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The Go D in Them There Hills ~-----..- --. • l No;35 • Winter 2000 L-__~~_~ _____ ,-~~~~~~~~~TheNewsletter~ of the Alberta Native P1antCouncii In this issue... Alberta's Natural Landscapes-backyardto pipeline AGM 2000 ............................. 1 The 13th ANPC Annual General Meeting and Workshop, April 29-30, Calgary Zoo Botany AB ............................. 1 President's message ......... 2 Ruth Johnson Call for Nominations ......... 2 .' Little Mountain ................... 3 Be sure to attend this year's ANPC workshop for sa le, guided tours of the naturalised areas at Good, Bad & Ugly ............... 4 Recreating Alberta ~' Natural Landswpes­ the<zoo and lots of opportunity to share Ideas Counting Crocuses ............ 6 Backyard 10 Pipeline, April 29 and 30 at the and learn from other workshop participants. Rare plant communities .. 8 Calga ry Zoo. The ANPC is working in con­ Saturday evening's banquet is not to be Book reviews ....................... 11 junction with the Calgary Zoo to plan this missed-cline amidst the vegetation of the News and notes .................. 15 exciting and inspiring workshop. You can Botani cal Conserva tory and listen to the Zoo's expect informative topics, interesting people, renowned Brian Keating spin his tales of the good food---:-all in a 'plantful' setting. Who 'Alpine High Life ' . Sunday will provide work­ could ask for more? shop participants the opportunity to stretch Saturday sessions will cover examples of their legs and do some hands-on naturalisation naturalisation projects (urban settings, foothills work o n our field trip. and prairie areas, mountain parks ,md home The Calgary Zoo is generously assis ting projects), a variety of industrial natu ralisati o n ANPC with adve rtising and promotion so it is and res torati on proJ ec ts, creating backyard expected that this workshop will be well habitat. controlling invasive ali ens, and more. attended. Be certain to register as soon as you There will be nati ve pLll1t material and seeds receive yo ur registration package in the mail so that you can reserve yo ur spotl The go d in them there hills Editor: Chris Manderson Botany AB No.2 in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Reader: Linda Miller Patsy (oteriJ/ Contributors: Almost as soon as you turn south on Highway plains of sou th-eas tern Alberta. Abou t 160 Lorna Allen 41 from Medicine Hat, the Cypress Hills appear kilometres long and up to 40 km wide, they Elisabeth Beaubien as a da rk green ridge on the skyline. They lure straddle the Alberta-Saskatchewan border east­ Patsy Coterill with the promise of ve rdure as one surfs the west and are protected as the Cypress Hills Ruth Johnson ro lling plains towards them. Captain John Interprovincial Park. With a vascular flora of Dan Macisaac Palliser's comment from 1859 is oft quoted: well over 700 plants representing both boreal! Michael Phair "These hills are a perfect oasis in the desert we montane and plains elements, and a respectable Liz Saunders have travelled." Mind you, to those of us sprinkling of"rares", the AJ berta side of the coming from the northern half of the province Hills was an obvious choice for our second and fleeing the late. cool, wet spring of 1999, a annual ANPC fiel d outing. The Alberta Native desert would have been its own oasis. An overcast Friday morning,June 11 , thus Plant Council The Hills stand out as a ravine-incised found 20 or more of us crammed into the Park Garneau P.O. 52099, platea u of forests and grassland rising some 800 Edmonton, AB T6G 2T5 metres above the surrounding mixed-grass see Gold, page 72 • Call for nominations Conservation The following elected positions on the Board of the ANPC are open for group looking a two-year term, starting in May 2000: President • Treasurer for volunteers to Northern Director • Central Director Southern director work in Calgary's Nose Hill Park If you would like to nominate Volunteering fo r the ANPC is an someone (or yo urself). please excellent way to share and contact Ken Sa nderso n at improve your botanical The Nose Hill C onservation C orps IS (403) 604-4415, or by email ..... ~...., skills. Board members loo king for enthusiastic volunteers who at <[email protected]> . are exposed to a wide range are willing to pull their sleeves LIp, get a You ca n al so contact any of activities, although they little dirt under their fi ngernails, have fLln board member. usu,l1ly become involved in and learn more about unique Nose Hill We welcome new specific projects of interes t to N atural Environment Park. people and are them such as stewardship of The N ose Hill C ons ervation Corps always looking for natural areas (for example, the (NHC C) is a group of volunteers w ho new ideas and new energy. Cardinal River Divide Natural work in cooperation with Calga ry Parks Volunteering can be a big commit­ Area). We meet once eve ry two & Recreation to help preserve the natural ment, but working with the ANPC months, with a break over the character of Nose Hill Park-the City's is guara nteed to be a lo t of fun. We . SUlllmer. Involvement on the largest natural area-in C algary's north­ are always looking for people to serve Board is interes ting, fun, and a great west. on our corrunittees: Conservation Action, way to contribute to worthwhile ac ti vi­ The NHCC was formed to help carry Education & Information, R are Plants, ties. out a conservation pro gram that is R eclamation & Horticulture and the Elections for these positions will be co nsistent with the N ose Hill Park newsletter. held at o ur AGM in Calgary on April 29. Management Plan, help collect research data used in developing and implement­ ing effec tive management plans, and to generate awareness of the natural valLles and appropriate use of the park. The NHCC is working closel y ,-,vith Message from the President Calgary Parks & R ecreati on to develop a variety of projects that offer meaningful Dan MacIsaac and satisfying oppo rtunities for volunteers Hello to all ANPC members. After careful very enj oyable, and it is o ne of the best - from native prairie restoration and considernion I have decided that I will organizations that I have had the pleas ure wildlife and pl ant inve ntories to seed step down as the president of the ANPC of being a m ember of. I wish you all the collecting and trail maintenance. Som e at the April 2000 AGM, one year befo re best in your ANPC and other endeav ors. projects are as short as one day; others my term expires. I was recently given an O nce my ed ucation is (finall y I) com­ require a longer-term volunteer commit­ opportunity by my employer to return to pleted, I will return to an active position ment. All of them are exciting dnd school and I will be ve ry busy completing with the organization. I hope to see mallY worthwhile. work obliga ti o ns, starting my Ph.D. of you at the upcoming wo rkshop and If you are interested in volunteering, call program and giving time to my wife AGM in April. (403) 284-4920 or (403) 2R8 -41 61. or e­ Linda and four children. I will really need mail <amandastopicals@hom e.com > . to focus on these p riorities in ord er to For more info rmati o n on volunteering avoid burnout and to keep my sanityl in C algary's parks, contact Heather I have really enj oyed my three ye ars as MacKay, Parks Volunteer & Spo nso rship ANPC president, and my time on the Coordinator, (403) 221-4689 board in various positions before that. I have been impressed with the calibre and enthusiasm ofthose I have been associ­ ated with on ANPC activiti es . Being involved with the ANPC has also been • Winter 2000 Can we prevent the loss of any more Little Mountains? Michael Phair On December 1, 1999, the development there have been few confrontations and company Brintnell Joint Ventures Ltd. preservation of histo rical buildings has leveled the trees, vegetation and prairie moved ahead fairly smoothly. g rasslands at Little Mountain natural area In 1995, Council approved a policy to in northeast Edmonton.The question that encourage the conservation and integra­ needs to be asked is, why;> In one day, a tion of environmentally and significant 40-acre landscape that had never been natural areas into Edmonton 's future ploughed was sc raped bare. An area that urban environment. It is an excellent was home to over 200 species of flower­ policy, but unfortunately Council did not ing plants, including three that were listed provide the mec hanism and resou rces to as provincially rare, was destroyed, as was enact the policy. the habitat of at least 38 species of birds In order to address this problem, the and many of the wildlife species common City's Conununity Services department to the Edmonton region. (formerly Parks and Recreation) submit­ Under the provincial Municipal COl!ern­ ted the Natural Areas Acquisition and ment Act, 10% of any development must Conservation report. It has been endorsed be set aside as municipal reserve for by both the environmental conununity fu ture parks and schools. Why did the and by the Urban Development Institute. developer not attempt to save some of the the voice of the development industry. natural areJ as municipal rese rve? When This report contains a funding strategy to the company submits an area structure aid in the preservation of environmentally plan to Council, it will be required to set significant natural areas.
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