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Wildlife Awareness & Mitigation

Understanding and mitigating wildlife conflict around your farm and acreage.

Wildlife Awareness & Mitigation

with Emily Lamb

Mitigating Wildlife Conflict around your Farm and Acreage.

This half-day workshop will share Emily Lamb’s experience dealing with animal conflict. Emily will share her practical and extensive control knowledge with deep consideration of biological and ecological environmental impacts. The workshop aims to provide assessment tools for your specific areas of concern. The workshop will assist acreage and farmers in developing animal control solutions for the benefit of all, property, farm animals, wildlife and the environment.

Location: Early Dawn Farm

Date: April 1st, 2023, from 1 - 4 pm

Price: $65 per participant.

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We will be covering the process of conflict reduction and prevention, as well as tactics for managing wildlife altercations and conflicts that do arise. Common types of local wildlife that will be included in the teachings are; common vermin (mice, voles, gophers, etc.), small predators (skunks, weasels, mink), birds of prey (owls, hawks, eagles), common K-9 (wolves, coyotes, foxes, stray/neighbour dogs), common cats (domestic, bobcat, lynx, cougar), bears (black, grizzly), beavers, and muskrats.

THIS IS A NON-REFUNDABLE COURSE

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There are more than 200 hawk species on the planet!

Voles create huge underground tunnel systems where they are active all year long.

The fate and population dynamics of the Great Gray Owls are largely dependent on the population of v

What does a grizzly bear use to catch fish?.....his bear hands!

Did you hear about the cow who cried wolf?........it was Fake Moos

Black Bear...aren't actually always black! They can also be brown, cinnamon, red, grey, tan, or blon

Bobcats can leap over 3 metres in length!

What is the difference between a coyote and a flea? One likes to howl on the prairie, the other like

Alfalfa and Dandelions Are the Gophers Favourite Food!

What is a mouse's favourite game? ....Hide & Squeak!

A skunk's sulfuric spray has a range of up to 10 feet, and its odor can be detected up to 1.5 miles!

The Wild Albertan Cougar...nocturnal, and can usually be found

Lynx have natural snowshoes for feet Unlike cougars or other wild cats, lynx don’t sink into the sn

Learn about your instructor; Emily Lamb

Growing up on a farm, Emily Lamb had a contagious passion for wildlife, livestock, and the outdoors from an early age. As time progressed, this passion bloomed into a wealth of experience in farming and ranching, hunting, trapping, fishing and foraging, as well as wildlife management and environmental work. She’s worked professionally on conflict wildlife mitigation for 15 years all over the country, with many different organizations. As Emily progressed within the industry, she became enthusiastic about teaching basic, obtainable skills to anyone with interest. Today, Emily teaches outdoor and wildlife skills with her outdoor education company Canis Outdoors, as well as provides professional wildlife management all over Western Canada as the owner of Canis Environmental Solutions. In her free time, she travels to hunt and fish or cooks delicious ethically obtained food for as many friends as possible on her hobby farm in Western AB.