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The Fall🍂issue of Nature Alberta Magazine is now available to read online with no paywall at naturealberta.ca/magazine
Cover 📷: Ghost pipe by Ashley Hillman
🇨🇦With @NatureCanada's annual Nature On the Hill event wrapping up, here is a message from Nature Alberta president Cheryl Bozarth Soll about her week spent advocating for conservation priorities.
#natureonthehill2026
Nature Alberta retweeted
Meeting with the Liberal Environment Minister
Left to Right:
❦ Andrés Jiménez Monge (@OntarioNature);
❦ @BozarthArt (@NatureAlberta);
❦ @TroyCWoodhouse (@Mushkegowuk);
❦ @JulieDabrusin (@EnvironmentCa);
❦ Ali Schofield (@BruceTrail_BTC);
❦ Melissa Cameron (@peiNatureTrust);
❦ myself (@NatureCanada);
❦ Ilham Abdulkadir (Water Watchers).
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ALT Left to Right: Andrés Jiménez Monge (Ontario Nature); Cheryl Bozarth Soll (Nature Alberta); Troy Woodhouse (Mushkegowuk Council); Julie Dabrusin (Environment and Climate Change Canada); Ali Schofield (Bruce Trail Conservancy); Melissa Cameron (Island Nature Trust); Akaash Maharaj (Nature Canada); Ilham Abdulkadir (Water Watchers)
🍂Autumn is well underway. During this time, the risk of birds flying into windows increases, and every year thousands of birds are injured or killed in window strikes.
🪟For information on how to reduce collisions with windows: online.fliphtml5.com/olrxh/p…
📸Leo de Groot
‼The Government of Alberta has removed habitat protections for the critically endangered greater sage-grouse with no public consultation or announcement. Helium extraction is moving forward on the formerly protected habitat.
👉Read more at naturealberta.ca/sage-grouse…
📸Ron Hayes
🛳Don't miss tomorrow's presentation hosted by the Edmonton Nature Club featuring wildlife photographer and science communicator Joel Weatherly sharing his amazing photos and engaging stories of birding in the North Atlantic!
👉Learn more and register at naturealberta.ca/cruising-th…
📅The survey deadline for Red Earth and Caribou Mountains is a week from today October 26th, while the deadline for Berland is November 12th.
👉For more information, go to naturealberta.ca/sub-regiona…
🆘Nature Alberta is requesting your help in supporting the Bighill Creek Preservation Society as it appeals a provincial Water Act approval that could have consequences for Big Hill Springs Provincial Park. naturealberta.ca/save-bighil…
📸Bighill Creek Preservation Society
🙌Nature Alberta is looking for an enthusiastic team member who is passionate about sharing their love of nature with others to help our Nature Kids and NatureHood program inspire the next generation of conservationists.
👉For more information, go to naturealberta.ca/naturehood-…
🤔How is caribou habitat changing over time, and how can we consistently track those changes across large and diverse landscapes? This webinar will provide an introduction to CHIP and a walkthrough of the key metrics that make up the platform.
naturealberta.ca/tracking-ch…
🌸Join Nature Alberta as we get in touch with the natural world all around us!
🍂On this walk we will explore the trails of Edmonton's Rundle Park and look for late migrating and overwintering birds as well as any other critters that might be around! naturealberta.ca/family-natu…
🦌Four of Alberta’s largest environmental organizations have come together to raise the alarm about the impact three draft government sub-regional plans will have on the future of the iconic woodland caribou.
👉Read the full statement at naturealberta.ca/joint-state…
🍁Canada’s wildest photography contest returns with new judges and new categories.
📸WCS Canada is proud to launch the fourth annual KBA Canada photo contest!
👉For more information, go to kbacanada.org/2026/08/19/cap…
🪲Step into a world that is all around us, but rarely seen.
📸Join Edmonton based nature photographer and conservation communicator Dara Ojo for the launch of his new book, Tiny Titans: The Silent Keepers of Our Ecosystem.
👉For more information, go to naturealberta.ca/tiny-titans…
🍂Last weekend Nature Alberta hosted guided programs as part of our Fall Migration Festival.
🙌Our thanks to the guides, volunteers & participants who joined us for this weekend-long event full of wonderful encounters with nature!
📸Nick Carter, Joel Weatherly, Steph Weizenbach
📣Nature Alberta is looking for an enthusiastic team member who is passionate about sharing their love of nature with others to help our Nature Kids and NatureHood program inspire the next generation of conservationists.
👉Find out more: naturealberta.ca/naturehood-…
🪽During October, small but numbers of northern gulls pass through Alberta, including Short-billed Gulls like this one. Many are immature birds in their first-winter plumage. The round head, small narrow bill, and smudgy grey-brown plumage are clues to look for.
📸Nick Carter
On National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and all days, we acknowledge that the province we care for lies on Treaty Land, the ancestral home and traditional territories of many First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples since time immemorial.
📸Rick Schneider
🙋♀️Are you passionate about protecting our environment and enjoying Alberta’s stunning landscapes? 💖🌱Join our community connected 🤝 by a love of nature by becoming a member of Nature Alberta.
🌐Visit naturealberta.ca/membership to learn more.
📸Nick Carter
🌲Wagner Natural Area Society is looking for volunteers to assist with their Fall Cleanup!
📅 Saturday, October 26th, 2026 at 9:00 AM
📍Wagner Natural Area parking lot
👉For more information, go to naturealberta.ca/wagner-summ…
📸Richard Schneider
