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Community Well-Being Survey
RED DEER COUNTY NEWS OFFICIAL NEWS FROM RED DEER COUNTY CENTRE NOVEMBER 2016 Community Well-Being Survey LOOKING FOR RESIDENT OPINIONS ON RECREATION, CULTURE, AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES Red Deer County ensures that recreation, culture, and individual and family express their views on a wide range of topics that impact them directly”. support programs and services are available to all residents. Beginning Questionnaires will be mailed out to every household in the County. Each October 17, the County will be conducting a Community Well-being Survey package will include a letter of introduction, a questionnaire, and a to gauge the satisfaction levels around a number of different recreation, postage-paid return envelope. The survey will also be available online. If a culture, and family support services. resident does not receive a package, they are encouraged to contact the County office and one will be sent to them. The last consultation process of this type was in 2004, and information gathered at that time has helped to drive decision-making for over a All the information given through the survey will be confidential. Combined decade. Much has changed over that time, and now it is time to find out responses will be shared with County Council, and will help to set priorities what residents want the County’s recreation and culture priorities to be for recreation, culture, and individual and family support services for the over the next five to ten years. coming years. According to Community Services For updates, please see WHAT’S INSIDE: Manager Jo-Ann Symington, “The the Red Deer County Community Well-being Survey is a vital website or follow us on tool in assessing the needs of the Twitter with the hashtag: Open Houses............................Pg. -
Little Red Deer Subwatershed Red Deer River State of the Watershed Report 4.4 Little Red Deer River Subwatershed
Little Red Deer Subwatershed Red Deer River State of the Watershed Report 4.4 Little Red Deer River Subwatershed 4.4.1 Watershed Characteristics The Little Red Deer River subwatershed encompasses about 397,166 ha and is located in the Counties of Mountain View and Red Deer and the Municipal Districts of Bighorn No. 8 and Rocky View No. 44 (Figure 112). The Little Red Deer River subwatershed is located south of Gleniffer Lake Reservoir and east of the upper reaches of the Red Deer River. The subwatershed lies in the Subalpine, Upper and Lower Foothills, Foothills Parkland, Dry Mixedwood and Central Parkland Subregions (Figure 113). Soils vary widely, reflecting the great diversity in parent materials and ecological conditions. The vegetation consist of lodgepole pine (P. contorta), Engelmann spruce (P. engelmannii), subalpine fir (A. lasiocarpa) and whitebark pine (P. albicaulis). High elevation grasslands also occur in the Subalpine Subregion. The Upper Foothills Subregion occurs on strongly rolling topography along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. Upland forests are nearly all coniferous and dominated by white spruce (P. glauca), black spruce (P. mariana), lodgepole pine (P. contorta) and subalpine fir (A. lasiocarpa). The Lower Foothills Subregion is dominated by mixed forests of white spruce (P. glauca), black spruce (P. mariana), lodgepole pine (P. contorta), balsam fir (A. balsamea), aspen (Populus spp.), balsam poplar (P. balsamifera) and paper birch (B. papyrifera). The Foothills Parkland is dominated by aspen (Populus spp.), balsam poplar (P. balsamifera) and Bebb willow (S. bebbiana), with a lush understory dominated by a variety of herbaceous plants. Forests in the Dry Mixedwood Subregion are dominated by aspen (Populus spp.), balsam poplar (P. -
Water Storage Opportunities in the South Saskatchewan River Basin in Alberta
Water Storage Opportunities in the South Saskatchewan River Basin in Alberta Submitted to: Submitted by: SSRB Water Storage Opportunities AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Steering Committee a Division of AMEC Americas Limited Lethbridge, Alberta Lethbridge, Alberta 2014 amec.com WATER STORAGE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN RIVER BASIN IN ALBERTA Submitted to: SSRB Water Storage Opportunities Steering Committee Lethbridge, Alberta Submitted by: AMEC Environment & Infrastructure Lethbridge, Alberta July 2014 CW2154 SSRB Water Storage Opportunities Steering Committee Water Storage Opportunities in the South Saskatchewan River Basin Lethbridge, Alberta July 2014 Executive Summary Water supply in the South Saskatchewan River Basin (SSRB) in Alberta is naturally subject to highly variable flows. Capture and controlled release of surface water runoff is critical in the management of the available water supply. In addition to supply constraints, expanding population, accelerating economic growth and climate change impacts add additional challenges to managing our limited water supply. The South Saskatchewan River Basin in Alberta Water Supply Study (AMEC, 2009) identified re-management of existing reservoirs and the development of additional water storage sites as potential solutions to reduce the risk of water shortages for junior license holders and the aquatic environment. Modelling done as part of that study indicated that surplus water may be available and storage development may reduce deficits. This study is a follow up on the major conclusions of the South Saskatchewan River Basin in Alberta Water Supply Study (AMEC, 2009). It addresses the provincial Water for Life goal of “reliable, quality water supplies for a sustainable economy” while respecting interprovincial and international apportionment agreements and other legislative requirements. -
