Oldman Watershed Council
Building Resiliency to Multi-Year Drought ...

On February 29th, the Building Multi-Year Drought Resiliency Workshop was hosted by four southern Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils (WPACs): Oldman Watershed Council, South East Alberta Watershed Alliance, Milk River Watershed Council Canada, and Bow River Basin Council.

Building Resiliency to Multi-Year Drought workshop
Oldman Watershed Council
Well, what about groundwater?

The fifth instalment in our "Understanding Drought" blog series is now live. In it, we look beneath the surface and unearth information about groundwater.

Well, what about groundwater?
Oldman Watershed Council
Celebrating Every Drop

Blog #4 in our *Understanding Drought** blog series about the current drought in Alberta. Learn about how Alberta’s water-using sectors have made improvements to water conservation, efficiency, and productivity.

Celebrating Every Drop
Oldman Watershed Council
Sharing the Shortage: A Collaborative Approach ...

In blog #3 in our “Understanding Drought” series, we look at water management, sharing, and licensing in Alberta.

Sharing the Shortage: A Collaborative Approach to Water Management
Oldman Watershed Council
Actions and Consequences of Drought in the ...

In blog #2 in our “Understanding Drought” series, OWC’s Professional Biologist Emily Purvis discusses the impacts of drought on the broader environment, and how human actions can exacerbate these issues.

Actions and Consequences of Drought in the Watershed

Planning

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.

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.

OWC and the Castle – Input based on Consensus

OWC and the Castle – Input based on Consensus

It has been a long process with a deep history... the Castle Parks discussion has been around for decades.  Now, we are moments away from a Final Management Plan.  Let's take a look at some of the steps that got us here and how OWC has been involved.

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