A field trip to Tawatinaw Natural Area is planned for October 7, with no alternatives dates. Pre-registration is required for the event.
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Site Inspection Form – Trust but Verify
Albertan’s are trusted to responsibly enjoy the province’s Protected Areas. Verification, through site inspection reports, ensures Albertans this responsibility is being carried out.
Franklin’s Ground Squirrel
Named for the ill-fated explorer, Sir John Franklin, sightings of this mammal have become increasingly rare. Dr. Haines’ Citizen Science project seeks to collect observations.
2022 – AGM Web Report
It has been a productive and exciting year for SAPAA’s digital presence. SAPAA moved to a new platform last Fall, and we have converted nearly a third of the 12-year-old PDF files to individual web pages.
Judith Golub – Passing
Judith, Second from the right.
Progress on Protected Area Pages
Since December, 2021, SAPAA has been busy converting 274 legacy pdf files to web pages. A web page is easier to maintain, comment on and is more searchable.
Your Big Say on Big Island
Big Island, southwest of Edmonton on the North Saskatchewan River, has attracted humans for thousands of years. For the summer of 2022, a tri-government public consultation wants to hear your opinion on protecting this unique cultural and ecological resource.
Counting Protected Areas
The SAPAA site has three broad structures: Administration, Protected Area Visits and the site pages themselves. These last pages cover an important, but often over looked, subset of Alberta’s Protected Areas.
So – Why Do We Need a Website?
This is the first of a series of blogs which walk even the most cyber-phobic user through SAPAA’s website. SAPAA has an online presence to help Alberta’s Protected Areas. But first, what is the role and reason for SAPAA having a website?
Natural Areas – Sacred Ground
Richard DeSmet (aka Pops) describes an experience he had in the Halfmoon Lake Natural Area. The simple question of why? led him to a better understanding and appreciation of why we are Stewards.
SAPAA 