Karen has an MSc. from the University of Guelph on habitat use of the long-toed salamander around Hinton AB. After her Msc. she worked on various projects that ranged from studies on small mammals (voles, mice, chipmunks) and song birds to mountain goats and caribou. She has been working for the FRI Grizzly Bear Program since 2003.
The fRI Research Grizzly Bear Program provides knowledge and planning tools to ensure the long-term conservation of grizzly bears in Alberta.
The GIS Program is centralizing and maintaining the Grizzly Bear Program's massive spatial database.
Research project looking at grizzly bear habitat to develop population recovery targets, and the development of new techniques for monitoring grizzly bear reproduction.
This project will use new and existing data sets to produce tools for use in forest management planning related to grizzly bear and caribou habitat use.
This project develops population recovery targets based on habitat, and non-invasive techniques for monitoring grizzly bear reproductive performance.
This project uses DNA from hair snags to create a population inventory of grizzly bears in BMA 3 and Jasper National Park.
Collecting the DNA from scat is a non-invasive method of tracking grizzly bear populations.
This project will improve our understanding of how forestry practice is affecting ungulates and how grizzly bears are responding.
This project will look at the impact of grizzly bears on caribou populations.
