Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation

📢Scholarship Spotlight: Westin Cryke📢 One of this year's Together for Wildlife Recipients his research examines the impacts roads have on Stone’s sheep, to define the spatial and temporal extent of the road’s influence on stress in the sheep population.

Pileated woodpeckers, with their striking red crests and powerful beaks, play a vital role in maintaining healthy forests in BC. These woodpeckers create nesting spaces for other species, including mammals and birds, by chiseling out holes in trees to find insects. 📸 Devon Yu

📢 Scholarship Spotlight: Tristen Brush📢 One of this year's T4W Scholarship Recipients her work builds on previous research done on elk to apply camera trap distance sampling as a method for estimating the population of other culturally important species.

Happy Giving Tuesday! Today’s the perfect day to give back to the incredible conservation efforts happening right here in BC! Please consider donating to ANY of the amazing conservation efforts across BC!

Scholarship Spotlight: Siobhan Darlington one of this year's T4W Scholarship Recipients! Her research uses GPS data from cougars to evaluate their demography, diet, and seasonal habitat use in the southern interior of British Columbia. More info: hctf.ca/scholarship-pr…

BC is home to one of the largest populations of bald eagles. By supporting conservation projects across the province, we’re helping ensure these iconic birds continue to soar in BC’s skies. 🦅🌲 📸 Greven

HCTF is proud to support @NatureTrustofBC in securing Nighthawk Hill Grasslands, conserving biological diversity, and protecting crucial wildlife habitat. Through partnerships with local communities and partners, this acquisition protects habitat for creatures using this land.

📢 Scholarship Spotlight: Tessa Rehill 📢 Tessa is one of this year's Al Martin Fellowship Scholarship Recipients! Tessa’s study is investigating urchin distribution and control methods to help revive threatened kelp forest ecosystems in BC.

NRESi Friday Colloquium: Women in Science Panel Co-sponsored by Inspiring Women Among Us (iwau.ca)     Date: Friday, November 15, 2024 – 3:30pm-4:30pm Location: Room 7-238 and Online   More information is available at: www2.unbc.ca/nres-institute…

Intake for our Fish & Wildlife and CHRF Grant are CLOSING TODAY! Application deadline: November 1, 2024, at 4:30 PM (PT) For more information visit our website (link in bio)

🎃🦇 Happy Halloween from HCTF! 🦇🎃 Halloween may only be one night, but bats bring treats to nature all year! Here’s to our pest-controlling, pollinating pals. 📸 Jared Hobbs

The Caribou Habitat Restoration Fund (CHRF) Grant Applications Closing Soon! Application deadline: November 1, 2024, at 4:30 PM (PT) For more information head to: hctf.ca/grants/caribou…

📢 Scholarship Spotlight: Larisa Murdoch📢 Larisa is studying whether female bighorn sheep select rugged, steep terrain during the lambing season and how the availability of such terrain influences their ability to give birth and raise their young safely.

📢New full time **wildlife** job opportunity available at the #WiRELab, based at UBC Okanagan 🇨🇦! Please share: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcstaff…

HCTF and @hctf_education are pleased to congratulate this year's Al Martin Conservation Fellowship recipients: Adam Kanigan, Carlie O'Brien, and Tessa Rehill! To learn more about this year's recipients, the fellowship, and Al Martin head to our Website hctf.ca/al-martin-fell…

📢 Scholarship Spotlight: Carlie O’Brien📢 Carlie O’Brien is an MSc student in the Wildlife and Ecosystem Bioindicators Lab at UNBC working under the supervision of Dr. Heather Bryan in collaboration with the British Columbia Moose Research Group.

The Caribou Habitat Restoration Fund (CHRF) Grant Applications Now Open! This initiative aims to restore high-value habitat for caribou in BC using functional and ecological restoration methods. Application deadline: Nov 1, 2024, at 4:30 PM (PT) 📸 Project 7-526

📢 Scholarship Spotlight: Landon Birch 📢 Landon Birch is a master’s student at UBC - Okanagan. His research focuses on the seasonal patterns of body condition in Stone's sheep, aiming to improve habitat management strategies for this globally unique species.

Read all about this amazing project here: hctf.ca/protection-of-…

This success is thanks to the unwavering support of nature lovers across the province, ensuring the protection of these vital habitats for future generations.

Some great news for your Tuesday! In a landmark achievement for conservation, @NatureTrustofBC, recently announced the protection of two crucial conservation areas in the Kootenay Region: Bummers Flats – MapleCross Benchlands and Wycliffe Prairie!