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April 26, 2013

EALT Winter News Roundup – Many Achievements!

The Edmonton and Area Land Trust is always busy, even throughout the winter. Our newest, exciting news is that EALT is a finalist in the 2013 Emerald Awards!

The news roundup summarises recent accomplishments, including:

  • EALT celebrated our 5th Anniversary with supporters – all very good company
  • We have been enhancing waterfowl habitat with nestboxes
  • We have planted >30,000 tree seedlings at our properties
  • King’s University College students have been assisting with stewardship plans
  • We have been making neat short videos!
  • Volunteers have helped sign our properties
  • We have published a several educational brochures, on our Resources page
  • Our Fall outreach campaigns was a success
  • We have planned a unique local foods dining experience, Nature’s Nourishment, on September 8th, so hold the date!

You can read our Winter newsletter here.

For those who are interested in joining EALT as a volunteer, supporter, or in other ways, just contact us!

April 24, 2013

EALT Releases Country Meets Nature Brochure

Continuing with our lineup of educational brochures in the last several months, EALT has released another brochure entitled Country Meets Nature: How to protect natural areas in your rural neighborhood.

The brochure describes ways that people who live, work, or play in rural areas can help ensure that nature is protected. Natural areas provide many benefits to all people – whether in rural or urban areas – health benefits, economic benefits, community benefits, and of course environmental benefits such as providing clean air and water.

However, misuse of natural areas can be detrimental to people and wildlife, which is why we want to help inform residents about how to protect nature, and how nature can benefit them, and future generations.

This brochure was funded through a grant from the Alberta Government.

April 16, 2013

Job Opportunity: Conservation Officer

The Edmonton and Area Land Trust (EALT) is a small but dynamic organisation, which has experienced tremendous success in its first 5 years of operations.

We are seeking a Conservation Officer, beginning June 2013, for approximately one year.

The primary purpose of this position is to steward and manage EALT’s properties, including field work, data management and reporting.

EALT has experienced tremendous success in its first 5 years of operations, so this position requires support and leadership on additional activities related to outreach, education and other topics – a wonderful opportunity to exercise or grow your skills!

Click here for the detailed description and instructions on how to apply.

For further information, contact Rebecca Ellis at rebecca@ealt.ca or 780-850-3270.

April 15, 2013

EALT is a 2013 Emerald Awards Finalist!

EALT is delighted to announce we’ve again been selected as a finalist for the provincial Emerald Awards, in the Not-For-Profit Association category, for “Preserving our lands, Preserving our Legacy”.

The Alberta Emerald Foundation celebrates and showcases environmental leadership in Alberta, setting an example of environmental excellence for all to follow.
We were also finalists in 2012, and as a consequence, a short video about our work was created, discussing our land securement and partnership accomplishments. You can see it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGeGnlqRQ_w. We look forward to another short video being developed with the Emeralds team, this year.

We’d like to thank our nominees for the considerable thought and effort they put in to providing information about our important conservation work. We’d also like to thank the panel of Judges for their deliberations, and who consider our work exceptional; and of course, we’d like to thank all our volunteers, without whom our work couldn’t be accomplished.

To learn more about EALT and other 2013 finalists, visit the Emerald Foundation. The final results will be announced on June 6th, in Edmonton.

April 15, 2013

Celebrating 5 Years of Conservation Successes

Spring may not have sprung just yet in Edmonton, but EALT supporters helped us celebrate 5 years of conservation on a very snowy Thursday in March.

Despite very poor weather conditions, we were encouraged by wonderful support from the community for this special evening, where we looked back at the past 5 five years celebrating our many conservation successes and partnerships, and looked ahead to the future.

EALT would like to send a special thank you to Steve Young, MLA Edmonton-Riverview, Brad Rabiey, Co-founder of The Carbon Farmer, Vicki Trombley, EALT Volunteer, Gerald Romanchuk Edmonton Nature Club member and nature photographer, and Marg Reine, EALT Board of Directors, for presenting so entertainingly at the event, and to our Chair, Glen Thoman, for his nimble job as MC.

One presentation used our most recent property securement at Pipestone Creek, to describe the wide range of activities EALT engages in with volunteers and others, to plan, manage, and steward the land. View the presentation online here and click play. Another showed how our donations are used for conservation

Our sincere thanks go to all our donors and volunteers for your support in the last several years. We are proud of what we’ve accomplished together in only 5 years, and look forward to the next 5 and beyond.

