Oldman Watershed Council
2025 Spring Forecast

Spring is the time of year to look at the water forecast for the coming year. Find updates on our watershed’s drought stage, water sharing agreements, reservoir levels, and snowpack accumulation.

2025 Spring Forecast
Oldman Watershed Council
Spring into Spring with iNaturalist

Looking for a fun, low-stakes way to get outside this spring? Get to know your local plants and animals using iNaturalist! Additionally, bumble bees will be back soon, and you can view and learn about local sightings in our ‘bumble bees of the Oldman watershed’ project!

Spring into Spring with iNaturalist
Oldman Watershed Council
Natural Infrastructure: Money in the (Stream) ...

Just how much is Natural Infrastructure worth? Find out in our latest blog!

Natural Infrastructure: Money in the (Stream) Bank
Oldman Watershed Council
Bumble Bees in Winter

What’s cute, fuzzy, and sleeps through winter? Bumble bees! Find out where they hunker down in winter, and what cues tell them it’s time to emerge and forage in spring.

Bumble Bees in Winter
Oldman Watershed Council
Frequently Asked Questions about Coal Mining

The Oldman Watershed Council (OWC) has received many requests for information about coal mining. In this FAQ blog, we answer the most common questions and provide links for readers seeking additional details and information.

Frequently Asked Questions about Coal Mining

Funding available - WLP Program NOW OPEN!

Funding available - WLP Program NOW OPEN!

If you are a landowner, you are a watershed steward! The OWC provides technical assistance, funding and administrative support for watershed projects. We help you identify and prioritize the areas and resources required to ...

Recreation or Wreckreation?

Recreation or Wreckreation?

It was standing-room only at the recent Southern Alberta Council for Public Affairs (SACPA) talk on Thursday, November 19th. It's a municipal and headwaters look at OHV use and the recommendations that surround this hot topic ...

Please welcome Cody Spencer and ... the Watershed Legacy Program (WLP)

Please welcome Cody Spencer and ... the Watershed Legacy Program (WLP)

Cody Spencer is a bison rancher, owning and operating the successful Sweetgrass Bison business. He has also been a star volunteer with the OWC this summer, working in the headwaters with riparian restoration and with the Recreation Users Education Project. Now Cody is taking the lead on OWC's Watershed Legacy Program (WLP), which provides support for landowners ...

Dutch Creek Restoration Event

Dutch Creek Restoration Event

We are currently allocating a good chunk of money towards flood mitigation in the province. Science has proven that bio-engineering in the headwaters is the most effective flood prevention method available. Recently the OWC and partners teamed up for some boots-on-the-ground work ...

Update on the Watershed Legacy Program (WLP)

Update on the Watershed Legacy Program (WLP)

Update on the Watershed Legacy Program (WLP) by Volunteer Cody Spencer. Here's what's been goin' on at Timber Ridge and how - as a landowner - you can apply for funding from the OWC to help improve watershed health on your own property ... 

My OWC Internship - Adam Janzen

My OWC Internship - Adam Janzen

Adam Janzen and Rowan Garleff have been busy all summer as OWC Outreach Assistants, working out in the headwaters and focusing on Dutch Creek. Adam is nearly finished his summer's work and is writing here to give us a summary of how the season went ...

What's happening in the headwaters?

What's happening in the headwaters?

One of the most looked forward to events is the opportunity to do bioengineering. Anyone over the age of 16 can participate! It's your chance to get out into the headwaters and share the day with a group of scientists and volunteers and learn about how we help keep places like Dutch Creek special. Save the dates ... 

Lunch & Learn

Lunch & Learn

Something new for the OWC! Lunch & Learn on Wednesday, September 30th will give us a chance to network and hear the latest about our two main projects this summer: the Recreational Vehicle Users' Education and the Film Project. Bring a friend and we'll see you for lunch! Please register ...

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

The OWC is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit organization with lots of ways to get involved. 

Help fund our work.

Make a difference.

Knowledge is power.