Upcoming Event

• BGS Annual Open House
  Date: Saturday, July 25 10AM - 4PM
  Location: Barrier Lake Station map
  Research Displays
  Environmental Education Activities
  Colonel’s Cabin Historic Site
  For Information: 403-673-3662
  Spend a Day in the Mountains with us!

Mission and Goals

The primary mission of the BGS is to provide and support high quality science through independent research or research clusters and to promote professional practices in the Canadian Rockies and adjacent areas. Informed natural resource and environmental polices can then be used to maintain ecosystem processes and services.

The BGS has four primary goals:

1. Improve understanding of ecosystem processes in the Canadian Rockies through research studies that take into account spatial and temporal variations;
2. Provide innovative, robust, and accessible information services and tools;
3. Cultivate a diverse and creative workforce, and a scientifically literate and engaged community;
4. Provide state-of-the-art facilities and services conducive to environmental research and education.

Affiliated Organizations & Networks

NEON: National Ecological
Observatory Network