Resources

Eco-brief: Prescribed Burns

This one-page information sheet describes the practice of prescribed burning. It briefly introduces the history of fire management, designing a prescribed burn, and the pros and cons of the process.

Eco-brief: Wildlife Corridors

This one-page brief introduces the concept of wildlife corridors, the history of corridors in general, in Canmore and Banff, and the importance of corridors to North America as a whole.

Eco-overview: Fire Management

This two-page brief introduces fire management in the Bow Valley. It describes the role of fire in nature, the history of fire management in the Bow Valley, fire suppression, fuel reduction, and human issues around fire management and prescribed burns.

Eco-brief: Grizzly Bears

This one-page information sheet introduces grizzly bears as an indicator species, unique attributes of Bow Valley grizzly bears, and the challenges of protecting grizzly bears in mountain ecosystems.