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Parks and Protected Areas in the Athabasca Watershed

Petra Rowell, Executive Director, Athabasca Watershed Council In 2022, the Government of Alberta announced the expansion of the province’s newest protected area – Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland, an area south and […]

Bifurcation Lakes in the Athabasca Watershed

Petra Rowell, Executive Director, Athabasca Watershed Council After taking part in the Fort Assiniboine Bicentennial Voyageur Canoe Brigade this summer (read more about the brigade here), I was interested in […]

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 […]

Out and About: Pond Leveler Installation

Ashley Johnson, Science and Education Coordinator written on July 29th, 2021 On July 28th, Sarah (our watershed planner) and I drove out to a site about 20 minutes away from […]

One of the World’s Largest Freshwater Deltas

(contributed piece by Wood Buffalo National Park) Kevin Gedling | kevin.gedling@canada.ca | (867) 621-0782 2020 in Northern Alberta was a springtime no one will forget. A perfect storm of snowy […]