AWA hosts events of all types throughout the year and throughout the province.

May 31 7:15 p.m. with Andrea Salamon  Sponsored by Yogadotcalm (3217, 380 Canyon Meadows Dr. SE) How can you get more out of your day on the trail? How can you feel less sore the next day after an epic trek? Join us for a yoga class to learn some great stretches and movements that will support your adventures! We will explore postures and breathwork

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June 2 Milk River Ridge The grasslands are a special and ever-diminishing part of our province’s ecosystem. Our sea of grass is part of the Great Plains that stretches south, thousands of kilometres, into Mexico. And few people know the intricacies of it as intimately as Cliff. From the calls of the pipits and sparrows flitting through the sky, to the tiny,

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June 8, 2024, 9 a.m. Cochrane Ranche This Saturday adventure, which begins in Cochrane, is a road trip where we will see various forms of magnificent glacial geology in the Cochrane North & Lochend areas.  This field trip will be led by Tako Koning, P.Geol., an experienced professional geologist.   We will drive through and stop at locations in the deeply incised glacial

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June 16 8:30 a.m. Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve Join AWA and Cliff Wallis for a unique hike and birding tour out among the grasslands and wetlands of the Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve, northwest of Provost. Situated adjacent to the southern boundary of the Wainwright Canadian Forces Base, this protected area is a unique combination of ecosystems. Aspen groves and sand dunes are interspersed

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June 22 10 a.m. Highwood River, Kananaskis Country Grab your sketchbook and join artist/author Carolyn Fisher and AWA conservation specialist Devon Earl to hike, draw, and document the Upper Highwood area, where West Fraser (formerly Spray Lake Sawmills) plans to clearcut 1,100 ha of mature forests. Although Albertans have fought to preserve their natural spaces, unsustainable logging occurs throughout the Eastern Slopes in areas

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The Rosebud River Valley is an ecological marvel. Come experience it for yourself. The valley is in an area of Alberta subject to intense agriculture and oil and gas development. Despite those cumulative impacts, the valley, and the Rosebud River itself, maintain a level of biodiversity unparalleled in Southern Alberta. A Racetrack is proposed for lands along the Rosebud River. The project

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Join Alberta Wilderness Association’s new quarterly book club! This quarter’s read: The Reality Bubble: How Science Reveals the Hidden Truths that Shape Our World By Ziya Tong. 

Discussion Meeting: July 16, 2024

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Location:

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July 20, 11 a.m. McKinnon Flats Join Justine Doll and Kay Fleming for an afternoon adventure discovering the native plants and pollinators at McKinnon Flats. Contribute to a citizen science project in the area, learn about the pollinators and plants that live there and connect with folk who are passionate about nature! We will meet at McKinnon Flats and walk the trail along

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August 3, 2024, 1 p.m. Downtown and Inner-City Calgary This half day urban field trip invites participants to discover the huge variety of extraordinary, fossilized creatures in the walls of some of the buildings in and around downtown Calgary. These fossilized creatures are examples of some of the earliest forms of life and are found in 450 million-years-old rocks quarried from the

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August 18 South Ghost with Heinz Unger This is a full day hike into a more remote area of the Ghost watershed; it is rarely visited except by outfitters and sheep hunters. It is located along the middle section of the South Ghost River, just where the valley starts to narrow. We will pass the old Hussey’s Cabin and some additional cabins built

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