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2016 Winter Speaker Series: Footprints on the Landscape. Please join us live or via video conference from Pincher Creek, Okotoks, Lethbridge, Canmore, Crowsnest Pass, Medicine Hat, Hanna, Magrath and Grande Prairie Libraries! Tuesday’s 7 – 8 pm, January 19 – March 22, 2016 Missed a talk? Catch up at: https://www.youtube.com/user/ChinookArchLibraries For more information call 403 6271152 event may be cancelled due to inclement weather. 7 pm – Tuesday January 19 John and Kathleen Hancock from the Pincher Creek Library. Here be Dragons – Microscopic Monsters from the Crown of the Continent. Join John & Kathleen on a journey under water to meet and view aquatic creatures that share our local landscape. 7 pm – Tuesday January 26 Ryan Spencer from California State Parks. Blazing a Trail by Covering Our Tracks. The perception of parks as self contained, pristine “worlds unto themselves” isn’t always true! Restoring healthy functioning ecosystems represents the newest frontier in park protection. Join Ryan Spencer, PORTS Interpreter, as he shares highlights from the efforts of Del Norte Coast and Prairie Creek Redwood State Park, to restore salmon, shorebird, and mammal habitat. 7 pm – Tuesday February 2: Anna Garleff and Doug Kaupp from Lethbridge Regional Library. We are all Downstream. In the development of the film "We Are All Downstream", Oldman Watershed Council’s Anna Garleff had many guides on her tour of the watershed. One was City of Lethbridge Water & Waste Water Manager Doug Kaupp. Together they share the story of bringing safe drinking water to communities. 7 pm – Tuesday February 9 Kelly Cooley from the Pincher Creek Library. Stop Invasive Species in Your Tracks. Invasive species are plants, animals, and microorganisms that are not native to a particular area. They are also species that are capable of causing severe damage in areas outside their normal range, harming the economy, the environment, or human health once they become established. 7 pm – Tuesday February 16 John Campbell from Okotoks Public Library. Do You Like to Dance? Discovering The Secrets of Sharp tailed Grouse. Few people have observed Sharptailed Grouse in the wild displaying their complex mating dances on traditional lek dancing grounds; fewer people know it happens right here! Join John, as he reveals video of Sharptailed Grouse in southern Alberta leks, featuring photos from National Geographic awarding winning photographer Ken Crebbin. Photo: Ken Crebbin Photo: Jayme Cabrera Lopez

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2016  Winter  Speaker  Series:    Footprints  on  the  Landscape.      

Please  join  us  live  or  via  video  conference  from  Pincher  Creek,  Okotoks,  Lethbridge,  Canmore,  Crowsnest  Pass,  Medicine  Hat,  Hanna,  Magrath  and  Grande  Prairie  Libraries!          Tuesday’s  7  –  8  pm,  January  19  –  March  22,  2016  

Missed  a  talk?    Catch  up  at:    https://www.youtube.com/user/ChinookArchLibraries        For  more  information  call  403  627-­‐1152  event  may  be  cancelled  due  to  inclement  weather.  

   7  pm  –  Tuesday  January  19  -­‐  John  and  Kathleen  Hancock  from    the  Pincher  Creek    Library.  Here  be  Dragons  –  Microscopic  Monsters  from  the  Crown  of  the  Continent.  Join  John  &  Kathleen  on  a  journey  under  water  to  meet  and  view  aquatic  creatures  that  share  our  local  landscape.          

7  pm  –  Tuesday  January  26  -­‐    Ryan  Spencer  from  California  State  Parks.    Blazing  a  Trail  by  Covering  Our  Tracks.    The  perception  of  parks  as  self-­‐contained,  pristine  “worlds  unto  themselves”  isn’t  always  true!    Restoring  healthy  functioning  ecosystems  represents  the  newest  frontier  in  park  protection.  Join  Ryan  Spencer,  PORTS  Interpreter,  as  he  shares  highlights  from  the  efforts  of  Del  Norte  Coast  and  Prairie  Creek  Redwood  State  Park,  to  restore  salmon,  shorebird,  and  mammal  habitat.      7  pm  –  Tuesday  February  2:  -­‐  Anna  Garleff  and  Doug  Kaupp    from  Lethbridge  Regional  Library.    We  are  all  Downstream.      In  the  development  of  the  film  "We  Are  All  Downstream",  Oldman  Watershed  Council’s  Anna  Garleff  had  many  guides  on  her  tour  of  the  watershed.  One  was  City  of  Lethbridge  Water  &  Waste  Water  Manager  Doug  Kaupp.    Together  they  share  the  story  of  bringing  safe  drinking  water  to  communities.        

