2023 | Sep | Cathy Steele & Myrna Pearman | RDRN's Nature Central program Summary with Cathy Steele and Exploring Svalbard Norway with Myrna Pearman |
2023 | Apr | Dr. Glynnis Hood | Can Beavers turn Parachutes into Umbrellas? |
2023 | Mar | Red Deer Polytechnic Bio Students - Jaden Griffiths, Payton Baltzer, Allicia Irwin, Jennine Baughman, Kira Weddell and Terese McNabb | Present Fascinating Wildlife Ecology Findings |
2023 | Feb | Charity Briere | What's the Buzz Red Deer? Bumbling Through Understanding Urban Bee Ecology |
2022 | Nov | Danika Schramm | The Birds and The Genes: How events of the past and present shape the genetics of bird populations |
2022 | Oct | Dr. Ken Fry | Pollination and Climate Change: What are the impacts and what can we do about it? |
2022 | Sep | Graeme Gissing & Dr. Natalia Lifshitz | Nature Central: Celebrating our Wild Alberta Parklands |
2022 | Apr | Dr. Gabriela Ibarguchi | Arctic Seabirds as Sentinels of Change |
2022 | Mar | Dr. Erin Bayne | The Beauty of Bird Song: How and why birds sing and how sound is being used to make better conservation decisions. |
2022 | Feb | Dr. Emily Studd | Is something screaming? Uncovering the secret lives of boreal mammals with technology. |
2021 | Nov | Myrna Pearman | Beauty Everywhere – Celebrating Nature in our own Backyards |
2021 | Oct | Dr. Dale Leckie | The Scenic Geology of Alberta |
2021 | Sep | Dr. Heather Addy | Fungi in the environment: from decomposition to the “wood-wide web” |
2021 | Apr | Dr. Robert Barclay | Bats Are Amazing – but are facing several conservation challenges |
2021 | Mar | Zach Dempsey | The Lancet Liver Fluke, Invasive Parasite |
2021 | Feb | Dr. Randy Arsenault | 25 Years in Africa: Ecology, Music and Education |
2020 | Feb | Dr. Andrew Derocher | Trouble at the Top: Polar Bears in a Warming Arctic co-sponsored Red Deer College held at the College Room 2602 |
2020 | Mar | April Martinig | Going the Distance: The local vacancy game and how it changes dispersal of Red Squirrel CANCELLED |
2020 | Oct | April Martinig | Going the Distance: The local vacancy game and how it changes dispersal of Red Squirrel Virtual Zoom Meeting |
2020 | Nov | Dr. Russell Martel | Cascading Ecological Effects of Sea Otter reintroduction and kelp forest recovery Virtual Zoom Meeting |
2019 | Feb | Dr. Fabien Mavrot | Monitoring Health in a Decling Muskox Population: Challenges and Solutions in the Remote Artic |
2019 | Mar | Susanne Mainment | Natural History of Hummingbirds and how to band them |
2019 | Apr | Dr. Natalia Lifshitz | Tree Swallows – Feathers and Pollution SPEAKER NOT AVAILABLE |
2019 | Apr | Carol Kelly & Judy Boyd & Otis the Owl | Medicine River Wildlife Centre Update on new Building |
2019 | Sep | Zach Dempsey | Phylogeography of the Terrestrial Mountain Land Snail, Oreohelix |
2019 | Oct | Dr. Sandra Black | Narwhal: In a Time of Change (Banquet) |
2019 | Nov | Dr Natalia Lifshitz | Tree Swallows – Feathers and Pollution |
2018 | Feb | Elly Knight | Birds of the Unknown: Ecology & Conservation of Nightjars in Canada |
2018 | Mar | Phil Currie | Current Research on Alberta Dinosaurs at the U of A |
2018 | April | Wes Olson | The Ecological Bison |
2018 | Sept | Sandra MacDougall | Why did the deer cross the road? |
2018 | Oct. | Dr. David M.Bird | Feathering One’s Nest (cosponsored by EBF, KWNC and RDRN) |
2018 | Oct | Dr, Dale Leckie | Rocks (Banquet) |
2018 | Nov | Mirjam Barrueto | The Bigger the Better: Large Landscape Wolverine Research in Southern Alberta and BC |
