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
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

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
Feb
24
2016

The Perfect Storm — Unregulated Access in our Eastern Slopes

West Athabasca Bioregional Society

Tens of thousands of Albertans are calling for strict limits on off-highway vehicles (OHVs) along Alberta’s Eastern Slopes, and for a ban of OHVs in Alberta’s parks and protected areas. Poor management of the cumulative impacts of industrial development from oil &gas, forestry and mining along the east slopes has created the perfect storm of unregulated access from OHV users. Read More

Source: Castle Wilderness News
West Athabasca Watershed Bioregional Society
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Wilderness & Parks
Outdoor Recreation
Feb
16
2016

Alberta conservation group asks why taxpayer’s money spent repairing off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails that will now have to be removed

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition

Pincher Creek — The Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition (CCWC) is asking why the Government of Alberta continued to spend money repairing and entrenching off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails in what is to become the Castle Provincial Park when OHVs aren’t allowed in provincial parks. Read More

Source: Castle-Crown Wilderness Coaltion
Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wilderness & Parks
Outdoor Recreation
Feb
10
2016

Statement re: Federal Court decision on Maligne Lake legal challenge

CPAWS Northern Alberta
Jasper Environmental Association
Ecojustice

EDMONTON – Conservation groups remain hopeful that a concept proposal for overnight commercial accommodations at Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park will be stopped after a Federal Court ruling confirmed that proposals violating park management plans cannot be approved. Read More

Source: CPAWS Northern Alberta
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Jasper Environmental Association
Ecojustice
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wilderness & Parks
Feb
07
2016

Music for the Wild: Fifty Shades of Blues and Blue Rambler

Alberta Wilderness Association
Feb 7 2016 - 2:30am

Headline Act

Fifty Shades of Blues. Glennis Houston & Andrea Petrity sing and play blues from the women divas of the 20’s and 30’s. Let them transport you back to the sultry clubs of New Orleans, Chicago, St. Louis and New York when powerful women laid down the foundation of blues, jazz and rock. Fifty Shades of Blues is a piano / vocal duo.

Opening Act

Blue Rambler. Don Gowan, George Campbell & Murray Little play blues-based songs that have strong stories and a solid groove. Their songs are well-aged or are played as if they are. Blue Rambler will get you singing a bit and tapping your feet. Expect to hear tinges of folk, jazz and old country as well as blues.

Music at 7:30pm, doors open at 7:00pm

Tickets: $20.00 Read More

Purchase tickets online
Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Alberta Wilderness Association
455 12 Street NW
Calgary , AB
See map: Google Maps
Alberta Wilderness Association
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Wilderness & Parks
Mar
12
2016

Wild Voices Soiree 2016

CPAWS Southern Albert Chapter
Mar 12 2016 - 1:30am

From the CPAWS Southern Alberta Chapter website:

We are excited to be hosting this year's Soiree at SAIT's elegant Macdonald Hall located in Heritage Hall. Our evening not only showcases a performance by the popular band The Wardens who have two CDs to their name, it also features renowned conservationist and explorer Brian Keating as the keynote speaker. Along with a silent auction and Ken Lima-Coelho as MC, it is sure to be a great event.

  • Doors open at 5:30 pm.
  • Dinner and evening program begins at 6:30 pm.
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Purchase tickets online
Source: CPAWS Southern Alberta

Location

Macdonald Hall (Heritage Hall Building) - SAIT
1301 16 Avenue NW
T2M 4W7 Calgary , AB
See map: Google Maps
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Wilderness & Parks

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