Oldman Watershed Council
Restoration Work Delivers Significant Economic ...

If you have been following the work of the OWC, you may have noticed that we invest significant time and effort in restoring Alberta’s landscapes with our many partners—planting willows on streambanks to reduce erosion, building beaver dam analogues, installing wattle fencing, removing invasive plants so native species can thrive, and more. But why does this work matter?

Restoration Work Delivers Significant Economic Benefits
Oldman Watershed Council
Indigenous Voices: Fire on the Grassland with ...

Alvin First Rider is the Environmental Manager with Blood Tribe Land Management. In this blog, he shares his experience working in land stewardship, and his knowledge of the role that fire plays, and has played, on the prairie.

Indigenous Voices: Fire on the Grassland with Alvin First Rider
Oldman Watershed Council
Indigenous Voices: Exploring the Plentiful ...

Watershed Stewardship Assistant Chantel Youmans reflects on the experience of learning from Api’soomaahka, and the prairie itself, on ecology and the deep significance of prairie plants in Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) culture as food and medicine.

Indigenous Voices: Exploring the Plentiful Prairies with Api’soomaahka
Oldman Watershed Council
Agricultural Innovators: Beaver Coexistence ...

It’s a beautiful, windy day on the range, where I’m about to receive a thorough sermon on beaver ecology and coexistence from southern Alberta’s resident ‘beaver guy,’ Kirby England.

Agricultural Innovators: Beaver Coexistence with Kirby England
Oldman Watershed Council
Grazing the Bar: Managing Southern Alberta’s ...

Here in Alberta, our grasslands are the result of many thousands of years of shaping and influence, from both geologic processes and the animals that came before us. Today, every field I pass is a reminder of the constant effort involved in keeping grasslands thriving through sustainable grazing management.

Grazing the Bar: Managing Southern Alberta’s Rangelands

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2020 Summer Forecast

2020 Summer Forecast

Now that we are officially into summer, you may be wondering what kind of summer 2020 has in store for us. Will there be wildfires causing thick, smoky air, making it difficult to spend time enjoying nature? Will farmers have a good crop, bringing economic stability to our region? Will there be water restrictions? Floods?

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