ABMI & The University of Alberta
June 20, 2022
2020-ERPC-02
Executive Summary
In the past five years, wildlife monitoring has changed fundamentally in Alberta. Environmental sensor networks that include autonomous recording units (ARUs), remote cameras, vegetation sensors, soil water sensors, and GPS-enabled movement tracked devices are rapidly replacing conventional human survey techniques. Such sensors allow for continuous or near continuous data collection over extended periods of times resulting in the accumulation of “big data”, a key benefit of their use. To make the most effective use of these data, an integrated approach to collecting, storing, visualizing, processing, and creating information is needed. WildTrax is our solution to this challenge. The overall goal is to improve the efficiency and scope of environmental data delivered to industrial environmental managers.