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Clayton T. Lamb

@claytontlamb.bsky.social
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Wildlife Scientist at UBC and Biodiversity Pathways. Bringing evidence & people together for wildlife. Chasing the truth & looking after the land.

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Rush Dhillon, PhD | Cartoonist & Illustrator @rushstudio.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
As more people head outdoors to hike, bike, and explore, what does that mean for wildlife sharing those same spaces? Research by @claytontlamb.bsky.social et al in the mountains near Fernie, BC found that animals respond very differently to recreation:
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Another banger by @rushstudio.bsky.social. Awesome working with you again and really special niche to be a skilled scientist and graphic designer; got both sides of the brain working well! Thanks again
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
OA Data available: 4 years and 2 million images. Thousands of mtn bikers, elk, deer, grizzly bear, wolverine!, moose, etc. Available on WildTrax, 2024 data here: portal.wildtrax.ca/cam/2626 2021-2023 also available paper here: academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva...
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The same trail. Different users. New paper examining how wildlife respond to hiking and biking trails near Fernie, BC using camera traps and GPS-collared grizzly bears. Elk, bears, and other species don’t all respond to recreation the same way. Makes mgmt hard. academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva...
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Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration @migratinghooves.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
New migration map today! Elk in the Trench Valley of BC make impressive migrations from their winter valleys to high elevation summer ranges. This landscape hosts migratory elk, moose, mule deer & bighorn sheep often using the same corridors. @claytontlamb.bsky.social www.cms.int/gium/migrati...
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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Two new chronic wasting disease cases confirmed in the Kootenays
Province, partners working together to protect wildlife health in B.C.
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Miistakis Institute @miistakis.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The Reconnecting the Rockies – AB cameras have been up for one year! We are gaining early insights into how this monitoring will contribute to the success of road mitigation on Hwy 3. @claytontlamb.bsky.social @y2y.bsky.social @ncccnc.bsky.social
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This blog post says a lot of stuff I have been trying to figure out how to articulate for a while
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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
close call..after a "non negative result" in the #Okanagan, British Columbia's Chronic Wasting Disease still only found in a cluster near Cranbrook, BC. Tests confirm no chronic wasti... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Tests confirm no chronic wasting disease in case of deer in B.C.'s Okanagan | CBC News
The B.C. government says testing has confirmed a sample from a deer harvested in the Okanagan region was negative for chronic wasting disease.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 27/11/2025
For months @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social has been pouring over documents trying to find out how many animals are killed on train tracks in B.C. Companies are supposed to report rail kills but records she obtained found reporting is inconsistent and incomplete projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
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The hidden cost of wildlife collisions on Canada’s railways | The Narwhal
Trains regularly hit and kill wildlife on the tracks but poor reporting means governments aren’t sure exactly how many animals are lost
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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Coexistence Conundrum: Should Lethal Management be Part of Coexistence? || Ep. 3
Podcast Episode · The Hunter Conservationist Podcast · 2025-11-24 · 41m
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Want to know how we determine who caused a deers death? This is how:
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
We're looking for a new pen lead at the Klinse-Za maternal pen, it could be you! Posting closes Nov 16. cariboufutures.ca/now-hiringca...
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Now Hiring: Caribou Maternity Pen Lead
We are seeking a seasonal Maternity Pen Lead to ensure an effective pen in 2026. Apply today!
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
We're looking for a new pen lead at the Klinse-Za maternal pen, it could be you! Posting closes Nov 16. cariboufutures.ca/now-hiringca...
cariboufutures.ca
Now Hiring: Caribou Maternity Pen Lead
We are seeking a seasonal Maternity Pen Lead to ensure an effective pen in 2026. Apply today!
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
My op-ed on Chronic Wasting Disease response in British Columbia cranbrooktownsman.com/2025/10/28/c...