2017 | Feb | Kathreen Ruckstuhl | Of Bighorn Sheep and Research |
2017 | Mar | Cory Olson | Our Backyard Bat and the Emerging Role of Community-led Conservation |
2017 | April | Ian Wilson & Jacinthe Lavoie | Waterton Wild |
2017 | Sept | Janine Higgins | Battling Aquatic Invaders |
2017 | Oct | Lu Carbyn | Encounters with wolves and swift fox (Banquet) |
2017 | Nov | Bradley Peters | Alberta Lake Management |
2016 | Feb | Corey Scobie | From Burrowing Owls to Passenger Pigeon: Tales from a Conservation Biologist Turned Museum Curator |
2016 | Mar | Sally Stuart | Sonograms |
2016 | Apr | Ian Wilson & Jacinthe Lavoie | Wildflowers of Banff |
2016 | Sept | Michael Dawe | Preservation of a Green and Pleasant Land (Banquet) |
2016 | Oct | Gilbert Proulx | Do Predator Bounties Work? |
2016 | Nov | Brianna Lorentz | Winter Muskrats |
2015 | Jan. | Dorothy Hill | The Evolution of Parental Care in birds |
2015 | Feb | Elyse Williams | The Alberta Biodiveristy Monitoring Institute: Monitoring the status and trends of biodiversity and human footprint |
2015 | Mar | Don Wales | Diversity Contrasts: Iceland and Greenland |
2015 | Apr | Alexandria Farmer | Bees |
2015 | May | Gordon Court | Falconry and Owls |
2015 | Sept | Myrna Pearman | Inspiration of Bluebirds |
2015 | Oct | Dr. Heather Proctor | The Mighty Mites |
2015 | Nov | Dr. Lu Carbyn | 100 Years in the life of a Central Alberta Forest |
2014 | Feb | Linda and Peter Kershaw | The Proposed CANOL Heritage Trail, Northwest Territories: a wilderness backpacking experience with a twist |
2014 | Mar | Dr. Jocelyn Hudon | Project Sapsucker: a window into an overlooked hybrid zone in Western Alberta |
2014 | Apr | Jason Unger | A Seismic Legacy: Public Land Management Policies in Alberta |
2014 | Sept | Gerald Romanchuk | Chasing 200 (bird species) |
2014 | Oct | David Coltman | Using DNA to study the ecology, conservation and management of Alberta Wildlife |
2014 | Nov | Dorothy Hill | had to cancel because of weather |
2013 | Feb | Geoff Holroyd | The Decline of Burrowing Owls is not a Mexican problem |
2013 | Mar | Dr. James Cahill | Behaviour in Plants |
2013 | Apr | Kevin Van Tighem | Grizzlies and the Headwaters |
2013 | Sep | Jerry Haigh | Moose |
2013 | Oct | Kevin Van Tighem | The Homeward Wolf |
2013 | Nov | Mirjam Barrueto | Wolverines…shrinking spaces for a wilderness wanderer |
2012 | Feb | Collen McPhee | Nature Conservancy of Canada |
2012 | Mar | Andrew Nikiforuk | Empire of the Beetle |
2012 | Apr | Erin Cameron | Ecosystem Engineer invades the Boreal Forest |
2012 | Sep | Al Batt | |
2012 | Oct | James Glacier | Ants of Alberta |
2012 | Nov | Kerry Nugent | Invasion of the Trout Snatchers |
2012 | Dec | Glen Chilton | Attack of the Killer Rhododendrons |
2011 | Feb | Lisa and Chuck Priestly | Owls in Alberta/Important Bird Areas |
2011 | Mar | Phil French | Inside the Box |
2011 | Apr | Erin Bayne | Silent Boreal Fores |
2011 | Sep | Ben Gadd | Icefield Bunnies, Gulible Bees, and Why the Tallest Mountain Isn’t |
2011 | Oct | Wayne Nelson | Turkey Vultures in East Central Alberta |
2011 | Nov | Robert Longair | Hunting the Elusive Elephant Wasp |
2010 | Feb | Gabby and Seth Yates | The Lynx Cycle |
2010 | Mar | Carol Patterson | Ecotourism: From Costa Rica to Central Alberta |
2010 | Apr | Andrew Nikiforuk | Reforming Alberta's Careless Petre Stae |
