Fourth-generation rancher Sarah Green shares how water development,
riparian restoration, and a commitment to learning are shaping a resilient
future for Mt. Sentinel Ranch and the Oldman watershed.
9 December 2025 Protesters Push Back at Northback Presentation. Joe Manio, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Lethbridge Herald. … Outside the Coast Lethbridge Hotel around 100 demonstrators waved signs, beat drums and shouted slogans protesting the proposed Grassy Mountain Coal Project while inside the CEO of Northback Holdings, Mike Young, spoke about the economic benefits of […]
December 8 (11 – 11:45 AM), Lethbridge Coast Hotel Members of SAGE, McKillop Earth Action Team, Lethbridge Friends of Medicare and other local organizations and citizens are gathering to protest Northback Holdings Corporation’s continued promotion of a discredited coal mine on Grassy Mountain. A Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce event is giving Northback CEO Mike Northcott […]
Join us 11 to 11:45 a.m. on Monday, December 8th on Mayor Magrath in front of the Coast Hotel, where Northback will be advocating for an open pit coal mine to the Chamber of Commerce.
Dear Prime Minister, The Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) encourages the Government of Canada to legislate based on the values of distributive justice, social equity and intergenerational equity, which is largely premised on a sustainable relationship with the land – our natural environment. The Government of Canada has a legislative responsibility for the […]
From the website, https://www.freshwaterconservationcanada.org/post/fish-rescue-2025-review?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Thank you so much to everyone who volunteered during our 2025 Fish Rescue efforts in the irrigation canals throughout Southern Alberta. Over the 10 days we spent rescuing fish in the canals, 157 volunteers contributed a total of 1,336 hours. Sixteen of those volunteers couldn’t get enough of the fun and […]
On Oct. 30, 2025, the Alberta legislature introduced Bill 7: Water
Amendment Act, which would make several changes to the Water Act around
water use reporting, transferring licenses, moving water between basins,
and more. In this blog, we summarize what the most significant of these
changes mean for the Oldman basin and for water license holders in our
watershed.
The Alberta Airsheds Council has been building a network to monitor air quality including nitrogen oxides typically from engine combustion, sulphur dioxides from flaring of natural gas, ground level ozone, and fine particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers. These common air pollutants are known to harm human health, exacerbating asthma and cardio-vascular disease. The Air […]
A new analysis from the Pembina Institute shows counties across Alberta brought in a record number of tax revenue from renewable energy projects—but they’re also missing out on more.
The Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) is marking 60 years of advocating for conservation with an awards and lecture evening happening in Calgary later this month — with a southern Alberta connection.