A historic donation has been made to OWC and the province’s WPACs.
OWC has been busy this fall. We did more CABIN biomonitoring than in previous years, brought a lot of students into the field, and worked hard on several restoration projects. Read up on our staff’s personal highlights and lessons as well!
This is blog #8 in our “Understanding Drought” series. Are we “back to normal” after this summer? Find out!
Alberta has more native pollinators than you think! A whole host of solitary bees, social bees, wasps, and many more animals all pollinate our native and crop flowers. Many of them overwinter underground or in hollow stems, so a few small landscaping decisions this fall can provide crucial habitat.
New guest blogpost by Quentin Stevick! Now is your chance to have a say in how the AB gov't will invest in energy efficiency programs. Energy Efficiency Alberta is a new agency that will promote and support energy efficiency and energy systems for homes, businesses and communities. Quentin Stevick tells his thoughts on energy efficiency, the current system and what should change from a rural perspective that will benefit all Albertans...
You are invited to register for the “2016 Water Monitoring Workshop” designed to bring together individuals and groups to share ideas, experiences and technologies related to the monitoring of water. The scope includes quality and the quantity of water in surface and groundwater. This two day event will include ...
Recently, the OWC took Minister Phillips and MLA Fitzpatrick up to the headwaters for a tour of our area of special interest, Dutch Creek, and some flyfishing. We got the opportunity to capture some of it on film. In this clip, Minister Phillips explains how the OWC - and the other 10 Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils across Alberta - help inform her work.
Well, the long weekend is coming up and people will be heading for the hills. But what about our dedicated farmers? It is their busy season right now, and hail and rainstorms have not helped matters. Agriculture is the lifeblood of southern Alberta. That lifeblood is the Oldman. Irrigation has made its mark on our economy and on our landscape and users of irrigation water in southern Alberta are always searching for innovative ways to improve efficiencies. Here's a little tribute to our growers, and all the rural people who steward the land ...
Book The Date JULY 26th! Learn about the science and history of Waterton Lakes National Parks... topics include the threats facing salamanders, cross-boundary work on climate change, the parks’ lesser-known past and how remote cameras are used to track wildlife movement. Experts will discuss aquatic resources, landscapes, history and wildlife.
I’ve always considered both the Roundtable and the Oldman Watershed great examples of landscape collaboration, where diverse partners work together to share information, promote good projects and ideas and accomplish great things. This month, the Obama Administration agreed and honored us, along with six other organizations and individuals as first-ever recipients of the Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources for outstanding leadership in advancing adaptation of the Nation’s valuable fish, wildlife and plant resources in a changing climate.
The Roundtable connects people to enhance the culture, communities, and conservation of the region. Our transboundary, large landscape effort provides a platform for diverse perspectives to share information, build knowledge and capacity, celebrate success, and catalyze new efforts and partnerships. We seek to achieve a shared vision for people and nature in the region.
The Roundtable’s three years of Adaptive Management Initiative (AMI) projects brought together creative partnerships to advance landscape and organizational resiliency to the changes we’re experiencing on the landscape and in our communities. It’s an honor to be nationally recognized and I applaud all of you for your participation in the Roundtable and providing the forum from which good ideas like AMI can grow.
One of the AMI projects recognized by this award is the Oldman Watershed Council’s “Supporting Watershed Adaptation by Building Connections.” This project exemplifies the goals of the Roundtable and the AMI: enhancing culture, community and conservation by building partnerships and connections in the Crown of the Continent landscape.
We’ll be exploring ideas of resiliency at our annual forum – landscape resiliency amidst record visitor use and how culture inspires landscape conservation. The Roundtable will highlight partnerships and explore key questions about culture, community and conservation in Fernie, British Columbia on October 13-14, 2016. We’d love your co-sponsorship of the conference; contact me for more information. We’ll soon post our draft agenda at www.crownroundtable.org.
Kim Davitt, Coordinator, Roundtable on the Crown of the Continent
Looking for some great opportunities to volunteer or learn more about environment and sustainability? Consider attending some of the many events being hosted by Environment Lethbridge for Environment Week 2016!
Environment Week runs from June 5th-June 11th, with tons of free activities for everyone....
