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Willmore Wilderness Newsletter Willmore Wilderness Newsletter Youth Venture into Willmore We want to recognize this year’s who accompanied Zarina and her mom. Emy who both started ‘wildies’ that were youngest traveler in Willmore. Jaely Continuing on in the youth theme, running free in the mountains. Angeen Moberly (age two weeks) was the smallest pictured above are youth who hiked to also started a frisky four-year-old mare Willmore trail hand, and she traveled to Kvass Flats Camp with their moms for a in the Larry Nelles Clinic. Our hats go Kvass Flats Camp on two occasions. A three-day camping trip in August. From off to these three ladies. The Willmore close second in the youngest category is left to right are travelers Payton with Wilderness Foundation sponsored these five-week old Payden who went to Corral mom Jaeda Feddema, also holding Jaely young women along with many other Creek Camp with big sister Brooklyn on their second trip. The lovely Rowan youth at the colt starting clinic. and his parents, Joey Landry and Tyler is eating a cookie with her mom Kim Jenn, Angeen and Emy spent McMahon. The third youngest goes out Teneyck also holding son Julien, with son extensive time in Willmore Park this to six-month old Zarina who traveled Kahleb to the right. summer and fall riding their colts. to Kvass Flats with her mother Becky Pictured (from left to right) above are These three young ladies were filmed Leonard. Special mention goes out to Jenn Houlihan, Angeen Hallock and Emy during the clinic for the movie “Wildie” three-year-old Zachary and one-year-old Hallock. We wish to commend Jenn and currently in production. Way to go girls! Marcus, sons of Jim and Angela Leonard Willmore Wilderness Newsletter Page 2 Willmore Bannock Queen Gather around fellow riders So it came to be The contest is over. For a sad story I tell On one rainy night They called out in glee About the Willmore Bannock Queen The Queen & the stranger “The strangers is better Her slow descent to hell. Did meet for the fight. And what’s more its free!” It all started with a challenge The wood stove was fired The Queen was despondent That Queen Suzie threw out And ingredients a-mix And started to cry. “My bannock is the best Honest judges were chosen She jumped on her horse Of that I have no doubt!” To ensure there was no fix. And off she did fly But her subjects all muttered Throughout the dark night Back home to her cabin This cannot be true The bannock baked late Tucked along the Kvass, For a stranger has arrived But soon it was time Where she can still be heard saying And only his bannock will do. And the judges set to ate. “That Brian can kiss my ass!” It was amazing to see The Queen she got mad Anonymous And said “Off with his head!” The look on their faces But her subjects all demanded When the stranger’s bannock A cook-off instead. Was put in front of their places. Inside this issue January 2011 President’s Report 3 Willmore Wanderings 20 Willmore Wilderness Foundation Annual Newsletter Views from Sheep Creek 6 Jenn’s Journal 22 © Willmore Wilderness Foundation no portion of this newsletter may be reprinted Financial Report 24 without written permission. Marvin (Red) Creighton 8 Registered Charitable Organization #89655 0308 RR0001 Moccasin Telegraph 10 Auction Dates 24 Memberships 12 Youth Mentored 32 Grizzly Findings 14 Motion 507 16 Tales & Trails in the Wilderness 18 Page 3 Annual Edition - January 2011 President’s Report Hi Everyone: Nelles Colt Starting Clinic. The It has been another busy year for Foundation sponsored a dozen youth the Willmore Wilderness Foundation. to attend. Two young teens brought Of note, an extremely important ‘wildies’ that had been running piece of legislation called Motion 507 freely in the mountains. The girls was passed on April 12, 2010. Robin successfully started the wild mares. Campbell, West Yellowhead MLA We also sponsored several teenage introduced the Motion to the Alberta boys who started some pretty snuffy Legislature. Motion 507 was designed colts. All in all, the six-day clinic was to keep Willmore Wilderness a huge success. The youth, along with Act intact. In the end, it wil keep many participants who were young Willmore Wilderness Park unique, at heart, learned some valuable governed under its own legislation. lessons from Larry Nelles. We were A re-print of the Alberta Hansard very pleased as three Jasper Park Report dated April 12, 2010 is in this Wardens attended the clinic along newsletter. It is well worth reading with one Jasper Park Warden who and will help everyone understand was a spectator. Thanks to Danny what went on behind the scenes. I Leonard and Cody Leonard who would say that this shows excellent were a great help to Larry. We hope to bring Larry back again in June 2011. foresight on Robin