Street to Stream 'Yard Blitz' - May 23

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The Cows and Fish - Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society Street to Stream Residential Demonstration “Yard Blitz” will take place on May 23rd, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, along the Bow River in Calgary’s Inglewood neighbourhood. This is a hands-on opportunity to learn more about rain gardens, riparian buffers and more.

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Spaces are limited, so register early to save your spot!

Silver Creek Restoration Project - Oct 18

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FLOOD - The Other “F” Word?

FLOOD - The Other “F” Word?

Gordon Lightfoot, the icon of Canadian folk music, intones, “When the skies of November turn gloomy” as a warning to ships plying the waters of Lake Superior, even big iron ore carriers. In land locked and generally water short Alberta, Lightfoot’s words don’t have the same cachet, but recent storm events have begun to sensitize us.

The floods of 1995, 2002, 2005 and now 2013 have made us start to search the skies of May and June for signs of impending doom. Spring rain used to fill our prairie souls with joy; now the same rain, especially when it persists for days, fills us with a sense of angst.

With recent experiences we’ve started to look at a flood as the other “F” word. Are we justified in thinking of this phenomenon in such harsh terms?

-Lorne Fitch, P. Biol. Cows and Fish - Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society

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