Interested in learning about the training that fish and wildlife officers receive in AB? In this video, officers speak about the Western Conservation Law Enforcement Academy where recruits learn to combine their love and respect of the outdoors with conservation law enforcement. | Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement

Fish and wildlife officers help conserve and protect the province’s natural resources by ensuring everyone understands and complies with the laws meant to safeguard its natural resources and the public. They also ensure the public’s safety and protection of property in regards to wildlife, as well as provide emergency response assistance to police agencies in rural Alberta. Last week, we welcomed ten new officers to Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services. Each recruit must complete in-de

The Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta, Canada now cover roughly 100 square miles (258 square kilometers). The facility has expanded as its production of oil increased since the 1990s - an average of 3.1 million barrels were extracted each day in 2018, which is four times as much as in 2005. Athabasca contains Earth’s largest known deposit of bitumen, a semi-solid form of crude oil that occurs as a mixture of sand, clay, and water. The additional energy required to mine and then remove the sand from