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Box 249
Bon Accord, AB T0A 0K0
Phone: (780) 921-3956
Email: collier3@telusplanet.net
5.1.10. Grey Wooded Forage
Association
Who We Are
Type of group:
Non-profit association. We have a
Board of Directors consisting of nine
directors and three ex-officio directors.
We have an office in Rocky Mountain
House, AB, with a staff of two.
Mission:
To create an awareness of the potential
and utilization of forages, to act as an
information exchange centre, to
illustrate production practices, and to
seek knowledge and innovations that
are environmentally and economically
sustainable for the agricultural
community.
What We Do
• We have a number of on-going
Demonstration Projects where we
have planted a variety of forages,
and have tried a variety of seeding
procedures to show to our members
and other producers.
• We have three or four tours during
the year in partnership with other
forage associations and groups so
that the producers can see the plots
first-hand.
• We also partner with other groups to
host seminars and workshops
throughout the year to bring
producers together with
knowledgeable and informative
agricultural speakers. We also try to
promote the best products to help
producers profit the most from their
operations while being
environmentally friendly.
• We pride ourselves with being on the
leading edge in the field of forage
information.
Where We Work
We work in part of the Red Deer River
and the North Saskatchewan River
watersheds. We have a membership
that covers areas in all of western
Canada, with the biggest concentration
being in west-central Alberta. We
circulate a monthly publication, ‘The
Blade’, which goes out to all members
as well as our partners and cooperators.
We also publish a newsletter twice a
year, which goes out to approximately
9000 rural mail boxes in west-central
Alberta.
How to Contact Us
Alberta Kuipers, Forage
Technician/Manager and Rural
Extension Staff (RES)
Box 1448
5039 – 45th Street
Rocky Mountain House, AB T4T 1B1
Phone: (403) 844-2645
Fax: (403) 844-2642
Email: gwfa2@telus.net (Albert
Kuipers); gwfa1@telus.net (Emily Elliott,
Office Assistant)
5.1.11. Hastings Lakefront
Landowners Association
Where We Work
Hastings Lake, Strathcona County,
North Saskatchewan River
How to Contact Us
Elaine Scarf, Secretary-Treasurer
Fax: (780) 662-2388
5.1.12. Iron Creek Watershed
Improvement Society (ICWIS)
Who We Are
Type of group:
Registered society
Mission:
To raise awareness about the
importance, health, function of the Iron
Creek Watershed, and promote the
agricultural, environmental, and
financial benefits derived from
sustainable management techniques.
What We Do
The following programming was
conducted in 2004 with funding from the
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Stewardship-in-Action program:
• “Pasture Health: Native and Tame”
workshop: this event was aimed at
educating producers on plant
identification and how to conduct
pasture health assessments on their
pastures.
• “Trees, Wetlands, and Forests Day”:
the attendants of this event were
grade 5 students from four schools in
Flagstaff County. Several partners
set up interactive stations for
students to learn about the
importance of the components that
make up our watershed.
• 2 nd Annual Supper and Information
Night: the purpose of this night was
to display and celebrate the
successes of the year’s projects.
Several speakers attended to
discuss informative water related
topics.
• Water testing: four sites along Iron
Creek were tested biweekly for
nitrates, phosphates, pH,
temperature, salinity, conductivity,
and dissolved oxygen. The results
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were presented at the 2 nd Annual
Supper and Information Night.
• Dugout testing: members of the
ICWIS volunteered dugouts to be
tested for coliforms and fecal
coliforms. The results were
discussed at the 2 nd Annual Supper
and Information Night.
• ICWIS survey: this survey was
distributed to all residents in
Flagstaff County. The purpose was
to identify what concerns residents
had regarding water. The data will
be used in deciding what direction
the group wants to go in the future.
Where We Work
Within the Iron Creek Watershed. Iron
Creek watershed geographically covers
most of Flagstaff County.
How to Contact Us
Don Ruzicka, Chairman
Box 579
Killam, AB
Phone: (780) 385-2474
Email: ruzickadon@hotmail.com
Kristin Cuss, Rural Conservation
Technician and Rural Extension Staff
(RES)
Box 358
Sedgewick, AB T0B 4C0
Phone: (780) 384-4100
or (780) 336-5309
Email: kcuss@flagstaff.ab.ca
Areas: Flagstaff and Paintearth
Counties
5.1.13. Lake Isle Aquatic
Management Society (LIAMS)
Who We Are
Type of group:
Registered society made up of
individuals with an interest in the water
quality of Lake Isle
Mission:
Raising a united voice in approaching
issues (mainly the vegetative growth)
impacting the water quality of Lake Isle
What We Do
We arrange it so that permit processes
and evaluation applied to Lake Isle be
applied as a whole, not numerous
individual areas. The objective and
process of one voice on behalf of many
has made it much less complicated to
have the vegetation removed. Every
application for permits must go through
a HADD analysis – harmful alteration,
disruption, or destruction - of fish habitat
with the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans and another separate process
with Alberta Environment. LIAMS,
which includes 22 communities and
individual landowners, makes a single
application on behalf of all its members.
Watershed Stewardship in Alberta Alberta Environment
April 2005 Alberta Stewardship Network
Land Stewardship Centre of Canada