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  • Road Watch in the Pass

    Road Watch in the Pass (RW) is a successful “cutting edge” citizen science project located in the Crowsnest Pass (CNP) of southern Alberta that has diligently endeavored to protect the diverse wildlife species in this area of the Rocky Mountains. Highway 3 (HWY 3) has a negative impact on wildlife by restricting their movements, reducing…

  • Preserving our lands; Preserving our Legacy

    The Edmonton and Area Land Trust EALT is Alberta’s newest conservancy, conserving and stewarding land in the Edmonton region. Land conservation focuses inside a hundred kilometer radius of the city. In city regions, land is expensive, yet in less than five years, they have secured five properties totaling 1,000 acres of healthy ecosystems. This speaks…

  • Henry Wise Wood High School – Environment Club

  • Herman Chang and Hillview School

  • A Career Dedicated to Wildlife Conservation

    How many people can say they have saved a species??  Bob Peel’s whole-hearted commitment to wildlife conservation is evident in his 41-year career with the Calgary Zoo and is most visible through his continuing work at the zoo’s Devonian Wildlife Conservation Centre where dedicated to the captive breeding of endangered species for reintroduction to the…

  • Barry Kolenosky

    Mr. Kolenosky has shown an outstanding level of commitment to the environment in his position with Lac La Biche County, going above and beyond business as usual and blazing new trails in water management.

  • Stewardship, Signage, and Sense of Place in an Urban Prairie

    One judge said “I didn’t know people like Polly exist”.   She embodies an ongoing dedication to the shared landscapes where we live, work and play.

  • Waldron Project

    Located in Alberta’s Southern Foothills, the Waldron Property is the largest remaining block of deeded land along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, and last year, the Waldron Grazing Co-operative Ltd. made Canadian conservation history by voting in favour of working with the Nature Conservancy of Canada to place a conservation easement on the…

  • Rough Fescue Grasslands Restoration Project

    Foothills rough fescue (Festuca campestris) is the climax grassland species of the grasslands stretching along the foothills in south- Through research on the mechanisms behind Kentucky bluegrass invasion and methods to restore rough fescue, Steven Tannas and the team at Tannas Conservation Services, has been able to create a reclamation technique that has resulted in…

  • Statoil Understanding Caribou Initiatives

    Statoil is demonstrating that a healthy environment and economy is attainable by using science to develop methods that can protect caribou in Alberta’s oil sands. Not only is Statoil learning more about Caribou through their innovative methods to conserve their habitat, but they are also sharing their knowledge to help to understand and conserve the…