A2A's 2025 Science Symposium

Listen to A2A’s Kate Cleary present the results of A2A’s U.S. Road Ecology studies in the 1000 Islands Region. Kate shares key insights from their bike surveys along NYS Routes 12 & 37, highlighting incredible numbers of wildlife mortality and conservation opportunities to reduce road impacts on wildlife and connectivity. Please find the accompanied slides here.

Hear from our panel of speakers sharing insights on road ecology in the A2A region.Doug Balmer - Arup Learn how road ecologists can help engineers incorporate sustainability into infrastructure design. ⁠Please find the accompanied slides here. More presentations to come! Stay tuned...

0:00 - 3:46 Get familiarized with our new podcast series that features presentations from our recent Science Symposium and hear from Jess Lax, Executive Director, and Kate Cleary, U.S Director, of the A2A Collaborative as they introduce the symposium and our keynote speaker, Erin Sito.Erin Sito — Wildlands Network3:47 - 39:31Hear from Erin Sito, U.S Public Policy Director, as she discusses the vital role that local science and community engagement play in preserving large, interconnected landscapes. She illustrates that combining scientific research with grassroots efforts can create sustainable conservation strategies and policies that are both effective and durable, regardless of which way the political winds may shift. Please find accompanied slides here.

Hear from a diverse panel of speakers sharing insights on connectivity mapping in the A2A region.Jeff Bowman - Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources0:00 - 17:30Learn about recently developed landscape connectivity maps for Ontario, Canada, and North America, and a connectivity indicator for the Ontario Parks and Protected Areas network. Please find the accompanied slides here. Phillip White Cree - Clarkson University17:31 - 41:33Hear from Philip as he discusses the community of Akwesasne and historical movement pathways. Please find the accompanied slides here. Bill Brown - A2A Collaborative 41:34 - 01:07:15Hear about our very own wildlife corridor mapping in the A2A region. Please find the accompanied slides here.Q&A01:07:16 - 01:25:54Hear from all 3 speakers as they take questions from the audience.

Here from our speakers who joined us at our 3rd biennial Science Symposium to discuss how researchers can use an Ethical Space Framework for Conservation in the A2A Region.Savanah Muller - Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network0:00 - 20:59Hear about the Parks Canada Ecological Corridor Project in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Region that is using a Two-Eyed Seeing and an Ethical Space Approach for collaborative conservation across the region. Please click here for access to the accompanied slides. Yanik Rozon - River Institute21:00 - 37:19Hear about the River Strategy and it's goal to facilitate connection for a beautiful and healthy St. Lawrence River guided by the Two Row Wampum Approach. Please click here for access to the accompanied slides. Elena McCulloch - Wahkohtowin Development GP Inc.37:20 - 01:01:38Listen to Elena's recent graduate research that weaves together Indigenous and Western knowledge of moose winter habitat to inform forest management in the Northeast Superior Region (NES) in Ontario. Please click here for access to the accompanied slides.

Here from our speakers who joined us at our 3rd biennial Science Symposium to discuss the impacts of ecological connectivity on animal movement in the A2A Region.Nadia Steinzor - ⁠Rewilding Institute⁠ 0:00 - 21:17Hear from Nadia as she discusses challenges & opportunities for wolves arriving in the Northeast. Please find her slides here. Jonathan Cole - Concordia University 21:18 - 35:49Listen to Jonathon as he discusses his most recent paper on habitat amount, fragmentation, and connectivity in the Adirondack-to-Laurentians (A2L). Please find his slides here.David Kramer - New York Department of Environmental Conservation35:50 - 47:43Join David as he discusses the history of moose in the Adirondacks and how habitats are impacting populations. Please find his slides here.Q&A Session 47:44 - 59:12