Headwaters Roses and Thorns

Headwaters Roses and Thorns

Check-up on our previous restoration sites. Have the willows planted by our hardworking volunteers survived? Are folks steering clear and allowing sites time needed to regrow and recover? Is there potential for more work to be done? Our Outreach Assistants give you the scoop!

Fish Sticks Video

Fish Sticks Video

Watch a compilation video from the March “Fish Sticks” family puppet workshop. These wise young folks have some important messages for everyone enjoying our watershed this summer….

The Season for Stewardship!

The Season for Stewardship!

Thanks to our generous supporters, the OWC is able to provide 50/50 cost-share support to fund small stewardship projects and educational events, to producers and watershed groups throughout the Oldman watershed each year! Check out the projects our WLP Team has chosen to support his year, some WLP program highlights and the events OWC (through the WLP program) will be out attending this summer!

Draft Land Use Plans Will Improve Watershed Health

Draft Land Use Plans Will Improve Watershed Health

The 2 draft Government of Alberta plans are a turning point, a real watershed moment if you will, to halt declining environmental health of the headwaters, and even restore it through reclamation.

Well Water Perceived as Safe

Well Water Perceived as Safe

Overall, the study found that most well owners feel they are not susceptible to well contamination issues because they have not had any health concerns that they linked to their well water quality. Perceived susceptibility is critical, because it helps indicate how motivated people would be to test and/or treat their well.

Well Water: Risky or Safe?

Well Water: Risky or Safe?

University of Calgary PhD student, Abraham Munene, was interested in finding out what makes people think their water is safe or risky. In 2017 he set out to survey and interview well owners across Alberta to understand these perceptions, as part of his PhD research.
 

Protecting What We Love

Protecting What We Love

The eastern slopes should be a place for OHV users, campers, anglers, hunters, hikers and everyone in between. But in order for that to happen, activities need to be supported accordingly. Under the current framework that simply isn’t possible. The draft plans released March 27, 2018 offer a path forward.