• Ellis Bird Farm AGM

    Ellis Bird Farm 39502 Range Rd 260, Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada

    The 2016 Annual General Meeting for the Ellis Bird Farm is open to the public. Check out the new visitors centre, meet the board of directors, and learn about their exciting projects and programs.

    Free
  • Flower Focus – **CANCELLED**

    Gaetz Lakes Migratory Bird Sanctuary gaetz lake mirgratory bird sanctuary, red deer, alberta, Canada

    **CANCELLED** Richard and Lorna present  on their 2012 trip to the shores of Paulatuk, NWT. Paulatuk is on Darnley Bay in the Gulf of Amundsen, north of the Arctic Circle.  They will focus on the arctic flora of the area. 

    Free
  • Saturday morning birding

    N. Bower Woods 37 Selkirk Blvd, Red Deer, AB, Canada

    Spend a couple hours in the north bower woods (Piper Creek trails west of Sunnybrook) Sat April 16. Meet Keith across from #37 Selkirk Blvd at 10:00 AM. Black-backed woodpecker wikimedia.org

    Free
  • Piper Creek Riparian Restoration

    Piper Creek Restoration Agriculture Project (PCRAP) 1601 40 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Red Deer, AB, Canada

    PCRAP (Piper Creek Restoration Agriculture Project) Workday organized by Trout Unlimited Canada    Volunteers will work in two crews; Planting Crew will be installing live stakes along Piper Creek in degraded riparian areas Monitoring Crew will be installing HOBO data loggers in 100m intervals along the creek, and 2 loggers to monitor air temperature on […]

  • Flower Focus – Aster Family

    Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

    Don Wales will attempt to describe the Asteraceae (a.k.a. Compositae), an exceedingly large, widespread and economically important family of flowering plants.     

    Free
  • Speaker of the month

    Kerry Wood Nature Centre

    Wildflowers of Banff A four-season multimedia presentation   Presented by Ian Wilson and Jacinthe Lavoie This colourful show features the best trails for wildflowers in Banff Park, with five themes set to music ... from bold blossoms to diminutive gems, wild creatures enjoying flowers, majestic mountain scenery, and autumn colours. Ian and Jacinthe are the authors […]

    Free
  • 2016 ANPC Conference

    Ferry Point Campground Range Rd 184, Rosalind, Alberta, Canada

    ANPC Workshop & AGM 2016 RARE PLANT CONSERVATION Speaker Highlights Dayle Soppet – Introduction to “rare” plants – what is a rare plant? Robin Gutsell – Rare plant “lists” and challenges in assessing their status Lorna Allen – Rank updates Jessica Stolar – Impacts of climate change on rare plants Laurie Hamilton – Understanding bias […]

  • Bird Focus at Maskapepetoon

    Saturday morning  spend 2 hours in Maskapatoon Park in Red Deer. This is a new area and is well worth visiting. Meet in the parking lot by the fitness park at the west end of Kerry Wood Drive. Maskepetoon Park

    Free