National Monuments AlertsJan 5, 2025

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument #agfo #nationalmonument
⛔ Park Closure ⛔
Issued: 1/5/2025 12:29 PM EST

Weather Closure

Due to extremely slick ice and snow-covered roads, the Agate Fossil Beds visitor center will be closed all day on Sunday, January 5th.

Show threadSenator Paula Simons🇨🇦Dec 11, 2024
@Captainobservant The whole report is indeed online. You can find it here: https://sencanada.ca/en/info-page/parl-44-1/agfo-critical-ground/ #AGFO #SoilHealth #CriticalGround #SenateofCanada #cdnpoli
Critical Ground: Why Soil is Essential to Canada's Economic, Environmental, Human, and Social Health

The report digs deep into the critical role of soil in mitigating climate change, contributing to biodiversity and putting food on tables.

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Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Dec 9, 2024
What does it mean to be loyal to the soil? Come meet three of Alberta’s most passionate advocates for soil health and regenerative agriculture - farmer Shorty Fensky, soil scientist Yamily Zavala and environmental advocate Kim Cornish, as we talk on the eve of the Western Conference on Soil Health and Grazing. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/alberta-unbound/id1511810939 #AlbertaUnbound #SenateofCanada #AGFO #Edmonton #yeg #Alberta #cdnpoli #soil #SoilHealth #agriculture #RegenerativeAgriculture
Alberta Unbound

Politics Podcast · Monthly Series · In this podcast, Paula Simons, an Independent senator from Alberta, sets out to debate and deconstruct some of the myths that define and bind her province.

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Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Dec 6, 2024
As a journalist, I thought I knew what it meant to dig up good dirt. Turns out I didn’t know where the really good dirt was! https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/paula-simons-all-the-dirt-on-why-soil-matters-so-much-and-why-its-at-risk #AGFO #soil #soilhealth #Alberta #SenateofCanada #Canada #Edmonton #EdmontonJournal #climatechange #agriculture
Paula Simons: All the dirt on why soil matters so much — and why it's at risk

The real challenge will be to explain the necessity to study, protect and defend our soil, and to create more regenerative practices.

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Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Jul 4, 2024
Buckle up! I’m headed to Calgary this morning. It’s not my first rodeo, but it’s my first time going to Stampede “professionally” - in my persona as a Senator and the deputy chair of the Senate agriculture committee. I will report on my cowboy cosplay misadventures, as an “all hat, no cattle” kind of girl. #Calgary #CalgaryStampede #yyc #Alberta #Canada #AGFO #Stampede
Show threadSenator Paula Simons🇨🇦Jun 6, 2024
And here, if you are intrigued, is a link to our press conference this morning, which was covered live on CPAC. (Note to my American friends - CPAC in Canada means something QUITE different than it does south of the border.) https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/senate-committee-presents-report-on-canadian-soil-health--june-6-2024?id=fad0cd6a-8d94-488f-9af0-205940cab697 #AGFO #SenateofCanada #Canada #SoilHealth #Soil #yow #Ottawa #RegenerativeAgriculture
Senate Committee Presents Report on Canadian Soil Health – June 6, 2024

Members of the Senate agriculture committee holds a news conference on Parliament Hill to present the findings of their report on the status of soil health in Canada. The committee heard testimony from hundreds of expert witnesses from every province and territory and also visited Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta as part of its two-year study. Speaking with reporters are Senators Rob Black and Paula Simons, chair and deputy chair of the committee, their colleague Chantal Petitclerc, as well as Alan Kruszel, a farmer and board member of the Soil Conservation Council of Canada.

Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Jun 6, 2024
I am so very proud to share Critical Ground, our Senate study of soil health in Canada, which was released this Thursday morning. If you care about the food you eat. If you care about climate change. If you care about environmental and physical health. If you care about Canada's future. This report should be essential reading. https://sencanada.ca/en/info-page/parl-44-1/agfo-critical-ground #AGFO #SenateofCanada #Canada #cdnpoli #SoilHealth #SoilHealthMatters #soil #SoilBiology #agriculture #ClimateChange #FAO
Critical Ground: Why Soil is Essential to Canada's Economic, Environmental, Human, and Social Health

The report digs deep into the critical role of soil in mitigating climate change, contributing to biodiversity and putting food on tables.

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Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Jun 5, 2024
Thursday morning, our Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee will release our major report on soil health and preservation. It’s called Critical Ground, and I hope it will be a call to action on many fronts. To whet your appetite - my preview column, written for Alberta Views. https://albertaviews.ca/the-real-dirt-land/ #SenateofCanada #cdnpoli #AGFO #Alberta #abpoli #Canada
The Real Dirt - Alberta Views

I want to acknowledge the land, the soil that gives life everywhere. The essential layer of topsoil is Alberta’s greatest natural resource.

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Show threadSenator Paula Simons🇨🇦Apr 18, 2024
On Thursday April 18, I had the chance to follow up on this question, during a meeting of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, as we held hearings as part of our new study on wildfires in Canada. Here's that exchange. https://youtu.be/OXQEXdt-oPo?si=MZeYE6LsgdyWpK6j #SenateofCanada #wildfires #Alberta #FoxLake #AGFO #LittleRedRiverCreeNation #ISC #PeaceRiver #BCHydro
QUESTION: Sen. Simons questions Indigenous Services Canada on the transportation crisis in Fox Lake

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Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Mar 1, 2024
I flew to Washington DC Thursday afternoon for a series of meeting related to my work as deputy chair of the Senate agriculture committee. Since it’s my first visit to DC, I squeezed in a little sightseeing too. #SenateofCanada #AGFO #Canada #WashingtonDC #Alberta #abgov #cdnpoli #SouthDakota