A dandy way to bite back for conservation!
Maggie Cascadden making invasive species appetizers (Photo by Katie Cascadden)
The Nature Conservancy of Canada spends hours pulling weeds across the country each year. This past Saturday, Alberta Region Conservation Volunteers were given the opportunity to bite back! Since 2006, Conservation Volunteers have gone to the...
Eyes in the skies
Coyote Lake Conservation Project in the Upper North Saskatchewan River Basin Focal Area during aerial monitoring April 2014 (Photo by NCC)
Our adventure began in late April at the small Cooking Lake Airport located on the west side of Cooking Lake, east of Edmonton. This airport falls within a Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC’s) priority area: the Cooking Lake Moraine...
When the walls came down
Volunteers at the Bears in Mind event help bring down an old structure on NCC property (Photo by NCC)
As I journeyed south on Highway 2 to participate in the Bear(s) in Mind Conservation Volunteers (CV) event, I pondered the cloudy skies hanging low over the mountains. Was this to be a cold and soggy day or would our historical luck for nice...
Conservation Volunteers promoting conservation values...with their taste buds!
Barney Reeves and Joan Holzmann enjoy lunch while overlooking Pine Ridge (Photo by NCC)
In Alberta, Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) volunteers join forces with the Conservation Volunteers team to do projects all over the province. When volunteers come, we are always sure to feed them well-deserved snacks. Until this year, we...
Picturing Canada's Rockies: A Q&A with photographer Paul Zizka
Paul Zizka (courtesy Paul Zizka)
Paul Zizka is a professional mountain landscape and adventure photographer based in Banff, Alberta. Land Lines Managing Editor Christine Beevis Trickett recently chatted with him about photography and his connection to nature. CBT: How does your...
Action vs inaction? A body in motion tends to stay in motion
Volunteers and staff working on fence, Haughan, Pakowki AB (Photo by NCC)
The road to my undergraduate degree may not have been paved with popcorn, but I certainly watched my fair share of environmental documentaries along the way. Climate change, food security, fossil fuels, fisheries, oceans, chemicals, deforestation...
Thank you, Dad!
Craig and Carys Richards (Photo courtesy of Carys Richards)
Having grown up in the Canadian Rockies, I spent a great deal of my childhood outdoors. From a young age, my parents instilled in me the appreciation for nature and the importance of taking the time to enjoy it in all capacities, which is why...
The Maryland Biodiversity Project: Mobilizing community to build a better picture of local biodiversity
Wildlife photographer and naturalist Bill Hubick holds up an eastern ribbon snake (Photo courtesy of Bill Hubick)
A few years ago, photographer Bill Hubick generously donated the use of his photos on www.bilhubick.com in Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) publications. Since then, his images have been shared in NCC print publications and web pages across the...
My first CV event: Nexen Energy interns help remove weeds in the badlands
Nexen CV event, Horseshoe Canyon, AB (Photo by NCC)
Less than a week into my internship with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), I attended my first Conservation Volunteers (CV) event on June 5, 2014. The NCC team arrived early at the site, located on the Nodwell-Horseshoe Canyon property, to...
Running for nature: Why I've joined the Conservation Krew for the Calgary Marathon
Running hare (Photo by Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons)
What’s the amount of training required for a five-kilometre run? Well, around the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) Calgary office, the going joke is, “a good stretch before the run.” On June 1st, I’ll be taking part in...
