Annual Stewards in Motion Workshop

If you are interested in stewardship in Alberta, you are invited!

Every year, ASN hosts a workshop for anyone interested in stewardship in Alberta. The event is a celebration of successes in the stewardship community, and provides an opportunity for stewards to connect, share, and learn with their peers. The day features the presentation of our Grassroots Environmental Stewardship Awards, and is held in conjunction with Alberta Stewardship Network's Annual General Meeting.

Stewards in Motion VIII: Science to Solutions

This year ASN welcomed 60 attendees and 17 displays from across Alberta, at ASNs 8th Annual Stewards in Motion workshop in Sylvan Lake on June 3rd. We would like to thank all those who contributed their time, resources, and knowledge to help make the day a success!

Click here to view photos of the event!

Presentations from the event can be downloaded by clicking the links below:

(Note: Some images were removed or compressed to reduce total file size)

• "Corralling the Waterhole: Avoiding Conflict over Western Water Resources" by Bob Sandford, EPCOR Chair of the Canadian Partnership Initiative United Nations Water for Life Decade.
• "Know the Water Rules: An Overview of Relevant Watershed Legislation" by Arlene Kwasniak, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary.
• Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Society presentation by Graeme Strathdee and Kim Schmitt.
• Medicine River Watershed Society presentation by Garth Yeomans.
• "Designing and Monitoring Effective Watershed Monitoring Programs" by Sarah Depoe, Alberta Agriculture Water Quality Specialist

A number of excellent articles were published in the Sylvan Lake News regarding SIM 8 and various watershed stewardship issues. To download, click the links below:

• June 11th Article: "Water the key to Sylvan Lake's Future; overbuilding will create difficulty meeting water demands, scientist cautioned"
• June 25th Article: "Multi-jurisdictional Plan Needed to Protect Lake; wastewater removed from watershed could become future problem"
• July 2nd Article "Limited Water means New Policies Needed to Avoid Crisis"

SIM Supporters and Collaboration

Although Stewards in Motion is planned and hosted by the Alberta Stewardship Network, it is a collaborative effort among countless dedicated individuals and organizations, without whom the event would not be possible.

ASN would like to recognize the following sponsors of Stewards in Motion VIII:

• Land Stewardship Centre of Canada
• Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Society
• Red Deer County
• Lacombe County
• Red Deer River Watershed Alliance
• Cows and Fish
• Government of Alberta
• Conoco Phillips
• Aquality
• Red Deer County
• Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Ducks Unlimited Canada
• Clearwater County / Clearwater Land Care