Oldman Watershed Council

The Oldman Watershed Council's 4^th Annual General Meeting was a success!

The day started off with a Welcome from our Chair – Gerhardt Hartman, and our Executive Director – Stephanie Palechek. Following the welcome, everyone split up into concurrent sessions.
The session speakers and topics included:

Brian Poirier – Approaches to Aquatic Ecosystem Protection (980 KB PDF)
Peggy Holroyd – Towards Acceptable Change: A Thresholds Approach to Manage Cumulative Effects in Southern Foothills (2,646 KB PDF)
Alice Hontella – Effects of Pollutants on the Health of Non-Target Species
Bob Sharp – An Assessment of Potential Storage Sites Under the Water for Life Strategy (1,441 KB PDF)
Uldis Silins – Southern Rockies Watershed Project (1,649 KB PDF)
Trevor Lewington – Frito-lay Water Recycling (4,565 KB PDF)

After the concurrent sessions, everyone gathered back together. The Financial Report was given, followed by elections for the 3 Member at Large positions on the Board of Directors, and Team updates.

After lunch, we held a panel discussion with the theme “Making a Difference in you Watershed”. Following the panel discussion, Dory Rossiter introduced our Youth Essay Contest Winners. This year’s winners were: Emilee Kaupp, Arnold T. Walter, and Michelle T. Walter.

Our day ended with an uplifting and enlightening talk from our keynote speaker, Simon Jackson. Simon is the founder of the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition.

Throughout the day, a Silent Auction was held with the proceeds going to a Watershed Stewardship Group within the Oldman Basin. The winning Watershed Group is the Waldron Watershed Group.

A special thanks to our silent auction donators:

Alberta Pork
All About Paper
Castle Crown Wilderness Coalition
Cheryl from the Craft Barn
Donovan Casson
Ducks Unlimited Canada
El Comal Mexican Restaurant
Galt Museum
Green Haven Garden Centre
James and Cheryl Fujikawa

JoJo Garden Design
Jollin Charest
High Level Canoes and Kayaks
Laurie Steffler from Salt Spring Island Sheep
Maple Leaf Foods
Marksman Sports
Rochelle Coffey
Serenity Massage
Simply Safari
Taber Irrigation District

Also, a special thanks to the sponsors of the Oldman Watershed Council’s 4^th Annual General Meeting:

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
Ducks Unlimited Canada
Lethbridge College
PFRA, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
University of Lethbridge, Research Services

A copy of the OWC Team posters can be found here:

Communications and Outreach Team (951 KB PDF)
Data Collection and Integration Team (10,542 KB PDF)
Rural Team (2,026 KB PDF)
Urban Team (1,478 KB PDF)

To view archived information about our past AGMs, please click below: