The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) recently announced the completion of its fund-raising campaign to conserve McIntyre Ranch. The project, located on the Milk River Ridge about 40 miles south of Lethbridge, is a testament to the power of collaboration and community engagement in conserving one of the planet’s most endangered ecosystems, Canada’s Prairie grasslands.…Continue Reading

What if you showed up for an Alberta wildfire and your water source was frozen over? That was just one…Continue Reading

The Mountain Bluebird Trails Conservation Society is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024. Mountain bluebird conservation in southern Alberta was…Continue Reading

Innovations that prepare Alberta to attack wildfires sooner, more efficiently and more effectively are baked into an updated approach after…Continue Reading

A company planning to build a solar farm and storage facility 1.6 kilometres southwest of Fort Macleod responded to a letter of concern from town and MD of Willow Creek officials. Ryan Dick of Neoen Renewables Canada Ltd. wrote in response to a joint letter from the Town of Fort Macleod and MD of Willow…Continue Reading

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) are working together to conserve one of the largest…Continue Reading

If you’ve ever wondered why songbirds are seemingly much busier in the early morning hours, a new paper out of…Continue Reading

Smoke from wildfires is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility in fort Macleod and other parts of southern Alberta. Smoke from the 87 wildfires in Alberta raised the air quality index to 10, or high risk, on Tuesday afternoon. Air quality conditions are expected to improve on Wednesday, May 17. In a special air…Continue Reading

Earlier this month, Alberta’s prairies welcomed back 20 burrowing owls that were in the care of the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, marking a milestone to bolster Canada’s burrowing owl population. The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo is collaborating on a program to recover young owlets from the wild and support them through a head-starting program.   Last-hatched owlets…Continue Reading