Community Monitoring
Winter Wildlife Monitoring Program
2024/2025 Program Duration: November 2024 – March 2025
Calling all Wildlife enthusiasts! LICA is seeking assistance from our community members to supportive data gathering for wildlife management and conservation by submitting their bird, mammal, and fish observations to LICA to be entered into eBird, and the Government of Alberta Fish and Wildlife Internet Mapping Tool (FWIMT).
The Winter Wildlife Monitoring program stems from Species at Risk awareness by encouraging community members to grow their wildlife identification skills and appreciation of biodiversity. Citizen science provides an opportunity for naturalists, both novice and experienced, to meaningfully contribute to science and the conservation of biodiversity. Thank you, Wildlife Monitoring, Volunteers!
Did You Know?
LICA has wildlife discovery kits. They are equipped with binoculars and field guides and only require a $30 refundable holding fee when signed out.
Community Wildlife Sightings from 2023 – 2025
(Current Count as of November 18, 2024)
| 2024/2025 Winter Wildlife Monitoring |
Count |
| White-tailed Deer | 31 |
| Mule Deer | 17 |
| Coyote | 8 |
| Red Squirrel | 10 |
| Bald Eagle | 2 |
| Ruffed Grouse | 1 |
| Canada Goose | 1524 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | 86 |
| Blue Jay | 6 |
| Moose | 5 |
| Common Raven | 26 |
| Black-billed Magpie | 3 |
| Mallard Duck | 77 |
|
Snowy Owl |
1 |
|
Elk |
1 |
|
2023/2024 Winter Wildlife Monitoring |
Count |
|
House Sparrow |
230 |
|
Black-capped Chickadee |
84 |
|
Canada Goose |
13 |
|
Common Grackle |
10 |
|
Rock Pigeons |
5 |
|
Blue Jay |
14 |
|
Great Gray Owl |
1 |
|
Pine Grosbeak |
2 |
|
Cow Moose |
1 |
|
Calf Moose |
2 |
|
White-tailed Deer |
2 |
| 2022/2023 Winter Bird Monitoring | Count |
| Bald Eagle | 1 |
| Evening Grosbeak | 8 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 5 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 2 |
| Great Horned Owl | 1 |
| House Sparrow | 76 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | 73 |
| Common Raven | 9 |
| Black-billed Magpie | 16 |
| Blue Jay | 31 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 7 |
| Rock Pigeon | 10 |
Community Monitoring
CreekWatch Program
From 2021-2023, LICA partnered with the RiverWatch Institute of Alberta to offer the CreekWatch program!
CreekWatch is a provincial-wide program conducted by a non-profit RiverWatch Institute of Alberta since 2014. The citizen science-based program engages adult volunteers to collect water quality data to help address community concerns or inquiries about aquatic health related to runoff. Data collected was entered on a public, online platform, by LICA, that instantly graphs results.
Each project is uniquely designed to address specific volunteer groups and research question needs. CreekWatch staff provides portable water quality labs that contain all necessary equipment for water sampling and training to volunteers. Thank you, CreekWatch, Volunteers!
The following parameters are assessed with portable lab kits by volunteers.
| Water Quality Parameters | |
| Physics | Air Temperature (oC) |
| Water Temperature (oC) | |
| Turbidity (NTU) | |
| Chemistry | Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) |
| Ammonia Nitrogen (mg/L) | |
| Phosphorous (mg/L) | |
| pH | |
| Chloride (mg/L) | |
| Biology | Invertebrates |
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