Currents Finds a Brand New Home
Volume 16, No. 2 Spring, 2010 Trout Unlimited Canada’s Currents finds a brand new home Alberta’s Raven River: an example of conservation in action by Phil Rowley he Raven River, a tributary of the threats facing the Raven. The Edmonton The Raven River project was broken Red Deer River, is located in Cen- chapter backed by the Lloyd Shea Fisheries down into four key components. T tral Alberta just west of Red Deer. Enhancement fund looked for additional • Assessment of fish habitat and riparian 1983 saw the completion of the Dickson funding and project partners to begin work (river bank) conditions Dam forming Gleniffer Lake which the on the Raven. • Gaining a measure of the existing brown Raven River now spills into. Flowing over The Lloyd Shea Fisheries Enhancement trout population 102 KM in an easterly direction from the Fund was created in memory of Lloyd Shea, • Assess the relative abundance, diversity slopes of the Rocky Mountains the Raven an ardent fly fisher, hunter, advocate for and distribution of all fish species in the River carries agriculture, forestry and the conservation and founding member of the River oil and gas industry on her shoulders. The Edmonton chapter. In honour of Lloyd’s Photo by Ryan Popowich. Raven is held close to the hearts of local fly memory and legacy Dave Johnston from • Identify critical spawning areas used by fishers as one of Alberta’s premier brown the Fishin’ Hole proposed that the Edmon- brown trout trout fisheries. As with any river system ton chapter establish the fund with their Assessment of existing fish habitat and exposed to human activity the Raven faces assistance, driven by a primary mandate river bank conditions was done both on a number of threats to its health including to conduct studies on brown trout streams foot and through the unique use of a low sedimentation, cattle damage and an over- in central Alberta. -
Convocation 2020 Program, You Can Sincerely Hope You Can Share and Celebrate This Achievement Goal
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BREAKING NEWS... ABANDONED WELL PROGRAM Mayor Earl Kinsella Announced on March 2 INFORMATION
5 MARCH Red Deer County News 5 MARCH 2010 2010 County Open Houses Draw Great Crowds WHAT’S INSIDE: HERITAGE PLAN MOVES FORWARD............10 & 11 BREAKING NEWS... ABANDONED WELL PROGRAM Mayor Earl Kinsella announced on March 2 INFORMATION ...................................................14 ESA OPEN HOUSE RECAP ...................................20 that he will not run in the upcoming election. More in the April issue of County News... Proud to be located in Red Deer County Gasoline Alley, Red Deer County 403-343-3736 www.reddeertoyota.com 1-800-662-7166 72120A8 Red Deer County News 5 MARCH 2010 PAGE 2 Mayor’s Message: Are you ready for one last winter storm? In this issue a feature called ‘You Asked Us’ answers roads can become impassable. For plows to complete an resident questions. At the end of each ‘You Asked Us’ entire rotation takes a fixed amount of time – usually column we provide contact information for residents three to four days. Timing can be severely affected by the with additional questions or concerns. amount of snow, temperature, continuing bad weather We receive a lot of the questions about County roads. such as wind causing drifts or by poor visibility. There are 3,285 kilometers of roads in Red Deer County There are a few things you can do to make life easier and since traveling a County road is part of our every when we get these winter storms. It is wise to have a day routine it is no wonder this is a popular topic with plan in the event that your road becomes blocked or you residents. -
Community Profile: Rimbey Health Data and Summary. 4Th Edition
