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AB Beaver BMP Engagement Webinar
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As part of our ongoing commitment to exploring innovative approaches to coexisting with beavers while promoting ecosystem health and resilience, we are excited to invite you to an upcoming webinar...
Alberta Beaver Beneficial Management Practices
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The work of beavers supports watershed and ecological health across the landscape. Many of the benefits beavers provide directly benefit humans: attenuate flood peaks, store water during droughts...
Beaver Co-existence Tools - Exploring Riparian Stewardship and Regulations Winter Speaker Series
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ONLINE,
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Ever start planning a project in a riparian area, but didn't know which regulations apply, or if you need a permit? You're not alone! Join Cows and Fish, the Environmental Law Centre and invited...
Beaver Information Night!
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October 30th, 2023 at 4:30pm MST to October 30th, 2023 at 6:30pm MST
Westlock, AB
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Beaver Information Night Join ALUS Barrhead-Westlock-Athabasca, the Athabasca Watershed Council, and Cows and Fish for an exciting evening filled with fascinating insights about beavers! This in...
Beavers and Drought Webinar
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Working with Beavers Collaborative (Cows and Fish and Miistakis Institute) is pleased to host this webinar about beavers and their role in watershed resiliency with respect to drought.
Conservation Social Science: Understanding People, Conserving Biodiversity
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DESCRIPTION Groundbreaking book that examines the essential contribution of the social sciences to understanding and conserving biodiversity across the globe Authored by leading scholars at the nexus...
Drought Effects on Wet Soils in Inland Wetlands and Peatlands
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This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
Global Peatlands Assessment: The State of the World’s Peatlands
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Peatlands are unique and rare ecosystems that, despite only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, they contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon, which is twice the amount of...
Land Use Planning: Global Land Outlook Working Paper
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This brief presents evidence of land use planning, spatial planning, territorial (or regional) planning, and ecosystem-based or environmental land use planning as tools that can strengthen land governance, improve economic opportunities based on sustainable management of land resources, and develop land use options that reconcile conservation and development objectives.
Map of Beaver Coexistence Tools
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Beavers, Canada's national animal, provide many valuable ecosystem services including storage of water during droughts and flooding, creation of habitat for a variety of species, and improvement of...
Riparian 101 - Where Land and Water Meet
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June 21st, 2022 at 7:00pm MST to June 21st, 2022 at 9:00pm MST
Drayton Valley, AB
Join ALUS Brazeau, Cows & Fish, and AWES for a free interactive workshop on the importance and management of riparian areas (the areas where land and water meet). The workshop will include talks on...
Riparian Health Assessment & Plant ID Training in the Peace Region
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July 13th, 2022 at 9:00am MST to July 14th, 2022 at 4:00pm MST
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Test your riparian health and plant ID knowledge with Cows and Fish! Register to spend July 13th and 14th with Cows and Fish staff to improve your understanding of riparian ecology and management...
Riparian Management Course
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August 4th, 2020 at 6:00pm PST to August 4th, 2020 at 8:00pm PST
, AB
About this Event Riparian areas - those wet areas around water bodies - are often overlooked and underrated. Yet with proper design and management, they can become the most productive parts of the...
UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15)
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December 7th, 2022 at 8:00am to December 19th, 2022 at 5:00pm
Montreal, QC
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Despite on-going efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide and this decline is projected to worsen with business-as-usual scenarios. The UN Biodiversity Conference will convene governments from...
Video - It’s Time for Wetlands Restoration
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On the occasion of Word Wetlands Day on 2 February 2023, the G20 Global Land Initiative Coordination Office in partnership with the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration...
Video - Rocks & Trees & Grass & Critters: Alberta's Other Treasures
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Lorne Fitch takes us on a tour through the natural regions of Alberta.
Working with Beavers
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Working with landowners, municipalities, industry, government agencies and non-governmental organizations, Working with Beavers enables the realization of positive watershed outcomes by: Increasing...
Working with Beavers Symposium
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July 13th, 2023 at 8:00am to July 14th, 2023 at 2:00pm
Nisku, AB
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Join us in JULY for two days of knowledge sharing, highlighting some of the great work within the field of beaver coexistence in Alberta.