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Green on Green, and Other Reasons why you Cannot Find your Seedlings.

August 9, 2021 native, Restoration, riparian, seedlings, Trees, wetland

Hello, I’m Megan Andre, Executive Director with AWES.

Joining AWES just last summer, I’ve been around for about one year. It’s been a whirlwind coming up to speed with quite a few large projects in flight. Navigating this transition however, left planting season 2021 to fall into familiar habits. For me, that means riparian restoration planting. This style of planting has similarities to AWES signature Eco-Buffers, including increasing biodiversity by planting native tree and shrub at a high density. However, the structure and preparation of the linear Eco-Buffer are lost, and so are the trees… at least this is what we are hearing.

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Stream and Pond Field Day

August 14, 2020 Agroforestry, AWES, Cows and Fish, Health Assessment, management, Restoration, riparian, tree planting, Watershed, wetland, Willow Staking

At this fun and educational outing you’ll be able to learn more about your water body, and what you can do to improve its health.

This event will be a fun and educational outing where you’ll be able to learn how to assess the health of your riparian area, identify common species, develop a management plan and cut, plant and grow your own willow cuttings.

Join the Agroforestry and Woodlot Extension Society and Cows and Fish for a hands-on outdoor workshop along a creek near Tofield and learn how to diagnose and improve the health of your stream or pond.

Topics Included:

• Cows and Fish’s Riparian Health Assessment process;

• plant identification;

• how to conduct a tree planting assessment; and

• how to plant willow cuttings!

Register on Eventbrite! This event is free but registration is mandatory as space is limited. Participants are asked to dress for the weather and for light hiking. As this is a remote, outdoor event there will not be any available washroom facilities. (Black Nugget Lake Campground Day Use area with washroom facilities & water are a short drive away if needed). This event will NOT be hosted at the Beaver County Office. Location details will be provided following registration.

Earthworks for Cold Climate Water Resiliency

July 22, 2019 Agroforestry, bioengineering, earthworks, permaculture, Restoration, riparian, Water, wetland

Drought and flood are two sides of the same coin: A broken water cycle is the root cause of both. 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.

Topics will include:

Principles of water harvesting
The design and implementation process for a variety of water harvesting earthworks like, dugouts, dam and swales
Strategic snow harvesting with trees
Gravity water reticulation
Flood irrigation
Aquaculture
Using Google Earth Pro
Accessing contour maps
Much more!

Dress for the farm and the weather! Bring steel-toed boots and rain apparel if you have them.

Delicious beyond-organic Coen Farm lunches and snacks included! Note dietary restrictions when registering.

Cost is only $40. Space is limited! Register on Eventbrite by August 22.

This workshop made possible by the Government of Canada’s Eco-Action Community Funding Program, the Agroforestry and Woodlot Extension Society, the Battle River Water Shed Alliance, Win EcoScience Inc., Camrose County and the University of Alberta

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Green on Green, and Other Reasons why you Cannot Find your Seedlings.

Stream and Pond Field Day

Earthworks for Cold Climate Water Resiliency

Agroforestry & Woodlot Extension Society