Tag: Animals

In March and April of 2023 I was tasked with recording and observing the Wood Buffalo National Park Garter Snakes emergence from hibernation. The snakes emerge from their underground caves and begin their mating and migrating process before the snow has even fully melted. In addition to observing and monitoring the number of snakes that emerged from their dens in 2023 I also facilitated an educational “Snake Program”. The program was delivered in classrooms at JBT elementary and taught children the important role Garter snakes play in the Wood Buffalo National Park ecosystem.

On November 22, 2022 we had an unexpected guest at the WBNP Visitor Center. A lonely muskrat found himself cornered my the entrance to our offices. With the help of our resource conservation team we captured the specimen and released him into a nearby section of forest.

Working at Wood Buffalo National Park gave me plenty of opportunity to come face to face with these magnificent creatures. Its quite common to find the Bison grazing on the sides of the highways and lounging in sandpits to avoid the flies. This collection of photos and video were gathered between April 2022 and September 2023.