Campbell’s part. Pictured Above: Bazil Leonard One of our biggest education Bottom Left: Larry Nelles endeavors this year was the Larry Bottom Right: Brittney Penny .... continued on Page 4 Photos by S. Feddema-Leonard Willmore Wilderness Newsletter Page 4 President’s Report - continued from Page 3 Our trail clearing initiatives and year we replenished Big Grave, garbage clean-up initiative went Sulphur Cabin, Camp Awasuk, Little well. We would like to thank the Grave, Boulder Creek and Porcupine Alberta Conservation Association Lick campsites with wood. This was for sponsoring garbage clean up and done as bush etiquette, and we hope trail maintenance done in Willmore. that people who use the Willmore We thank our volunteers Brian and would replace the firewood for the Deana Bildson, Andrew Manske, and next party that comes along. Virginia Moore who worked hard on Alberta Parks is constructing half a nineteen-day trip in August of this a dozen patrol cabins in Willmore. year. Our youth participants included They started the building this year. Logan Leonard and Tyler Hallock. The Willlmore Foundation Executive In fact, the Foundation mentored is concerned about the location of eight youth during the 2010 Trail some of these cabins. We feel that Clearing Initiatives. These youth were this is much more of a ‘Big Brother’ from Edson, Hinton and Grande approach to managing the Park. In Cache. A snow fence was among days gone by, the Alberta Forest some of the garbage that the youth Service and Fish and Wildlife used collected. Our volunteers and youth horses and tents like the rest of the picked thousands of yards of pine Willmore users. Alberta Parks appear beetle ribbon from trees. This type of to be adopting a Jasper Parks style of plastic is not biodegradable. The youth management. also picked up campsite garbage, as A second concern that surfaced well as doing basic trail maintenance this year is regarding the motion Garbage has been gradually cameras that Alberta Parks is using accumulating in the Park since 2002. extensively. The Board of Directors is Foundation volunteers have been very unhappy about the use of these trying to keep the campsites and cameras and feels that it is an invasion trails clean of trash, but the issue has of privacy. Please read Brian Bildson’s reached critical mass. A coordinated Article called “Big Brother,” which effort needs to be organized with elaborates on this. respect to garbage removal. Old We want to thank the Alberta barbed wire and metal posts are Fish and Game Association and the strewn throughout the Park, which Wild Sheep Foundation-Alberta SRD abandoned and have forgotten Chapter for sponsoring the 2010 about. The wire is a hazard to wildlife Grizzly Bear Survey. We have had and horses alike. We need to look twice as many sightings reported this at an organized plan regarding the year than in 2009. Our staff member, collection of the abandoned research Jenn Houlihan is working very closely sites—whose researchers have long with Nathan Webb, the Provincial ago, gone and forgotten their scientific Carnivore specialist on the 2010 projects. Survey. One thing I have noticed is The Willmore Wilderness that the number of reports of twins Foundation stocked various campsites and triplets has increased dramatically. in Willmore with firewood as a This would indicate a very healthy bear courtesy during the 2010 year. This population. I would encourage you Page 5 Annual Edition - January 2011 to read “2010 Grizzly Survey Report” around the beaver dams and we There are many developments on in the newsletter, which was put want to thank Ken and Gordon future book publications and film together by Jenn Houlihan and myself. Groat, who were working in extreme productions. I would encourage you The Willmore Wilderness weather conditions and on some of to check out the Moccasin Telegraph Foundation was awarded the the toughest trails that Willmore has. regarding this. I would be remiss if I Alberta Parks Trail Clearing Brian Allen completed the work on didn’t thank Susan for all her hours in Contract for Willmore Wilderness the Little Berland and did a great job. the mountains as a full-time trail hand. Park and Kakwa Wildland Park. The We thank Ken and Shelli Groat, Tom She also does the cooking, filming, Kakwa Contract went well and Wanyandie, Dylan Kowalski and Banjo journalizing and is the camp nurse. She the Board was very pleased with Hallock who completed work on Jack helped me tremendously in this regard. the help that Grande Prairie Parks Knife Pass. Last but not least, we depend staff supplied. They provided our The Foundation did a lot of other on the support of our members at trail clearing crew with helicopter work, which was not part of the Alberta our yearly auctions and fundraisers.
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