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Weathering the Storm, A new film by the AB Biodiversity Monitoring Institute

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The ferruginous hawk is the largest buteo species in North America. Unfortunately, it also faces large obstacles to survival; in a habitat affected by numerous land-use interests, weather variability, and potential links to climate change, the ferruginous hawk is considered an endangered species in Alberta and a threatened species in Canada as a whole.

As one of Operation Grassland Community’s four focal species (along with the burrowing owl, Sprague’s pipit, and loggerhead shrike), the ferruginous hawk is high on our priority list when we try to find solutions between the economic viability of human land-use operations and the success of the species. Other organizations, like the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI), are also interested in how the ferruginous hawk is faring in Alberta. ABMI’s new video, Weathering the Storm: Alberta’s Ferruginous Hawks in a Changing Climate, takes a look at what the University of Alberta’s REACt research team is doing to learn how ferruginous hawks respond to environmental changes—and how we might ensure the species’ success in the prairie region.

For more information on the video, click here to visit ABMI’s blog, It’s Our Nature to Know