jeffwiehler, Author at Dene Tha' First Nation

Concern for Caribou Herds (Radio Interview)

by jeffwiehler | Apr 14, 2022 | News

CBC Radio interview from April 12, 2022 The provincial government has released recovery plans for two threatened caribou herds in northern Alberta. The plans are designed to increase the amount of usable caribou habitat. Gillian Chow-Fraser is the boreal program...

Using Indigenous Knowledge to Protect and Recover Boreal Caribou, Grizzly Bear and Wolverine in Bistcho Lake

by jeffwiehler | Dec 6, 2021 | Resources

Results from one year of collecting data from a Traditional Knowledge-informed remote camera array. In March 2020, a team of technicians deployed 33 remote cameras in areas that the Dene Tha’ First Nation Traditional Knowledge holders indicated were vital for...

Community Monitoring of Threatened Wood Bison (Final Report)

by jeffwiehler | Dec 6, 2021 | Resources

Local and experiential Indigenous knowledge and community-led science to monitor the Hay Zama bison herd. Members of the Dene Tha’ First Nation conducted roadside surveys of wood bison in and around the Hay Zama head range from Fall 2020 to Spring 2021....