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Modeling habitat connectivity across the Swan River First Nation traditional territory

By Sarah Chisholm | April 30, 2026

This past winter, ApexRMS completed a habitat connectivity analysis in collaboration with Swan River First Nation (SRFN) in northern Alberta. The project explored how current…

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Introducing the Landscape Conservation Forecasting Handbook

By Sarah Chisholm | March 26, 2026

We are excited to share the publication of the Landscape Conservation Forecasting Handbook by Dr. Louis Provencher, Director of Science at The Nature Conservancy in…

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Hands-on wildfire hazard modeling training with BurnP3+ coming to Toronto this April

By Sarah Chisholm | February 27, 2026

ApexRMS is pleased to announce an upcoming guided course, Wildfire hazard modeling using BurnP3+, taking place April 14–16, 2026 at York University in Toronto, Ontario.…

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Advancing wildfire risk planning with Swan River First Nation

By Sarah Chisholm | December 22, 2025

This past fall, ApexRMS returned to Kinuso, Alberta to continue our partnership with Swan River First Nation (SRFN) on the co-development of a wildfire risk…

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Empowering groups with better wildfire modeling tools

By Sarah Chisholm | November 28, 2025

This past fall, ApexRMS team members contributed to two major wildfire modeling events, sharing tools and partnerships that support safer, more informed wildland fire planning…

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New workshop: Image classification using ecoClassify

By Sarah Chisholm | October 23, 2025

Due to overwhelming demand, our Image classification using ecoClassify workshop is back for a second offering. Following the rapid fill-up of our initial session, we’re…

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Modeling ecosystem futures in support of Australia’s Nature Repair Market

By Sarah Chisholm | September 30, 2025

This past summer, ApexRMS embarked on a new collaboration with CSIRO’s Ecological Knowledge System (EKS) team to support Australia’s new Nature Repair Market initiative. Led…

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Building wildfire resilience with Swan River First Nation

By Sarah Chisholm | August 15, 2025

Earlier this summer, our team members, Katie Birchard, Leonardo Frid, and Colin Daniel, traveled to Kinuso, Alberta, where they co-facilitated a two-day workshop on wildfire…

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Upcoming BurnP3+ wildfire model training opportunities this fall

By Sarah Chisholm | June 30, 2025

Following the success of our most recent sold-out wildfire modeling course this past Spring at the University of Alberta, we’re excited to announce two upcoming…

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The next chapter for SyncroSim: launching version 3 and SyncroSim Studio

By Sarah Chisholm | May 27, 2025

ApexRMS is proud to share a significant milestone in our journey to improve the accessibility of ecological modeling: we’ve officially launched version 3 of SyncroSim,…

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Integrating Local Ecological Knowledge into population model forecasts

By Colin Daniel | February 20, 2020

Integrating information derived from different knowledge systems into natural resource management decision-making can be challenging. As an example of how this can be done effectively,…

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SyncroSim and ST-Sim Workshop Announced for the 2020 IALE North America Meeting

By Leonardo Frid | January 9, 2020

Attendees at the International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE) North America Meeting in Toronto will have the opportunity to participate in a hands-on SyncroSim and…

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Predicting carbon cycling in wetlands across the U.S.

By Colin Daniel | December 12, 2019

Learn more about our current work modeling wetland carbon cycling at the AGU Fall Meeting 2019 in San Francisco this week. This work is part of the…

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Maintaining habitat connectivity under scenarios of climate and landuse change

By Leonardo Frid | November 30, 2019

ApexRMS is collaborating with the Quebec Government and Andrew Gonzalez from McGill University to assess forest habitat connectivity within the St. Lawrence Lowlands under scenarios of…

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NSERC ResNet: A network for monitoring, modeling, and managing Canada’s ecosystem services for sustainability and resilience

By Leonardo Frid | September 20, 2019

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has announced funding for an exciting new project led by Elena Bennett at McGill University…

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Linking climate and land use in California

By Leonardo Frid | August 15, 2019

Links between climate change and land use are in the news around the world this week following the publication of a special report on the topic…

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Developing an expert elicited model to evaluate invasive species and fire management alternatives

By Leonardo Frid | May 10, 2019

A recent study published in the journal Ecosphere showcases the development of a landscape model that combines a state-and-transition simulation model developed in ST-Sim with a…

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Simulating nature based solutions to climate change

By Leonardo Frid | April 29, 2019

A recent report by the Nature Conservancy and Next 10 shows that nature based solutions to climate change can be a cost-effective means of reducing…

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A novel approach for biodiversity conservation under climate change

By Leonardo Frid | March 12, 2019

A recent paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution proposes that traditional networks of permanent protected areas may be more effective at conserving biodiversity…

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Early registration ends Feb. 19 for landscape simulation modeling course with ST-Sim

By Leonardo Frid | February 19, 2019

Early registration ends Tuesday, Feb 19! This two-day online course establishes the fundamentals attendees need to use the free ST-Sim software to develop spatially-explicit, integrated models of…

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