Tannas Conservation Services
Box 31 Cremona, AB, Canada

Happy GIS Day from Tannas Conservation Services Ltd. (TCS)! TCS provides our clients with a wide variety of GIS products ranging from wetland, water body, riparian, soil, vegetation, range management, wildlife, and species at risk mapping, historical water body mapping, historical imagery analysis, surface hydrological flow analysis, terrain analysis, and wildlife habitat connectivity mapping. Here is an example of a recent wildlife habitat connectivity analysis that we did for moose. #tannasconservation #tannasconservationservicesltd #tannasconservationab #alberta #yyc #captureyyc #dailyhiveyyc #curiocitycalgary #calgary #yycliving #cochrane #shareyyc #edmonton #yeg #T8N #stalbert #GISDay #GISDay2020 #SpatialAnalysis #GIS #Alberta

For this Wildlife Wednesday, please enjoy this photo of a Red-shafted Northern Flicker. Photo Credit: Krissy Bird (TCS Wildlife Biologist and Regulatory Specialist). #tannasconservation #tannasconservationservicesltd #tannasconservationab #alberta #albertawildlife #canadianwildlife #urbanwildlife #calgary #cochrane #edmonton #stalbert #fieldwork #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifebiology #wildlifewednesday

For this Trail Camera Tuesday, please enjoy this picture of a red fox from a different viewpoint. Red foxes are well known for their bushy tails, which are used for balance and for staying warm during the winter. #tannasconservation #tannasconservationservicesltd #tannasconservationab #alberta #albertawildlife #canadianwildlife #calgary #cochrane #edmonton #fieldwork #wildlifecamera #wildlifecameras #wildlifecam #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifebiology #trailcamtuesday #trailcam #northernalberta

This week's Flora Friday highlights Berberis repens (creeping mahonia or Oregon grape). Creeping mahonia belongs to a small family, Berberidaceae. In Alberta it is confined to the southwest in the Rocky Mountains, locally abundant growing in shaded montane forests, and is a common understory associated with some ecosites. Creeping mahonia is found in British Columbia and south in the Rocky Mountain States east as far as Minnesota and south into Mexico. Traditional aboriginal ...uses of the species were numerous - tonics taken for various ailments of the digestive system and the alkaloid berberine was obtained from the root bark and used for its broad spectrum antifungal and antibacterial properties. It was used to treat liver disorders and dilate blood vessels, and supposedly lower blood pressure. The bright yellow wood was used to make a yellow dye, and the juice from the berries was given to horses to cure coughs. Modern uses of the species are also considerable, listed as a tonic, laxative, stimulant, and antiseptic, and the fruit is prized for making jellies, fruit, and pies. Various related species have been extensively cultivated for ornamentals for use in shaded gardens. The rather unique leaves are used in crafts and making Christmas decorations. Berberis repens is a low trailing shrub, the stems rooting at the nodes. Leaves are thick and leathery, arranged pinnately, oblong-oval, with stiff spiny teeth on the margins. Leaves persist into the fall and turn red purple. Flowers are yellow, appear in clusters and produce a juicy blue-glaucous berry containing several seeds. Photo taken by Clare Tannas Senior (Senior TCS Agrologist). #tannasconservation #tannaconservationservices #tannasconservationab #florafriday #alberta #calgaryplants #edmontonplants #albertaplants #flowers #plantlovers #edmontonnature #calgarynature #albertanature #calgary #edmonton #cochrane #stalbert #fieldwork #plant

TCS hopes that you had a meaningful day on this Remembrance Day. Please enjoy this photo of some bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis). Photo Credit: Krissy Bird (TCS Wildlife Biologist and Regulatory Specialist). #tannasconservation #tannasconservationservicesltd #tannasconservationab #alberta #albertawildlife #canadianwildlife #calgary #cochrane #edmonton #stalbert #fieldwork #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifebiology #wildlifewednesday

For this Trail Camera Tuesday, please enjoy this picture of a porcupine going out for his nightly stroll. #tannasconservation #tannasconservationservicesltd #tannasconservationab #alberta #albertawildlife #canadianwildlife #calgary #cochrane #edmonton #fieldwork #wildlifecamera #wildlifecameras #wildlifecam #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifebiology #trailcamtuesday #trailcam #centralalberta