Enforcement increased on eastern slopes public lands

Enforcement increased on eastern slopes public lands

by ESRD, May 14, 2015

Alberta is putting more people on the ground in the eastern slopes this summer to raise awareness around safe and responsible use of public lands.

Learn more here: http://alberta.ca/release.cfm…

ESRD to discuss future of Bow River boat launches

ESRD to discuss future of Bow River boat launches

We are pleased to confirm that officials from Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) will be attending our “Back Cast Flood Relief Benefit Film Night” on July 19, 2013.

They will be on hand to make an informal presentation, and will be taking questions, on the subject of the boat launches on the Bow River.

All the boat launches along the Bow River were damaged to some extent by our recent Alberta Flood 2013.

Some experienced lessor damage, most suffered damage ranging from severe to near catastrophic.

Please join us for this most interesting and timely topic.

Calgary volunteers wade into flooded areas to rescue dozens of stranded fish

Photo, courtesy Jen Gerson/National Post. Alberta government teams use electrofishing to safely capture fish trapped by the receding flood waters of the nearby Bow River. They throw an anode that looks like an egg beater into the water in Bowness Park. An electric current is then sent through the water, which temporarily stuns the fish and forces them to move toward the boat. A second government scientist then catches the fish with a net and puts them in a tub where they're promptly transferred to the Bow River.

Calgary volunteers wade into flooded areas to rescue dozens of stranded fish

by Jen Gerson, National Post, July 01 2013

Wearing beige hip waders and baseball hats, Nicole Goerlitz and Gene Aquilini carry a blue plastic tub filled with about two dozen stunned freshwater fish, most of them no longer than the length of a hand.

Dipping the tub into the water, they slowly splash cold water from the still-too-fast Bow River. They grab the fish — mostly White Suckers — one by one, wake them up with a wiggle and watch as they make a mad dash for deeper, cooler waters.

“If I were here fishing and I caught one of these, I would be very unhappy,” said Ms. Goerlitz, a teacher. “But every fish counts.”

Read article here: http://bit.ly/15cfzYe