Love Your Headwaters

A community dedicated to protecting Alberta's headwaters led by Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, CPAWS Northern Alberta, CPAWS Southern Alberta

[Love Your Headwaters @HeadwatersAB]

An update: we're taking a break from posting on our Love Your Headwaters social channels. Worry not! You can stay updated on how to help headwaters by following @Y2Y_Initiative @cpawssab @CPAWSNAB. Thanks for all you have done to #LoveYourHeadwaters to-date! 💧

📷 Adam Linnard

[Love Your Headwaters @HeadwatersAB]

A former chief of environmental monitoring with AB Environment said the study shows mountaintop mining affects more than the rivers/streams that flow from it and has impacts that cross watersheds. Yet another reason to say #NoToCoal in the #EasternSlopes. https://t.co/WXVlbTXu1s

[Love Your Headwaters @HeadwatersAB]

On Nov. 19 in Canmore, join the @whytemuseum & @GWFutures in welcoming the artists and scientists associated with the museum's newest exhibition, Cold Regions Warming, for an exclusive panel discussion on Canada’s climate future. https://t.co/qvvctxtaEz

[Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative @Y2Y_Initiative]

ICYMI: The Alberta government's decision to move land previously managed as "protected areas" to a new provincial ministry with an added focus on forestry is concerning to environment and conservation groups, including Y2Y and partners. https://t.co/a7udrzuZwG

[Love Your Headwaters @HeadwatersAB]

Explore water protection through an Indigenous lens at the 'Water is Life' Summit from December 8 to 9 hosted by @KeepersOfWater and @IKWC1. More information and tickets: https://t.co/cCax3TqurY
#waterislife #TEK

[Love Your Headwaters @HeadwatersAB]

From hummingbirds to warblers, get to know some of the birds of the Eastern Slopes with the help of photographer Tom McDonald, member of the Aseniwuche Winewak Nation, photographer and owner of Eagle Child Images. https://t.co/a4pDZ0jEe5

[Love Your Headwaters @HeadwatersAB]

The property has grasslands, wetlands, creeks and mixed forests, 27 wildlife species of provincial or national significance, and two important streams that provide fish habitat and transport water from Alberta's headwaters to the Waterton reservoir. https://t.co/HgN3AjypPg

[Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative @Y2Y_Initiative]

We're hiring for a Senior Director, Marketing & Communications to help take Y2Y to new heights by leading the promotion of our large-landscape vision and brand. Preferably based at/within driving distance of our Canmore office. Salary range: $100 - $120K. https://t.co/9UZrVNma0C

[Love Your Headwaters @HeadwatersAB]

Good news for headwaters in Alberta and beyond! #LoveYourHeadwaters

[CPAWS Southern Alberta @cpawssab]

When we first posted that the Government of Canada was developing coal mining effluent regulations (CMER) that would manage effluent for ALL existing and future coal mines back in August, we never expected such a strong response 💪

[CPAWS Southern Alberta @cpawssab]

Here's what the #GovernmentofAlberta's decision to shift management of more than 90% of the land mass of what were protected areas to the Ministry of Forestry and Tourism looks like.

The majority of #AlbertaParks are no longer administered as protected areas.

#DefendABParks

[Love Your Headwaters @HeadwatersAB]

Shifting responsibility for #ABParks to a new ministry of Forestry, Parks & Tourism, raising significant concerns over the future of parks. More from our friends at @cpawssab @CPAWSNAB https://t.co/rZHFhCfsr5

[Love Your Headwaters @HeadwatersAB]

Can sweetgrass sequester carbon?

Piikani Nation is studying the carbon capturing capabilities of sweetgrass as one part of a larger vision for adapting to climate change in southern Alberta. https://t.co/rQbvxuMsMw

[Mateen Hessami @mateens22]

I am excited to discuss the role of hunting — i.e., human connection to the land — and its importance in recovering endangered species and safeguarding ecosystems for future generations.

[Love Your Headwaters @HeadwatersAB]

Taking in the views of beautiful southern Alberta on Treaty 7 Territory.

Photo: Josh Welsh

[Love Your Headwaters @HeadwatersAB]

You've probably heard beavers referred to as important "ecosystem engineers." With a planet in climate crisis, newer studies find that beavers play a vital role in dampening its effects. To build a more resilient future, we should look to the beavers. 📽���https://t.co/12wXtywbJm

[Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative @Y2Y_Initiative]

The Piikani Nation in southwest Alberta is studying the carbon storage potential of sweetgrass, a key ceremonial plant, with the support of @TRIinitiative — part of a larger vision for adapting to climate change. https://t.co/UK6AUTLLeF

[Love Your Headwaters @HeadwatersAB]

Interested in some hands-on learning on how native plants can be used to restore disturbed sites and stabilize stream banks? The Ghost Watershed Alliance Society is hosting a free 2-day Bio-Engineering workshop Oct 13 & 15. More info & sign up is here: https://t.co/HVduGuxRlF

[Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative @Y2Y_Initiative]

Near Banff on Oct. 25? Mateen Hessami, MSc, Wyandotte Nation is giving a talk on his research on moose harvest for endangered caribou recovery, working with First Nations to protect caribou habitat, & more on reconciliation and conservation in Canada.

📷@mateens22; Shutterstock

[Cows and Fish | Riparian Management Society @CowsandFish]

Want to be part of a farm #riparian #restoration project in #Alberta's Eastern Slopes? Join us for a willow 🌿 harvest and riparian planting day on Oct. 14! Contact Kathryn Hull for more details & to RSVP: [email protected]; 403-818-1360. A light lunch is included

[Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources @yourcier]

Water is life. CIER programs help keep water & watersheds (streams, rivers, lakes & wetlands) healthy by empowering #Indigenous communities to address these issues and lead the way to healthy waters for life. #Nature #Waterhealth