TransCanada has been a founding sponsor of the Foothills Research Institute (FRI) Grizzly Bear Program since 1999. Over the past 10 years TransCanada and more than 50 other sponsors have worked toward a common goal of "providing new knowledge and planning tools to ensure the long-term conservation of grizzly bears in Alberta".

Since 1999, researchers at FRI have monitored grizzly bear activity across the province to gather and map data on various facets of grizzly bears, ranging from habitat selection to mortality risks. Overall, this investigation has assembled the most comprehensive and extensive data set in North America ever assembled on grizzly bears.

TransCanada believes that grizzly bear research and the objectives of this project align with company priorities, specific to the overall management of the industrial footprint in the boreal environment. In addition, it provides us with the opportunity to influence the direction of landscape management in this extensive geographic area of the province, while supporting the overall health of grizzly bears as a species at risk.