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15th Annual ALMS Conference and Workshop 2007
- Water, Air and Land: Leadership Towards Improved Watershed Management

Message from the Chair: 

Our annual workshop is returning home to the Edmonton area for the first time in several years.  The workshop will be help in the Sherwood Park Best Western (right next to Millennium Place) allowing easy access to the workshop for residents of the Edmonton area as well as east-central Alberta.  Also, we are very happy to be partnering with the Beaver Hills Initiative (BHI), a multi-jurisdiction partnership of all levels of government, industry and ENGO’s committed to the conservation of the natural resources of the area while including the balance of social and economic factors of development.  

Our theme this year is Proactive Environmental Resource Conservation.  As usual, we will be showcasing several experts on local watershed issues, but we will also be focusing on the particular challenges affecting lands surrounding industrial development in the area.  Much of the area surrounding Sherwood Park and neighboring municipalities in the Beaver hills Cooking Lake Moraine are very important to the future economical well-being of Alberta and a significant portion of the workshop will be devoted to this theme.

Other highlights of this years workshop will include several ALMS favorites, including a ‘meet and greet’ wine and cheese September 27th, a sumptuous banquet on the evening of the 28th, and the ever popular local tour also on the 27th.  For the tour we will be showcasing the Beaver hills/Cooking Lake Moraine, sure to be teeming with life after a beautiful Alberta summer.  Also, ever on the lookout for emerging issues, ALMS will be hosting an industry ‘panel discussion’ featuring trend setting local and not-so local examples of how industry is reducing their impact on our shared water resources.  This is a first for an ALMS workshop and we are very excited on seeing the results.

So as you can see, this years ALMS/BHI Conference and workshop promises to be a very exciting event.

Hope to see you there!

Jean-Francois Bouffard
2007 ALMS Workshop Co-Chair

Location: Sherwood Park, Alberta
Date: September 27th - 29th, 2007
Cost: $120 Early Bird (paid by August 27th, 2007), $160 Regular Price

Downloads:
Program: PDF
Brochure: PDF
Poster: PDF
 
Presentation: Speaker's Name Company/Group Name PDF
Wetland Policy TBA TBA TBA

Framework for Watershed Management Planning

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Vision and Planning for Beaverhills / Cooking Lake Moraine – BHI Land Management Framework

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Climate Change

Dr. Dave Sauchyn

Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative

 TBA

Recent Lake Level Declines in Prairie Pothole Lakes

 TBA TBA TBA

Impact of Water Loss on Wildlife: Beaverhill Lake’s Birds

 

Charles Priestley

Chairman of the Beaverhill Bird Observatory

 TBA

Industrial Heartland

 Larry Wall

Executive Director of Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association

 TBA

PetroCan pipeline

TBA

TBA

TBA

Fort Air Partnership Air Monitoring Program

TBA

TBA

TBA

Suncor-ACA Boreal Habitat Conservation Initiative

TBA

TBA

TBA

Innovative approaches to erosion control

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Case studies in environmental action in Alberta

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Strategic Planning – Know where your group is going and how it can get there

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Economic benefits of a Healthy Environment

Gillian Kerr

 Alberta Environment TBA

Ecosystem goods and services

Marian Webber/Brian Ilniki

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Health benefits

Dr. Guy Swinnerton

 University of Alberta TBA

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Partners: Beaver Hills Initiative

Sponsors: Strathcona County

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What to expect at our Workshops?

Each year we hold a workshop in a new location with a unique theme. You will hear talks from leading water experts on various topics that relate to the workshop's focus. We also host an entertaining banquet each year with guest speakers and a delicious feast. Our workshops are an opportunity to meet other like-minded people who are interested in lake and watershed management. We strive to make our workshops as affordable as possible and fundraise each year to offset ticket prices.

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How can I sign up?

Please sign up via our online form and then mail a cheque made out to the Alberta Lake Management Society:
 
ALMS
P.O. Box 4283, 
Edmonton, Alberta, 
T6E 4T3

Cost: $120 Early Bird (paid by August 27th, 2007), $160 Regular Price

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Can I sponsor a Workshop?

Yes, we have many sponsorship opportunities! You can read through your options on our Donate page.

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