Category: News

  • A Tour of Alberta’s Natural Regions, and their Plants

    A Tour of Alberta’s Natural Regions, and their Plants

    This new Storymap developed by University of Alberta students for the ANPC takes you on a tour of Alberta’s Natural Regions and Subregions, highlighting their characteristic and rare plant species, as well as threats facing natural habitat conservation. Take the tour below! Open in a new window: https://arcg.is/yunrL0

  • Leslie Monteleone Student Bursary

    Leslie Monteleone Student Bursary

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    This Student Bursary was established in memory of long-time member and former President Leslie Monteleone who volunteered so much of her time and talent to the Alberta Native Plant Council. The ANPC will grant one Albertan post-secondary student a bursary of $500 to be used towards their education in native plant studies or a related…

  • Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta Award

    Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta Award

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    Join us in congratulating our dedicated authors whose determined efforts made the second edition of the Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta book a reality, as they received their Gold Medal (Canada-West – Best Regional Non-Fiction) in the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). Check out the Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta second edition award at 2024…

  • New Native Plant Source List

    New Native Plant Source List

    Our Reclamation and Horticulture Committee has updated the Native Plant Source List into a PDF format, for ease of use. ANPC maintains and publishes this list as one of a suite of tools to support the maintenance of native or natural biological diversity in our province. This tool simply provides a list of potential suppliers,…

  • New ACIMS Vascular Plant List

    New ACIMS Vascular Plant List

    The Alberta Conservation Information Management System (ACIMS) have updated the List of Vascular Plants of Alberta. For the 2024 version of the list, head to their website: https://www.albertaparks.ca/albertaparksca/management-land-use/alberta-conservation-information-management-system-acims/download-data/

  • Public Engagement on Alberta’s Nature Strategy

    Public Engagement on Alberta’s Nature Strategy

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    Alberta has released a public engagement on their planned Nature Strategy: https://www.alberta.ca/nature-strategy-engagement This is a valuable opportunity for Albertans to weigh in with their perspectives on how they value our native plants and ecosystems. Please take some time to participate and have your voice heard before November 7th! Our friends at CPAWS have released a…