Alberta’s grasslands are a deeply rooted silent partner in fighting rising carbon levels, but are fast disappearing and need more protection, say University of Alberta scientists. Nature Conservancy Canada (NCC) recently suggested the scope of loss across Canada’s rich prairie lands Read More …
Category: Research
U of A rangeland scientists gain access to two important new study area
Two historic research ranches in southern Alberta have officially changed hands, and that’s giving scientists from the University of Alberta assured access to study two large rangelands. The land areas are the Onefour and Stavely Research Ranches, located in the Read More …
Study shows grassland environmental contributions
Manitoba Cooperator: Researchers Dr. Daniel Hewins, former post-doctoral fellow with University of Alberta, and Dr. Edward Bork, Rangeland Research Institute Chair, conducted a large-scale study to look at how livestock grazing affects grassland biodiversity and carbon storage. They looked at 144 Read More …
The case for carbon storage
Canadian Cattlemen: Good-news stories for beef producers are beginning to flow out from a massive dataset collected during a three-year carbon benchmarking study done to evaluate the effects of long-term grazing on native grasslands of Alberta. Some of the findings Read More …
Home on the rangeland
AltaLink has donated $655,000 to the University of Alberta’s Rangeland Research Institute (RRI) to support the creation of the AltaLink Master’s Scholarship in Rangeland Disturbance Ecology, which will advance research that will protect Alberta’s rangelands. “Alberta’s rangelands are vital to Read More …
ALES Range Team shines again at prestigious competition
The ALES Range Team rode out of Texas this month with an impressive haul of awards, attesting to ALES students’ mastery of range management topics and plant identification. In total, the 2016 Range Team won eight categories after completing two Read More …
RRI research affiliates help settle global debate on biodiversity
Working with a large network of scientists worldwide, who studied grasslands of every type in all climate zones, University of Alberta rangeland researchers Edward Bork and Cameron Carlyle helped reaffirm a theory of diversity that had been under attack. Known Read More …
ALES signs conservation agreement to preserve Mattheis Ranch forever
The University of Alberta and Western Sky Land Trust signed a conservation agreement that guarantees the U of A’s 12,000-acre Mattheis Ranch will be conserved forever. In announcing the agreement, one of the biggest in the history of Alberta, Faculty Read More …
Graduate student positions available
Two positions are currently available for graduate students to conduct rangeland research at the University of Alberta, both under the co-supervision of Dr. Edward Bork and Dr. Cameron Carlyle. One student is being sought to conduct Master's-level research on mitigation Read More …