You've loaded the trailer, driven to your favourite backcountry hideaway... only to find it's been "staked" out with willows and fence posts! What is going on? Find out how YOU can help keep our rivers healthy, just by letting these areas recover.
Introducing the Fabulous Four
We Go Everywhere, Man; We've Been Everywhere
Fish Sticks Video
A reason to hope
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.
2017 Restoration Narration
Back to School 2017
That's All, Folks!
Staking Out the Backcountry
Beyond a Shadow of a Drought...
OWC Goes to the Museum
Swedish watershed wisdom
If you’re trying to change the world, it’s important to start local and talk to people! OWC has been working hard to reduce impacts in the headwaters; we’d like to share 3 of our lessons learned for where to begin. (Including some very helpful Swedish vocabulary!) This is a summary of the presentation given at the Speaker Series at Beauvais Lake Provincial Park....
The Good, The Bad, and the Weedy
Please help OWC fight the aliens. There are opportunities to get out on the land all summer! Did you know that there are some plants that can devastate our water security in Alberta? Read on to understand the threat that these invaders pose to our drinking water and to learn more about what is being done, and what you can do to help!
World Environment Day 2017: Are you ALL IN?
Swimming in Circles: A Primer on Whirling Disease
One for the Books - May Long 2017
2017 Outreach Assistants: Reuben Middel
2017 Outreach Assistants: Francisco Samayoa
The real price of runoff
Humans are ingenious. We can filter almost anything. Even human waste can become safe, clean water when we’re forced to be innovative, like at the International Space Station where urine and grey water becomes a critical source for drinking water. The problem is what price tag are we willing - and able - to pay?
