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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with Tako Koning August 3, 2024, 1 p.m. Downtown and Inner-City Calgary Difficulty: Very 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

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with Flora Giesbrecht, Executive Director for the Elbow River Watershed Partnership August 7, 2024 - 7 p.m. West Bragg Creek Difficulty: Easy An opportunity for an after work quick escape from the city to enjoy the splendours of nature – pristine wetlands, fescue grasslands, spruce and pine Montane forests, in the headwaters of Bragg Creek while learning more about beavers and why they are

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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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with Heinz Unger August 18 South Ghost 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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with Susan Holroyd, Conservation and Outreach Coordinator for WCS Canada's Alberta Community Bat Program August 21, 2024, 7:30 p.m. Weaselhead Flats Difficulty: Very easy Listening in the dark for night-flying bats using “bat detectors” provided by the Alberta Community Bat Program. Join us to discover who is flying in your night skies! The night will start before sunset with a short talk from a bat

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Time: Sept. 7, 2024, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location: AWA Office: 455 – 12 St. NW Calgary, AB T2N 1Y9 Price: By Donation   Do you have books piling up at your place that you'd like to see go to another home? Looking to make a difference with your old things? AWA is inviting folks to drop off their old books to our office this summer.

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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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