If you are unable to attend at the scheduled time please register and a link to the recording will be sent to you.  

This year’s edition of Element's annual environmental seminar will be held Friday, February 3, 2023, beginning at 0730 through 1530 (MST). This year we will focus on case studies along with regulatory and environmental updates. For more information and to register, please go HERE.

Cost: Complimentary 

REGISTER FOR SEMINAR

A comparison of four seeding methods to restore native grassland vegetation in SE Alberta, presented by Kathryn Edwards (Sr. Project Mgr, Summit) on February 16^th, 2023, 12:00 – 13:00. Registration will be active mid-January through the Grassland Restoration Forum website HERE.

Alberta's northern watershed planning and advisory councils will host the Water Management in Alberta’s Boreal conference on February 15-16, 2023. The Athabasca Watershed Council, the Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance and the Lesser Slave Watershed Council have extended an invitation for two days of learning, exploration and discussion of water management issues, challenges and partnerships to be held at the Pomeroy Hotel in Grande Prairie. Details and registration will be listed on Eventbrite in mid December.

The 2023 Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species Conference will be held in Calgary, February 21-23, 2023. You can register HERE

Registration: https://SOIL220-Wi23.eventbrite.ca

GRF WEBINAR

Anabel Dombro (University of Alberta) will discuss the containment and restoration of Annual-Brome Invaded Mixedgrass Prairie Using the Herbicide Indaziflam, on March 14, 2023, 12:00 - 13:00. Registration will be active mid-January through the Grassland Restoration Forum website HERE.

This one-day, classroom-based course in Cochrane, AB on March 23, 2023, 10:00-16:00 will teach participants how to use the Range Plant Community Guides and introduce the Recovery Strategies for Development in Native Grassland Manuals planning process. These tools will provide valuable context to interpret results of data collected for AEP Conservation Assessments – Strategic Siting and Pre-disturbance Site Assessments for Industrial Activities on Native Grassland. Registration will be active mid-January through the Grassland Restoration Forum website HERE.

March 29 and 30, 2023 (online) This one-day advanced soil science course led by Dr. Konstantin Dlusskiy focuses on: Common landforms and parent materials associated with soils on the Prairies.

Registration: https://SOIL410-Wi23.eventbrite.ca

April 5 and 6, 2023 (online) Two-day course on soil mapping and survey procedures provided online:

Registration: https://SOIL420-Wi23.eventbrite.ca

Fishes of Alberta - Field Identification

This fish ID course will be instructed by Shona Derlukewich, B.Sc., P. Biol., at Mount Royal University in Calgary on Saturday, May 6, 2023, from 1300h to 1630h. The cost per student is $100; pre-payment by etransfer to hold seat, non refundable after April 22, 2023. Field guides are included in the workshop cost and will be provided to participants upon arrival. Additional details (map for parking and room number) will be supplied to registered participants. To register, email Shona Derlukewich and for more fishy details check out the WEBSITE. 

Responsible Recreation:

Recreation and adventure tourism opportunities and activities are expanding globally. However, empirical measures of impacts are often difficult to obtain. This two-day conference hosted by the Columbia Mountains Institute will be an excellent opportunity to network and learn about current thinking on increasing outdoor recreation activities and the effect on wildlife and ecosystems. This event on May 9 and 10, 2023 will be a hybrid event, with both in-person and online participation. The call for proposals is open until February 3, 2023; go HERE for more information.

Registration: https://SOIL230-Sp23.eventbrite.ca

BMC252 - Environmental Issues in Indigenous Communities

Start Date: April 18, 2023

BMC265 - Environmental Impact Assessments

Start Date: June 30 2023

Foundations of Resilience.

Presenters: Eric Higgs, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria; and Jeanine Rhemtulla, Associate Professor, Dept. Forest & Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia

Presenter: Jen Baron, University of British Columbia, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences (PhD Candidate)

Presenters: Robert W. Gray, Wildland Fire Ecologist; Colleen Ross, Wildland Fire Ecologist; Kiah Allen, Unit crew leader with BC Wildfire Service; and Dr. Carley Phillips, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions at the University of Victoria

Presenter: Joe Gilchrist, Fire Keeper, Turtle Island Consulting (TIC), Salish Fire Keepers

Presenter: Erik Leslie, RPF, Forest Manager, Harrop-Procter Community Co-operative

Presenter: Clayton Lamb, Wildlife Scientist, Biodiversity Pathways, Universities of British Columbia & Montana

Thanks to the generous support of the Columbia Basin Trust and KCP, we are able to offer this series free of charge. For full details and registration please go

Technical Writing for Professionals – Resumes and Cover Letters – Online, February 1, 2023

Technical Writing for Professionals – Online, February 2-3, 2023

Lake Management Techniques – Online, February 7-8, 2023

Environmental Field Skills Program (EFS) – Self Paced – February 13 – June 12, 2023

Electrofishing Certification – Online (self-paced) & Courtenay, 14th February 2023

Ichthyology – Online, February 14-15, 2023

Amphibian and Reptile Salvage Methods (Online) February 15-16, 2023

Electrofishing Certification – Online (self-paced) & North Vancouver, 16th February 2023

Snorkel Survey Techniques – February 16th (Online) & March 7th (Courtenay)

Fisheries Field Skills: Courtenay, February 21-24 and February 27-March 3, 2023

Species at Risk – Online, February 21-22, 2023

Wildlife Survey Field Methods: Carnivores – Online, February 22-24, 2023

 COURSES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

Alberta Soil Information Viewer Online Course. Registration Link: https://www.salmtec.com/courses/soil-information-viewer-course

Alberta Wetland Policy Basics Online Course. Registration Link:

https://salmtec.myshopify.com/

Wetland Water Cycle Video Short (free). Registration link: https://salmtec.myshopify.com/

THE SALMTEC CONNECTOR is a compilation of applied science and land management event listings, across a variety of sectors and disciplines, published monthly.

You can find the SALMTEC website HERE.

I have heard honest men swear that they have killed and cut open tiburons (sharks) and found so many things in their bellies that they would have considered it impossible if they had not seen it; for example, they say that a tiburon will swallow whole one, two, or more whole sheepskins, complete with head and horns, just as they had been thrown into the sea, to save the bother of dressing them. The tiburon is a long, thick fish, some of them measuring eight spans through the middle and twelve feet long. Many of them have two rows of teeth, one behind the other, which look like a saw or crenellation. Its mouth is proportionate to its body, monstrously huge. Its skin is like that of the dogfish. The male has two reproductive organs, the female only one, but she will bear as many as twenty, thirty, or forty little tiburons at one time. This fish will attack a cow or horse that may be grazing or drinking on the bank of a river, and will eat a man, as one tried to eat the calachuni (chief) of Cozumel but did not entirely succeed, because he was rescued, but not before losing two of his toes. The tiburon is so voracious that it will follow a ship for five hundred or even one thousand leagues, swallowing whatever is thrown overboard; and it is so swift that it swims faster than a ship can sail… Its flesh is not very good[i] to eat, being tough and tasteless, although when it is cut into strips and dried it will add greatly to a ship’s provisions.

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