The Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society (ACTWS)

#WildlifeWednesday. This kind of cracked me up... Japan has started putting up robot wolves to deter bears from agricultural land. Look at the video of these things in action! People get pretty creative when it comes to bear deterrents! http://ow.ly/sq7d50CtFaK

#HabitatThursday. Sea ice is forming later this year, which has implications for polar bears. This article (http://ow.ly/FZ4150Cmd0Q) shares details and a live webcam: http://ow.ly/UN8Q50Cmd0S. A paper with current research about polar bears fasting is: http://ow.ly/bX3C50Cmd0T

#ResearchTuesday. This article shares some research combining citizen science efforts with remote cameras to measure mountain goat moulting. It's a neat way to get people involved and gather more data. http://ow.ly/EhsT50CtF4L

Hubbell Wildlife Mitigation Business Unit offers Greenjacket and Reliaguard product lines to prevent bird and animal wildlife contact with energized equipment. Their work literally saves lives! Help match their $1000 donation to the ACTWS! https://www.racetothetop.net/actws/sweeps

#MembersMonday. Our Executive Director, Sarah Elmeligi, has written a book about the human-bear relationship. What Bears Teach Us is in stores now and online. Check it out. rmbooks.com/book/what-bears-teach-us/

ACTWS is thankful Hubbell Wildlife Mitigation Business Unit's support. With corporate sponsors in our network we broaden professional development opportunities and stay up to date with on-the-ground initiatives. Check out their video on our sweepstakes homepage and then buy your tickets to match their $1000 donation today! https://www.racetothetop.net/actws/sweeps!

#WildlifeWednesday. The impacts of mountain bikers on bears has been a difficult area of research. Through a series of remote cameras, researchers in BC are working on quantifying the impact. Interesting preliminary results. I can't wait to see the paper! http://ow.ly/2BxL50CmcUR

Sweepstakes Campaign Update week 2 - https://mailchi.mp/53def/sweepstakes-campaign-update-week-2 Share this link. Spread the word. Buy tickets for you and your friends! Win amazing prizes. Support the ACTWS!

We've passed the first $1000 (THANK YOU!) but we have a BIG goal to raise $15,000 to help ensure science feeds directly into wildlife and habitat management in Alberta. You have a chance to win BIG prizes by supporting our Sweepstakes fundraiser! Buy your tickets today! #ABwildlife #ACTWS https://www.racetothetop.net/actws/sweeps

Sweepstakes tickets make for great Christmas presents! Buy some tickets for you, your loved ones, or anyone you know! The more tickets we sell, the more student support and professional development programs we can offer! #abwildlife #sweepstakesfundraiser https://www.racetothetop.net/actws/sweeps

If you’d like to join tonight at 8:00 pm: https://www.reddit.com//jason_nixon_is_holding_an_online_/

#PolicySaturday. Coal mining in Alberta has been a topic discussion in part because of the risk of selenium leaking into water and damaging various habitat attributes. This podcast gets into the details as it discusses a situation with a BC coal mine. http://ow.ly/EWQm50Cmddh