Indoor Program

Tourism and the Environment A Match made in Heaven?

Hear how Jody Lamb, Regional Manager of the Canadian Badlands Ltd. thinks our local tourism can both support and benefit from a vibrant natural environment.

Time: 8:00 PM, preceded by GN General Meeting at 7:00 PM.

Mr. Glass has shared his grassland with bison for twelve years. He will discuss their behavior, and compare them to cattle. Arrive early to view the Nature Centre's display of bison inspired art.

Time: 8:00 PM, preceded by GN General Meeting at 7:00 PM.

Ryan is Director of Kainai Studes at Red Crow College on the Blood Reserve and a regular columnist for Nature Alberta Magazine and he and his wife Adrienne are also caretakers of the Beaver Medicine Bundle, which embodies the original treaty between human beings and animals of the Upper Saskatchewan and Missouri watersheds. In this presentation Ryan will discuss Blackfoot perspectives on ecology and current efforts to renew a traditional phonological science community through research practices associated with the Beaver Bundle.

Time: 8:00 PM, preceded by GN General Meeting at 7:00 PM.

Mr. Nelson is a retired Fish and Wildlife Researcher and will be talking about his experiences with, and studies of, Turkey Vultures particularly relating to nesting activities in abandoned farm buildings in east-central Alberta.

Time: 8:00 PM, preceded by GN General Meeting at 7:00 PM.

This program Will be facilitated by Selena Mclean-Moore of the Alberta Treasury Board and Enterprise.

This is a hands-on activity to 'create' a green community in this scenario based program. Gain a better appreciation of why regional planning is important.

Time: 7:30 PM, preceded by GN General Meeting at 7:00 PM.

Yousif Attica from the Calgary Bird Banding Society presented an informative and interesting talk about the Cypress Hills bird observatory which is currently in its third year of operation.  Yousif covered topics that included mist nesting, banding details, education, trends and volunteering. He included many photographs during his one-hour presentation and left us in awe of this program and its benefits.  Presentation at 8:00 PM.

Jenna MacDonald, Medicine Hat Parks and Recreation Department will make a presentation which will cover a brief discussion about Alberta’s Weed Control Act and why the changes were made in 2010. We’ll talk about the invasive species that have escaped cultivation in Medicine Hat and those that have great potential to escape in the future. And of course we’ll talk about the current Baby’s Breath infestation.  Presentattion starts at 8:00 PM.

A presentation by members Elaine and Milt Spitzer on their 2011 bird and animal quest to the Tibetan Plateau in the Qinghai Province of western China in May/June 2011.

Presentation at 8:00 PM

Following the Christmas Bird Count, there will be a Potluck Dinner at the Police Point Interpretive Centre at 5:30 PM (bring a dish of your choice, main course, salad or a desert as well as plates and cutlery; coffee will be provided). After the meal, a summary of the days discoveries will be recounted. Also a very short business meeting will be conducted.

This is a presentation by Alberta Parks.  Bill Dolan is the Land and Resource Coordinator (Southern Area) at Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation.