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  • Woodlot Best Management Practices Workshop

    Manning Legion Hall #120 4th Ave SW, Manning, AB, Alberta, Canada

    The Agroforestry and Woodlot Society and the North Peace Applied Research Association invite you to our Woodlot Best Management Practices workshop on July 4th, 2019 in Manning, AB. At this workshop private landowners will learn best management practices on forested private lands, how forested lands contribute economically and environmentally, management to maximize ecological and economic value and maintenance & restoration leads to healthier woodlots. We will end with a field visit to a local woodlot!

    Free

  • Tree Shelterbelt and Eco-buffer Workshop

    NPARA Research Farm Township Road 910 and West of Mackenzie Highway, Manning, Alberta, Canada

    The Agroforestry Woodlot Extension Society (AWES) in conjunction with Northern Lights County and North Peace Applied Research Association (NPARA) will host this workshop, aimed at helping participants create their own Eco-Buffer or shelterbelt design, site prep and plan and customized management plan. The event will be hosted at the NPARA Research Farm just south of Manning, AB

    Free

  • Shoreline Management Workshop

    McArthur Place 10307 100 ST, Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada

    Lac La Biche County, AWES and Cows and Fish are pleased to be hosting an evening of hands on riparian area assessment and restoration on July 11, 2019.

    Free

  • Shelterbelts and Eco-Buffers: Agroforestry Systems for Profitability and Resilience

    Battle River Innovation Centre 5302-50 Avenue, Castor, Alberta, Canada

    Are you interested in creating wildlife and pollinator habitat, harnessing fruit production, mitigating highs winds and flooding, or enhancing water quality on your property? Don't know where to begin, or just need some helpful tips and tricks?
    Join the County of PaintEarth, The Agroforestry and Woodlot Extension Society, Battle River Research Group and the Battle River Watershed Alliance on July 15th, 2019 for a workshop about Shelterbelts and Eco-buffers, and how they can be designed to provide these services to your land!

    Free

  • Train the Trainer: Completing a Successful Planting Project

    Parkland County Services Building 2700 48 ST, Stony Plain, Canada

    Learn to complete a planting program on private or county lands regardless of whether the outcome is a shelterbelt, eco-buffer, riparian buffer or bioengineering for site restoration.

    Free

  • West Country Ag Tour

    Clearwater County Quarter Township Road 400 and Range Road 72, Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada

    Clearwater County Presents: The 2019 West Country Ag. Tour Clearwater County, AWES, GWFA, Benalto Ag, Medicine River Wildlife Centre, Biocomposite […]

    $35

  • Woodlot BMPs: Establishing and rejuventating shelterbelts and ecobuffers

    Lindbrook Community Hall 51084 Alberta 630, Tofield, Alberta

    Shelterbelts and woodlots across the prairies are deteriorating. Don't wait until its too late to take action! Join Beaver County and the Agroforestry and Woodlot Extension Society to learn best management practices for private forested lands including assessing tree health and managing shelterbelts and ecobuffers.

    Free
  • Earthworks for Cold Climate Water Resiliency

    Earthworks for Cold Climate Water Resiliency

    Ferintosh Hall 203 Glenmere Ave, Ferintosh, Alberta, Canada

    Join Takota Coen from Coen Farm and Rob Avis from Verge Permaculture for a 2-day workshop at the Coen Farm and the nearby Ferintosh Hall to learn how to design and implement low tech, low cost, nature-based earthworks that can build more effective and efficient water cycles on your land. The workshop will include a mixture of in-class presentation and activity time at the Hall, and field trips out to the Coen Farm where a 30 ton excavator and D3 Bulldozer will be actively constructing a variety of earthworks.

    $40
  • Earthworks for Cold Climate Water Resiliency

    Earthworks for Cold Climate Water Resiliency

    Ferintosh Hall 203 Glenmere Ave, Ferintosh, Alberta, Canada

    Join Takota Coen from Coen Farm and Rob Avis from Verge Permaculture for a 2-day workshop at the Coen Farm and the nearby Ferintosh Hall to learn how to design and implement low tech, low cost, nature-based earthworks that can build more effective and efficient water cycles on your land. The workshop will include a mixture of in-class presentation and activity time at the Hall, and field trips out to the Coen Farm where a 30 ton excavator and D3 Bulldozer will be actively constructing a variety of earthworks.

    $40

  • Agroforestry Field Day

    Awes will be at Rural Routes to Climate Solutions' Agroforestry Field Day in Leduc, AB on August 29th! If you […]

    Free

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