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Bow River
Basin Council (BRBC) - Quarterly Educational Forum - Sept 09, 2015
Last week,
the BRBC held another very interesting education forum.
Speakers on the agenda
included Kevin Van Tigham, John Pemeroy and Judy Stewart.
Following
Kevin Van Tigham's retirement as superintendent of Banff National Park,
the conservationist, fly fisherman, and author wrote the book he had
been waiting his entire life to write — Heart Waters: Sources of the Bow
River. http://calgaryherald.com/
Tickets are now available for his official book launch on November 19, 2015. https://www.eventbrite.ca/
Tickets are now available for his official book launch on November 19, 2015. https://www.eventbrite.ca/
Professor
John Pomeroy; Canada Research Chair in Water Resources & Climate
Change, Director, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan.
Professor Pomeroy's name is often in the news these days, especially it seems, since our 2013 flood. . For example, he's quoted in this recent Calgary Herald article "Water expert astonished by proposed location of CalgaryNEXT along Bow River" http://calgaryherald.com/
Professor Pomeroy's name is often in the news these days, especially it seems, since our 2013 flood. . For example, he's quoted in this recent Calgary Herald article "Water expert astonished by proposed location of CalgaryNEXT along Bow River" http://calgaryherald.com/
Judy Stewart, Cochrane Environmental Action Committee. Judy is a passionate speaker on water issues, with a particular love for wetlands. Amongst other things, she notes that wetlands continue to dissapear at an alarming rate. For example, 90% of wetlands in Calgary have been destroyed.
