AWA hosts events of all types throughout the year and throughout the province.

July 20, 11 a.m. McKinnon Flats Difficulty: Easy Join Justine Doll and Kay Fleming for an afternoon adventure discovering the native plants and pollinators at McKinnon Flats. Contribute to a citizen science project in the area, learn about the pollinators and plants that live there and connect with folk who are passionate about nature! This adventure will be fun for all ages. We will

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Join Alberta Wilderness Association’s new quarterly book club! This quarter’s read: The Reality Bubble: How Science Reveals the Hidden Truths that Shape Our World By Ziya Tong. 

Discussion Meeting: July 23, 2024

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Location:

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August 3, 2024, 1 p.m. Downtown and Inner-City Calgary Difficulty: Easy This half day urban field trip invites participants to discover the huge variety of extraordinary, fossilized creatures in the walls of some of the buildings in and around downtown Calgary. These fossilized creatures are examples of some of the earliest forms of life and are found in 450 million-years-old rocks quarried from

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with Cheryl Bradley and Kirby England August 17, 2024 1 p.m. Waterton Reservoir and Cottonwood Creek Difficulty: 5 km, Easy+  (Though we will not be hiking far or gaining significant elevation, the travel will be off trail and require fording a creek) Join wetland ecologist Kirby England (a.k.a. the beaver guy) and cottonwood biologist Cheryl Bradley, both advocates for healthy rivers and streams, as we experience

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August 18 South Ghost with Heinz Unger Difficulty: Intermediate to Hard (due to distance) This is a full day hike into a more remote area of the Ghost watershed; it is rarely visited except by outfitters and sheep hunters. It is located along the middle section of the South Ghost River, just where the valley starts to narrow. We will pass the old Hussey’s

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Scroll to the bottom to make your donation! In 2023 seven year old Karina Eustace-Wallis was inspired by her love of Alberta’s wilderness to embark on a challenge and raise money for Alberta Wilderness Association. She climbed eight Alberta summits before she turned eight years old on September 8 and raised more than $10,000 for AWA. In her words, "I like

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