What's Happening in Southwest Alberta?
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 10:40PM The province is doling out almost $9 million among several non-profit groups devoted to protecting Alberta ranchlands and watersheds.
The funding from the Alberta Land Trust Grant Program will go toward six projects in southern Alberta, the province announced Monday.
Friday, March 10, 2017 at 11:12AM Successfully navigating economic change demands social innovation, and local community volunteers are leading the way. Read more in this CBC article about Pincher Creek's new RCADE at the Lebel Mansion.
Matthias Eden programs a humanoid robot made by the Calgary-based company called EZ-Robot during the Coder Rodeo in August. Photo Credit: James Van Leeuwen
Friday, January 20, 2017 at 02:22PM The Government of Alberta today announced the establishment of the boundaries of the expanded Castle Wildland Park and the new Castle Provincial Park. In addition, the Government issued the draft management plan for the parks for public review and comment until March 20. The draft management plan can be downloaded here: https://talkaep.alberta.ca/CastleManagementPlan
There is also a link to an on-line survey for submitting comments and information about other ways to submit your comments on the plan.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 01:26PM From the Calgary Herald, "One year after the province announced two parks in the Castle wilderness area, there are still several unresolved issues around their development."
For the full article, click here.
Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 02:18PM The following is excerpted from Global Forest Watch Canada's (GFWC) website (http://globalforestwatch.ca/node/257). Land users in southwest Alberta may be interested in the content of this report and may wish to participate in the public comment opportunity offered.
"GFWC is pleased to release for review its draft report: Disturbance, Intactness, and Linear Density in the Castle Wilderness Area of Alberta. GFWC has sent the review to a number of experts but welcomes feedback from anyone who would like to review the report.
To facilitate the review of datasets created for this report, GFWC has posted the datasets online on Data Basin (databasin.org). In order to view the linear disturbance and intact forest landscapes mapping datasets, you may create a free account at https://databasin.org/auth/create_account. Once you have an account, please send an email to review@globalforestwatch.ca to request access to the GFWC Castle review materials. Once in the GFWC Castle workspace, you can layer the datasets in a map and turn the datasets on and off to review them.
Review comments are due by August 18, 2016 and should be sent to review@globalforestwatch.ca. Thank you in advance."
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