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Will bison again roam wild across our landscape? |
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Written by Caroline Zentner Lethbridge Herald
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
Herds of wild bison ranging far and wide could once again be a feature of the landscape but it will take time and commitment from both governments and citizens.
Cormack Gates, an environmental design professor at the University of Calgary and co-author of a new international study on American bison, believes it could be done if stakeholders share a common vision and work together.
At one time, bison could be found from Mexico to Alaska but herds were decimated as settlement occurred. Since most land is now taken up for other uses, finding a large enough range for bison is difficult. Since the 1930s, the number of conservation herds has increased although their numbers have stayed roughly the same at 31,000, with 61 plains bison herds and 11 wood bison herds.
“What this tells us is that most of the herds are relatively small and they’re put where it is possible to put them. There’s a recognition that there’s a pretty major challenge in restoring this animal as wildlife,” Gates said in a telephone interview. “What this document does, for both woods bison and plains bison, is promote or encourage governments and non-government conservation organizations to really begin to focus on this animal as wildlife and where possible, to restore it ecologically in the landscape.”
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Police request $23M expansion |
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Written by Gerald Gauthier, Lethbridge Herald
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Monday, 01 March 2010 |
With their headquarters jammed to capacity, Lethbridge regional police are seeking approval for a major $23.4-million expansion in the city’s new capital spending plan.
“It is 2010 and we have capped out. We work in a crowded facility,” police chief Tom McKenzie said Monday after presenting the request to city council members who were meeting as finance committee.
It was the first of several requests for infrastructure spending council members are to consider in the next couple of months as they weigh which projects to include in the 2011-2020 Capital Improvement Plan. A final plan is to be ready for council approval by July 5.
McKenzie told the committee police headquarters have reached capacity exactly at the time they were expected to when police moved into the new facility in 1996.
Originally designed to accommodate 241 employees, the building at the corner of 1 Avenue South and Scenic Drive South currently houses a total of 243 staff, including 161 cops, 48 civilian workers and 34 dispatch workers.
In addition, 58 Victim Services Unit volunteers work out of the facility.
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Local fans celebrate |
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Written by Gerald Gauthier
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
With or without Canada’s gold-medal victory in men’s hockey, the Vancouver Winter Olympics were Canada’s golden games.
That was the consensus among local fans who spoke to The Herald just before the opening faceoff of Sunday’s matchup, the final event in these 2010 Winter Games. Undoubtedly, that sentiment was even stronger after Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to bring men’s hockey gold back home to Canada.
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Canada strikes gold |
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Written by Canadian Press
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Saturday, 27 February 2010 |
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Who knew? Canada has rocked the Vancouver Olympics in a way nobody anticipated. The most medals, not the most gold, was the stated goal of the Own The Podium program. Canada fell well short in the first, but was nailing the second by the penultimate day of the Games on Saturday.
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Changes won’t increase number of student voters |
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Written by Dave Mabell
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
Despite promises last election, many Alberta students will be unable to vote in the next provincial election.
But not many students take time to vote anyway, points out a Lethbridge political scientist. And the low student participation rate is just one of the problems in Alberta’s democracy.
Faron Ellis, political science instructor at Lethbridge College, says serious gaps in the Alberta Education’s social students program are one of the reasons so few young Albertans vote.
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