Biodiversity and Wildlife

Apr
23
2016

25th Annual Climb and Run for Wilderness

Alberta Wilderness Association
Apr 23 2016 - 6:00am

C4W 2016 LogoFrom the Climb for Wilderness website:

Registrations are now open!

Please join us at the Calgary Tower on Saturday April 23, 2016 for solidarity, exercise, environmental protection and fun! as we look back on the Climb for Wilderness’ amazing 25 year legacy helping raise awareness and money for the defence of Alberta’s wilderness.

We’re really looking forward to seeing you there!

What a year it was!

The world was full of optimism; communism had just fallen in the Soviet Union along with apartheid in South Africa. In solidarity with 176 other countries at the Rio Summit in Brazil, Canada signed the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, intended to guide the world in future sustainable development. Read More

Source: Climb & Run for Wilderness

Location

Calgary Tower
101 9 Avenue SW
Calgary , AB
See map: Google Maps
Alberta Wilderness Association
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Wilderness & Parks
Mar
09
2016

SAGE Calls for Headwaters Restoration fo Benefit Majority of Citizens in Southern Alberta

Southern Alberta Group for the Environment

The Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) together with others in the conservation community is calling for reduced linear footprint, strict limits on off-highway vehicles (OHVs) on public lands, and a ban on OHVs in parks and protected areas.  A communiqué was sent to the Government of Alberta on January 13, 2016.  The Southern Alberta Group for Environment (SAGE), established in 1984, works to protect and restore the health of our environment—water, air, and land—in Lethbridge and region. Read More

Source: Castle-Crown Wilderness Coaltion
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment
Fresh Water
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Water & Watershed Management
Wilderness & Parks
Outdoor Recreation
Mar
10
2016

Holding The Reins Landowners' Summit 2016

Oldman Watershed Council
Mar 10 2016 - 3:30pm to 9:30pm

Are you someone concerned about the sustainability of your food? Interested in the future of rangeland conservation in Southern Alberta? This event is for you!

Holding the Reins 2016 will be hosted on March 10, 2016 at the Fort MacLeod Community Hall. This year's landowner summit will showcase many interesting speakers who will present on important topics and programs within the Oldman watershed and beyond. This year, we are excited to host 40 agriculture science students from the Lethbridge College. Read More

Full program details and registration information

Location

Fort MacLeod Community Hall
301 25 Street
Fort MacLeod , AB
See map: Google Maps
Fresh Water
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Water & Watershed Management
Land Management & Stewardship
Agriculture
Riparian Areas
Mar
03
2016

EcoCity Edmonton: Community Sustainability Grants

Organization: 
City of Edmonton
Alberta Ecotrust Foundation
Deadline: 
28 Mar 2016

The City of Edmonton and Alberta Ecotrust are partnering to deliver environmental grants to help support energy literate citizens with energy conserving lifestyles and a strong shift to active and public transportation.

We believe that protecting and improving the environment within Edmonton’s borders is a shared responsibility. Through EcoCity Edmonton, citizens can learn about Edmonton’s environmental vision, find inspiration to take action in their community, and apply for a grant to help get ideas off the ground. Read More

Full eligibility details, criteria, guidelines, and application instructions
Alberta Ecotrust
Climate Change
Fresh Water
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Water & Watershed Management
Energy
Renewables & Alternatives
Wilderness & Parks
Air Quality
Electricity Generation & Transmission
Water Quality
Riparian Areas
Local Food
Mar
17
2016

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Workshop: Wet Areas Mapping Initiative Year Ten

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Mar 17 2016 - 2:00pm to 10:00pm

Towards the Goal of Environmental Excellence: Alberta’s Wet Areas Mapping Initiative at Year Ten

Alberta’s wet areas mapping initiative was initiated in 2005 and has made positive contributions to land and forest management. During this ten year time period, the wet areas mapping model has undergone a significant transformation to address complex challenges of mapping lands within the boreal forest. New spin-off modelling tools have also become an operational reality. A new understanding of moisture distributions on the forested landscape at high resolutions has spurred new scientific studies in the field of ecology, growth and yield and reclamation. This scientific symposium will report on a decade of innovation. Read More

Workshop agenda and online registration

Location

Matrix Hotel
10640 100 Avenue NW
Edmonton , AB
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Biodiversity and Wildlife
Forests
Mar
16
2016

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Workshop: Biodiversity and Forestry

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Mar 16 2016 - 2:00pm to 10:00pm
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Alberta’s forest management system identifies the maintenance of forest biodiversity as a key outcome. This workshop will explore how the implementation of ecosystem management principles and the application of strategies such as variable retention contribute to this outcome. Highlights include:

  • Application of ecosystem management principles in BC, Quebec, and Alberta and what we can learn from these different experiences. This will include several specific case studies in Alberta connecting ecological science to forest management.
  • An examination of the results from Alberta’s very own EMEND experiment. The Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural Disturbance (EMEND) Project is a large-scale variable retention harvest experiment designed to test effects of residual forest structure on ecosystem integrity and forest regeneration at the forest stand-level. 
Workshop agenda and online registration

Location

Matrix Hotel
10640 100 Avenue NW
Edmonton , AB
See map: Google Maps
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Forests
Mar
17
2016

AWA Edmonton Talk: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania — ‘Off the Beaten Track’ African Parks

Alberta Wilderness Association
Mar 17 2016 - 1:00am
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From a naturalist’s perspective, join Bill Reynolds to get up close with elephant families in the Zambezi rainforest, with hippos in the Selous reserve, with antelopes and hornbills among the baobabs of Ruaha, with the colobus monkeys of Udzungwa mountains and so many more denizens of deep, dark Africa!

  • Talk starts at 7:00PM (doors open at 6:30PM)
  • Donations accepted at the door
Buy tickets online
Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Jackson Power Electric Ltd.
9744 60 Avenue NW
Edmonton , AB
See map: Google Maps
Alberta Wilderness Association
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Wilderness & Parks

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