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Alberta Wilderness Association Aug 15, 2025

Did you know? Whitebark pine is an “obligate mutualist” of the Clark’s nutcracker. That means that the pine needs the nutcracker for its survival. The nutcracker’s specialized beak can extract the seeds, and seeds that aren't eaten are free to grow! The Clark’s nutcracker can cache up to 100,000 seeds in a year, which feeds them and their young through the winter🌲Join us on August 24 to learn more: https://albertawilderness.ca/product/adventure-for-wilderness-whitebark-watch-ecology-conservation-and-action/

Wild Alberta Fact # 21/60

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Alberta Wilderness Association Mar 12, 2025

Did you know that we have two of the fastest animals in the world right here in Alberta? The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal in the world, and the Pronghorn is the second-fastest land animal! 🏃‍♀️

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Alberta Wilderness Association Feb 19, 2025

Just like tracking other animals by their footprints, you can see who has been visiting a tree by the holes they leave behind! Do you have a favourite woodpecker?

Thanks @ashley.t.gal for the great sapsucker 📸!
Other photos and video by @lindsey.wallis

#a4w #awa #whatsyour60 #woodpecker #forest #saveourforests #Alberta #birdphotography #birdsofalberta

Alberta Wilderness Association Feb 13, 2025

We ❤️ Wild Alberta! For 60 years we have been, and continue to be, a voice for wilderness. Because we must protect these Wild Places for generations to come. 💚💚💚

We've had some fine adventures across Wild Alberta. Some of my best memories were made in the Alberta backcountry and there will be many more to come!

What's your favourite thing about Wild Alberta?

📸 Lindsey Wallis

#a4w #awa #valentine #wildlife #wildalberta #hikealberta #abparks #protectnature

Alberta Wilderness Association Feb 11, 2025

Virtually hunted off the landscape and often seen as pests, beavers have had quite the image makeover recently. Studies show beaver complexes help store water to help protect against drought and can create refuges that won't burn in forest fires. Both important ecosystem services as our climate warms! Fact # 3/60!

Follow along for more fun facts. We are sharing 60 facts about Wild Alberta this year as part of our What's Your 60?

#awa #a4w #nature #beaver #alberta

Alberta Wilderness Association Feb 11, 2025

Join us for a family skate with hot chocolate and roasted marshmallows at Bowness Lagoon. Touch a grizzly bear claw, measure your hand against a bear paw and much more! Skate rentals are available on-site, or you could try an ice bike!

Registration by donation:
https://albertawilderness.ca/product/adventure-for-wilderness-family-nature-skate/

#family #nature #a4w #awa #calgary

Adventure for Wilderness - Family Nature Skate - Alberta Wilderness Association

March 2, 2025 1 - 4 p.m. Bowness Park, 8900 48 Ave NW, Calgary Join us for a family skate with hot chocolate and roasted marshmallows at Bowness Lagoon. Touch a grizzly bear claw, measure your hand against a bear paw and much more! Skate rentals available on-site, or you could try an ice bike! Register below by donation

Alberta Wilderness Association

Alberta Wilderness Association Feb 10, 2025

Have you ever been hiking through a rocky field above treeline and hear a raspy PEEEEEEEEEP? It's probably a rock-dwelling American Pika. They are about the size of a guinea pig and related to hares. Pikas have evolved to live among the safety of the high alpine boulder fields. If you are still and quiet you may spot them perched atop a rock or just outside their holes, often with a face full of vegetation.

What's Your 60 fact # 1/60!

#nature #pika #alberta #a4w #awa

Debborah Donnelly Mar 6, 2024

Join me and friends on April 6th at Nose Hill. We will search for signs of Spring! 🌱🌷
Nose Hill Crocus Hunt and Geology Tour
#awa #a4w
Photo: Lindsey Wallis
https://albertawilderness.ca/product/nose-hill-crocus-hunt-and-geology-tour/

Adventure for Wilderness - Nose Hill Crocus Hunt and Geology Tour - Alberta Wilderness Association

April 6, 10 a.m. Nose Hill Park Please join our Executive Director Debborah Donnelly, along with geologist Tako Koning and botanist Karel Bergmann on an exploration of Nose Hill to find prairie crocuses, the first harbingers of spring in Calgary. This adventure is in memory of Margaret Main and Gus Yaki. There are sure to be other signs of spring to enjoy as well. With Karel's help, even the plants that are still dormant will be interesting as we ramble our way across the hills. Tako will teach us about glaciations, rock striations, the Nose Hill erratic, and various fossils that can be found in the park. There is no doubt you will find fresh air, glimmers of spring starting to awaken from winter, and a sense of peace that the hills and time in nature can bring. Margaret Main and Gus Yaki were two of AWA's dedicated volunteers. In years past Margaret and our former Executive Director, Christyann Olson, would check hillsides for the first crocus blooms. Christyann says "At the same time Gus, with his incredible talent for spotting even the most obscure buds or changes in his surroundings, was hunting crocus buds too. Not unlike many others, that symbol of spring meant so much to the three of us. I would check in my neighbourhood and Margaret would invariably find one before me on Nose Hill; and Gus had us beat with his spotting." We invite you to sponsor this adventure in remembrance of someone meaningful to you who has passed on. Memories made in Alberta's wild spaces are some of the most special and lasting. AWA is working to preserve Alberta's Wild Lands so Albertans can continue to make memories with friends and families in these special places.

Alberta Wilderness Association

Midge "Mantissa" Sinnaeve Oct 14, 2021

datae-07 | Part of the #A4W auction 🌲

https://superrare.co/mantissa

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Midge "Mantissa" Sinnaeve Oct 8, 2021

datae-06 | Part of the #A4W auction

https://superrare.co/mantissa

#b3d #geometrynodes #monochrome #cyclesrender #data #abstract #tension #weird #fui #cryptoart #NFTartist #NFT #foss #digital #art #procedural #generative

SuperRare | Authentic Digital Art Market

SuperRare is the digital art market on Ethereum. Each artwork is authentically created by an artist in the network, and tokenized as a collectible digital item that you can own, display and trade.