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Speaker: Nick Carter
Host: Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan
Come learn about monarch butterflies and the journey the go on every year!
Read MoreNature Alberta & Kerry Wood Nature Centre
Red Deer, AB
Sat, Feb 3 from 1-3 PM
Volunteer Opportunity
Nature Alberta & Edmonton Valley Zoo
Sat, Feb 11 from 1-3 PM
BY NANCY MAHONY
Few people are lucky enough to experience the dawn chorus on Alberta’s native grasslands — a bewildering concert of ringing trills, melodious gurgles, and jumbled songs. I’ve had the good fortune to do so on many May and June mornings, as a biologist researching grassland songbirds at one of Canada’s largest remaining native prairies, the Suffield National Wildlife Area near Medicine Hat.
Read MoreFriday, September 9th
Join famous Bison Expert and artist Wes Olson to celebrate the launch of his new book!
Read MoreBY GILLIAN CHOW-FRASER
Olaus Murie once wrote, “I wonder if there is another inhabitant of northern wilderness that so excites the imagination.”1 The species he was referring to? None other than the wolverine.
More than 60 years later, the same thought ran through my mind as I tracked through the foothills of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. Would this be the day? Would I be able to catch even a brief glimpse of a wolverine’s bushy tail in the distance?
Read MoreTues, April 12 at 7 PM
Registration required
BY LAURA SOUTHWELL
The northern leopard frog is an iconic amphibian, likely the very image that comes to mind when you hear the word “frog.” This once ubiquitous resident of prairie wetlands has faced an ongoing struggle against a changing and increasingly human-centric environment.
BY ARYA HORON
One hundred years ago, the prairie bandit was abundant across North America grasslands. By 1979, scientists believed it was extinct. This led to the question: where did the prairie bandit go?
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