Project name
Wild Edmonton
Theme
Objective
Identify valuable urban wildlife habitat and the movement of animals in it, so future planning and development can reduce human-wildlife issues.
Start date
2018 May
End date
Ongoing
Organization
City of Edmonton, Urban Growth & Open Space University of Alberta
Contact Information
Photo by Chong Wei on Unsplash
Project Summary
The City of Edmonton and the University of Alberta are collaborating to protect biodiversity. Remote cameras at 109 sites collected over 2 million images to monitor 28 mammal species and 41 bird species in the river valley, parks, natural areas near development and wildlife passage structures.