This is blog #7 in our “Understanding Drought” series where we answer the question on everyone’s mind: Are we still in a drought?
“How to go camping in Alberta for the first time?” Follow along as Rachel figures out where to go and how to be safe while enjoying our beautiful watershed this May Long Weekend.
Join us in welcoming our newest Watershed Stewardship Assistant, Rachel! From beef to bees and birds of prey, Rachel’s background and biodiversity degree are a great fit for this year’s projects. Learn more about Rachel in our latest blog!
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.
The driveway had been repaired since our last visit, and our ascent was smooth. Perched atop a grassy knoll, Api’soomaahka’s (William Singer III) home is one of many on Kainai Nation. Rolling hills and prairie stretch out toward Chief Mountain, dappled with varying hues of green from the patches of native grass crawling over the landscape. Api’soomaahka came to greet us as blackbirds swooped overhead.
OWC is committed to ecological restoration work in this and every other version of reality. What do we mean by that? No, we’re not talking about Matrix 5: Neo’s Creek (fun as that would be); we’re talking about the OWC’s custom-made watershed stewardship virtual reality program supported by the RBC Foundation.
