the symposium website at: www.aspb.ab.ca/ceem2000.html

Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society

Annual Auction: Y2K Edition

Did you always want to contribute to ACTWS activities but find your schedule keeps you too busy? Here’s your chance!

Remember a little time and effort goes a long way and each auction item contributes to our student scholarship fund and makes for a more amusing evening.

Please contact Paul Jones with commitments or to provide auction items (ph. 403-382-4357 or email: paul.jones@gov.ab.ca).

ALBERTA CHAPTER

THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY

11TH ANNUAL MEETING

"Overlapping Landuse Practices: Challenges in Wildlife Conservation"

Lethbridge, Alberta

March 10 & 11, 2000

New! A non-profit Casino has been added to the exciting Auction
for this year's entertainment

Lethbridge Lodge, Lethbridge, Alberta

Phone 1-800-661-1232

To receive the Conference Rate, be sure to make reference to
"The Wildlife Society".

CALL FOR PAPERS

11th ANNUAL MEETING

ALBERTA CHAPTER of THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY

MARCH 10 & 11, 2000

LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA

To prepare the scientific program, titles and abstracts of papers are now requested and should be received by the Program Co-ordinator before January 14, 2000. We will print a draft program complete with titles in the January newsletter so PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS ON TIME!

Submit abstract by electronic mail, or by hard copy and electronic copy. The following checklist is provided to help you prepare your submission:

A Kodak slide projector, overhead projector, and screen will be provided. Anyone with special AV or display needs (e.g., TV, VCR, movie projector, backboard) should notify the program co-ordinator prior to the meeting!!

Name	Position	Phone	Fax
Mike Dorrance	President	780-467-4396	780-437-0631
Beth MacCallum	Past President	780-865-3390	780-865-4906
Elston Dzus	President-Elect	780-453-4109	780-453-4185
Dave McKinnon	Sec.-Treas.	780-632-8311	780-362-8379
Steve Brechtel	Director	780-422-9535	780-422-9685
Doug Collister	Director	403-246-2697	403-246-2697
Cormack Gates	Director	403-220-3027	403-284-4399
George Hamilton	Director	780-645-6402	780-645-7191

Name	Chair	Phone	Fax
Mike Dorrance	Communications	780-467-4396	436-9540
Elston Dzus	Programs	780-453-4109	453-4185
Doug Collister	Conservation	403-246-2697	246-2697
George Hamilton	Scholarship	780-645-6402	645-7191
Eldon Bruns	Awards	403-845-8235	844-4216
Evelyn Merrill	Membership	780-492-2842	492-9224


	The Alberta Wildlifer
	Fall 1999, Vol. 11, No. 1
	Editors: Troy Sorensen and Dave Hobson

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