Tag: oil and gas industry

August 10, 2020

Pits dug for oil and gas may benefit beavers, wolverines

While the oil and gas industry causes a number of environmental disruptions in northern Alberta, some of the pits dug during development may provide denning habitat for beavers. But the...

March 9, 2020

JWM: Delaying seismic surveying better for polar bear dens

Oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s North Slope would disturb fewer maternal denning polar bear mothers if start times are delayed during bear maternal denning periods and if den distribution...