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- Featured Item: Green Communities Guide Webpage Updates!
- Featured Item: Conservation Land Registry is now online!
- Current Events
- Funding Opportunities
- Publications
- Links to News and Newsletters
Stewardship Bulletins:
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- Land Stewardship Centre of Canada is proud to present the newly updated
Green
Communities Guide webpage!
- Strengthening
Stewardship: National Stewardship & Conservation Conference
2009 (July 8-11, 2009 in Calgary, Alberta): Conference a great success!
Approximately 400 people participated from across Canada and
internationally, including First Nations and Métis, conservation
organizations, individual stewards, all levels of government, industry and
media. Presentations and posters on conference themes are now on-line.
Webcasts of plenary sessions will be posted soon. Visit the website for more
information: www.stewardship2009.ca
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How to influence the
future course of Conservation and Stewardship in Canada: provide your input
on the national State of Stewardship recommendations before July 31!
The State of Stewardship in Canada report was specially prepared for the
National Stewardship & Conservation Conference 2009 and includes six
recommended areas for priority investment in Stewardship (the definition of
stewardship, measurable targets, credible economic analysis, integration,
funding, and a national task force). All those across Canada interested in
the future of stewardship programming in Canada are invited to provide
feedback on these before July 31! Feedback includes the opportunity to
comment on all or particular recommendations, to suggest related actions,
priorities, and indicate the level of agency or personal support towards
implementation of a particular recommendation. Land Stewardship Centre of
Canada will collate responses to the State of Stewardship report on behalf
of the conference steering committee and all the feedback will guide the
direction of the Strategic Stewardship Road map for Canada, another major
outcome of the conference.
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- Land Stewardship Centre of Canada receives Countryside Canada
Award 2009! Board Director Pamela Wight received the award on
behalf of the Centre on July 11 at the 2009 National Stewardship &
Conservation Conference in Calgary. The award recognized the exceptional
stewardship efforts of the organization. Ernie Ewaschuk, former Executive
Director and one of the founding members of the Centre, also received an
award in recognition of his career and landowner activities as a lifelong
proponent of stewardship.
Read More
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Conservation Land Registry is now online! Land Stewardship
Centre of Canada developed this special Alberta-based registry to provide a
database search service for natural resource companies to meet their
requirements for development. Subscribers can request searches of specific
quarter sections by legal land description to determine any conservation
projects, agreements, or other notations on that quarter.
Learn more here!
- Land Stewardship Centre of Canada is proud to present its newest
publication: The Green Communities Guide. The
Green Communities Guide will be an essential tool to help elected officials,
municipal planners, developers, real estate associations, stewardship groups
and citizens develop strategies to conserve water, protect water quality,
conserve valuable agricultural land, and protect critical open space and
wildlife habitat. Learn more here!
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Zerofootprint Edmonton, the City of Edmonton’s
environmental footprint calculator. The calculator allows citizens to
measure their environmental footprint, and it gives them the opportunity to
make pledges to reduce it. The calculator is designed to support the City
Council's EcoVision campaign, which asks citizens to reduce their
environmental footprint through five simple steps: travel smart, be yard
smart, save energy and water, and reduce waste.
- There's still time to nominate a heritage
tree! The vision of the Alberta Heritage Tree Project is "to
gather and record information about unique trees; to help identify and
locate them and to protect them as much as possible." Find out more about
Alberta's heritage trees,
click
here.
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The Alberta Stewardship Network is pleased to announce that its newest
publication, "Awareness to Action: A Showcase of
Environmental Stewardship in Alberta," is now available! This
booklet profiles 15 amazing community stewardship groups that have been involved
in a variety of inspiring environmental projects - from water quality monitoring
to tree planting to hosting public information sessions. Each profile includes
information on the group, their project, costs, sources of funding, and the
challenges they overcame, with the hope that these ‘lessons learned’ will
benefit and inspire people looking for help with similar projects.
Download or request your copy today!
- The Fight Against the Mountain Pine Beetle
- "early detection is essential for spread prevention" in
Alberta. For information about the pine beetle, how to detect infestation,
and what to do with infested trees, visit www.srd.gov.ab.ca and select the mountain pine beetle link
at the bottom of the page. To report an infestation, call 1-877-927-BUGS, or
email fh.info@gov.ab.ca
For more stewardship bulletins and news click here to go to the Alberta Stewardship Network
Current Events:
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Environment Canada - Conferences & Workshop Announcements
- The People & Planet Calendar
offers a comprehensive listing of green events in Canada. Approximately 1,000
events are expected to be posted this year.
View the Calendar (Remember to
narrow your search to your city)
For more stewardship events, click here to go to the Alberta Stewardship Network
Funding Opportunities and Deadlines:
***Please note that deadlines are approximate and often change from year to year. Scroll down to view grants that have no deadlines***- January 1: Wildrose Foundation Quarterly Grants Program (for health, social service, or community service projects)
- January 30: Alberta Conservation Association's Grant Eligible Conservation Fund
- February 15: Alberta Ecotrust Major Project Grant Program
- February 16: Alberta Stewardship Network's Watershed Stewardship Grant Program (up to $7500). For review of a draft application - Early Submission Deadline: February 9, 2008.
