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Of Willmore Wilderness Park Willmore Wilderness Foundation ... a registered charitable foundation 2014 Annual Newsletter ... Inside—George Kelley’s story of the Yellowstone Wolves Photo by Arthur Veitch Willmore Wilderness Foundation Page 2 Page 3 Annual Edition - 2014 President’s Report by Bazil Leonard NEW DVDs & Books Hello Everyone: Willmore Wilderness trailer playing on Long Road Home: 45:13 min - $20.00 the three TV large screens at the event We had a productive year in 2013. Wildie: 44:14 min - $20.00 and requested to meet with Susan. As Our RADF contract was fulfilled, and we a result of this meeting, Wild TV will Nominated for a Rosie Award in 2013 by Alberta Film & Television exceeded all expectations. We produced be broadcasting the People & Peaks Women of Willmore Wilderness: three new books and had a re-print on Productions’ documentaries beginning 44:50 min - $20.00 the first People & Peaks. We are in the March 8, 2014. The Willmore Wilderness final phases of completing the last two of Foundation has received the Confirmation four one-hour documentaries. People & of Broadcast letter from Wild TV for five People & Peaks Books $60.00 Peaks Productions has also produced three of our one-hour documentaries. We have teaching videos called the Packhorse Pete also received Canadian Radio-Television For stories and information on the Series. These are ideal vignettes for anyone and Telecommunications Commission who wants to learn about how to pack a Approval for Broadcast. people, traditions & culture horse, boxes and proper saddling techniques of Alberta’s northern Rockies for travelling into the backcountry. Congratulations go out to People go to: & Peaks Productions as Laura Vinson PeopleandPeaks.com We coordinated film festivals and Dave Martineau were nominated WillmoreWilderness.com for Women of Willmore Wilderness in for the best sound track in the movie Edmonton, Edson, Banff, Hinton, Jasper, AlbertaRockiesAdventures.com Wildie in 2013 for the Alberta Film & Valemount, Grande Cache and Grande Television Awards, Rosie Awards. We have Prairie and had excellent turnouts. competitive documentaries and are proud Contact: [email protected] The Board of Directors has decided to of our production staff. invest its energies into film festival and/ 1866-WILMORE or 1-866-945-6673 or 1-780-827-2696 or dinner/film fests, rather than our One of the important goals we have Box 93 Grande Cache, Alberta T0E 0Y0 Canada traditional auctions. They feel that it is a in the Willmore Wilderness Foundation is better way to educate the public, market educating local young people in traditional books and videos and get the story out. skills and in multimedia skills to further We will keep you posted as to the 2014 our story. We wish to sincerely thank the schedules, as we will be premiering MD of Greenview for its support, during Bazil Leonard: Photo by Sue Feddema-Leonard Mountain Metis: A Forgotten People and the coming year, of two youth who will Abandoned Trails & Diamond Hitches. be mentored in film production, including Inside This Edition cinematography, editing, multimedia The Willmore Susan Feddema-Leonard has been disciplines, Adobe Creative Suite, social working as a volunteer on the Board media, community partnering initiatives Wilderness Foundation has President’s Report 3 ARA Marketing 14 of Directors of “Women in Film and and basic officeadministration skills. received a Television Alberta” (WIFTA). WIFTA hosted ”Martini Madness” at the Banff We spent forty days trail clearing Confirmation of Broadcast 2013 Trail Clearing Report 5 The Spirit Sings Tour 15 World Media Festival in June 2013. Susan during the summer of 2013, and eighty- February 2014 letter from Wild TV for agreed to do the graphic design and print two-year-old Tom Wanyandie accompanied Willmore Wilderness Foundation Moccasin Telegraph 6 2012 Finances 18 & 19 the WIFTA Martini Madness Brochure. us. He was a great asset to the trail crew. five of our one-hour Annual Newsletter Two thousand copies were printed and On one of the trail trips we cleared up © Willmore Wilderness Foundation documentaries. handed out to all delegates at the Banff to Surprise Pass and over into BC Kakwa no portion of this newsletter may be re- Final Report RADF 9 Humour along the printed without written permission. World Media Festival. The Rural Alberta Provincial Park. The trails on the BC side We have also received Registered Charitable Organization Continental Divide 20 Development Fund, People & Peaks in that area are in very poor condition. Canadian Radio-Television #89655 0308 RR0001 Notes from the Editor 10 Productions and the Willmore Wilderness We did spend one day clearing the trail Membership 22 Foundation were all sponsors of the 2013 from Broadview Lake, south toward and Telecommunications Descendant of the Fur Trade 11 Martini Madness event. Surprise Pass, to the little creek that runs Commission approval into Cecilia Lake. We had several youth Willmore’s Wild Camera 23 Ryan