The Council’s specific objectives are:
- To educate individuals, industry, and government about native plants.
- To promote awareness of native plant issues through a newsletter, an annual workshop, and in the media.
- To co-ordinate information and activities concerning Alberta’s native plants.
- To develop briefs or position papers for special projects; for example, biodiversity, forest vegetation management, wetlands, rare species or phenology.
- To organize field trips and plant study groups.
- To update lists of current research and conservation projects.
- To preserve natural habitats and plant communities.
- To support legislation that protects native plants.
- To take action to establish, preserve and manage protected areas.
- To undertake Alberta projects jointly with groups such as the Nature Conservancy of Canada
- To encourage appropriate use of Alberta’s native plants.
- To produce information on the use of native plants in land reclamation.
- To develop and distribute collection, salvage and management guidelines.
- To update a list of native seed sources and suppliers for horticulture and reclamation.
The ANPC Position Holders for 2018-2019 are:
EXECUTIVE
President: E. Hiraga, email: president@anpc.ab.ca
Vice-president: L. Hamilton
Treasurer: J. Figures, email: treasurer@anpc.ab.ca
Secretary: J. Muir, email: secretary@anpc.ab.ca
DIRECTORS
Central Director: K. Andersen
Northern Director: M. Hayward
Southern Director:
Nature Alberta: K. Mackenzie
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Conservation Action: L. Hamilton
Information and Education/Outreach: vacant
Newsletter Committee: C. Mahoney email: newsletter@anpc.ab.ca
Rare Plant Committee:
Reclamation and Restoration: K. Andersen
OTHER
Membership: K. Ostermann, email: membership@anpc.ab.ca
Website: C. Dodd, email: webmaster@anpc.ab.ca
Social Media: C. Johnson
Foothills Restoration Forum Representative: D. Soppet
STEWARDS
Big Sagebrush (PNT): A. Mozolik and W. Ryan
Clyde Fen: D. Johnson & J. Kozar
Whitehorse Wildlands PP: K. Andersen
Nisku Prairie: P. Cotterill
Please feel free to contact any of us at info@anpc.ab.ca with the name of the person you would like to contact in the subject heading.
The Council has four active committees:
- Education and Information
- Disseminates information on native flora; produces displays; runs field trips and courses; co-ordinates activities with other environmental groups.
- Rare Plants
- Conducts life history studies; monitors populations; sets priority lists for rare plants; assists with populating the rare plant data bank, maintained by the Alberta Conservation Information Managment System (ACIMS).
- Restoration and Reclamation
- Compiles guidelines for defining and collecting native plants; produces lists of native seed and nursery stock suppliers; provides reclamation information to interested groups.
- Conservation Action
- Protects rare Alberta species and habitats by: directing public attention to pressing issues; assist in preparing COSEWIC status reports on rare, threatened or endangered species for national listing; gaining stewardship of natural areas; monitoring how habitats are affected by development.
To view the ANPC By-laws, click here.
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