Thank you @ubco-principal.bsky.social and thanks to the @ubcokanagan.bsky.social community for their support and mentorship of the #WiRELab to help make this happen

Lesley Cormack@ubco-principal.bsky.social · last wk.

Congratulations to UBC Okanagan's Dr. Adam Ford (@adamtford.bsky.social) on his election to the Royal Society of Canada! Well deserved recognition for Dr. Ford's outstanding scholarship and work at the forefront of wildlife restoration ecology and conservation. research.ok.ubc.ca/2026/09/09/u...

New book on carnivores and humans! Exceptional group of authors: @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social @nickwright98.bsky.social @justineasmith.bsky.social, @conservresearch.bsky.social @adamtford.bsky.social, @maipoisson.bsky.social & others! academic.oup.com/book/63020

Apex Predators in the Anthropocene: How Humans Shape Large Carnivore Populations

Abstract. Humans and carnivores have shared landscapes for millennia, but never before have these interactions been more intense, complex, or consequential

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How have researchers undertaken Indigenous and West Scientific Knowledge weaving? Our recent systematic map tackles this very question: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Sharing our findings on connectivity and Chronic Wasting Disease to government and non-govt partners!

nice story in the @thenarwhal.ca featuring recent #WiRELab postdoc @m-mclellan.bsky.social, now with @biodivpathways.bsky.social , on grizzly bear restoration. #WildlifeRestoration B.C. First Nations are bringing grizzlies back to the North Cascades | The Narwhal share.google/eKDozFh1potq...

B.C. First Nations are bringing grizzlies back to the North Cascades | The Narwhal

In the cross-border North Cascades mountain range, First Nations in B.C. are working to restore an ecological and cultural relationship with grizzlies

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The McLeod Lake Indian Band, biologists, and governments are bending the curve on another herd of #caribou in #BritishColumbia. Learn more about this project here: mlibwildlife.ca/program/

Hockey parents travelling for their kids tournaments right now. #coquihalla #hockey 🇨🇦🏒

Had a great day in Kamloops workshopping #connectivity with community leaders, managers, and scientists. @biodivpathways.bsky.social

Good chatring with @castanet.net news about deer in the Okanagan.

2026 is going to be better than 2025 on many levels, and one way is appreciation for the aurora themed goalie pads of Petteri Rimpinen from Team Finland 🏒

In the interior of BC, we have green grass and flowers growing in the valley bottoms, but are surrounded by mountain passes, avalanches, floods, and other road closures. It can feel like we are on an island.

Adam Ford@adamtford.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Safe travels to everyone on the move over the coming weeks.

Safe travels to everyone on the move over the coming weeks.

These two new cases are deeply concerning, and we are working with our partners to limit the spread of CWD as much as possible. Hunters, First Nations and the community are key to helping us manage CWD to protect our wildlife. (2/4)

This is what cougars think of the US-Canada border: #connectivity

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Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.

close call..after a "non negative result" in the #Okanagan, British Columbia's Chronic Wasting Disease still only found in a cluster near Cranbrook, BC. Tests confirm no chronic wasti... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tests confirm no chronic wasting disease in case of deer in B.C.'s Okanagan | CBC News

The B.C. government says testing has confirmed a sample from a deer harvested in the Okanagan region was negative for chronic wasting disease.

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There is STILL TIME to register for the 2026 Predator-Prey Gordon Conference. It's happening in late January in Tuscany. The meeting has a single session attended by everyone, poster sessions, and encourages finding new collaborations. See the program and register below. www.grc.org/predator-pre...

As a boy, I learned that there was a 'highway to the danger zone' and in that moment, knew that i wanted to be a #roadecologist.

good coverage from @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social on an overlooked issue: rail-wildlife collisions. Featuring @biodivpathways.bsky.social scientist @claytontlamb.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hundreds of animals killed by trains on B.C. railroads, documents reveal. So, what’s being done to stop it? | CBC News

Documents obtained through freedom of information requests by The Narwhal and shared with CBC News show hundreds of animals have been killed in collisions with trains on B.C. tracks owned by Canada's ...

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Thanks to Bart at the Oceola Fish and Game Club for hosting Mitch Brunet and I last night as we updated stakeholders on current deer research happening in the #WiRELab, in partnership with: @bcwf.bsky.social @hctfbc.bsky.social

We're #hiring a Manager of Operations! Respect and collaboration are integral to our work: if you have a track record of successfully building multi-stakeholder biodiversity research and monitoring programs, consider joining our team! Full details, including compensation, are available below 🔽

Adam Ford@adamtford.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Outstanding new job at @biodivpathways.bsky.social and @ubcokanagan.bsky.social ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcsta...

Outstanding new job at @biodivpathways.bsky.social and @ubcokanagan.bsky.social ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcsta...

Manager of Operations, Biodiversity Pathways and the BRAES Institute

Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Research and Facilitation, Level C Job Title Manager of Operations, Biodiversity Pathways and the BRAES Institute Department U...

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Ive never heard one of our papers described as 'beautiful' before, but here it is, referring to Kamaru et al 2024 [DOI: 10.1126/science.adg1464] www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJxe...

Deadly Serious Games: The 212th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

YouTube video by Bret Weinstein

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Our 2020 essay on human–wildlife coexistence led by @hjkoenig.bsky.social has become a key reference in the global debate on how people and wildlife share landscapes. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... /1

"...but wait until they get to the playoffs." source: higheredstrategy.com/scholarly-ou...

its still a headline eh

Recent #cougar sightings have seen a temporary trail closure in Garibaldi Provincial Park. @ubcokanagan.bsky.social‬ PhD student Siobhan Darlington discusses cougar behaviour with @vancouversun.bsky.social vancouversun.com/news/cougars...

happy harvest moon from Kelowna,BC ,Canada +

It was a bluebird day.