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The Southern Alberta (Calgary) Plant Study Group meets from October to March. Join us for two activities on November 2nd: Please join us at the University of Calgary Herbarium between 1-3 pm for informative presentations, plant study opportunities, and open discussions on a range of topics regarding native plants and ecosystems. For more information and
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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/
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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
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The Central Alberta (Edmonton) Plant Study Group will meet Wednesday Oct 30th, 2024 at the University of Alberta Herbarium from 6:30-9:00 pm.
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The ANPC Calgary (Southern Alberta) Plant Study Group will meet Saturday Oct 5th, 2024 at the University of Calgary Herbarium Room 13 in the Biological Sciences building from 1pm to 3pm.
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Botany Alberta will be held Friday June 21st to Sunday June 23rd, 2024 at Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park near Slave Lake, Alberta.
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Join our Stewards of Clyde Fen Candidate Natural Area for the May Species Count! Located minutes outside of Clyde, AB; Clyde Fen is one of four natural areas stewarded by the ANPC. The day will entail a meander through an aspen stand, a shrubby fen, and a pine stand. We will be looking to count
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Join Associated Environmental and the Town of Devon on Saturday, May 25, 2024 to learn about ecological restoration and native plants.
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In this final webinar event of the season, Megan Evans returns to discuss Nurturing Alberta’s Native Bees, The Alberta Native Bee Council’s Approach to Conservation. Learn about the status of Alberta’s native bees and what the Alberta Native Bee Council has been working on to help protect them as well as how participating in ANPC’s very own Native Plant Garden Challenge
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We are excited to announce the 36th Alberta Native Plant Council Workshop will be held on Saturday, April 20th, in the Main Campus at Medicine Hat College, Medicine Hat, in southeastern Alberta, with the theme “Native Plant Superheroes – the plants and people who are saving the world”. We will be hosting an in-person workshop with an online option for
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The Alberta Native Plant Council is hosting a new monthly lunchtime webinar mini-series, Under Pressure: Threats to Alberta’s Native Plant Communities. Alberta’s native plant communities face many threats, from invasive species, to habitat loss to climate change and more. This webinar mini-series will touch on some of these challenges and explore some of the innovative
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“Threatened Haller’s Apple Moss (Bartramia halleriana) in Canada” Hosted by: Richard Caners Ph.D., bryologist and Curator of Botany at the Royal Alberta Museum