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🦇It's Bat Week! A time to celebrate the world's only flying mammals.
🚨Alberta's bats are in trouble. White-nose syndrome has arrived in Alberta, with devastating effects.
Read more at online.fliphtml5.com/olrxh/N…
📸Cory Olson
#batweek2026
🌾Lorne Fitch examines the true value of native prairie grasslands, running the numbers on the cost of restoration and the consequences of loss.
📖Read "What's that Piece of Prairie Worth?" in Nature Alberta Magazine at online.fliphtml5.com/olrxh/N…
📸Lorne Fitch
🦇It's Bat Week! A time to celebrate the world's only flying mammals.
🥶As the weather gets colder, Alberta's bats adapt to the changing seasons in one of two ways. Some like this hoary bat, migrate longer distances to warmer regions.
📷Steph Weizenbach
#batweek2026
🦊A mother red fox crosses a road in search of prey for a den full of hungry kits. Vehicles speed by over the posted limit. The difference between a near miss and an orphaned den is measured in seconds.
👉Read Slow the F*x Down at online.fliphtml5.com/olrxh/N…
📸Matt Sawatsky
🦇It's Bat Week! A time to celebrate the world's only flying mammals.
👉To learn more about Alberta's bats, check out this presentation by bat expert Cory Olson hosted by Nature Alberta in October 2025 at naturealberta.ca/uncovering-…
📸Cory Olson
#batweek2026
The Fall🍂issue of Nature Alberta Magazine is now available to read online with no paywall at naturealberta.ca/magazine
Cover 📷: Ghost pipe by Ashley Hillman
🇨🇦With @NatureCanada's annual Nature On the Hill event wrapping up, here is a message from Nature Alberta president Cheryl Bozarth Soll about her week spent advocating for conservation priorities.
#natureonthehill2026
Nature Alberta retweeted
Meeting with the Liberal Environment Minister
Left to Right:
❦ Andrés Jiménez Monge (@OntarioNature);
❦ @BozarthArt (@NatureAlberta);
❦ @TroyCWoodhouse (@Mushkegowuk);
❦ @JulieDabrusin (@EnvironmentCa);
❦ Ali Schofield (@BruceTrail_BTC);
❦ Melissa Cameron (@peiNatureTrust);
❦ myself (@NatureCanada);
❦ Ilham Abdulkadir (Water Watchers).
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ALT Left to Right: Andrés Jiménez Monge (Ontario Nature); Cheryl Bozarth Soll (Nature Alberta); Troy Woodhouse (Mushkegowuk Council); Julie Dabrusin (Environment and Climate Change Canada); Ali Schofield (Bruce Trail Conservancy); Melissa Cameron (Island Nature Trust); Akaash Maharaj (Nature Canada); Ilham Abdulkadir (Water Watchers)
🍂Autumn is well underway. During this time, the risk of birds flying into windows increases, and every year thousands of birds are injured or killed in window strikes.
🪟For information on how to reduce collisions with windows: online.fliphtml5.com/olrxh/p…
📸Leo de Groot
‼The Government of Alberta has removed habitat protections for the critically endangered greater sage-grouse with no public consultation or announcement. Helium extraction is moving forward on the formerly protected habitat.
👉Read more at naturealberta.ca/sage-grouse…
📸Ron Hayes
🛳Don't miss tomorrow's presentation hosted by the Edmonton Nature Club featuring wildlife photographer and science communicator Joel Weatherly sharing his amazing photos and engaging stories of birding in the North Atlantic!
👉Learn more and register at naturealberta.ca/cruising-th…
📅The survey deadline for Red Earth and Caribou Mountains is a week from today October 26th, while the deadline for Berland is November 12th.
👉For more information, go to naturealberta.ca/sub-regiona…
🆘Nature Alberta is requesting your help in supporting the Bighill Creek Preservation Society as it appeals a provincial Water Act approval that could have consequences for Big Hill Springs Provincial Park. naturealberta.ca/save-bighil…
📸Bighill Creek Preservation Society
🙌Nature Alberta is looking for an enthusiastic team member who is passionate about sharing their love of nature with others to help our Nature Kids and NatureHood program inspire the next generation of conservationists.
👉For more information, go to naturealberta.ca/naturehood-…
🤔How is caribou habitat changing over time, and how can we consistently track those changes across large and diverse landscapes? This webinar will provide an introduction to CHIP and a walkthrough of the key metrics that make up the platform.
naturealberta.ca/tracking-ch…
🌸Join Nature Alberta as we get in touch with the natural world all around us!
🍂On this walk we will explore the trails of Edmonton's Rundle Park and look for late migrating and overwintering birds as well as any other critters that might be around! naturealberta.ca/family-natu…
🦌Four of Alberta’s largest environmental organizations have come together to raise the alarm about the impact three draft government sub-regional plans will have on the future of the iconic woodland caribou.
👉Read the full statement at naturealberta.ca/joint-state…
🍁Canada’s wildest photography contest returns with new judges and new categories.
📸WCS Canada is proud to launch the fourth annual KBA Canada photo contest!
👉For more information, go to kbacanada.org/2026/08/19/cap…
🪲Step into a world that is all around us, but rarely seen.
📸Join Edmonton based nature photographer and conservation communicator Dara Ojo for the launch of his new book, Tiny Titans: The Silent Keepers of Our Ecosystem.
👉For more information, go to naturealberta.ca/tiny-titans…
