This event is a celebration and welcoming of bears back on the landscape for another year. It’s a great opportunity to learn more about the bears in our area and to refresh your bear safety knowledge and skills so you are prepared for the upcoming season and are bear aware. Indoor and outdoor activities include… Read More »Bear Day 2024 at the Canmore Nordic Centre

Bow Valley Naturalists actually think every day is "Earth Day". That said, Earth Day is an annual event held on April 22 and during the week it falls in, to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally. The official theme for 2024 is… Read More »Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Week with different free events happening in Banff and Canmore.

watch the video or listen to the audio or read the pdf  (In Person, Catharine Robb Whyte Building, 101 Bear Street, Banff) The Canadian Rockies are a time capsule of the evolution of life over the last 540 million years.  The towering peaks of this UNESCO World Heritage Site showcase some of the most spectacular… Read More »Bow Valley Naturalists present … Early Life in our Rocks – The Stromatolites of Dolomite Pass with Astrid Arts

2024 Theme - Wings "Way Over" the Rockies - The BIG Picture Our 27th annual festival is located in the beautiful upper Columbia River Valley centred around the mountain town of Invermere, British Columbia. Our Events Calendar will be viewable online starting Thursday, March 28. Buy your tickets online starting Tuesday, April 9 at 10:00am,… Read More »Wings over the Rockies Nature Festival, May 6 – 12 2024

7:30 p.m. Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityMax Bell Auditorium107 Tunnel Mountain DriveBanff, AlbertaAdmission is free at the door, no registration required. What does it mean to lose a colour? Losing Blue is a cinematic poem about losing the otherworldly blues of ancient mountain lakes, now fading due to climate change. With stunning cinematography, this short doc… Read More »The NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA proudly presents Losing Blue 

Emergency Preparedness in a Changing Climate Earth Talk with Caitilin Miller Monday, June 17, 2024, 7:00PM at the Canmore Public Library🏔️ How does the Town of Canmore prepare for disasters?🏔️ How does a changing climate affect the way municipalities prepare for disasters?🏔️ What actions can YOU take to be prepared for disasters? Learn all of this… Read More »Earth Talk: Emergency Preparedness in a Changing Climate with Caitlin Miller

 (In Person, Catharine Robb Whyte Building, 101 Bear Street, Banff) For millennium Indigenous people used fire to maintain Canadian Rockies ecosystems. A primary objective was to provide a sustainable source of plants, wildlife, and fisheries resources. European colonization halted this long-term fire regime. Decades later forest growth and abundant fuels have created megafires of incredible… Read More »FIRESMART IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: Integrating Fire, Vegetation, and Wildlife Outcomes with Cliff White

The 11th Wild & Scenic Film Festival comes to Invermere on the evening of November 16th. The eclectic selection of 12 short, environmentally focused films celebrate people with passion while offering solutions to what may sometimes seem like insurmountable global problems. If you can’t get to Invermere, there’s a 5-day Online Film Access option. That way you can still support… Read More »The 11th Wild & Scenic Film Festival