April 9, 2013

EALT Releases Two New Videos

Some people may not know what a land trust does – this short video gives you a snapshot of what we do, and why we do it.

And check out this other video about giving to EALT in honour or in memory of someone else. A gift for nature is a great way to celebrate a holiday, achievement, or to remember a loved one who has passed away.

Thank you to Cody Gautreau from The King’s University College and to Colin Knauf for providing the voices for these projects!

Please share these videos with those you know who care about and are interested in conservation!

March 26, 2013

EALT Releases Great New Video

Have you ever wondered where your donation really goes when you donate to a charity? When you donate to EALT, you can be sure that your money is used wisely and efficiently in order to conserve and steward land in perpetuity.

We work with many volunteers on a wide variety of projects, from field work, research, reports, videos and interpretive signs, to brochures. Check out our latest video project here.

Thank you to Corin Boersma from The King’s University College for providing the voice for this project!

Two minutes gives you a very good idea of how donations go to conserve natural areas for everyone’s benefit!

March 1, 2013

Mitigate Climate Change by Conserving Natural Areas

Climate change is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. One topic that can get lost in the conversation is how natural areas can help mitigate climate change. In fact, maintaining and enhancing existing natural areas is a more cost-effective method of mitigating against climate change than replacing lost ecological functions using infrastructure and technology.

EALT has developed an information sheet, geared toward municipalities, businesses and policymakers, that describes how costly climate change can be, and how natural areas can help reduce the damage. For example, wetlands play a crucial role in regulating flood waters, and green areas slow runoff.

Because EALT conserves natural areas in the Edmonton region, we are already taking steps to mitigate climate change through the conservation of natural areas. We value your support to continue to make gains for conservation and mitigate against climate change. We’d like to say a special thank you to volunteer Kristen McFaden for her assistance with researching for this very important topic.

December 17, 2012

Winter Wildlife Brochure Developed by U of A students

The Edmonton and Area Land Trust is pleased to have worked with many students at the University of Alberta through the Community Service Learning program. Several Education students took part in EALT projects in the fall 2012 semester, and have helped create some great educational materials.

Moose and deer tracks at EALT’s Ministik property

Snowy Owl

One group created a brochure about wildlife in winter that can be used by anyone to learn about tracking wildlife. Using photos and descriptions, this brochure provides a glimpse of which animals are out and about during the cold of winter. Click here to download the brochure and use it on your next outing.

EALT works to share the benefits of natural areas, and we want you to know about them too! Check out this presentation from another student group that details how beneficial nature really is.

We are pleased that this partnership with the University of Alberta has worked well to develop experience for the students, and tangible educational materials for EALT. We are always interested in connecting with students, volunteers and organizations to work on projects that have mutual benefits. Not only does this provide EALT with resources that we need and can share, but it also gives practical applications for students to learn and contribute to EALT’s important work.

If this kind of collaboration would interest your group, contact Rebecca at rebecca@ealt.ca or 780-850-3270.

December 7, 2012

Nestboxes ready for spring!

Thanks to some hard working boy scouts and their leaders, EALT’s Ministik property has brand new nestboxes spread around the property’s large wetlands. These boxes are designed for common goldeneye or bufflehead, two species that are common in the area. Additional boxes were installed for northern saw-whet owls or American kestrels.

Bufflehead (Photo: Patricia Bruno)

Scouts and their leaders braved the cold weather and traversed deep snow to find suitable locations to install the nestboxes, in large trees along the perimeter of four large wetlands on the property.

While many waterfowl species nest on the ground or near the water’s edge, some species such as common goldeneye and bufflehead nest in tree cavities. As habitat is lost, nesting locations for cavity nesting birds are less frequent. By installing these nestboxes, boy scouts and EALT have successfully enhanced this habitat for these types of birds.

This project was financially supported by the Alberta Conservation Association.

Common goldeneye nestbox

Installing nestboxes

November 26, 2012

Help EALT Conserve Land for Our Future!

EALT is committed to protecting the water, air, land and wildlife of our region, as well as its scenic beauty. In just a few short years, we have protected several natural areas around Edmonton and we owe it all to our supporters, volunteers and donors.

