Saturday, February 26, 2022, 10 am, by Zoom Zoom open 9:45 am, Business Meeting 10–11 am, Keynote Speaker 11–12 am This event is FREE but registration is required to receive Zoom link. Please Register with Sandy Graham Keynote Speaker JODY ALLAIR Director, Community Engagement Birds Canada Talk Title: Birds Canada–working to increase the understanding,
Indigenous people have always known Creator and Creation. They have been imparted the language, the songs and ceremonies of this land. Indigenous people have a holistic world view that is important to respect, understand and acknowledge and their teachings and wisdom are needed by western society today. Join John Snow Jr. in a dialogue about how we… Read More »INDIGENOUS LEARNING SERIES: THE STONEY NAKODA + ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP with John Snow Jr.
Tuesday March 22 7:30 p.m. at the Whyte Museum. Limited live seating available or sign up on Zoom. From Leroy: “You wake up every morning to what you think is ‘reality’……. ‘this is the way it is’. We never think about the underlying foundational basis for what we think is real. There may be an… Read More »Bow Valley Naturalists, the Luxton Foundation and the Whyte Museum present Leroy Little Bear: A Metaphysical Blackfoot Perspective on Sustainability
Southern Alberta’s rivers are at risk with the present levels of water diversions for irrigation agriculture. The irrigation sector has proposed a “modernization” scheme, funded by nearly a billion dollars of provincial funds, a loan from the Canada Infrastructure Bank and some of their own money. While irrigation efficiency has merits, it appears none of… Read More »Irrigation and the Future of Southern Alberta’s Rivers: Shall We Gather At the River?
Join us for an informative & interactive webinar that will give you lots of food for thought! To learn more and register, visit: Bow Valley Climate Action Society
Join us to learn more about native plant propagation from a specialist and about traditional indigenous uses. Please bring any seeds or plants ready to trade with others. We hope to have extra seeds and plants to share. This is an outdoor event, so please come prepared for the weather. Reach out if you want… Read More »Bowstrings Native Seed and Plant Exchange
Join us to kick off the 2022-23 Bow Valley Naturalist Speaker Series on Tuesday October 25th at 7:30pm at the Banff Seniors Centre. For thousands of years, humans have depended on and learned from the natural world around them. In this presentation, Mateen will share his research and lived-experience about the role of humans in… Read More »Rekindling Sustainable Relationships with the Land; a Win-Win Outcome for Biodiversity and Human Society with Mateen A. Hessami, MSc, Wyandotte Nation
Thursday December 1, 2022 The Ecological Buffalo: On the trail of a keystone species with Wes Olson and Johane Janelle The Bow Valley Naturalists are pleased to partner with the Whyte Museum once again this year for our special Bob and Mary Smith presentation with support from the Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation. About the Book: Once… Read More »The Ecological Buffalo:
Saturday, December 17, 2022 47th annual Christmas Bird Count The count down is on for this year's Christmas Bird Count. It will be on Saturday December 17th and will be conducted similar to last year with self-organized pairs or groups surveying their assigned area and reporting their observations to Count organizers. We are planning on… Read More »Annual Banff-Canmore Christmas Bird Count
Please register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. A presentation and Q&A with Jasper National Park's Caribou Recovery Program's team members Lalenia Neufeld and Jean-Francois Bisaillon. They will discuss caribou and wolf population monitoring, managing species at risk and conservation breeding. As our… Read More »Jasper National Park’s Caribou Recovery Project – on Zoom
After being on the shelf for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Photo Moments slide show is back. On Saturday, February 25th, Amar will be presenting the 10th “moments” slideshow. The big difference will be, instead of looking back at just the previous year, for this one he will be sharing some… Read More »Photo Moments is Back! with Amar Athwal
Tuesday, February 28th. 7:30 pm Watch on Zoom or in Person Pioneer Room, Peter and Catherine Whyte Building, 101 Bear Street orRegister in advance for Zoom Dr. Janet Sperling Alberta is home to at least 14 species of ticks. Only a few are known to transmit diseases to humans, but those that do can cause a lifetime… Read More »Forewarned Is Forearmed: Ticks in the Bow Valley
