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Oh my magpies! Christmas Bird Count locally coordinated by Quetico Foundation trustee emeriti

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Do you love science and observing birds? Read about Dave Elder’s sighting of black-billed magpies, a species typically found further west, in Atikokan as well and his contributions to the Atikokan Christmas Bird Count here: https://view.publitas.com/on-nature/winter-2018/page/6-7. Dave Elder is a former Quetico Provincial Park superintendent and a Quetico Foundation Trustee Emeriti. Amazing work Dave!!!

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Happy holidays from the Quetico Foundation!

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The yuletide holiday season has begun! Days we can be grateful for wonderful on-the-lake memories under the sun. Days when we reflect on the gorgeous portages, hard won. Days when there will be lots of fun in the snow under the pines to come! Wishing a merry, joyous, inspired and happy festive season to everyone!

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A Quetico Foundation Halloween

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Happy Halloween! We think about the wilderness of Quetico and The Foundation at every moment!

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Atikokan Progress: Biology Interns Spending Summer Researching in Park

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Quetico Foundation Biology Interns, Jared Stachiw and Katie Tripp, featured in an Article Progress article about backcountry canoe expeditions to do biology and forest fire data research in Quetico Provincial Park. Online coverage http://atikokanprogress.ca/2018/08/21/biology-interns-spending-summer-doing-research-in-quetico-park/ and https://queticofoundation.org/atikokan-progress-biology-interns/

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Guest blog: Bat/bakwanaajii survey

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Here are a couple pictures of Jessica Atatise taken myself, Brian Jackson, doing the bat/bakwanaajii survey funded by the Quetico Foundation (and yes, that is an official bat microphone pole).

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Long-Term Salamander Monitoring

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The Quetico Foundation’s Long-Term Salamander Monitoring

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Pre-Prescribed Burn Vegetation Monitoring in Quetico

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Forest fires are recognized as a crucial force in the dynamic ecosystems of the boreal forest due to their revitalizing impacts on the landscape. Fire is also essential for certain plants and vegetation communities to grow and thrive – this is the case for Quetico’s iconic red and white pines. Red and white pine are

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Historic fire research excursion launch

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Quetico Foundation biologist interns Jared Stachiw and Katie Tripp heading out on another research trip. On this trip they will be surveying red pine stands along the northwest portion of the Park for old stumps to collect to be dated to assess the number of historic surface fires (see Red pine, fire and people for

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Introducing songbird monitoring research 2018

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We all know bird songs to be beautiful, but as it turns out they can also be quite useful. Forest birds are a valuable and convenient indicator of forest health. These birds are sensitive to changes in ecosystem health, and their association with forest habitat makes them ideal for detecting fluctuations in forest condition. Each

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Biology Interns and researchers are back in the field

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Our biology interns, Karissa and Jared, are back in the field. Jared has seen moose and moose calves already this spring. They are doing songbird monitoring, fire history data, bat, species at risk research and more!

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