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"Water in Focus" Photo Contest & Photo Exhibition

Come celebrate our waters through the lens of a camera!

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The North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper is launching our first "Water in Focus" Photo Contest and Event Exhibition.  The photo contest and exhibition are focused on four "water-themed" photo categories that capture everyone's relationship with water.  Every amateur photographer in Canada either has a photo or can take a photo that fits one of our categories.

The photo contest entry and payment is all online, secure, and confidential.  We want as many people as possible to be involved with celebrating our waters through photography and the dialogue one photo can create about our water. The photo contest starts today and will be open until March 31/2012. Read more »

Posted February 3, 2012 by AEN

The North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper

Jan 24 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

 

Join the Council of Canadians— Edmonton Chapter and others concerned about maintaining our beautiful North Saskatchewan River Watershed, while enjoying a fabulous night view of the North Saskatchewan River Valley itself.

Issues and ideas up for discussion include factors affecting the water quality of North Saskatchewan River Watershed and other Alberta watersheds, including aggregate extraction, non-point source pollution (e.g. fertilizer runoff and stormwater input), blue green algae blooms in lakes and fecal contamination at Alberta beaches. Read more »

Location

Penthouse, Grandin Green Co-op Building
9708 110 Street (just west of the North entrance to the High Level Bridge, across from Ezio Farone Park)
Edmonton, AB

Posted January 20, 2012 by AEN

2012 Watershed Stewardship Grant

Deadline: 
1 Feb 2012 - 16:30

The 2012 Watershed Stewardship Grant (WSG) will begin accepting applications on January 1st, 2012.

Since 2005, the WSG program made possible through the Government of Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy, has provided funding to the province’s stewardship community to support their efforts. Read more »

Posted December 29, 2011 by AEN

Watershed Ambassador Program Breakfast

Dec 16 2011 - 7:30am - 8:45am

Join the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance for the December Watershed Ambassador Program hot buffet breakfast and presentations by Nathalie Stanley (Program Coordinator for Central Alberta’s Caring for Our Watersheds Program) and Ryszard Kozlowski (City of Red Deer Environmental Services). Nathalie would especially like to encourage teachers to attend the breakfast to learn about the Caring for Our Watersheds Program and share the info with their students. Read more »

Location

Quality Inn North Hill
7150 50 Avenue
Red Deer, AB

Posted December 5, 2011 by AEN

Call for Delegates: Project Team Member, Non-Point Source Pollution Project Team

Initiative: 
Non-Point Source Pollution Project Team
Position: 
Project Team Member
Application Deadline: 
18 Nov 2011 (All day)

The AEN Water Caucus is seeking to replace our previous AEN delegate to the AWC Non-Point Source Pollution Project Team. Deadline to indicate interest is Friday, November 18, 2011. Delegate selection will occur by nomination and election at a special meeting of the AEN Water Caucus for the week ending November 25, 2011.  Read more »

Posted November 10, 2011 by AEN

Watershed Ambassador Program Breakfast

Oct 21 2011 - 7:30am - 8:45am

Join the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance for the October Watershed Ambassador Program hot buffet Breakfast as together we raise the profile of the watershed, its stewardship groups, stewards, and all those practicing related Beneficial Watershed Management Practices.

Breakfast will be served at 7:30am

Cost $12+GST Read more »

Location

Quality Inn North Hill
7150 50 Avenue
Red Deer, AB

Posted October 18, 2011 by russ

Open Letter: Water for Alberta's Rivers

13 Oct 2011

Dear Albertans:

We believe you understand the value of water and the need to use water wisely. That is why so many of you have participated in Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy, providing guidance to decision-makers about how we use and manage our water resources.

The goals of the Water for Life Strategy are:

  • Safe, secure drinking water
  • Healthy aquatic ecosystems
  • Reliable, quality water supplies for a sustainable economy
  • Read more »

Posted October 13, 2011 by AEN

US State Department incorrect in citing consultation with Water Matters on Keystone XL

6 Oct 2011

Water Matters wishes to clairify a matter reported today in The Hill, a Washington, D.C.-based paper focused on US federal politics on Capitol Hill. The Hill quoted U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, on Wednesday October 5th 2011, as stating the State Department had recently met with several Canadian environmental organizations concerning the controversial Keystone KL oil sands pipeline. Nuland specifically singled out Water Matters as one of these organization. Water Matters would like to make clear that none of its staff has met with anyone from the U.S. Read more »

Posted October 6, 2011 by AEN

Joint Review Panel Invites Public Comment for the Proposed Jackpine Mine Expansion Project

Initiative: 
Proposed Jackpine Mine Expansion Project
Deadline: 
16 Dec 2011 (All day)

The Joint Review Panel reviewing the proposed Jackpine Mine Expansion project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, has announced the beginning of a comment period on the adequacy of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and the Application filed by the proponent, Shell Canada Ltd. The EIS assesses the anticipated effects of the proposed project on the environment. Read more »

Posted October 4, 2011 by AEN

Pembina reacts to revised draft of Lower Athabasca Regional Plan

29 Aug 2011

CALGARY — Jennifer Grant, director of the Pembina Institute's oilsands program, made the following statement in response to the release today of a revised draft of the Government of Alberta's Lower Athabasca Regional Plan: Read more »

Posted August 30, 2011 by AEN

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