The Legislation and Policy Committee meets a minimum of six times a year and may do so in person, by conference call, or online. To learn more, or to join this committee, click here!

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The Science Committee meets monthly between September and June to discuss ongoing projects and topical issues regarding watershed management. For more information, or to join the Science Committee, click here!

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The BRBC hosts a GIS Community of Practice that meets approximately quarterly to discuss various GIS topics of relevance and to share knowledge. The Fall meeting theme will be drones and will be hosted at SAIT.

For more information, email Brooke: brooke.kapeller@brbc.ab.ca

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The Education and Communications Committee meets every other month to discuss and work on BRBC’s communication and engagement projects. To learn more, or join this committee, click here!

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The Legislation and Policy Committee meets a minimum of six times a year and may do so in person, by conference call, or online. To learn more, or to join this committee, click here!

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The Science Committee meets monthly between September and June to discuss ongoing projects and topical issues regarding watershed management. For more information, or to join the Science Committee, click here!

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The September Quarterly Educational and Networking Forum will be held on Wednesday September 9 2026 at SAIT (Heritage Hall)

Agenda is available here

Registration is available here

The June Quarterly Educational and Networking Forum will include the BRBC Annual General Meeting. Join us on Wednesday June 11 at SAIT for a full day of presentations and networking.

Presentations include:

• Alberta Conservation K9 Unit, Cindy Sawchuk, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas

• Water Act Licensing for Dugout Water Sources - Regulatory Challenges and Landowner Engagement, Blaire MacAulay and Sophie Prevost, Baseline Water Resource Inc.

• Groundwater in the eastern slopes of the Bow Watershed, Dr. Cathy Ryan, University of Calgary

• Bow River Chloride Management Response, Cecilia Chung, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas

• The Bow River in Real Time: Live Data from a New Generation of Water Quality Monitoring, Dr. Evan Thomas, University of Colorado Boulder

• Life in the Bow River Basin: A year of environmental DNA (eDNA) projects detecting amphibians, mammals and invasive species in aquatic and terrestrial environments, Dr. Colin Pattison, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

• Reflections, risks and emerging trends for legal accountability in water security and aquatic environments, Jason Unger, Environmental Law Centre

Agenda is here

2025 AGM Minutes are here

Registration on Eventbrite

2026 Draft Audited Financial Report is here

The Legislation and Policy Committee meets a minimum of six times a year and may do so in person, by conference call, or online. To learn more, or to join this committee, click here!

This 2026 workshop will take place at the Cochrane RancheHouse. Register here!

The Science Committee meets monthly between September and June to discuss ongoing projects and topical issues regarding watershed management. For more information, or to join the Science Committee, click here!

The Legislation and Policy Committee meets a minimum of six times a year and may do so in person, by conference call, or online. To learn more, or to join this committee, click here!

This committee meets regularly and has special meetings by call from the Chair to review and coordinate stewardship activities in the basin. For more information, or to join this committee, click here!

The Youth and Young Professionals Committee meets a minimum of 4 times per year and may do so in person, by conference call, or online. For more information, or to join this committee, click here!

The Science Committee meets monthly between September and June to discuss ongoing projects and topical issues regarding watershed management. For more information, or to join the Science Committee, click here!

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Presentations include:

• Critical Habitat and Forestry Work - Josh Killen, CPAWS

• Municipal Adaptation to Climate Change and Severe Weather Events in Alberta - Dr. Judy Stewart

• Miyawaki Forest: Mini Urban Forests that Support Climate Adaptation Boost Biodiversity & Build Community - Heather Addy, Calgary Climate Hub

• River Forecasting in the Bow River Basin: Challenges Innovation and Opportunities- David Casson, University of Calgary

  and more!

The June Quarterly Educational and Networking Forum/AGM will be Wednesday June 11, 2025 at the Calgary Hellenic Centre.

Draft agenda is available here

2024 AGM minutes are available here

Additional details and registration is available on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/brbc-quarterly-educational-and-networking-forumannual-general-meeting-tickets-1334195196749?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Legislation and Policy Committee meetings occur monthly, usually on the fourth Friday of the month. For more information and to join this committee, visit the L&P Committee page.

The Watershed Stewardship Coordinating Committee meets on the third Friday of every other month. For more information and to join this committee, visit the WSCC Committee page.

The Science Committee meetings occur monthly on the third Thursday of the month. For more information and to join this committee, visit the Science Committee page.

The Youth and Young Professionals Committee meets Quarterly. For more information and to join this committee, visit the YPC committee page.

The 2025 Science Forum will be held on Wednesday May 7 at Mount Royal University

Registration is now available on Eventbrite!

The agenda and abstracts are available for download here.

Join us for a webinar on Thursday May 1st at 12:00 to learn more about the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Dashboard, datasets, and future plans and use cases for these data.

Speakers will include:

• Leif Olson, O2 Planning and Design

• Mike Murray, Bow River Basin Council

• Introductions by Jaime Graves and Liisa Tipman, formerly of the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board

Registration available here

Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) are key landscape features, providing important ecosystem services to municipalities at regional and local scales. The stewardship of ESAs is essential to the long-term maintenance of ecosystem function and biological diversity of the region. The ESAs dashboard presents data on ESAs in the Calgary Metropolitan Region, based on definitions, criteria and a database of ESAs developed for the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB) in 2024.

For more information and to view the ESA Dashboard, visit the BRBC website

The Legislation and Policy Committee meetings occur monthly, usually on the fourth Friday of the month. For more information and to join this committee, visit the L&P Committee page.

The Science Committee meetings occur monthly on the third Thursday of the month. For more information and to join this committee, visit the Science Committee page.

The Legislation and Policy Committee meetings occur monthly, usually on the fourth Friday of the month. For more information and to join this committee, visit the L&P Committee page.

The Watershed Stewardship Coordinating Committee meets on the third Friday of every other month. For more information and to join this committee, visit the WSCC Committee page.