Biodiversity and Wildlife

Nov
27
2015

Wine & Wilderness (proceeds support Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition)

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Nov 27 2015 - 1:00am to 4:00am

Wine & Wilderness is your chance to sample some premium wine and craft beer samples, get your name in for a door prize ($50 CrossIron Mills gift certificate), receive a discount on your Christmas wine purchases, and...most importantly...toast the great outdoors and celebrate our love of trees, water, bugs, mountains and all those big animals we like to see from a distance! Read More

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Location

5 Vines Wine, Craft Beer & Spirits
215 12 Avenue SE
Calgary , AB
See map: Google Maps
Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wilderness & Parks
Nov
19
2015

Film Screening: Hadwin's Judgement

National Film Board of Canada
Nov 19 2015 - 2:00am

The National Film Board of Canada
is proud to present the Edmonton premiere of

HADWIN’S JUDGEMENT

Written and directed by Sasha Snow
Inspired by the book The Golden Spruce written by John Vaillant
With Doug Chapman as Grant Hadwin

Wednesday, November 18

7:00 p.m.
Metro Cinema Read More

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Location

Metro Cinema—Garneau Theatre
8712 109 Street NW
Edmonton , AB
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Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wilderness & Parks
Environmental Activism
Nov
06
2015

Wild Lands Advocate Vol. 23, No. 5

Alberta Wilderness Association
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The latest issue of the Wildlands Advocate is now available from the Alberta Wilderness Association website.

Features

  • Thinking About Rivers
  • Close Alberta’s Borders! (to aquatic invasive species)
  • Little Smoky – Duvernay Pilot: How Close is Promised Cumulative Effects  Management?
  • Two Fish, One Fish, No Fish: Alberta’s Fish Crisis
  • At the Top of Grassy Mountain
  • Species At Risk: Westslope Cutthroat Trout
  • Conservation Corner: The Leopard Frog and the Fungus
  • In Memoriam - Chris Havard
Source: Alberta Wilderness Association
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Alberta Wilderness Association
Reports & Publications
Nov
21
2015

2015 Martha Kostuch Annual Wilderness and Wildlife Lecture

Alberta Wilderness Association
Nov 21 2015 - 1:00am

With special guest lecturer Sid Marty:

“Banned in Alberta and other tales from the conservation trenches”

Sid will offer an arrest by arrest account of the Castle logging protest action in 2012.

If time permits, he will include a few entertaining excerpts from his published works.

Wilderness Defenders Awards will be presented to Sid Marty and Gordon Petersen. Both of these gentlemen are known as naturalists, each of them working and making a difference in different corners of Alberta to help others learn and know more about wild Alberta and our natural world.

A Great Gray Owl Award will be presented to Bob Blaxley – a knowledgeable, inspiring volunteer who share his passions through excellent leadership and storytelling. Read More

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Location

AWA Hillhurst Cottage School
455 12 Street NW
Calgary , AB
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Alberta Wilderness Association
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Wilderness & Parks
Feb
18
2016

AWA Edmonton Talk—Brazil: Wilds of the Pantanal

Alberta Wilderness Association
Feb 18 2016 - 2:00am

Wilderness Around the World Speaker Series
Sponsored by the Wildbird General Store & Jackson Power

with Dr. Jim Butler

Cost: Donations accepted at the door
Time: Talk starts at 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30pm)

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Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Jackson Power & Electric Ltd.
9744 60 Avenue NW
Edmonton , AB
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Alberta Wilderness Association
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Jan
14
2016

AWA Edmonton Talk—Mount St. Helens: The Power of Nature

Alberta Wilderness Association
Jan 14 2016 - 2:00am

Wilderness Around the World Speaker Series
Sponsored by the Wildbird General Store & Jackson Power

with Dr. Evelyn Merrill

Cost: Donations accepted at the door
Time: Talk starts at 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30pm)

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Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Jackson Power & Electric Ltd.
9744 60 Avenue NW
Edmonton , AB
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Alberta Wilderness Association
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Dec
10
2015

AWA Edmonton Talk—India: Mountains and Tigers …(Oh my!)

Alberta Wilderness Association
Dec 10 2015 - 2:00am

Wilderness Around the World Speaker Series
Sponsored by the Wildbird General Store & Jackson Power

with David Hobson

Join David as he takes you on a trip to the high altitudes and Tibetan Buddhist region of Ladahk in northern India including the high salt lake of Pangong Tso on the Tibetan border, home of the wild Tibetan Ass. He will also take you on a trek along the Markha River in the Hemis High Altitude National Park where blue sheep or Bharal forage along the dry desert slopes, where Himalayan Marmots and Pikas whistle warnings and people live a life not much changed over the last thousand years. Finally a visit to Jim Corbett National Park and Tiger Reserve along the southern foothills of the Himalaya where herds of wild Asian Elephants still wander and tigers hunt Chital Deer. 

Cost: Donations accepted at the door
Time: Talk starts at 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30pm)

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Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Jackson Power Electric Ltd.
9744 60 Avenue NW
Edmonton , AB
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Alberta Wilderness Association
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Oct
29
2015

Call for Papers: Wilderness, Wildlife and Human Interactions

Cochrane Research Institute
Initiative: 
Wilderness, Wildlife and Human Interaction Conference (Call for Papers)
Deadline: 
4 Dec 2015

Cochrane, Alberta Canada
March 5 & 6, 2016

The Theme of the Conference is Wilderness Wildlife and Human Interaction. It is set intentionally broad so all aspects of wilderness and human interaction (preserving our indigenous wildlife, economic, cultural, research, conservation past and present, the management of landscape domestic and wild, achievable goals) can be included. This Conference’s intention is also to explore new perspectives aimed at generating a Plan B focused on examining and creating innovative methods of moving from current economic and environmental stalemate and conflict to sustainability and a healthy planet. Only our imaginations set the limits! Read More

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Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Wilderness & Parks
Nov
05
2015

AWA Edmonton Talk—Cameroon: An Evaluation of its Biodiversity

Alberta Wilderness Association
Nov 5 2015 - 2:00am

Wilderness Around the World Speaker Series
Sponsored by the Wildbird General Store & Jackson Power

Dr. David Simbo will lead you through the wilds of Cameroon and explore the country’s amazing diversity of plants and animals!

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Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Jackson Power & Electric Ltd.
9744 60 Avenue NW
Edmonton , AB
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Alberta Wilderness Association
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Nov
19
2015

Celebrate Calgary's Headwater Streams with author Kevin Van Tighem

Trout Unlimited Canada
Nov 19 2015 - 1:30am

Author Kevin Van Tighem will be joined by photographer Brian Van Tighem for a presentation of Heart Waters: Sources of the Bow River on Wednesday evening, November 18 at the Cardel Theatre. This presentation deals with various headwater tributaries of the Bow River and the conservation issues around them. Kevin and Brian will touch on topics like non-native trout introductions, hydro dams, beavers, flood engineering, and more. Brian's beautiful and thought-provoking photographs of the Bow River area will be shown throughout the presentation. Read More

Source: Trout Unlimited Canada
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Location

Cardel Theatre
180 Quarry Park Boulevard SE
Calgary , AB
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Fresh Water
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Water & Watershed Management

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