7  pm  –  Tuesday  February  9  -­‐    Kelly  Cooley  from  the  Pincher  Creek  Library.    Stop  Invasive  Species  in  Your  Tracks.    Invasive  species  are  plants,  animals,  and  microorganisms  that  are  not  native  to  a  particular  area.  They  are  also  species  that  are  capable  of  causing  severe  damage  in  areas  outside  their  normal  range,  harming  the  economy,  the  environment,  or  human  health  once  they  become  established.          

7  pm  –  Tuesday  February  16  -­‐  John  Campbell  from  Okotoks  Public  Library.    Do  You  Like  to  Dance?  Discovering  The  Secrets  of  Sharp-­‐tailed  Grouse.  Few  people  have  observed  Sharp-­‐tailed  Grouse  in  the  wild  displaying  their  complex  mating  dances  on  traditional  lek  dancing  grounds;  fewer  people  know  it  happens  right  here!    Join  John,  as  he  reveals  video  of  Sharp-­‐tailed  Grouse  in  southern  Alberta  leks,  featuring  photos  from  National  Geographic  awarding  winning  photographer  Ken  Crebbin.      Photo:  Ken  Crebbin  

Photo: Jayme Cabrera Lopez

2016  Winter  Speaker  Series:    Footprints  on  the  Landscape.      

Please  join  us  live  or  via  video  conference  from  Pincher  Creek,  Okotoks,  Lethbridge,  Canmore,  Crowsnest  Pass,  Medicine  Hat,  Hanna,  Magrath  and  Grande  Prairie  Libraries!          Tuesday’s  7  –  8  pm,  January  19  –  March  22,  2016  

Missed  a  talk?    Catch  up  at:    https://www.youtube.com/user/ChinookArchLibraries        For  more  information  call  403  627-­‐1152  event  may  be  cancelled  due  to  inclement  weather.  

   

 7  pm  –  Tuesday  February  23  -­‐  Nora  Manners,  Jeff  Bectell,  Jennifer  Jenkins  &  the  Blackfoot  Challenge  from  the  Pincher  Creek  Library.  Sharing  the  Range  –  The  Waterton  Biosphere  Association  and  the  Blackfoot  Challenge.    Large  Carnivores  roam  along  the  front  range  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  crossing  the  border  between  Montana  and  Alberta.    Ranchers  from  both  sides  share  their  perspective  and  methods  they  have  used  to  meet  the  challenge  of  sharing  the  range.      

7  pm  –  Tuesday  March  1  -­‐    Andrea  Morehouse  from  the  Pincher  Creek  Library.    The  Southwest  Alberta  Grizzly  Bear  Monitoring  Project.    The    Southwest  Alberta  Grizzly  Bear  Monitoring  Project  (GBMP)  tracked  Grizzly  Bears  from  2011-­‐2014,  by  analyzing  hair  samples  collected  from  bear  rub  objects,  fence  crossings,  and  other  opportunistic  sampling  locations  with  the  aim  to  provide  updated  information  on  grizzly  bear  density  and  abundance  within  southwestern  Alberta.    PhD  candidate  Andrea  Morehouse  presents  the  latest  results  and  findings.      

7  pm  -­‐Tuesday  March  8  -­‐  Dave  Hockey    from  the  Okotoks  Library  Straddling  the  Divide  –  The  Great  Divide  Trail.    The  Great  Divide  Trail  traverses  the  continental  divide  between  Alberta  and  British  Columbia,  wandering  through  the  Rocky  Mountains  for  more  than  1200  kilometers.    It  is  not  officially  signed  and  not  always  even  an  actual  trail,  sometimes  merely  a  wilderness  route,  inspiring  modern-­‐day  adventures.          

7  pm  –  Tuesday,  March  15  -­‐  Anna  Garleff  &  Norine  Ambrose  from  the  Lethbridge  Public  Library.    Engaging  Recreationist;  Dutch  Creek  Restoration  Project.    October  2015  OWC  hosted  a  restoration  for  recreation  event  with  the  Crowsnest  Pass  Quad  Squad,  Trout  Unlimited,  Spray  Lake  Sawmills,  and  Cows  &  Fish.  More  than  50  dedicated  volunteers  built  structural  walls  that  encourage  bridge  use,  and  planted  new  willows  and  poplar  trees.    The  restoration  event  brought  people  together  to  take  action  and  strengthen  their  connection  to  the  land  and  each  other.  

   7  pm  –  Tuesday  March  22  -­‐  Scott  Murphy,  from  the  Pincher  Creek  Library.    Fire  Management  in  Waterton  Lakes  National  Park;  Recent  Prescribed  and  Wildfire  Experiences.    Parks  Canada’s  prescribed  fire  program  contributes  to  the  environmental  health  of  Waterton  Lakes  National  Park  by  bringing  fire  to  the  landscape  in  planned  circumstances  -­‐  And  then  there  are  the  unplanned  fires!  

Photo:  Angela  Carter