Cows and Fish - Riparian Management Society

10/07/2026

Join us for this free public workshop and field walk at Ellis Nature Centre with information sessions from Red Deer River Watershed Alliance, ALUS, Lacombe County, and Cows and Fish - Riparian Management Society! Lunch will be provided.

🔗 Registration required: https://ellisnaturecentre.ca/wetland-tools-for-wetland-managers/
📍 Lacombe County
🕚 Oct. 16 at 11am-4:30am

Learn about practical tools and resources available for wetland managers.

10/06/2026

Interested in learning more about Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration (LTPBR)? Join Freshwater Conservation Canada, Alberta Conservation Association, & the Burke Creek Ranch for a community workshop on Oct. 27 in Claresholm, AB!
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/low-tech-process-based-restoration-community-workshop-tickets-2001921157071?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

09/30/2026

Conservation and Reconciliation Flow Together

Healthy rivers, streams, and wetlands depend on a continuous connection between the water and the land. At the Riparian Management Society, we recognize that true stewardship goes deeper than monitoring and restoring shorelines. It requires us to listen to the history of the land and the people who have cared for it since time immemorial.

Caring for the land (conservation) cannot be separated from respecting and restoring relationships with its original Peoples (reconciliation).

True ecological healing means understanding that riparian health and watershed resilience are deeply intertwined with Indigenous self-determination, traditional ecological knowledge, and land rights. We cannot heal the water without honouring its original protectors.

Photo credit: Riparian Specialist, Maddy Skinner

09/23/2026

⬇️ Want to have input on water security in Canada? Have your say:

📢 Canada’s first National Water Security Strategy is being developed, and we want your input!

🌊 Water security affects the health, environment, communities and economy. The is seeking input from people across Canada to help identify priorities, challenges, and opportunities for the Strategy.

✅ Share your views by completing the survey: https://ow.ly/VimU50ZLw1L

09/21/2026

What are you up to on Sept. 22? Freshwater Conservation Canada and Cows and Fish need your help harvesting and planting willow stakes along Beaver Creek!

Volunteers will meet at the Beaver Creek bridge in the Public Land Use Zone (PLUZ) (https://maps.app.goo.gl/wnF2g58U7q4wW4if7) at 9:30am.

Click the link below for more information and to register:

Join Freshwater Conservation Canada to harvest and plant willow stakes and rehabilitate degraded creeks!

09/15/2026

Our newly relaunched Riparian Health Assessment app is officially ready for your next riparian site! This free and easy to use app is designed for landowners, volunteers, and conservation groups to monitor areas while they support the stewardship of freshwater ecosystems.

🤳 Available for download on both iPhone and Android:

iPhone: https://bit.ly/4xuq2OP
Android: https://bit.ly/3VdKIgi

09/13/2026

🌱 Big news! The Southern Alberta Native Seed Collective (SANSC) has teamed up with the Saskatchewan and Manitoba Native Seed Collectives to form the Prairie Native Seed Collaborative!

🌱 Sign up for their upcoming Native Seed Harvest and Planting Workshop in Vegreville on October 1: https://bit.ly/4r8mj7J

🌱 Read their newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/819b61ae53f8/untitled-10970359

Grassland Restoration Forum

This half day workshop will take place at Innotech Alberta’s Research Facility in Vegreville, AB.

09/11/2026

Only a few more hours left to bid for your chance to take part in Freshwater Conservation Canada's fish rescue! Visit their website to learn more:

Every year in southern Alberta, fish become trapped in irrigation canals and cannot return to their home rivers without human intervention. The Fish Rescue is an annual event, led by Freshwater Conservation Canada in partnership with the provincial government, to rescue stranded fish and return them...

09/03/2026

Congratulations to the Walton family, this year's 2026 recipient of the Alberta Beef Producers' Environmental Stewardship Award! Read their incredible story below.

"We had confidence in what we were doing. We just didn’t have a name for it" - Ron Walton, on Stewardship

Meet Alberta’s 2025 Environmental Stewardship Award winners — a family with a deep-rooted commitment to the land and sustainable farming practices.