By Warren Lake, Teacher at Robert Thirsk High SchoolIntroduction by Jaclyn Angotti, Education Director This month, we want to spotlight one of our amazing teacher … Read More
Calgary Captured – Citizen Science Opportunity
In 2017 Calgary Parks adopted citizen science as a tool for The City of Calgary to inspire Calgarians to participate in citywide biodiversity stewardship action. … Read More
Alberta’s Outdoor Heritage
The great icons of Alberta have been forged and perpetuated by conservation and responsible land management, not in spite of it. Cowboys, ranchers, hunters, trappers, … Read More
Haven’t We Already Tried An Olympic Bid In Banff?
By Peter ZimmermanParks CoordinatorCPAWS Southern Alberta Outside my CPAWS office window at Canada Olympic Park is a small forest of flagpoles, each flying the flag … Read More
Brian Keating: conservationist, world traveller and nice guy
We’re sitting in a coffee house in Calgary’s historic Inglewood neighbourhood early on a Sunday morning. The sun is streaming through the window as Brian … Read More
We NEED Environmental Education
By Jaclyn Angotti,Education Director, CPAWS Southern Alberta The formal education system faces many choices of what to include in the curriculum: defined as what students … Read More
Prioritizing Values On Our Landscape
In a world that is becoming exceedingly busy, and a landscape that is becoming increasingly full, it is important to pause, plan, and prioritize values … Read More
A resolution for conservation in 2018
How does one get more involved in conservation? What small behaviours could you change in 2018 that would make a difference for conservation in southern Alberta?
Uber-quiet winter recreation…in praise of snowshoeing
By Peter ZimmermanParks Program Supervisor,CPAWS Southern Alberta Living so close to Lake Louise, Sunshine, Norquay and Nakiska tends to makes skiing and snowboarding the first … Read More
Take Me Outside
There are so many benefits to getting outside! Here are some resources to help you get out and into nature.