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Introducing the 2024 Quetico Foundation Research Field Team

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By: Brian Jackson, Science Committee Chair, Quetico Foundation Each year, the Quetico Foundation contributes to increased understanding of Quetico Provincial Park’s ecosystem and improved park management by hiring a Research Field Team. This team works under the direction of the park biologist to collect biological data that contributes to the goal of protecting and improving […]

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During this season of giving and sharing please generously donate to help support the Quetico Foundation

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The Quetico Foundation is dedicated to the protection of wilderness with a particular focus on Quetico Wilderness Provincial Park since 1954. The Quetico Foundation primarily has two focuses; conducting ecological research and supporting academic studies to help protect the wilderness of Quetico Provincial Park, and helping students and young leaders connect to the beauty of

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First year of Lakehead University and Quetico Foundation Research Partnership

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by: Dr. Michael Rennie, Canada Research Chair in Freshwater Ecology and Fisheries Assistant Professor Quetico Provincial Park has been described as a ‘natural oasis’; with all the things going on in the world, in Quetico, you can get in a canoe, traverse a few portages, and the outside world quickly melts away leaving just you

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Biology Interns, Katie and Kelsey, reflect on their summer

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by Katie Tripp and Kelsey Atalise Although this year had a shorter than normal season, a lot was accomplished by the biologist assistant crew. They assisted with four main projects this season; assessed lake trout vulnerability to climate change, identified the location of Spiny Water flea, an invasive species in Quetico’s lakes with a Lakehead

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Quetico Foundation awards a Lakehead University researcher with a $75,000 grant

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Quetico Foundation awarded Dr. Michael Rennie, Lakehead University, with a $75,000 grant over the next three years to evaluate how invasive spiny water flea and climate change are affecting the early growth rates and mercury loads of fish at Quetico Provincial Park. Dr. Michael Rennie, an Associate Professor in Biology, Canada Research Chair in Freshwater

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Summary of Forest Birds Monitoring in Quetico Provincial Park 2014 – 2019

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Monitoring the diversity and abundance of forest birds and their changes through time is part of assessing the ecological condition of an area. Within Quetico Provincial Park, a long-term monitoring program using equipment that records bird songs at permanent sample plots was established in 2014 to monitor songbirds in specific habitats. The data resulting from

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