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Quetico Foundation Announces Opening of 2026 Science Research Grant Applications

The Quetico Foundation is pleased to announce that applications are now open for its 2026 Science Research Grant, supporting scientific research conducted within Quetico Provincial Park. Up to $50,000 in total funding is available for projects that advance knowledge and conservation of this iconic wilderness area. Applications are due March 1, 2026, and successful recipients […]

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Quetico Foundation Summer Research Team Update

By: Jared Stachiw, Quetico Provincial Park Biologist Quetico Provincial Park is one of the hidden jewels of the Ontario Parks system. Tucked away in Northwestern Ontario, between Thunder Bay and Fort Frances, it is comprised of both Boreal and Great Lakes-St. Lawerence forests. At nearly 1.2 million acres of rugged wilderness, it is one of

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Position Available – 2023 Research Field Team

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This summer employment opportunity is funded by the Quetico Foundation through the Margery J. Warren bequest. The purpose of this position is to provide a student in the field sciences or related post-secondary program the opportunity to gain valuable experience. The Research Team Leader is part of a two-person research field team primarily responsible for

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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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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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JOB POSTING – 2020 Research Field Team Program

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JOB POSTING – 2020 Research Field Team Program Position: Research Field Team Lead (Assistant to the Park Biologist) Location: Quetico Provincial Park, Atikokan ON, P0T 1C0 Length of Employment: 16 weeks – early May to the end of August Application Deadline: March 2, 2020 or when position is filled Position Description:

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Highlights of Quetico Provincial Park Bat/Bapakwaanaajiinh Survey: 2017-19

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Introduction: Bats (bapakwaanaajiinh in Anishinaabemowin) are an important component of biodiversity, particularly as a voracious insect predator. Five species of bat have been reported in Quetico, including three species of migratory bats – Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinerius), Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) and Eastern Red Bat(Lasiurus borealis) as well as two non-migratory species – Big Brown

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Species At Risk in Quetico Provincial Park

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A plant or animal is considered a Species at Risk when it is in danger of being either extirpated (disappearing from an area it currently occupies) or becoming extinct. Species can also be considered of “Special Concern” if their populations are threatened, for example by significant loss of habitat. Species within Quetico Provincial Park that

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Agnes-Kawnipi Lake Red Pine Post-Event Fire Scar Study

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In mid-June the Quetico Park Biology team (Park Biologist Brian Jackson and the Assistant Biologists Jared Walter Stachiw and Cat Langillle) along with QPP Information Specialist Jill Legault surveyed the red pine forest stands along Agnes and Kawnipi Lakes for fire-scarred tree samples. When a fire injures a tree, it creates a scar at the

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