The Second Report Watershed Stewardship Grant Program (Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007) AENV Grant: #06GREA29 Sarah Hipkin & Kevin Wirtanen Grant Administrators 2006-2008 Alberta Stewardship Network Special thanks to: Alberta Environment Members of the Stewardship Grant Committee: Margaret Glasford, ASN Chair / Past Chair and Grant Committee Chair (all grant cycles) Petra Rowell, Alberta Environment (all) Jeff McCammon, Lac La Nonne Watershed and Lake Stewardship Society (all) Shirley Pickering, Highwood Water Management Plan Public Advisory Committee (all) Ernie Ewaschuk and Sarah Primeau, Land Stewardship Centre of Canada & ASN Secretariat Ken Lewis and Dale Chrapko, Alberta Agriculture and Food /AESA Diana Rung, Alberta Conservation Association (all) Kelsey Spicer-Rawe, Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society (Cows & Fish) (all) Wendy Devent, Stephanie Palechek and Leda Kozak, Oldman Watershed Council Kent Lyle, Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Society (Spring 2006) Frank Vagi, North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance (Fall 2006) Jacqueline Nelson, ASN Chair (2007/8 on) and Foothills Land Trust (Spring 2008) Jodi Miller, Volunteer Steward (Spring 2008) Additional appreciation is extended to the ASN’s other partnering organizations. The delivery of the range of ASN services is dependent on their ongoing support. 2 CONTENTS The Ripple Reaches Further: The Second Report on the Watershed Stewardship Grant Program ..............................................................................6 Highlights Reach .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Geographical Distribution ................................................................................................................ 7 Projects Summary .......................................................................................................................... 7 Financial Summary.......................................................................................................................... 9 Learning from the Showcase......................................................................................................... 11 Grant Recipients by Watershed.......................................................................12 Peace River watershed.....................................................................................13 Project Category: Tool-Building........................................................................................ 13 Heart River Watershed Advisory Committee .................................................................... 13 West County Watershed Group ............................................................................................ 14 Project Category: Biophysical & Social Monitoring .......................................................... 15 Clear Hills Watershed Initiative ........................................................................... 15 Athabasca River watershed .............................................................................15 Project Category: Awareness & Knowledge..................................................................... 16 Borealis Canoe Club............................................................................................ 16 Crooked Creek Conservancy Society of Athabasca ........................................... 17 West Athabasca Bioregional Society.................................................................................17 Project Category: Tool-Building........................................................................................ 18 Baptiste, Island, & Skeleton Lakes Watershed Management and Lake Stewardship Council............................................................................................. 18 Lac La Nonne Watershed Stewardship Society ........................................................19 Skeleton Lake Stewardship Association.....................................................................19 Peace Country Beef & Forage Association................................................................20 Project Category: Biophysical & Social Monitoring .......................................................... 21 Smoky Applied Research & Demonstration Association..........................................21 Lac La Nonne Enhancement & Protection Association........................................ 21 Lac La Nonne Watershed Stewardship Society................................................... 22 Project Category: Community-Based Action.................................................................... 22 Driftpile First Nation........................................................................................................... 23 Beaver River watershed ...................................................................................23 Project Category: Awareness & Knowledge..................................................................... 24 Crane Lake Advisory and Stewardship Society ................................................... 24 Moose Lake Watershed Society........................................................................... 24 Lakeland Watershed Steering Committee ........................................................... 26 North Saskatchewan River watershed ............................................................26 Project Category: Awareness & Knowledge..................................................................... 27 Wizard Lake Watershed & Lake Stewardship Assoc. .................................................. 27 Project Category: Tool-Building........................................................................................ 27 Rocky Riparian Group ..................................................................................................... 27 Project Category: Team-Building...................................................................................... 28 Wizard Lake Watershed & Lake Stewardship Assoc. .............................................................. 28 Project Category: Biophysical & Social Monitoring .......................................................... 29 Lac Sante Watershed Society................................................................................... 29 Brazeau Healthy Waterways..................................................................................... 29 Battle River sub-watershed.................................................................................30 Project Category: Awareness & Knowledge..................................................................... 30 Camrose Adult Learning Council............................................................................... 31 Project Category: Tool-Building........................................................................................ 31 Iron Creek Watershed Improvement Society.....................................................................31 3 South Saskatchewan River watershed ...........................................................32 Red Deer River sub-watershed...........................................................................32 Project Category: Awareness & Knowledge..................................................................... 33 Rosebud River Watershed Partners..................................................................... 33 Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Society...................................................... 34 Butte Action Committee for the Environment ...................................................... 34 Project Category: Tool-Building........................................................................................ 35 Medicine River Watershed Society................................................................................... 35 Project Category: Biophysical & Social Monitoring ........................................................... 35 Friends of Little Red Deer River Society............................................................................35 Bow River sub-watershed ...................................................................................36 Project Category: Awareness & Knowledge..................................................................... 36 Friends Of Kananaskis Country Cooperating Association ................................... 36 Siksika First Nation .............................................................................................. 37 Friends Of Banff National Park............................................................................. 38 Project Category: Tool-Building........................................................................................ 38 Ghost Watershed Alliance Society ....................................................................... 38 Upper Tongue Creek Riparian Group ................................................................ 39 Project Category: Team-Building...................................................................................... 39 Cochrane Ecological Institute - Cochrane Wildlife Reserve Society................... 39 Nose Creek Watershed Partnership..................................................................... 39 Bighill, Jumping And Horse Creeks Watershed Partnership .............................. 40 Elbow River Watershed Partnership .................................................................... 41 Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park