2010 | May | Gordon Court | Return of the Peregrine: Management and Recovery of the Peregrine Falcon in Western Canada |
2010 | Sep | Ed Struzik | This Hour Has 55 Million Years |
2010 | Oct | Joyce Gould | Willmore Wilderness Park |
2010 | Nov | Dave Prescott | Species at Risk in Alberta |
2009 | Feb | Meet the Species | |
2009 | Mar | Jim Potter | Cavity-Nesting Waterfowl Nestbox Program |
2009 | Apr | Carol Kelly Judy Boyd | Are You My Mother? Fostering Wild Orphans to Wild Families |
2009 | Sep | Ken Fry | Winging It: Trials and Tribulations of Dating in the Insect World |
2009 | Oct | Steve Herrero | Discoveries About Bears |
2009 | Nov | Glynnis Hood | How Beavers Fought the Drought and Won |
2008 | Feb | Meet the Species | Meet the Species |
2008 | Mar | Vance Buchwald | Fish and Riparian Health |
2008 | Apr | Gerald Romanchuk | Hangin' Out With Hawk Owls |
2008 | Sep | John Acorn | Alberta Ladybugs: Alien Invasion or Benign Ecological Reshuffling? |
2008 | Oct | Andrew Derocher | Polar Bears in a Changing Climate |
2008 | Nov | Cathy Gill | Animal Crossings in Banff National Park |
2007 | Feb | Gordon Court | Owls, Owlers and Owling in Alberta |
2007 | Mar | Naomi and David Delafield | Voyage to the Bay |
2007 | Apr | Jen Beverly | Prescribed Burning and the Use of Fire |
2007 | Sep | Phil French | Red Deer River Journey |
2007 | Oct | Lu Piening | Mushrooms of Alberta |
2007 | Nov | Don Wales | Paddling the Arctic |
2006 | Feb | Terry Krause, Dawn Carr | Taking Inventory of our Parks Through Science and Research |
2006 | Mar | Steven Hrudy | From Walkerton to Kashechewan |
2006 | Apr | Cherry Dodd | Grow Wild! Growing Native Plants in Your Yard |
2006 | Sep | Stuart Houston | HBS Naturalists, Turkey Vulture Tagging |
2006 | Oct | Sophie Czetwertynski | Effects of Industrial Access and Hunting on the Behaviour and Demographics of Black Bears |
2006 | Nov | Wes Olson | A Photographic Journey Through Bison Society |
2005 | Feb | Brad Stelfox | Alberta's Boreal Forest: A Landscape in Transistion. |
2005 | Mar | Stan Boutin | Woodland Caribou in Alberta: Are They Doomed? |
2005 | Apr | Kris Kendell | Celebrating Alberta's Amphibians |
2005 | Sep | Robert Barclay | Beauty and Biology in the Deserts of Southern Africa |
2005 | Oct | Cheryl Chetiewicz | Habitat Selection and Movement Patterns of Cougars |
2005 | Nov | Mary Griffiths | Coalbed Methane: Where is it Going and What can We do About it? |
2004 | Feb | Lisa Priestley | Barred Owls in Alberta and Implications for National and Provincial Volunteeer Owl Monitoring Programs |
2004 | Mar | Doug Collister | Monitoring Neotropical Migrant Bird in Canada and Costa Rica |
2004 | Apr | Leslie Main Johnson | Learning About the Land: Ethnobotanical Research with First Nations |
2004 | Sep | Peter Sherrington | That Which Hath Wings Shall Tell the Matter: Learning From Eagles |
2004 | Oct | Kelly Cooley | Eco-terrorists: Invasive Plants Terroize Alberta Ecology |
2004 | Nov | Brian Van Hezewijk | Plant Cells: Cozy Little Homes or Life-long Prisons" |
2003 | Feb | Robert Groeneveld, Tamaini Snaith | Watershed of the Rockies |
2003 | Mar | Gail Michener | Upstairs: Downstairs: Year in the Life of Richardson's Ground Squirrels |
2003 | Apr | Chris Ford | Return of the Native: How Wild Flowers can Make You a Better Gardener |
2003 | Sep | Fred Schutz | Half a Century of Enchanting Observations on the Blindman River |
2003 | Oct | Suzanne Bayley | Water Quality, Development and Climate |
