Welcome to Nature Central and the Habitat Steward Program

Habitat Steward Program

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The Red Deer River Naturalists and Nature Alberta are pleased  to announce our second season of NATURE CENTRAL: Celebrating Our Wild Alberta Parklands.

​The goal of Nature Central is to celebrate the protected areas in Central Alberta and to increase the appreciation, thoughtful exploration, non-consumptive use and ecological understanding of these areas.  At present, there are various protected areas across the region that are owned and/or man-aged by different agencies, organizations and municipalities. Nature Central provides, through this website, a central and publicly accessible inventory of these areas. 

Events and Nature Walks

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Ferry Point Gathering
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The Red Deer River Naturalists have, for the past 11 years, joined the Bjorge family and other farmers in the Ferry Point area of Central Alberta to spend the last weekend in June enjoying the beauty and diversity of nature. The Bjorges own large tracts of native grasslands within the Donalda badland region, which they steward using sustainable grazing practices. 

Judy Boyd has volunteered to lead very popular birding trips on these weekends (thank you Judy!), and this year, RDRN also promoted both the Habitat Steward program as well as Nature Central at the event.

We were pleased to present Habitat Steward signs to the Bjorge family. 

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​A SPECIAL WELCOME!
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We are pleased to welcome the 2022 team! Our Naturalist-In-Residence, Dr. Natalia LIfshitz, and our Education and Program Coordinator, Graeme Gissing. The RDRN Liaison is RDRN board member, Joey Temple.
See "Our Team" page for more details.

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