Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 06:07PM The Oldman Watershed Council will be holding its annual Holding the Reins Landowners Summit for the Oldman Watershed in Fort MacLeod on Thursday, March 10th, from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm.
For more information and to register, click here.
Friday, October 2, 2015 at 04:45PM Our friends at the Napi Oldman Watershed Council have some fun hands-on restoration events planned in the headwaters in October! Get out there and have some fun while helping to restore bull trout and west slope cutthroat trout habitat! Free to participate, but please register by October 9th.
For event information and to register, clink here.
Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 01:53PM Water Matters, the Oldman Watershed Council, and SASCI are pleased to present Round 2 of the 'Source to Tap' Community Conversations.
Building on the first round of local meetings in November and December 2012, these final sessions aim to generate proactive solutions and build support for necessary stewardship actions to protect the health of the Oldman River headwaters … for people and for the environment. We will discuss:
• What speci!c stewardship practices or actions are currently happening in the headwaters? What else is required? What are the opportunities?
• How can watershed stewardship activities be further fostered and supported to increase their effectiveness over the long term?
You are invited to attend any of the community conversations. Participants in this second round need not have attended an earlier session. Your voice is important!
Dates and locations of the sessions are provided below:
Wednesday, Feb 27: Springpoint Hall* 5:30 supper followed at 6:30 by dialogue session (RSVP to Pat Ness: 553-2625)
Thursday, Feb 28: Stavely Community Centre 5:30 supper followed at 6:30 by dialogue session (RSVP to jnbee"ady@gmail.com)
Friday, March 1: Lundbreck Hall* 5:30 supper followed at 6:30 by dialogue session (RSVP to Ted Smith 628-2004)
Wednesday, March 6: Pincher Creek,* Heritage Inn 7:00 PM
Thursday, March 7: Crowsnest Pass,* Country Encounters 7:00 PM
Tuesday, March 12: Lethbridge, Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre 7:00 PM
Wednesday, March 13: Cardston Seniors Centre 7:00 PM
Thursday, March 14: Picture Butte, Warren Kleeman Hall, Prairie Tractor and Engine Museum 7:00 PM
Monday, January 28, 2013 at 02:59PM "The OWC Rural Team is excited to announce and invite you to the 7th Annual Holding the Reins Landowners Summit themed, Fire Impacts and Stewardship in the Watershed, to be held at the Fort Macleod & District Community Hall on February 13th, 2013.
The annual Holding the Reins Landowners Summit, sponsored in part by Alberta Beef Producers, provides basin residents an opportunity to hear about rural issues and initiatives in the Oldman watershed. Presentations are given on a wide range of rural topics and landowner stewardship groups share their expertise, experiences and stories of their efforts to protect their local watershed.
This year, the Rural Team is honored to have Glen and Kelly Hall, Stavely-area ranchers and Alberta Beef Producers' 2008 Environmental Stewardship Award recipients, as the Keynote Speakers. Glen and Kelly have contributed much of their time and effort to being the best stewards of the land that they can for the benefit of the watershed and we couldn't be more happy to have them join us for the summit.
Presentations will include the Milk River and Granum fire impacts and opportunities as well as the Lost Creek wildfire impacts in the Oldman headwaters and beyond.
The summit promises to be inspiring and engaging with Digital Stories, presented by Norine Ambrose of Cows and Fish, and stewardship and landowner group updates."
Click here for more information and to register.
Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 11:33AM From the event website:
"Climate variability, water scarcity, flooding, and the various demands of population and economic growth are influencing developers, infrastructure managers, city officials and provincial planners. Governments, industries, and community development professionals are responding to the emerging need to plan for and manage risks associated with extreme weather events, flooding, droughts and other climate related stressors on our community infrastructure systems.
This full-day workshop will provide an introduction to the drivers and trends toward low impact and green development and the "state of" municipal and provincial water and water management policy and legislation (rainwater & storm water capture, reuse, water infrastructure management), as they influence the planning and construction of provincial, municipal, and residential infrastructure-related projects."
The workshop content will include:
- climate change, variability, and adaptation
- legislation, policies, guidelines, and best practices
- LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
- low-impact development tools & technologies
- sustainability of watersheds and water balance model
For more information and to register, click here to visit the event website.
The event runs from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm in Lethbridge on July 30. The registration cost is $400, but may be subsidized for non-profit organizations and community citizens. The event is hosted by the Oldman Watershed Council and delivered by Sustainability Resources Ltd., a consulting firm. SASCI is not associated with the event in any way.