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Shannon & Mae orchestrate fisher cub’s new home

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Through their ongoing research on fisher, Mae and Shannon of our lab identified a litter of fisher cubs that had been orphaned. The cubs were rescued from sure death and brought to the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops. Two were subsequently released whereas the third is going to be housed indefinitely at the park. Given that the majority of people have no idea what a fisher is, the presence of ‘Buck’ at the Park is going to do wonders for educating people, similar to the job Bloom was done for badgers.

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/in-photos-kamloops-bc-wildlife-park-releases-fishers-makes-one-permanent-resident/it108572

Mid-winter Celebration for the lab comes early in 2024

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Our annual lab Mid-winter Celebration came a bit early this year to accomodate people fitting in travels for their thesis work in the early part of December. It mattered not as a good time was had by all. Although the pre-dinner moment for reflection included the Christmas Toad poem, the highlight of the evening was Kara and Robin absolutely SHATTERING the historic record time for assembling the giant Grey Squirrel floor puzzle. Kara and Robin knocked nearly 20 seconds off the previous record (Dana and Michelle) that dated back to 2018. Astounding. Happy holidays everyone!

Shannon & Mae involved in fisher reintroduction.

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Our dynamic-duo fisher team (Mae and Shannon) have been actively involved in helping reintroduce a set of fisher kits orphaned through the death of the mother (fortunately,Shannon’s radio-telemetry work on the mother had previously revealed where the kits were stationed). The BC Wildlife Park has played an important role in this as well, housing the kits and helping prepare them for a life back in the forest. See this article for more information.

https://www.100milefreepress.net/news/orphaned-fisher-kits-return-to-wild-in-south-cariboo-7617634

Rulon Clark visits

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From Oct 2-5, Dr. Rulon Clark, San Diego State University rattlesnake researcher, travelled to TRU to give a seminar, and spend quite a bit of time talking to members of our lab about his work, students’ work, and mutual interests. The day after his presentation a number of us took him in the field for a brisk cool den visit, and despite the weather not being terribly cooperative, we did manage to see a total of 10 rattlesnake ‘stragglers’, probably making a last push to get to the safe confines of their dens.

Canadian Herpetological Society – Sidney 2024

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In September, current and former members of our lab met in Sidney, BC (on Vancouver Island – NOT THAT Sydney). It was a great meeting so kudos to the organizers. Karl delivered the Plenary Talk, and Chloe, Kara, Lindsay and Caroline presented as well. Recent lab grad Jade joined up with us too. Pictured below from L –> R, Kara, Chloe, Karl, Jade and Lindsay.