Wildlife Technical Services (WTS) specializes in the collection of baseline field data required during assessments of wildlife habitat, wildlife inventory, and evaluations of the environmental impacts of proposed developments.

WTS has conducted a wide range of wildlife inventory projects for the assessment of resource exploration, development and extraction programs, wind power projects, urban and rural developments, including Wetland Mitigation and Compensation.

WTS services include herptile, avian and mammalian inventories using best practice sampling protocols, including those for species listed by federal, provincial and state agencies as of special status.

Wildlife Technical Services has conducted a wide range of wildlife projects involving a variety of avian species. Services provided utilize best practice methodologies and sampling protocols.

• Population inventories
• Sensitive species detection and inventory
• Capture and monitoring programs
• Line transect and point count surveys
• Night-time calling surveys: call – playback, acoustic sampling, calls recording
• Taped call-playback surveys
• Breeding bird surveys
• Leck detection and counts
• Raptor nesting surveys
• Migratory over flight counts
• Location and recovery of transmitters on mortality.

Wildlife Technical Services has conducted a wide range of wildlife projects involving a variety of reptile and amphibian species. Services provided utilize best practice methodologies and sampling protocols.

• Population inventories
• Sensitive species detection and inventory
• Capture and monitoring programs
• Night-time calling surveys – acoustic sampling – calls recording
• Visual Encounter Surveys – Transects (water and non-water associated Species)
• Visual Encounter Surveys – Quadrats 100
• Visual Encounter Surveys – Opportunistic walks
• Pitfall traps
• Point count surveys
• Interviews and samples from local inhabitants

Video: Western (Boreal) Toad, Helimax Wind Power Project, Schuler, Alberta

Wildlife Technical Services has conducted a wide range of wildlife projects involving a variety of mammalian species. Services provided utilize best practice methodologies and sampling protocols.

• Population inventories of small and large mammal species
• Capture and monitoring programs
• GPS, VHS telemetry and visual collaring studies
• Aerial and ground telemetry
• Aerial and road surveys
• Point count surveys for bats
• Mammal sign surveys
• Ungulate pellet group and browse surveys
• Winter snow tracking surveys: transect and back tracking
• Hair snare & scent station deployment
• Remote camera deployment and surveys

Video: Weasel Release, Pine Coulee, Alberta