Posts Categorized: News

What the Heck is a Hibernaculum

October 19, 2021

What the Heck is a Hibernaculum? During some fieldwork in northern Alberta, our field team came across an…

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Know your Wetlands: Marshes

May 5, 2021

I have a confession– last month, when I said that swamps are my favorite kind of wetland, I…

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Know Your Wetlands: Swamps!

April 8, 2021

You’ve heard them before – lakes, ponds, marsh, slough, swamp, muskeg, bog, and the list goes on. These…

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Does it pay to drain wetlands?

March 22, 2021

“… believing something, doesn’t make it true.” Shari Clare, Fiera Biological’s President and Senior Biologist had heard the refrain…

Fiera Top Five 2020

Fiera Top Five Highlights of 2020

January 4, 2021

To say that 2020 has been a strange and challenging year is of course an understatement, but for…

Remote Sensing and GIS as tools for environmental management

November 16, 2020

What is Remote Sensing and GIS? Remote sensing is the science of obtaining information about an object or…

Making Sense of Drone Sensors

May 9, 2020

UAVs, also known as drones, have become a popular tool in many sectors for collecting detailed, high-resolution imagery…

2019 Co-op Program

July 26, 2019

This spring I earned the opportunity to work with Fiera Biological Consulting in their 2019 Co-op Program as…

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Fiera’s Co-op Student Program: A challenging and Rewarding Summer

July 19, 2018

By Taylor Lowe, Masters in Environmental Management Candidate, Western University, and 2018 Co-op Student & Intermediate Biologist, Fiera Biological Consulting…

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Geomatic Applications in Ecology

June 23, 2017

Using Drones and Remote Sensing Techniques to make Habitat Management Decisions! These days it seems everyone and their…