SAPAA will host 1-3 best practice sessions in 2025 for organizations managing nature areas. The first session will include a presentation on QR Code technology by Miles Constable, enhancing reporting in Lois Hole Provincial Park.

The date of this webinar has been changed to May 13 (previously May 6).

Some of Alberta’s nature areas are managed by nonprofit organizations. Collectively, these organizations are called ‘Organizational Stewards’. The Stewards of Alberta’s Protected Areas (SAPAA) mission is ‘Stewards Help Stewards’ – including organizations.

Sharing Best Practices With Your Peers

SAPAA will organize, run, and document 1-3 best practice sessions for interested organizations in the 2025 calendar year. Each session is about an hour long and organized into a presentation (20-30 minutes), followed by best practice share (10 minutes), and a round table discussion (10-20 minutes).

Sessions will be recorded but each session is considered private. Any recordings will be edited for brevity and clarity. SAPAA will facilitate and moderate the sessions. An annual, in person session, may also be organized.

Technology and the Organizational Steward

A one hour session open to all SAPAA & Nature Alberta members as well as (Organizational) Stewards interested in the topic. Times are estimates.

• 6:45pm: Doors open, networking and new/old friends
• 7:05pm: Start (sharp)
• 7:10pm: Miles Constable, BLESS and QR Codes in Nature
• 7:30pm: David Fielder, SAPAA and iNaturalist
• 7:40pm: Round Table and Common Concerns
• 7:50pm: Future Topics
• 8:00pm: Close of the Formal Session
• 8:15pm: End of Networking and Visiting

BLESS and QR Codes in Nature

What technologies can help an organization and who can implement and run the newest whiz bang tech? Miles Constable from Big Lake Environment Support Society will present a QR Code technology they have implemented to support reporting on the condition of Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park.

SAPAA

David Fielder will results of integrating iNaturalist into the SAPAA website and how the iNaturalist-Project functionality can be used to gather information on a site.

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