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COLUMN: CWD response can’t wait - Cranbrook Daily Townsman
Province needs to move faster to respond to emergence of Chronic Wasting Disease in the East Kootenay
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Ever seen a flying squirrel? 😆
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Ewe U15 is 10. She has weaned 3 lambs over her lifetime, 2 are still alive. This year she lost her lamb at or soon after birth and by mid-September she was 79Kg, 10 Kg more than last year when she weaned a son. #LongTerm
Ewe U15 (black peace) last May at Ram Mountain, Alberta. Born about May 24 2015 to ewe P3, 5 years old. Her father was M23, 7 years old.
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Come see my talk on caribou calf survival under Indigenous leadership in Salon 4 today at 04:00. #4 @ 4 don’t miss it!
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Seems like compelling evidence for much debated YNP Trophic Cascade? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Changing aspen stand structure following large carnivore restoration in Yellowstone
Restoration of large carnivores in northern Yellowstone National Park in the late 20th century resulted in a sustained reduction of Rocky Mountain elk…
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Andrea Kirkwood (she/her) @kirkwoodlab.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
“York University scientist Sheila Colla remembered as a fierce advocate to save wild bees. Colla, 43, died Sunday of cancer. She successfully fought for the rusty-patched bumblebee to become the first bee listed as an endangered species in Canada and the U.S.” www.thestar.com/news/gta/she...
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‘Sheila just went for it’: York University scientist Sheila Colla remembered as a fierce advocate to save wild bees
Colla, 43, died Sunday of cancer. She successfully fought for the rusty-patched bumblebee to become the first bee listed as an endangered species in Canada and the U.S.
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Great day at the office. Today doing some mule deer summer range diet assessments.
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
“the failure of the environmental improvements created in mitigation for the A14 are an example of how powerful developers make environmental pledges to gain planning permission, which are then not upheld” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster
A14 in Cambridgeshire promised biodiversity net gain of 11.5%, but most of the 860,000 trees planted are dead. What went wrong?
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kzeller.bsky.social @kzeller.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Very excited to share this paper led by my former postdoc, Eric Palm, and collaborated on with a stellar team of scientists conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... @claytontlamb.bsky.social @talavgar.bsky.social @melaniedickie.bsky.social @jmnorthrup.bsky.social
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Miistakis Institute @miistakis.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
We have installed 80 wildlife cameras in SW Alberta to monitor wildlife near Highway 3! This was a big effort by our project team and we look forward to sharing project updates and results... and fun wildlife photos. 😎 @claytontlamb.bsky.social @ncccnc.bsky.social @y2y.bsky.social
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
"neither the New Democratic Party government nor the non‐hunting community has mobilized resources to maintain research and monitoring programs" wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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TWS Journals
We review the management status of the 3 species of bears in North America: the black bear, the grizzly bear, and the polar bear. The history of hunting has played a large role in the current managem....
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Miistakis Institute @miistakis.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Reconnecting the Rockies - BC is focused on improving motorist and wildlife safety on Highway 3 in SE BC. Already, 8.4 km of fencing has been installed and 6 underpasses have been retrofitted to allow for wildlife movement! @ncccnc.bsky.social @biodivpathways.bsky.social @claytontlamb.bsky.social
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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
check out this @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social interview with #UBCO and @biodivpathways.bsky.social wildlife scientist @claytontlamb.bsky.social #RoadEcology #WiRELab www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Exciting infrastructure being built these days to keep people and wildlife safer along our busy highways. Check out this vid on a new structure by Canmore AB built by AB Gov. Radium overpass nearly done, and large projects on the horizon for BC/AB Hwy 3. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEFj...
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The Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass
YouTube video by YourAlberta (Government of Alberta)
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Need an electric fence in the Elk Valley, BC? Want to remove an unused fruit tree? Reach out to kootenaycostshares@gov.bc.ca and you can get financial support to keep your property safer from bears. More info here: wildlifescience.ca/projects/wil...
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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · 07/05/2025
In rural Alaska and B.C., peaceful coexistence with grizzlies means change on both sides. 🐻 Postdoc Dr. @claytontlamb.bsky.social of @ubcokanagan.bsky.social tells @knowablemag.bsky.social that collaboration with residents is key to building lasting coexistence with grizzlies: bit.ly/4jMYI8i
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Getting along with grizzly bears
In rural Alaskan and Canadian communities, reducing conflict between people and their wild neighbors means both species must change their behavior
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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The Erosion of Threatened Southern Mountain Caribou Migration 📄 buff.ly/kOPQdao @claytontlamb.bsky.social
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Great evening with some @y2y.bsky.social friends discussing wildlife conservation and coexistence in the Elk Valley and beyond. Awesome to have graphics from @rushstudio.bsky.social and Fuse consulting anchoring our discussions. Exciting solutions for highway collisions and bear conflicts brewing.
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Rush Dhillon, PhD | Cartoonist & Illustrator @rushstudio.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
New paper by Lamb et al. (@claytontlamb.bsky.social). Southern mountain caribou exhibit both vertical and horizontal migration, but migratory behaviours are under threat due to disturbances, particularly at lower elevations.
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Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
In the calls to defend Canada, we’re getting a one-dimensional perspective: increased resource extraction & exploitation. But what if your #cdnpoli includes its wilderness, which sustains us & the good life we enjoy here? Thanks @wcscanada.bsky.social for this piece: thenarwhal.ca/opinion-worl...
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World Wildlife Day sparks call for bolder approach | The Narwhal
A leading Canadian scientist says cutting ‘red tape’ and doubling down on extractive resource development won’t help wildlife — or humans
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
NEW PAPER: looking into the erosion of southern mountain caribou migrations. Over 35 years, migration distances shrank 15-25%, and elevational migrations are collapsing. Habitat loss, not weather, likely the main culprit. A major conservation challenge ahead. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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Saving species 'not rocket science,' but few faring better than long ago: researcher
Researcher Laurenne Schiller says 'it’s not rocket science' that recovery for threatened or endangered species in Canada is driven by stopping the primary cause for their decline.
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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
A celebration of a new way to build partnerships for wildlife research in Canada - featuring @talavgar.bsky.social and with a shoutout from Minister @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social ! @ubcokanagan.bsky.social @biodivpathways.bsky.social biodiversitypathways.ca/eccc-funding...
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Funding for caribou recovery research at University of British Columbia Okanagan
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Biodiversity Pathways have established an exciting four-year contribution agreement. This agreement provides seed funding through ECCC's Canada Nature ...
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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🐢 Sea turtles are making a comeback🌎 A study🧪 by Deakin University & NOAA shows rising nesting numbers thanks to conservation efforts. Protection & habitat restoration work, yet climate change & poaching remain threats phys.org/news/2025-01... #SeaTurtle #Conservation #Wildlife #Biodiversity
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Sea turtles make a comeback as conservation efforts pay off
Turtle populations continue to face unpredictable challenges from climate change, according to a joint study between researchers from Deakin University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis...
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
NEW PAPER: The @libererofellows.bsky.social team led by Dr. Schiller looked at what's working for species recovery in 🇨🇦. Species recovery wasn't affected by human or financial capacity provided but was possible when the primary cause of decline was alleviated. www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10....
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Rhiannon Kirton @rhikirton.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Not to mention we often don't list species until far after their populations have declined and cultural values/practices can no longer be exercised see @claytontlamb.bsky.social et al www.cclmportal.ca/resource/bra...
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Braiding Indigenous Rights and Endangered Species Law
Endangered species laws effectively prevent species extinction but fall short in restoring abundance for culturally important species. Legal agreements between Indigenous peoples and countries recogni...
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Miistakis Institute @miistakis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We installed cameras to study wildlife movement before + after construction of Rock Creek underpass on Alberta's Hwy 3. Stay tuned for more updates on the Reconnecting the Rockies - Alberta collaborative project! @adamtford.bsky.social @claytontlamb.bsky.social @ncccnc.bsky.social @y2y.bsky.social
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
DNA metabarcoding data collection underway. We’re going to figure out what these deer and sheep are eating all winter!
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
NEW PAPER: We followed 76 grizzly bears in a human-dominated landscape to explore coexistence. What we found surprised us. Tons of mortality, tons of conflict, and yet also tons of bears—3x denser than Banff National Park. How could this be possible? conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
I'm Clayton. I do wildlife stuff. I'm reserving my place on the various social options until one is decided by the people
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