Category: Featured
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May 25-31, 2026 – May Plant Count Events
The last week of May is approaching! Consider participating in the May Plant Count (MPC) from anywhere in Alberta. There are two ways to participate: submitting photos of blooming plants to iNaturalist and/or sending in data recording flowering stage (either via iNaturalist or by datasheet). For more information please visit May Plant Count – Nature…
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May 31, 2026 – Clyde Fen May Plant Count
Join us for the annual May Species Count at Clyde Fen Candidate Natural Area! Located just minutes outside of Clyde, AB, this event is part of our ongoing stewardship of ANPC’s natural areas. Spend your day meandering through diverse habitats including aspen stands, shrubby fens, and pine stands, while counting flowering plant species using the…
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June 6, 2026 – Adventure for Wilderness, Taber Grasslands
Join the Alberta Wilderness Association on June 6 at 11am to learn about the deep connections between ranchers and native grasslands in an area threatened with imminent destruction. Visit sand dunes and participate in a rare plant assessment. For more information and to register visit: https://www.albertawilderness.ca/events/page/2/
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June 12-14, 2026 – Botany Alberta at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
Join the Alberta Native Plant Council for the 26th Annual Botany Alberta from Friday, June 12, to Sunday, June 14, 2026, at Writing-on-Stone/Áísínai’pi Provincial Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site nestled along the Milk River Valley in southern Alberta! Home to one of the most diverse natural landscapes in the mixed grasslands region, this remarkable…
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Recommended Plant Lists by Natural Region
ANPC has released a new resource to help you with appropriate plant selection for your native plant garden! Check out the Storymap below for our recommendations for the species best adapted to each of Alberta’s Natural Regions. https://arcg.is/0XW9bC0
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Proposed Grassland Conversion in MD Taber
In March 2026, ANPC provided information to the Municipal District of Taber, who are considering a proposal to convert approximately 3,100 acres of native grassland into irrigated cropland. Although the project was initially approved by a narrow 4-3 council vote in September 2025, a newly elected council paused the development in late 2025 to evaluate…