Alberta Health Primary, Community and Indigenous Health Community Profile: Rimbey Health Data and Summary 4th Edition, December 2019 Alberta Health December 2019 Community Profile: Rimbey Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. i Community Profile Summary .............................................................................................................. iii Zone Level Information ........................................................................................................................... 1 Map of Alberta Health Services Central Zone ........................................................................................... 2 Population Health Indicators ...................................................................................................................... 3 Table 1.1 Zone versus Alberta Population Covered as at March 31, 2018 .............................................. 3 Table 1.2 Health Status Indicators for Zone versus Alberta Residents, 2013 and 2014 (Body Mass Index, Physical Activity, Smoking, Self-Perceived Mental Health)……………………………................3 Table 1.3 Zone versus Alberta Infant Mortality Rates (per 1,000 live births), Years 2016 – 2018…….. .. 4 Community Mental Health ........................................................................................................................... 5 Table 1.4 Zone versus Alberta Community Mental Health -
Identifying Isoyield Environments for Field Pea Production
1 Identifying Isoyield Environments for Field Pea Production 2 3 4 5 Rong-Cai Yang*, Stanford F. Blade, Jose Crossa, Daniel Stanton, and Manjula S. Bandara 6 7 8 9 Rong-Cai Yang and Daniel Stanton, Policy Secretariat, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural 10 Development, Room 300, 7000 – 113 Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6H 5T6 and Dep. of 11 Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 12 2P5; Stanford F. Blade, Crop Diversification Centre North, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural 13 Development, RR6, 17507 Fort Road, Edmonton, AB, Canada T5B 4K3; Jose Crossa, 14 Biometrics and Statistics Unit, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 15 Apdo. Postal 6-641, 06600 Mexico D.F., México; Manjula S. Bandara, Crop Diversification 16 Centre South, S.S. #4, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Brooks, AB, Canada 17 T1R 1E6. Received _______________. *Corresponding author ([email protected]) 18 19 Abbreviations: AFPRVT, Alberta Field Pea Regional Variety Test; CV, coefficient of variation; 20 GEI, genotype-environment interaction; UPGMA, unweighted pair-group method using 21 arithmetic averages. 22 1 1 ABSTRACT 2 Cultivars are often recommended to producers based on their averaged yields across sites 3 within a geographic region. However, this geography-based approach gives little regard to the 4 fact that not all sites in a given region have the same level of production capacity. The objective 5 of this paper was to describe a performance-based approach to identifying groups of sites with 6 similar yielding ability (i.e., ‘isoyield’ groups), but not necessarily contiguous, and its use for 7 analyzing the yield data from field pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivar trials conducted across the 8 Province of Alberta, Canada from 1997 to 2001. -
Water Quality in the South SK River Basin
Water Quality in the South SK River Basin I AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN RIVER BASIN I.1 The Saskatchewan River Basin The South Saskatchewan River joins the North Saskatchewan River to form one of the largest river systems in western Canada, the Saskatchewan River System, which flows from the headwater regions along the Rocky Mountains of south-west Alberta and across the prairie provinces of Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba). The Prairie physiographic region is characterized by rich soils, thick glacial drift and extensive aquifer systems, and a consistent topography of broad rolling hills and low gradients which create isolated surface wetlands. In contrast, the headwater region of the Saskatchewan River (the Western Cordillera physiographic region) is dominated by thin mineral soils and steep topography, with highly connected surface drainage systems and intermittent groundwater contributions to surface water systems. As a result, the Saskatchewan River transforms gradually in its course across the provinces: from its oxygen-rich, fast flowing and highly turbid tributaries in Alberta to a meandering, nutrient-rich and biologically diverse prairie river in Saskatchewan. There are approximately 3 million people who live and work in the Saskatchewan River Basin and countless industries which operate in the basin as well, including pulp and paper mills, forestry, oil and gas extraction, mining (coal, potash, gravel, etc.), and agriculture. As the fourth longest river system in North America, the South Saskatchewan River Basin covers an incredibly large area, draining a surface of approximately 405 860 km² (Partners FOR the Saskatchewan River Basin, 2009). Most of the water that flows in the Saskatchewan River originates in the Rocky Mountains of the Western Cordillera, although some recharge occurs in the prairie regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan through year-round groundwater contributions, spring snow melt in March or April, and summer rainfall in May and early July (J.W. -
Numerical Groundwater Flow Model of the Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin in the Edmonton–Calgary Corridor, Central Alberta