Koehler, Vice President of that we mentored this year; however, for broadcast. Mountain Horsemanship 12 Wild TV came to the Martini Madness it was very nice to see Tom Wanyandie Alberta Rockies Adventures 24 evening after he received a Martini instructing his two young grandsons. They Madness flyer. He saw the Women of Grizzly Survey Report 13 were both good workers and good with ... continued on page 4 Willmore Wilderness Foundation Page 4 Page 5 Annual Edition - 2014 President’s Report .. continued from page 3 The 2013 Trail Clearing Report a chainsaw. We thank Alberta Municipal learn more about training a horse from Burnt Timber Foundation for supporting by Susan Feddema-Leonard Affairs and the Municipal District of a horse. Make sure you contact Jenn the publication of People & Peaks of the Greenview for their generous support Houlihan to register for the clinic. Panther River & Eastern Slopes. We look The Willmore Wilderness trail man Dave Wildman was also on • Sheep Creek Airstrip to George on the 2013 Trail Clearing Initiative. The forward to the launch of the book People Foundation was formed in 2002, with the trail clearing expeditions, and he Hargreaves’ Grave through The Willmore Wilderness Foundation 2014 trail clearing will continue with the & Peaks of Willmore Wilderness Park: The a goal of restoring the historic pack mentored Mark Pirker from Grande 2007 burn has contracted Arthur Veitch to do wildlife support of Alberta Municipal Affairs. Legacy Continues in early March. The trails. The Foundation’s efforts have Prairie in the traditional ways of • Fetherstonhaugh to the base trap photography and videography. The second publishing of People & Peak of opened up, maintained and restored the trail. Payton Hallock was also an of Morkill Mountain through We had some momentum building Willmore Wilderness Foundation also Willmore Wilderness Park: 1800 to mid- with respect to the marketing of the sponsored Arthur in the 2013 BBC many kilometres of trails that have apprentice trail hand on one trip. bad muskegs 1900s will follow shortly thereafter. traditionally been used by hunters, • Ptarmigan Lake through the traditional businesses that work in and Wildlife Camera-trap photo competition. These two books and the Women of A lot of hard and dirty work around Willmore Wilderness Park with Congratulations go to Arthur Veitch, who trappers, outfitters, anglers and 2007 burn Willmore Wilderness have all been made was needed for restoration and the support of Travel Alberta. This group won runner-up with two photos under horsemen for the past 200 years. • Up Bazil Creek towards Morkill possible with the support of the Rural development to keep the trails open is known as Alberta Rockies Adventures. the Animal Portraits Category. • To the Smoky River past Fox Alberta Development Fund. This type of The Willmore Wilderness and improve infrastructure of Willmore The www.AlbertaRockies Adventures.com support is critical to keep the historical Lake, and on the main trail back In order to ensure we have factual Foundation would like to thank the Wilderness Park. Some areas included: website was launched in October 2013. stories alive and in the public domain. to Grande Cache. information regarding our documentaries MD of Greenview for its contribution We have also developed www.Facebook. Understanding our past determines and books, we have contracted the towards the 2013 trail clearing initiatives. • Improvement of the Smoky Trail It is important to remember that com/AlbertaRockiesAdventure and www. our ability to shape our present—and services of Debbie Fitzsimmons to We would also like to thank Alberta • Re-routing around the deep the Sheep Creek, Smoky River and Twitter.com/ABRockies pages. influence our future. research documents from the North West Municipal Affairs for their support. water at Eaton Creek Jackpine River burns will have to be • The trail up Mount Stearn from The 2013 Canada’s West Marketplace Company and Hudson’s Bay Company; Sincere thanks to Maurice Nadeau, cleared on a yearly basis to keep ahead (CWM) trade show was held in Whistler, records from churches, museums and A.M. Consulting, the Wild Sheep The Willmore Wilderness Foundation Kvass Flats of the falling trees. It is critical that we BC from November 23rd to 26th at the archives. The RADF Project has enabled Foundation: Alberta Chapter, Alberta Bow spent forty days clearing trail in • Surprise Pass Trail keep these trails open and not let the Whistler Conference Centre. The CWM the Willmore Wilderness Foundation Hunter Assocation and Jenn Houlihan the western portion of Willmore • Copper Kettle Camp to Casket burnt timber win the battle. It is tough trade show brings together tourism to do historical research and accurately of the Willmore Wilderness Foundation for Wilderness Park. We hired Elder Tom Creek Camp Trail dirty work, and we are proud of our industry suppliers from BC and Alberta develop the story of Alberta’s eastern supporting the 2013 Grizzly Bear Survey.
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