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News and Media
2025
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Rehabilitation permits
We are very happy to have our wildlife rehabilitation permits renewed this year. Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit & Approval for Black Bears.
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Government Visit
We were delighted to be visited by Tom Davies (Assistant Deputy Minister of the Resource Stewardship Division) and Sue Cotterill (Executive Director of Fish and Wildlife Stewardship).
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Cochrane Post
We were mentioned in the Cochrane Post.
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Alberta Emerald Awards
Cochrane Ecological Institute was nominated for the Alberta Emerald Awards in the category Community Group or Non-Profit.
2024
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Celebrating 60 years of wildlife conservation
Read the article highlighting our six decades in wildlife conservation.
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Cochrane Ecological Institute Symposium
Read about our Symposium!
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The babies are coming!
Cochrane Post article.
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Fruit Tree donations
Town of Cochrane partners with the Cochrane Ecological Institute to re-purpose fruit from fruit trees around town, mitigating human-wildlife conflicts, view the article.
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Make Halloween safe for wildlife
Cochrane Ecological Institute takes pumpkin donations to support its wildlife, Wandering YYC article & The Rockies life article.
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Annual readers choice awards
Cochrane Post article.
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Visit the Cochrane ecological institute
Calgary's Child recommends visiting Cochrane Ecological Institute during the fall.
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Human relations with Calgarys wildlife
The Narwal article.
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CEI Annual christmas tree market
Cochrane Post article.
2023
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Bat research in cochrane
Airdrie City View article.
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Court case with Alberta Government resolved
Read about the resolution to the court case below.
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Bobbi the bobcat
Calgary Wildlife transfers Bobbi to Cochrane Ecological Institute.
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Catriona matheson awarded queen elizabeth II platinum jubilee medal
Cochrane Eagle article.
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Being bear aware as winter approaches
Cochrane Eagle article.
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Black bear killed
Cochrane Eagle article.
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Two cubs left behind
Cochrane Eagle article.
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Interviews on Black Bears
CEI was interviewed by various news outlets such as CTV and local Cochrane outfit The Cochrane Eagle, regarding our take on the Orphaned Black Bear Protocol. With the incident of two orphaned black bear cubs in our area, we offered our stance and opinion on the current policy regarding their welfare.
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Bat research at Cochrane Ecological Institute
The CEI collected, recorded, and surveyed local bats in our area to provide (ACBP) information for their research! https://www.albertabats.ca/ -
CEI Received a grant from the Cochrane Foundation and Calgary Foundation
We are the lucky recipients of both the Community Grant from the Calgary Foundation (https://calgaryfoundation.org/)and the Community Capital Grant from the Cochrane Foundation (https://cochranefoundation.ca/)for our "Going Batty- A Learning Experience that takes Action to make a difference for the declining numbers of Bats" project!
2022
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Cochrane ecological institute has a visit from mazda
Re-Wilding with the MAZDA CX-30. The Cochrane Ecological Institute was visited by Mazda for Mazda stories in the summer of 2022. They had an in-depth look at the wildlife on site, our work and our mission, article.
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Rehabilitation permit suspended
Cochrane Ecological Institute in feud with Alberta Government as they suspend wildlife rehabilitation permit. Cochrane Eagle article.