Environmental Stewardship

With the support of Alberta Environment and Parks, and funders like the Land Stewardship Centre’s Watershed Stewardship Grant, Kinsmen and RBC Tech for Nature, the Friends of Fish Creek have developed a series of digital apps to collect data about our stewardship projects across the land base. From beaver activity, invasive species, tree wrapping and…

The Friends have spearheaded projects aimed at improving the riparian health along Fish Creek since 2014; riparian health assessments are the first step in this important work as they provide baseline data to highlight candidates for future restoration. This baseline data can then indicate whether our restoration efforts were successful.  Riparian Health Assessment volunteers will…

The Friends’ Riparian Stewardship Program is part of our larger, overarching Watershed Stewardship Project that provides a wide range of opportunities for people to lend a hand in the care of Fish Creek Provincial Park. Since 2014, we have worked with a strong and dedicated team of community partners and keen volunteers to execute ReWilding…

Invasive plants find their way into Fish Creek Provincial Park in a variety of ways, including dispersal of seeds via wind and/or water from surrounding neighbourhoods and backyard gardens.  These plants out-compete native plant species for sunlight, soil and water resources, leaving less forage for native wildlife.  Our Weed Whackers program brings volunteers together to…

Beavers are an important species that provides many ecological services such as slowing of water, absorption of water into the ground and creation of habitat for other species of wildlife.  Although their presence can be beneficial to natural ecosystems, infrastructure such as trails, water filtration systems and engineered stormwater wetlands can be damaged by their…