Events

Monthly Chapter Meetings

You are welcome to attend our monthly chapter meetings, held the 2nd Monday of the month. The meetings consist of brief reports and discussions about recent on goings at CPAWS, including chapter activities, advocacy issues, special events, and more. These discussions are followed by a guest presentation on an issue of relevance to our work.

When: 2nd Monday of each month (except July and October, the meeting will be the third Monday of the month) 7:30-9:00 pm

Where: Effective May, 2008, our chapter meetings are moving to a new location: Calgary Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) store 830-10th Avenue SW Click here for directions (Store parking lot is $1 for 2 hours)

Who: Everyone is welcome!

Upcoming Monthly Chapter Meetings:

• May 12, 2008 – Wildlife Rehabilitation
  The Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (CWRS), a not-for-profit organization, is the only wildlife rescue hospital within the Calgary city limits. Its mandate is to rescue, rehabilitate, and release wild animals back to the wild. Virtually all CWRS patients have been injured or orphaned due to human actions; numerous patients are from endangered and at-risk species. There will be a special guest appearance from Oberon the great horned owl and attendees are welcome to bring in-kind donations for the CWRS – a list may be found at www.calgarywildlife.org under “wishlist.”

• June 9, 2008 – Wildlife Corridors
  Jacquie Gilson, Executive Director of the Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area will present the results of their recently completed study on the identification of important wildlife travel routes and habitat around the Cross Conservation Area. This will be an excellent introduction to wildlife corridors and an opportunity to discuss how corridors relate to Calgary at a time when the area around the city is facing continued growth and pressure for country residential development.

If you are interested in presenting at a chapter meeting, please contact Stephanie Ferguson at sferguson@cpawscalgary.org.

Past Monthly Chapter Meetings:

• April 14, 2008 – Design and Sustainability
  Dr. Brian R. Sinclair, FRAIC AIA, is Professor of Architecture/Environmental Design, and Presidential Advisor on Design + Sustainability, at the University of Calgary. His research and consulting on socially and environmentally sustainable design is broad-reaching and global in scope and he is internationally known for his work. Dr. Sinclair spoke to CPAWS about frameworks for sustainable planning and design which considers culture, diversity, complexity, uncertainty and possibility. Sustainable design is a way for our society to use fewer resources, which will help take pressure off of wild spaces.
• March 10, 2008 – Wild Alberta at the Crossroads, with authors Robin and Marian White
  March’s chapter meeting featured local authors and photographers Robin and Marian White, who presented a stunning slide show based on their popular new book, Wild Alberta at the Crossroads (for details see www.naturewatchworld.com). This is the story of a seven-year personal adventure through Alberta’s six natural regions, looking at their astonishing diversity and beauty, and the key conservation issues of each region.
• February 11, 2008 – Dr. David Keith presented on the subject Wilderness and Climate Change. Dr. Keith’s talk focused on the role of forests in mitigating climate change, forests and carbon credits, and his work on land use trade-offs in Alberta. Dr. Keith is a professor at the University of Calgary and was named the Environmental Scientist of the Year by Canadian Geographic in 2006. Learn more about him at www.ucalgary.ca/~keith/.
• January 14, 2008 – Save Kananaskis: Stop Logging, Create a Park! Ralph Cartar, Paola Romanelli and Doug Sephton talked about their Tag-A-Tree campaign. They are designers, artists and a biologist from Bragg Creek who represent a group of people with a passion for trees, wildlife and wild places. They presented an overview of current logging threats to eastern Kananaskis, the success of the Tag-a-Tree campaign, and the current campaign to stop the logging and create a park to protect the watershed, recreation, tourism and natural habitat.
• December 10, 2007 – Casey Brennan, Southern Rockies Program Manager for Wildsight, discussed “The Ecological Significance of the Transboundary Flathead”. The presentation featured stunning images of this wild valley’s natural beauty and examined the ecological importance of the Flathead Valley.
• November 12, 2007 – Robert Barclay, professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary, presented “Why Bats are Like Flying Grizzly Bears: the Importance of Wilderness and Connectivity”. His illustrative talk focused on the importance of natural habitats and connectivity to Alberta’s bats.
• October 15, 2007 – Gaby Zezulka-Mailloux, Senior Researcher with UTSB in Canmore, presented “A Moving Wilderness: Shifting Definitions of Parks and Wilderness in the Rocky Mountains”. Through literary, legal, and historical examples, this presentation examined the tensions, paradoxes, and conflicts that have characterized the evolving definition and the manner in which wilderness is experienced and managed in the mountain national parks.
• September 10, 2007 – CPAWS Calgary/Banff Annual General Meeting
• July, 2007 – Evening Walk in Fish Creek Provincial Park
• June 11, 2007 – John McFaul, Professional Naturalist and Guide, presented “Highlights of the Highland”, illustrating some of the fine hikes from Waterton to Banff as people get ready for the 2007 hiking season.
• May 14, 2007 – Debbie Van Berkel, Leave No Trace, educated us on how to Leave No Trace when we are out in the wilderness.
• April 16, 2007 – Rebecca Reeves, Parks Watch Program Coordinator for CPAWS Edmonton, talked about Edmonton’s Parks Watch program that is designed to ensure the integrity of Alberta’s parks.
• March 12, 2007 – Dr. Shelley Alexander, Professor at the University of Calgary’s Geography Department, discussed various issues including urban coyotes and the effects of roads on carnivores.
• February 12, 2007 – Lynda Holleman, led the Volunteer Leaders Information Evening.
• January 15, 2007 – Gordon Stenhouse, Parks Canada grizzly bear specialist, discussed projects of the Grizzly Bear Recovery Team, and a new DNA population study.
• December 11, 2006- History of the Rocky Mountains - Names of the Peaks, Ernie Lakusta

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