- February 28: Shell Environmental Fund
- March 10: Mountain Equipment Co-op Grant Program
- March 27: Walmart - Evergreen Green Grants Program (Ontario only)
- March 31: Department of Fisheries & Oceans' Fish Habitat Restoration Projects. In 2009, there will not be a formal call for proposals for what has been the DFO Stewardship-in-Action initiative. Instead there is an advertised request for proposals (RFP) underway for fish habitat enhancement and/or restoration projects. For more information download the Info Guide and Request for Proposals. Click here for a French version.
- April 1: Wildrose Foundation Quarterly Grants Program (for health, social service, or community service projects)
- April 15: Alberta Ecotrust Community Grant Program (up to $7500)
- June 15: Alberta Ecotrust Multi-Year Implementation Grant Program (up to $60,000 over 3 years)
- July 1: Wildrose Foundation Quarterly Grants Program (for health, social service, or community service projects)
- August 15: Alberta Ecotrust Major Project Grant Program (up to $30,000)
- September 10: Mountain Equipment Co-Op Grant Program
- September 30: Shell Environmental Fund
- Fall: Greencover Canada - Technical Assistance Program. Producers can contact PFRA’s Client Service Centre at 1-866-844-5620 or a district PFRA office for more information (Deadlines to be announced)
- October 1: Environment Canada’s EcoAction
- October 1: Wildrose Foundation Quarterly Grants Program (for health, social service, or community service projects)
- October 15: Alberta Ecotrust Community Grants Program (up to $7500)
- November: Environment Canada's Habitat Stewardship Program for projects that help protect species at risk.
- Anytime: Alberta Lottery Fund Community Initiatives Program
- Anytime: TD Friends of the Environment Foundation
- Anytime: Mission Sustainable - small grants
- Anytime: CIBC grant program
- Anytime: Green Municipal Fund for municipalities undertaking sustainable community planning and Capital Projects related to brownfield sites, energy, transportation, waste, water
- Anytime: ConocoPhilips community investment program
- Anytime: EnCana corporate giving program
- Anytime - Wetland Restoration Funding for land owners and producers - Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) or contact DUC at 1-866-384-DUCK (3825).
- Also check out the Stewardship Canada Funder's Database for other grant possibilities.
For more funding opportunities, click here to go to the Alberta Stewardship Network
Publications:
Please click here to go our Publications page!
Links to News and Newsletters:
- Alberta Environmental Farm Plan Company: News and Journal - The Alberta Environmental Farm Plan (AEFP) Company is a non-profit company that helps farmers and ranchers identify environmental opportunities and challenges on their own land.
- Alberta Prairie Conservation Forum - What's New - The Prairie Conservation Forum is a large voluntary coalition of stakeholder groups whose members are interested in the conservation of native prairie and parkland environments in Alberta.
- Alberta Stewardship Network's Grassroots News and Stewardship E-News - The Alberta Stewardship Network is a collaborative initiative to facilitate information exchange, provide support, and recognize the contribution of individuals, communities and organizations in advancing environmental stewardship on a watershed basis. The Stewardship E-News (emailed version) has the very latest of stewardship news, events, and funding opportunities in Alberta. (Please note that the Watersheds of Alberta website has evolved and is now part of the Alberta Stewardship Network (ASN) website.)
- Cochrane Environmental Action Committee - News - The CEAC works towards making Cochrane and area residents a more environmentally aware and active community.
- Cows and Fish - What's New - The Cows & Fish Program promotes the improvement of riparian areas, their ecological processes and functions, through a collaborative partnership and voluntary, proactive community-based action that uses education and awareness about management options for livestock producers and their communities.
- Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network - News
- Environment News Releases - news from Alberta Environment.
- Federation of Alberta Naturalists (FAN)-News and Notes. FAN promotes the enjoyment, conservation and study of Alberta's natural history.
- ASN Grassroot News and Stewardship E-news - a newsletters produced quarterly and monthly, respectively, by the Alberta Stewardship Network
- Green Matters - a newsletter from the Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture (AESA) Council
- The Green Pages - News Regional Environmental News and Weather from Alberta
- Nature Conservancy Canada- News - Focus of NCC: working to protect Canada’s most threatened natural habitats and the endangered species that call them home.
- Preserving Our Lifeline - A newsletter from Bow River Basin Council, prepared for Council members and the public to provide information about issues affecting the Bow River Basin.
- Ropin’ the Web and news from Alberta Agricultural and Rural Development
- Shoreline - The Alberta Lake Management Society publishes a newsletter for members and stakeholder organizations at least twice a year. The newsletter provides information related to lake and watershed management, regulatory changes which may impact lake users and those living nearby, advises of upcoming events, and addresses other issues of interest to the membership.