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.

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, Second from the right.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
A break from a prolong cold snap offset or freezing rain allowed for a great day visiting Hastings Lake and its three natural areas (NA): Edgar T. Jones, Hasting Lakes Islands and Hastings Lake.
With steep ravines, much of the Carnwood Modeste Natural Area (NA) is inaccessible to all but the numerous white-tailed deer populations. This NA is within 20 km of 8-15 other natural areas including the well-known Coyote Lake Natural Area (see map below).
Alsike and Bat Lake are two separate quarter section protected areas that are part of the natural area of the same name. A winter visit brings mostly good news.