UNBC PhD candidate Ben Pelto and his research team performed a multi-year evaluation of glaciers in the Columbia and Rocky Mountains. Their seasonal field measurement of winter snowfall and summer melt, complemented with aerial surveying, provide an accurate glimpse of glacier mass change. These estimates can be used to predict future glacier response to climate change.

The University of Northern British Columbia will launch a new degree in the fall of 2019 - the Bachelor of Science in Conservation Science and Practice with majors in either Wildland Conservation and Recreation (WCR) or Landscape Conservation and Management (LCM).