We feel our role is vital to ensure that the benefits of nature are received by all people, now and in the future. And let's not forget about the wildlife! Protecting natural areas around Edmonton ensures that creatures like this moose, have been seen in all our properties, have a place to live and raise their young.

Can you help us secure more homes for animals, like this majestic moose? As we become more successful in conserving properties, we have to find additional funds to manage and steward them, and to help secure more conservation lands.

Your donation today will help us continue protecting natural areas for people and for wildlife, in perpetuity. Funds help us develop management plans to steward our properties, and allow us to pursue new ecogift lands which all have acquisition costs.

We don't ask you for donations very often, and only come knocking once a year, to ask that you consider helping the Edmonton and Area Land Trust continue to be successful.

You can donate right now by clicking the Donate Now button below, or visit our website for more information on other ways to donate. You can also see how your donation will help us protect habitat, wildlife, and people here.

I hope you will feel proud to become part of this success story!
Yours in conservation.

Pam Wight
Executive Director

November 23, 2012

EALT Announces Partnership with 1% for the Planet!

Edmonton and Area Land Trust (EALT) is a new nonprofit partner of 1% for the Planet, an alliance of over 1,380 member companies in 43 countries that give one percent of revenues to environmental causes.

EALT is now eligible to receive donations from 1% member companies, placing us among a diverse, global network of environmental organizations. 1% member businesses fuel this non profit network through their annual contributions, which totaled over $22 million in 2010. Partnership with 1% greatly expands the potential pool of funding to which EALT can look to for support.

Over 2,300 non-profits worldwide are included in the 1% network, and over $70 million has been funneled to its nonprofit partners to date. “The intent of 1% for the Planet is to help fund these diverse environmental organizations so that collectively they can be a more powerful force in solving the world’s problems,” Yvon Chouinard, founder of 1% for the Planet.

EALT is pleased to be partners with 1% for the Planet. We work to acquire and protect land forever, and every donation helps us take action to protect ecologically important land in the Edmonton region.

But you don’t have to be part of the 1% for the Planet movement to help EALT! Visit http://www.ealt.ca/donate to make a donation today.

To learn more go to: www.onepercentfortheplanet.org

November 5, 2012

EALT Sites are Signed!

Thanks to the generous help of many volunteers, EALT now has recently placed signs at several of our properties. This is an important step in stewardship, to make boundaries clear and inform the public about our conserved lands.

Ten volunteers braved chilly winds to put up signs at our Pipestone Creek property, which was a huge success despite the snow, cold and digging in the gravelly soils of the property!

Photo: Barry McDonald

We also have signs on our Glory Hills and Ministik properties, thanks to Parkland County and a local volunteer steward. We are so grateful for the help that we received from all these volunteers, whose dedication make EALT’s work possible.

Photo: Barry McDonald
Photo: Gabriel Clarke

Funding for these signs was provided by Enerplus.

Many thanks to our sponsors, partners and volunteers – we’ve already had positive feedback from local residents delighted to know that we are conserving these lands!

enerplus

September 25, 2012

Summer News Roundup – A Busy Summer!

The Edmonton and Area Land Trust has been very busy throughout the summer,
particularly in stewarding our 5 properties, but also in a variety of other ways. We
summarise a number of these in our short Summer News Roundup:

  • EALT has secured a beautiful new property at Pipestone Creek
  • Thanks to a grant from the Government of Alberta, we’ve been able to undertake a variety of stewardship activities at Ministik, and thanks to a grant from EPCOR, the property is now fenced
  • EALT has now published the winners of the City of Edmonton’s Children’s Biodiversity Art on our Virtual Art Gallery
  • Thanks to donations from Rona, Home Depot & Cabela’s, we have added considerably to the equipment we needed to steward all our properties
  • Councillor Don Iveson has kindly agreed to be the Honorary Chair of our fall Outreach Campaign
  • EALT’s Board of Directors has doubled in size!
  • Volunteers have been critical to EALT’s activities this year

You can read our Summer News here.

For those who are interested in joining EALT as a volunteer, supporter, or in other ways,
just contact us!

