Adam Ford

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.

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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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.

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/...

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.

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 ...

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/...

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 🔽

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...

Outstanding new job at @biodivpathways.bsky.social and @ubcokanagan.bsky.social

ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcsta...

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

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...

Great to see how this work continues to bridge science and policy and is being used as a scientific basis for guiding a coexistence-oriented policy.

It is now cited in 500+ studies across all continents, informing research and policy on wolves, elephants, ungulates, urban wildlife and more.
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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....

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"...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.

Please enjoy yesterdays trailcam image of this omnivorous void.

Fall supplemental feeding increases population growth rate of an endangered caribou herd Most woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) populations are declining primarily because of unsustainable predation resulting from habitat-mediated apparent competition. Wolf (Canis lupus) reduct...

Here is paper on this experiment:
peerj.com/articles/107...

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Enjoy this live feed of the supplemental feeding station for the Kennedy Siding caribou herd in British Columbia, Canada: mlibwildlife.ca/live-cam/

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oh its dark. I always thought Jerry was the protagonist battling the cat that wants to eat him.Instead, I saw Tom try to clean the house and Jerry bully him with such time capsules as ashtrays,fountain pens, and coal hoppers in the basement. fun to explain...

tom from tom and jerry is wearing a hat and dancing in a doorway . ALT: tom from tom and jerry is wearing a hat and dancing in a doorway .

I thought I knew, but i really didn't know, what laughter was until I sat with a 7 year old watching Tom and Jerry for the first time.