2003 | Nov | Mark Hebblewhite | Ecology and Conservation of Wolves and Elk in the Eastern Slopes of Alberta |
2002 | Feb | Page Burt | Arctic Plants: Adaptaion to Life at the Edge |
2002 | Mar | Susan Hannon | A Bird's Eye View of Boreal Forest Fragmentation in Alberta |
2002 | Apr | Elisabeth Beaubien | Spring Wildflowers: the Fun of Plantwatching |
2002 | Sep | Chris Fisher | Having Some Fun With Nature |
2002 | Oct | Lu Carbyn | Wolf Predation in North America |
2002 | Nov | Jin Lange | Raptors of Alberta: Identification for Beginners |
2001 | Feb | Margo Pybus | Animals Commonly Living in the Landscapes of Alberta |
2001 | Mar | Myrna Pearman, Ted Pike | NatureScape Alberta, Creating and Caring for Wildlife Habitat at Home |
2001 | Apr | Lorna Allen | Assessing Protected Area Significance |
2001 | Sep | Kevin Van Tighem | Sharp Teeth in Cattle Country: Grizzley Bears in Southwestern Alberta |
2001 | Oct | Dave Mayhood | Conserving Lakes, Streams and Springs of the Rocky Mountain East Slopes |
2001 | Nov | Jul Wojnowski | Bird Monitoring at Canada'a Northernmost Observatory |
2000 | Feb | Kim Burley | Water Quality Studies in Gaetz Lakes Sanctuary |
2000 | Mar | Ed Karpuk, Terry Krause | Landscapes and Integrated Management Plan of the Red Deer River Valley |
2000 | Apr | Rob Langair | To the Nearest Approximation, All Animals are Insects |
2000 | Sep | John Acorn | The Nature Nut |
2000 | Oct | Lorne Fitch | Cows and Fish Program |
2000 | Nov | Carol Kelly | Medicine River Wildlife Centre |
1999 | Mar | David Dickson | Fifty Years of Natural History Photography |
1999 | Apr | Bruce Drysdale | Bears and Belugas |
1999 | Sep | Clio Smeeton | Return of the Swift Foxes to the Canadian Prairies |
1999 | Oct | Richard Thomas | Alberta's Neotropical Migratory Birds |
1999 | Nov | Peter Hoven | Organic Farming, the Environment and the Family Farm |
1998 | Feb | Lisa Takats | Croaks and Trills: Introduction to Alberta Amphibian Ecology and Studies |
1998 | Mar | Ian Corn | Forest Ecosystems |
1998 | Apr | Gilbert Proulx | Weasels and "Moles" |
1998 | Sep | Ben Gadd | Wonder of the Rockies |
1998 | Oct | Vivian Pharis | Bighorn Wildland: The Gentle Giant |
1998 | Nov | Brenda Dale | Calling all Birders |
1997 | Feb | Dorothy Hill | Parental Care by Male Chestnut-collared Longspurs |
1997 | Mar | Tracy Tarves | Isolation at Macquarie Island |
1997 | Apr | Grant Moir | Biodiversity Through Habitat Preservation |
1997 | Sep | Terry Thormin | Collecting Insects in Tropical America |
1997 | Oct | | |
1997 | Nov | Tery Neraasen | The Alberta Conservation Association |
1996 | Feb | Don Wales | Honey Possums of Australia |
1996 | Mar | Mel Lungle | Rethinking Environmentalism - Do We Need the Perfect Banana? |
1996 | Apr | Don Beers | Jasper - Robson: A Taste of Heaven |
1996 | Sep | George Newton | Castle Wilderness: Last Jewel in the Crown |
1996 | Oct | Richard Roth | Communities and Wildlife in Africa: Conflict or Compromise |
1996 | Nov | Curtis Stobeck | DNA Fingerprinting: Willife Applications |
1995 | Feb | Mike Gibeau | Large Carnivores of the Southern Rockies |
1995 | Mar | John Acorn | Butterfly Watching in Alberta |
1995 | Apr | Elisabeth Beaubein | Alpine Wildflowers: Timepieces of Nature |
1995 | Sep | Brian Keating | Alpine HighLIfe |
1995 | Oct | | |
1995 | Nov | Ron Bjorge | Return of the Peregrine to the Red Deer River Valley |
1994 | Feb | Marilyn Pottage | Alberta's Forests, Wetlands and Special Places |