August 12, 2012

Children’s Biodiversity Art Published

Please help EALT congratulate the winner’s of the Children’s Biodiversity Art Contest

We are pleased to announce that we've added winning Children's Biodiversity Art to our popular Virtual Art Gallery.

The City of Edmonton held a celebration of International Biodiversity Week, and besides a number of activities at City Hall, the Master Naturalists’ program organized a youth art competition focused around biodiversity. Naturally, EALT was attracted to this idea, due to our aims to link culture and conservation, and we agreed to host the winners’ art on our Virtual Art Gallery. As an example, here are first place winning works, although the gallery has many more.

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First place Grade 7-9, Waleed Shaik

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First, K – Grade 3 Zain Shaik

At the same event, there were other links with Culture. EALT’s Marg Reine, was awarded Edmonton's first Wild Lily of the Valley award, for her services to biodiversity. Her award was sculpted by local artist Ash Shumba, who says about his art "my sculpture that interacts with nature is meant to surprise, provoke a curiosity about and draw attention to crucial issues regarding the environment".

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We love our Culture-Conservation Connection!

Thanks to our volunteers Jose-Luis of Simple Cloud Works, and Frederick Vuong, for all their work on EALT’s Culture Conservation Connection.

July 22, 2012

EALT Conserves New Lands on Pipestone Creek

EALT is delighted to announce we are the proud owners of a new 104 acre property on Pipestone Creek, close to Coal Lake. The air photo shows what a magnificent property this is. It’s also possible to see how securing this land protects the creek as a wildlife corridor and larger landscape linkage (it was slated for country residential subdivision).

The land is almost entirely wooded, bordering the winding creek, and in places the slopes to the floodplain are quite steep and high. There’s a narrow floodplain, but in one place, there’s an oxbow lake, giving a different kind of mini-ecosystem (see the video below).

On our first pre-donation visit to the property in spring, we were greeted by a flock of White Pelicans, deer, muskrat, beaver, hairy woodpeckers, and many waterfowl. There’s even a heron colony just across the creek from us. Now that we have begun to explore the land, we see several types of vegetation community: – aspen parkland, spruce forest, and grassland species on the south slopes. This means that we see some species typical of drier grassland ecosystems, not often found in the Aspen parkalnd, e.g., Gaillardia, and Slender Blue Beard Tongue, pictured below.

The Pipestone Creek property was acquired through the generosity of an anonymous donor, via the federal Ecological Gifts program, which certified the land as ecologically valuable, thus the donor was eligible for various financial benefits. Anyone considering making any type of land donation or bequest (whether title or a conservation easement) can find out more about this by contacting EALT at 780 483-7578.

June 30, 2012

Conservation Video about EALT Released

EALT was delighted to be selected as a Finalist in this year’s Emerald Foundation Awards, in the Not-for-Profit category. This was for our work in land securement and stewardship of valuable habitats. And we should indeed be proud to have achieved so much in 4 short operational years!

Finalists were interviewed, and a video was put together of EALT’s lands, accomplishments, and story.

We are happy to share this short video with our supporters. It represents the work of countless volunteers who share our view that our natural areas are worth the effort to preserve. We know our children will thank us.

Share our video adventure, Join our team!

April 19, 2012

EALT Spring News Roundup – We’re Proud of our Achievements!

The Edmonton and Area Land Trust is always busy, even throughout the winter season, as our latest short news summary describes. We summarise a number of accomplishments and updates, including:

  • the exciting news that EALT is a finalist in the 2012 Emerald Awards
  • our receipt of a grant from ASRPWF, the Alberta Sport Recreation, Parks and Wildlife
  • Foundation, to go towards our Ministik property
  • the beginnings of donations from the Development Community, in particular Brookfield Residential, and Melcor
  • Winter Wildlife Tracking at our Hicks property
  • EALT’s introduction and congratulations by Laurie Blakeman, in the Provincial Legislature
  • EALT publications: we have approved a Volunteer Orientation Manual, soon to go online, and have published our Annual Report for 2010-2011
  • Marg Reine, EALT’s Chair, was awarded the National Philanthropy Day Award for the Environment
  • Congratulations to our volunteers, who besides assisting in the field, help at outreach functions, such as the ALTA 10,000 Villages event, Seedy Sunday, and Canada Water Week event

You can read our April newsletter here.

For those who are interested in joining EALT as a volunteer, supporter, or in other ways, just contact us!

