Calgary Captured Year One Analysis: Technical Report

The objectives of the program are to build a dataset of species presence in Calgary, engage Calgarians in urban wildlife awareness, and to improve our understanding of how wildlife responds to the urban environment. [...] The program has developed the following objectives: • Determine which species of large and medium sized mammals occur in Calgary’s park system; • Engage Calgarians in wildlife monitoring through the design and implementation of a citizen science program monitoring wildlife; and • Improve the understanding of how wildlife respond to development and use of wildlife corridors in City of Calgary MIIST. [...] We attempted to place the camera at the centre of each grid cell; however, there is some variability due to the smaller size of several parks, and preference for choosing a location most likely to capture wildlife movement. [...] The sites in each study area were roughly proportional to the size of the study area. [...] MIISTAKIS INSTITUTE REPORT TITLE - CITY OF CALGARY WILDLIFE MONITORING SUMMARY 2017 26 Figure 19: Total rate of dog events, both off-leash and leashed dogs, calculated as the number of dog events per camera day, averaged across all cameras within the grid cell.