1994 | Mar | Loney Dickson | Shorebird Conservation and Identification |
1994 | Apr | Don Beers | World of Lake Louise |
1994 | Sep | Jim Butler | The Failure of Ecotourism |
1994 | Oct | Peter Sherrington | Highway of the Eagles |
1994 | Nov | Patricia Mitchell | Ecology of Alberta Lakes |
1993 | Feb | Dand and Gwen Woos | Habitat of Burrowing Owls |
1993 | Mar | David Bethel | Reptiles and Rain Forests |
1993 | Apr | Bob Danielson | Roles of Mushroom-Forming Fungi in Alberta Forests |
1993 | Sep | Lu Carbyn | Return of the Swift Foxes |
1993 | Oct | Lawrence Harder | Not Just Another Pretty Face: The Function of Flowers |
1993 | Nov | Dwayne Smith, Colleen Biggs, Alan Hall | Sustainable Agriculture |
1992 | Feb | Bruce Turner | Ducks and Geese in Alberta |
1992 | Mar | Gary Fabris | Earthwatch Expeditions: Not Your Average Holoday |
1992 | Apr | Brian Reeves | Crown of the Continent: Ecosystems Know no Borders |
1992 | Sep | Brian Keeting | Wild Elephants of Africa |
1992 | Oct | Gail Michener | Sex and the Single Squirrel: Mating Habits of Richardson's Ground Squirrel |
1992 | Nov | Jenny Feich, Chris Junk | Islands of Mystery (Queen Charolette Islands) |
1991 | Feb | Becky Sjare | Taps, Knocks and Bells (Arctic marine biology) |
1991 | Mar | Phil Carson and Julie Austin | May the Forest Be With You |
1991 | Apr | Robert Leech | Spiders of the World |
1991 | Sep | Kenneth Eaglespeaker | Blackfoot Bison Hunting Culture |
1991 | Nov | Charlie Bird | Natural History of the Buffalo Lakes Area |
1991 | Feb | Ray Allen | Wildlife in East Africa |
1990 | Mar | Ed Struzik | Natural and Human History of Banks Island |
1990 | Apr | Robert Barclay | Bat, Bats, Bats |
1990 | Oct | Glen Hvenegaard | The Florida Everglades |
1990 | Nov | CPAWS | Alberta's Natural Areas |
1989 | Mar | Kevin Van Tighem | Ways of Seeing Rivers |
1989 | Apr | Betty Speirs | Fossils |
1989 | Sep | Ralph Klein | Minister of the Environment |
1988 | Sep | Ben Gadd | Grizzlies Need Friends Too |
1988 | Oct | Miles Scott | Threatened and Endangered Species in Southern Alberta |
1988 | Nov | Grant Moir | Red Deer's Mosquito Control Program |
1986 | Feb | Rob McIntosh | What you Can Do….. |
1986 | Mar | Dick Dekker | North American Predators |
1986 | Apr | George Scotter | Northern Parks |
1985 | Sep | Jim Butler | Study of Birdwatchers at Point Pelee |
1984 | Mar | Mike McIvor | Photo Journey of the Rocky Mountains |
1984 | Sep | John Gunson | Wolves |
1984 | Oct | David Cooper | Role of the Media in Bringing Scientific Information to the Public |
1984 | Nov | Alan Yuill | Nestbox Alberta Program |
1983 | Feb | Glen Pearson | Bird Photography |
1983 | Mar | Bill Glasgow | Breeding Biology of Canada Geese at Dowling Lake |
1982 | Jan | Earl Stamm | Look at Habitat |
1982 | Mar | Faye Hallet | Northern Canada Canoe Trip |
1982 | Apr | Jim Posey | Native Flowers of Alberta |
1982 | Oct | Vivian Pharis | Willmore Wolderness |
1981 | Jan | Bary and Linda Parrington | Paddling the Coppermine River |
1981 | Feb | Norah Lane | Bluebirds |
1981 | Mar | Harvey Suckmaster | Perception of Beauty in Banff National Park |
1981 | Apr | Brian Peters | Old Kingdom of the Tibetan Plateau |
1981 | Sep | David Spalding | The Buffalo's Grandfather |
1981 | Oct | Bryan Shantz | Beauties of Nature in Western Canada |
1981 | Nov | George Brybicin | Beauties of Nature in Western Canada |
1973 | Feb | Dr. Craighead | Grizzly Bears in Yellowstone |
1973 | Mar | David Spalding | FAN and its Activities |