April 14, 2012

EALT is a Finalist for this Year’s Emerald Awards

EALT is delighted to announce that we’ve been selected as one of 3 finalists for the provincial Emerald Awards, in the Non-profit Association category, “for land securement and stewardship for preservation of valuable habitats”.

The Alberta Emerald Foundation celebrates and showcases environmental leadership in Alberta, setting an example of environmental excellence for all to follow.

We’d like to thank our nominees for the considerable thought and effort they put in to providing information about our important conservation work – we really like the idea that EALT is considered their “environmental hero”. We’d also like to thank the panel of Judges for their deliberations, and who consider our work exceptional; and of course, we’d like to thank all our volunteers, without whom our work couldn’t be accomplished.

To learn more about this year’s finalists, visit the Emerald Foundation. The final results will be announced June 6th, in Calgary.

March 29, 2012

Ecologically Valuable Lands for Sale in or near Edmonton?

Do you know of ecological lands for sale? As an Edmonton-based nature conservancy, EALT is interested in conserving lands in the City or nearby. Of course, this poses a challenge, as land is usually more expensive, the nearer the City it is located!

EALT is sometimes approached by an anonymous land donor (Eco-Donor), willing to buy ecological lands at Fair Market Value (FMV) in order to donate the lands to EALT (this is called an eco-gift skip transfer). We therefore try to build a short list of potential ecologically valuable lands, to be able to respond very fast to such an approach.

We would therefore encourage realtors or others, especially those who deal in lands which have a good portion of natural areas (which might include bush, wetlands, water features, forests) to contact us (780–483-7578).

Environment Canada’s Ecological Gifts Program gives financial benefits to donors of ecologically sensitive lands (of 100% of the FMV), whether donations by individuals, businesses or corporations. The federal government has eliminated the tax on capital gains for all certified ecological gift donations, by reducing the inclusion rate to zero. This program is made possible by the terms of the Income Tax Act amendments. The title to the property needs to be held by a qualified conservation organisation like EALT.

Environment Canada needs to certify such land as Ecologically Sensitive, as well as to certify the Fair Market Value of the gift. It should be noted that Inventory Lands are excluded. However, it should also be noted that having a residence or structure on the lands does not necessarily exclude them from consideration.

A summary of the steps involved in an Eco-gift skip transfer are:

  • Ecologically Significant land is identified (this is where realtors can be important)
  • The Eco-Donor enters into a contract or signs an “Offer to Purchase” with the landowner
  • The purchase is completed (i.e., the landowner receives the FMV price of the land, and EALT receives the title directly – the title ‘skips’ the Eco-Donor)
  • The Eco-Donor receives a charitable donation receipt from EALT, and 100% of this is able to offsets taxes
  • More information about the Ecological Gifts program and tax benefits of donation may be found here: http://www.ealt.ca/conservation-easements/#tax_ecological

Whether land is donated directly to the land trust by the owner, or whether the landowner sells the land to an Eco-Donor (who donates the land to EALT) realtors might wish to consider this option for lands with ecological value. We invite you to contact EALT’s Executive Director, Pam Wight, with any questions.

March 19, 2012

EALT Seeking to Hire a Project Coordinator

The Edmonton and Area Land Trust has been particularly successful its land securement activities, and now has around 1,600 acres to steward.

We are now looking for a Project Coordinator, whose principal responsibilities will be the assessment, monitoring and management of our properties, but in addition will include outreach and strategic activities.

Ideal candidates will have knowledge and experience in: boreal / parkland species identification; conservation biology; land use planning; stewarding; habitat restoration; mapping software; volunteer management; and project management.

The Project Coordinator will also contribute to the larger goals and objectives of EALT, including educational outreach and presentations, research, writing, and support for various organisational requirements.

We are seeking a mature individual with the ability to work independently, take initiative, and manage volunteers, but with the ability to call on the expertise of a range of EALT ED / Board / Advisors, where necessary.

The full job position can be found here.

This competition closes on 19th March.

Please send a cover letter and CV to:
Edmonton and Area Land Trust, 9910–103 Street, Edmonton, AB T5K 2V7
or
email to: pamwight <at> ealt.ca

March 19, 2012

Canada Water Week and a Shout-Out for EALT by Laurie Blakeman

This is Canada Water Week (March 19–25th)!

