Living in the Natural Environment

Living in the Natural Environment brings together 100 to 150 members of the rural and small urban community, government, and non-agricultural rural residents together to initiate discussion. Presentation topics are intended to be thought provoking, interesting, relevant to the surrounding landscape and the people that live there.

The 2023 event is scheduled for Friday February 3, 2023 at the Cochrane RancheHouse. 
Tickets are available for purchase at https://LNE2023.eventbrite.ca

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Past Event Topics

2023

  • Wildfire Effects on Eastern Slopes Watersheds: Source Water Protection in a Warmer World
  • Wildfire Risk Reduction Strategies

2022 - Cancelled 

2021 - Cancelled 

2020

  • Fire, Ecosystem Health & You
  • The 21st Century's Canaries in the Coal Mine: Case Study of Tree Swallows in Central Alberta

2019

  • The Wild Foods of the Forest Floor
  • Presenter Panel: Bison Reintroduction into Banff National Park

2018

  • Wild Bee Diversity in Alberta
  • Sharing the Range: Carnivores and Communities in Southwestern Alberta

2017

  • Climate Change and Forest Change: The Impacts on Our Waters
  • Beavers In Our Landscape

2016

  • The Importance of Connected Landscapes in Alberta's Eastern Slopes
  • Between Rock and Hard Places: Wolverines in Multi-use Landscapes of Alberta

2015

  • The Flood, Land Uses, and Landscapes of the Upper Bow River Basin: Causes, Consequences, and Risk Mitigation
  • Biology and Conservation of Alberta Bats

2014

  • Feral Horse Ecology within Alberta's Eastern Slopes
  • Being Aware of What Is Around You

2013

  • High Stakes: Food and Farming
  • The Zen of Fish and Watersheds

2012

  • Bringing Back the Bison
  • All Things Fungal: The Dirt on Mushrooms

2011

  • Urbanization and Loss of Prime Agricultural Land: It's Not Just a Rural Issue
  • Owls, Owlers and Owling: The Silent Predator and Our Obsession with Them

2010

  • Climate Change and the Implications for Southern Alberta
  • Counting Grizzly Bears in Alberta: Too Many or Not Enough