Riparian Restoration: French Creek Tree Planting
Aneilia Ayotte, Science Communications Coordinator The Athabasca watershed is made up of several smaller sub-watersheds; one of these is the Pembina River sub-watershed. The Pembina River merges with the Athabasca […]
June 23rd, 2022 Board Meeting Recap
On June 23rd, we hosted our first hybrid board meeting! Dan Moore and Laura Pekkola were able to join staff at the AWC office in the morning, and Brian Deheer […]
Pond Days 2022
Aneilia Ayotte, Science Communications Coordinator There is not much better than being outside in great weather, except learning about the watershed, outside in great weather! That is why pond days […]
Benthic Invertebrates in the Headwaters of the Athabasca Watershed
Ashley Johnson, Education and Outreach Coordinator Missed our benthic invertebrates webinar? Don’t worry! This blog post will tell you all you need to know about our project update on benthic […]
Board Meeting: Integrated Watershed Management Plan Approved!
Ashley Johnson, Education and Outreach Coordinator The Athabasca Watershed Council had our first board meeting of 2022! It started off with a call to order from our President, and a […]
AWC 2021 in Review
2021 was an eventful year for the Athabasca Watershed Council! Some of the big changes were in the staff: while we were sad to say good-bye to Janet and Indah, […]
Riparian Restoration: Tree Planting with H2C
On October 20th and 21st, AWC staff and Lisa Card from Highway 2 Conservation collaborated on a riparian restoration site. We planted over 500 trees to help restore the banks of a stream.
Upper Athabasca Biomonitoring Trip
Ashley Johnson, Science and Education Coordinator Over the first weekend of October, our watershed coordinator Sarah, our executive director Petra, and our board member Paula drove to the headwaters of […]
AWC Board Meeting
Ashley Johnson, Science and Education Coordinator On September 16th we held an online board meeting. While we had hoped to hold a hybrid event, the current state of events pushed […]
Upper Athabasca Biomonitoring Project: Site Selection Trip
Ashley Johnson, Science and Education Coordinator On August 18th, Sarah (our watershed planner), Petra (our executive director), and I drove to Hinton to start selecting sites for our Upper Athabasca […]