Most people are not aware that it is activities on the land that most impact our rivers and lakes, and that protecting natural areas is a great way to conserve our precious water resource.

One person who recognises the value of Land Trusts such as EALT, for their various benefits to the citizens of Alberta, is MLA for Edmonton-Centre, Laurie Blakeman. She provided a great shout-out to EALT for all its stewarding work at the Legislative Assembly, and suggested that everyone consider being involved through donations, volunteering, etc.

In this Canada Water Week, we invite you to:

Please raise your glass of water, give thanks, and act for conservation of this precious resource!

February 24, 2012

EALT Introduced in the Legislature

EALT was delighted to be invited to the Legislative Assembly on 23 February, by the MLA for Edmonton-Centre, Laurie Blakeman.

EALT staffer Pam Wight, Chair of the Board, Marg Reine, and Director Glen Thoman were welcomed, introduced to the House, and thanked for their work:




Subsequently, in her Member’s Statement, Ms Blakeman thanked EALT and other land trusts for their conservation and stewarding work on behalf of Albertans. She gave examples of the costs that accepting and stewarding lands involves, and pointed out that while there is support for donors of land, there is little to no support for recipients of donated land, which is being conserved for the benefit of the public. This truly is an issue of importance, and she suggested that government develop a stable funding source for land trusts:




In Question Period, Ms Blakeman then asked a series of questions related to land trusts and EALT, which were particularly directed at which ministries have responsibility for funding:

We were pleased to have the focus of members of the Legislative Assembly, and to have Ms Blakeman raise some pertinent issues and astute questions.

Thank you!

February 14, 2012

EALT’s 2010-2011 Annual Report Released

EALT is pleased to provide a report on our activities and accomplishments over the last year.

The Annual Report includes information on:

  • Our activities and accomplishments, including
    • Land securement activities, including: Ministik Property; the Glory Hills; the Golden Ranches; the Hicks property; and work with the City
    • Education and outreach, including: Biodiversity Week at City Hall; our Literary Connection; social media; newsletter; Alberta Ecotrust Filming EALT lands, and public outreach
  • Fundraising and outreach
    • Acknowledgements to our donors, volunteers, and supporters
    • Grants and awards
  • Financial highlights

For all who are interested in the broad range of EALT’s activities, this is for you.

And for those who are interested in joining us, on EALT’s Board, as an Advisor, or other type of supporter or volunteer, just contact us!

February 1, 2012

It’s World Wetlands Day 2010 on Feb 2nd

Every year on February 2nd it’s World Wetlands Day. This is the date the Convention on Wetlands was adopted in 1971, in the Iranian City of Ramsar, on the Caspian Sea. Ever since then, all kinds of organisations, community groups and governments have raised public awareness of wetlands’ values and benefits.
water and wetlands image

Of course, we wouldn’t have wetlands if we didn’t conserve natural areas. EALT conserves wetlands in virtually all of its properties, and has been aiming to communicate their values. Our short pdf gives information on the many and values of our natural areas to Water and Wetlands.

Of the 37 Ramsar sites in Canada, Alberta has 3, including the Edmonton Region’s Beaverhill Lake, which was designated in 1987.

The theme for the 2012 World Wetlands Day is Wetlands and Tourism. This is appropriate, since tourism is one of the many services that wetlands deliver. Ensuring well-managed tourism practices in and around wetlands, and educating visitors on the value of wetlands contributes to their health and the long-term benefits provided to people, wildlife, economics and biodiversity.

water and wetlands cartoon www.ramsar.org

December 1, 2011

November EALT News Roundup, 2011

The Edmonton and Area Land Trust has been very busy in 2011, as our latest news summary describes.

In the short newsletter you’ll see information about:


  • Alberta Ecotrust making a film about EALT, and photos from the shoot

  • ‘Unravelling the Wire’, a volunteer day at the Hicks property, where old fencing was removed to make the property more wildlife friendly
  • Visits to properties whose owners wished to donate the land or an easement to EALT
  • Our work in the Capital Region, securing land and inspecting new properties
  • The Canadian Land Reclamation Association’s donation to EALT from its golf tournament proceeds
  • EALT’s annual outreach campaign, and an invitation for you to participate!
  • Creation of the Russell Family Conservation Fund

Please circulate this to friends and colleagues, and let us know of anyone who might like to be on our email list.

August 15, 2011

EALT August News Roundup – a Busy Field Season

EALT’s news focuses on our most recent land securement, and our busy summer stewardship activities, where volunteer activities are so appreciated and of so much value. In this short newsletter , you’ll see information about:

  • EALT’s recent land acquisition which expands the area protected at Ministik Bird Sanctuary
  • Our donation from the Wildbird General Store, which won an Alberta Ecotrust competition to donate funds to their favourite NGO
  • Stewarding activities at our Glory Hills property
  • The work of our field volunteers
  • Penn West’s donation to help us develop packages for our volunteers
  • Our re-organised search-friendly news archives, thanks to a website volunteer

Please circulate this to friends and colleagues, and let us know of anyone who might like to be on our email list.
For those who are interested in joining EALT as a volunteer, supporter, or in other ways, just contact us!

May 30, 2011

EALT News Roundup, May 2011

EALT has been very busy in the last few months, as our latest news roundup summarises. In this short newsletter, you’ll see information about :

• Last year’s Fundraising Campaign
• Our 2010 Annual Report which is online here
• The Wildlife Tracking Day held at our property in the Glory Hills – lots of fun for all our volunteers, and good research data too!
• Our work with the King’s University College environmental students, on a project at Larch Sanctuary on Whitemud Creek
• Biodiversity Week celebrations at City Hall, where the City presented their first environmental award – The Wild Lily of the Valley Award – which was won by Marg Reine, EALT’s Chair, for her outstanding contributions to protecting and stewarding of natural areas – congratulations, Marg!
• An update of our conservation activities on Golden Ranches, and our collaborative work with DUC
• Our current efforts to secure and protect lands near Ministik Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Please circulate this to friends and colleagues, and let us know of anyone who might like to be on our email list.

For all who are interested in the broad range of EALT’s activities, this is for you.

And for those who are interested in joining us, on EALT’s Board, as an Advisor, or other type of supporter or volunteer, just contact us!

December 31, 2010

EALT News Roundup, Winter 2010-2011

EALT has been tremendously active during 2010, as our latest news roundup summarises. In this short newsletter, you’ll see information about :

  • EALT launches its Culture-Conservation-Connection, with the first addition being a Virtual Art Gallery
  • September Field Activities summary
  • Alberta Ecotrust Awards EALT a Major Project Grant to secure lands in the Glory Hills
  • EALT was nominated for a YMCA Peace Medal
  • The Norcross Wildlife Foundation awards a technology grant to EALT
  • All at EALT thank Dr. Jim Butler for his support at the Ghost Bird event
  • We are partnering with DUC to restore wetlands at Golden Ranches
  • EALT was invited to plant a larch tree at the Larch Park Groundbreaking ceremony

Please circulate to friends and colleagues, and let us know if you’d like to be on our email list.

August 10, 2010

EALT News Roundup, August 2010

EALT’s work has been gearing up, so we’re happy to provide another news roundup. In this short newsletter, you’ll see information about :

• Ghost Bird film Showing invitation, September 23rd
• Thanks to volunteers for Hicks Site Cleanup!
• Summer monitoring opportunities at Hicks
• Joel van Huizen joins EALT this summer
• TD Friends of Environment Grant
• Golden Ranches update
• September-October fundraising and outreach support

Please circulate to friends and colleagues!

June 15, 2010

EALT News Roundup, June 2010

A lot has been happening at EALT in the last few months. Please look through our short newsletter, and enjoy reading about the following topics:

• EALT Acquires Title at Golden Ranches
• Volunteer Opportunities at the Hicks Property
• Summer 2010 Field Season
• EALT Facebook Pages
• EALT’s Culture-Conservation-Connection
• Ghost Bird: Film Showing Event, Sept 23rd
• Gordon Steinke & Don Iveson Co-Chair EALT’s Fall Campaign

Please circulate to friends and colleagues!

January 5, 2010

EALT 2009 Newsletter

As 2009 has come to a close, EALT has conveniently summarised its activities over the last year, in a one page Newsletter. For all who are interested in a recap of our key activities, this is for you.

Please circulate to friends and colleagues!

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