Cody Spencer WLP Manager The Question What are

Cody Spencer – WLP Manager

The Question What are the most limiting factors facing stewardship initiatives in the Oldman watershed?

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Limiting Factors Facing Stewardship 1) Lack of communication 2) Money

What is the WLP? • • • First project completed in 2009 Provides resources to landowners and stewardship groups Shares success stories Identifies valuable stewardship projects Seven Categories: • • • Riparian and creek restoration Invasive species management Wetland restoration and development Land management Water quality Outreach, communication and educational programming

What we’ve achieved in 7 years • 39 total projects • 12 km of riparian fence line • 12 off-stream watering systems • 10 invasive weed pulls • 4 stream bank bioengineering projects • 4 educational field days • Total funding of $130, 000

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The Future of Water “People said a man had to make a dipperful go as far as it would. Say you boiled some sweet corn. Instead of throwing the water out, you washed the dishes in it. Then you washed your hands in it a few times. Then you strained it through a cloth into the radiator of your car, and if your car should break down you didn’t just leave the water to evaporate in its gullet, but drained it out to water the sweet peas. ” - Wallace Stegner, “Wolf Willow”

Palmer Ranch • 5. 7 km of single-strand electric riparian fence along the Waterton River.

Oldman Watershed Council’s Wonderful Staff • Shannon Frank, Executive Director • Anna Garleff, Communications Specialist • Larin Geunther, Planning Manager • Sofie Forsstrom, Education Program Manager • Pauline Smith, Administrave Assistant

Watershed Legacy Program Rural Team • Troy Ormann, Alberta Agriculture – Water Quality Branch • Lindsey Cockerill, M. D. of Pincher Creek • Anne Stevick, Nature Conservancy of Canada/ OWC board member • Dwayne Rogness, Lethbridge County • Kristi Stebanuk, Cows & Fish • Jamie Puchinger, Farming Smarter • Steve Bevans, Cardston County • Mike Uchikura, Alberta Conservation Association

Thank You!