AER/AGS Report 96 Numerical Groundwater Flow Model of the Sylvan Lake Sub- Basin in the Edmonton– Calgary Corridor, Central Alberta AER/AGS Report 96 Numerical Groundwater Flow Model of the Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin in the Edmonton–Calgary Corridor, Central Alberta J.E. Liggett and A. Singh Alberta Energy Regulator Alberta Geological Survey November 2018 ©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta, 2018 ISBN 978-1-4601-3973-8 The Alberta Energy Regulator / Alberta Geological Survey (AER/AGS), its employees and contractors make no warranty, guarantee or representation, express or implied, or assume any legal liability regarding the correctness, accuracy, completeness or reliability of this publication. Any references to proprietary software and/or any use of proprietary data formats do not constitute endorsement by AER/AGS of any manufacturer’s product. If you use information from this publication in other publications or presentations, please acknowledge the AER/AGS. We recommend the following reference format: Liggett, J.E. and Singh, A. (2018): Numerical groundwater flow model of the Sylvan Lake sub-basin in the Edmonton–Calgary Corridor, central Alberta; Alberta Energy Regulator / Alberta Geological Survey, AER/AGS Report 96, 41 p. Published November 2018 by: Alberta Energy Regulator Alberta Geological Survey 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building 4999 – 98th Avenue Edmonton, AB T6B 2X3 Canada Tel: 780.638.4491 Fax: 780.422.1459 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ags.aer.ca/ AER/AGS Report 96 (November 2018) • iii Contents Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................................... -
South Red Deer Regional Wastewater System
CANADIAN CONSULTING ENGINEERING AWARDS 2016 South Red Deer Regional Project Name Goes Here Wastewater System RoomOlds to Red for Deer, Multi-line Alberta Title Submitting Group: Stantec Consulting Ltd. Client’s Name ProjectClient: Location South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission Category: Water Resources Submitting Group: Stantec Consulting Ltd. | Prime Consultant: Stantec Con- sulting Ltd. | Architect: Stantec Architecture Ltd. | Contractors: Contractor A, Contractor B, Contractor C | Sub-consultants: Sub-Consultant A, Sub-Consultant B, Sub-Consultant C, Sub-Consultant D, Sub-Consultant E, Sub-Consultant F.... April 2016 Background of Completed Project Eight years ago, the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater • A triple barrel siphon under the Red Deer River Commission (SRDRWC) and Stantec started designing a • Ensuring the City of Red Deer wastewater plant system that would impact communities for years to come. could accept the wastewater from them SRDRWS by By linking these Central Alberta communities — Olds, completing extensive upgrades Bowden, Innisfail, Penhold, Mountain View County, and Red Deer County — to the City of Red Deer’s Wastewater Following 15 years of concepts, studies, consultations, Treatment facility, this 90 km regional line alleviates design / construction phases, and testing, the SRDRWS the pressure faced by these communities and their went online in the summer of 2015. With the system overloaded treatment systems. now operational, wastewater from each of the six communities is being treated to higher standards at the Project Overview City of Red Deer Wastewater Treatment Plant (CRD WWTP). This treatment will help protect the aquatic The sheer length of the South Red Deer Regional environment and the quality of the source water for Wastewater System (SRDRWS) posed a huge design much of Central Alberta. -
Fall Walleye Index Netting at Gleniffer Lake, Alberta, 2012
Fall Walleye Index Netting at Gleniffer Lake, Alberta, 2012 Fisheries Management Red Deer Area February 28, 2013 Fall Walleye Index Netting at Gleniffer Lake, Alberta, 2012 Fisheries Biologist(s): Jason Cooper, Kelly Dick – Fisheries Management, Red Deer Disclaimer This is a summary report prepared for public distribution by Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Fisheries Management Branch. This report has been peer reviewed, but may be subject to revision pending further data analysis. Abstract A total of 289 fish representing five species were caught during the Fall Walleye Index Netting (FWIN) survey. Walleye were the second most abundant species in the FWIN nets accounting for 37% of the catch. Individual net catches were variable ranging from 0 to 20 Walleye. The catch-per-unit effort (CPUE) for Walleye was 6.2 fish·100m-2·24hrs-1 (95% C.I. 4.0–8.6), which is considerably less than the Alberta mean of 18.6 fish·100m- 2·24hrs-1. Walleye total lengths (TL) (n=107) ranged from 118 to 695 mm and fish over 500 mm TL represented 11% of the catch. The majority of fish were in the 290 to 400 mm TL size category. There were 5 age-classes present (ages 0, 3, 5, 6 and 12) and 27% of the Walleye sampled were mature. Mean age-at-maturity was difficult to determine due to age-class gaps and low sample sizes, but females and males first matured by ages 6 and 5, respectively. Walleye reached a mean TL of 500 mm by age 6 and the growth curve suggests that the asymptotic average maximum body size (Linf) was 926.8 mm TL.