Tuesday March 27, 2012 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Presented by: Susan Conners, Berry Creek Community Library
Hosted By: Berry Creek Community Library

Please note that this session will be recorded!

Join Susan Conners of Berry Creek Community Library and learn all about how to harvest, store, sow and germinate wildflower seeds for use in your garden!

A poster is available Growing Prairie Wildflowers from Seed_Poster

Notes are also available Growing Prairie Wildflowers from Seed – Notes

This session will be interactive and participation will be limited to seven (7) RISE libraries plus the host site.

Out of respect for presenters and the host library, please advise your RISE Consultant in advance if you have registered for this program and are no longer able to participate in this session. Thank you.

Participating RISE Locations (updated March 15th at 1:10 PM):
Berry Creek Community Library – Host
Delia Municipal Library
Hanna Municipal Library
Tilley & District Public Library
Oyen Municipal Library
Hussar Municipal Library
Okotoks Public Library
Claresholm Public Library

*ADDED March 28th, 2012:  Here is a link to the recorded videoconference session on the RISE Network Vimeo channel….
http://vimeo.com/39381840

Survey for Library Staff

Februrary 29, 2012
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Presented by: Heidi Eijgel, Visitor Services Specialist, Alberta Parks
Hosted by: Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library

The story of the Northern Leopard Frog’s reintroduction at Beauvais Lake Provincial Park continues. How are the tadpoles that were counted and released in 2009, fairing? And what are we doing to document the events and milestones of this project? Join Heidi Eijgel, Visitor Services Specialist with Alberta Parks for this talk.

A poster for this videoconference is available here 2012 Walk on the Wild Side

This session is intended to be interactive. Therefore, the number of sites is limited to seven libraries.

Out of respect for presenters and the host library, please advise your RISE Consultant in advance if you have registered for this program and are no longer able to participate in this session. Thank you.

Participating Libraries:
Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library (Host)
Crowsnest Pass Municipal Library
Jim & Mary Kearl Library of Cardston
Magrath Public Library
Sheep River Community Library

Survey for Library Staff

Februrary 22, 2012
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Presented by: Andrea Morehouse, Grizzly Bear Monitoring Project Coordinator
Hosted by: Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library

Have you been out in Waterton or the Castle area and noticed trees with barbed wire? Wondering what it’s for? Multiple agencies have joined together to monitor grizzly bears in southwestern Alberta using non‐invasive methods. Bears naturally rub on a variety of surfaces, leaving behind hair samples ‐ and their DNA. Genetic analysis of the hair samples reveals species, sex, and individual identity of the bear. This information will help agencies further understand grizzly bear populations, densities, and distributions. Join Andrea Morehouse, Grizzly Bear Monitoring Project Coordinator, for a talk about this new project.

A poster for this videoconference is available here 2012 Walk on the Wild Side

This session is intended to be interactive. Therefore, the number of sites is limited to seven libraries.

Out of respect for presenters and the host library, please advise your RISE Consultant in advance if you have registered for this program and are no longer able to participate in this session. Thank you.

Participating Libraries:
Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library (Host)
Cardston Jim & Mary Kearl Library
Crowsnest Pass Municipal Library
Magrath Public Library
Sheep River Community Library

Survey for Library Staff

Februrary 15, 2012
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Presented by: John Hancock
Hosted by: Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library

Join spider researcher John Hancock on a virtual walk through Beauvais Lake Provincial Parks forests to discover the little known world of its spiders! Spiders are the top predators of the invertebrate world, this talk will provide a glimpse into the many “professions” of these amazing creatures!

A poster for this videoconference is available here 2012 Walk on the Wild Side

This session is intended to be interactive. Therefore, the number of sites is limited to seven libraries.

Out of respect for presenters and the host library, please advise your RISE Consultant in advance if you have registered for this program and are no longer able to participate in this session. Thank you.

Participating Libraries:
Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library (Host)
Cardston Jim & Mary Kearl Library
Crowsnest Pass Municipal Library
Magrath Public Library
Sheep River Community Library

Survey for Library Staff

Februrary 8, 2012
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Presented by: Justin McKeown, Public Outreach Education Officer, Waterton Lakes National Park
Hosted by: Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library

The “Wild Life” Of Whitebark Pines‐ Whitebark Pine is an important species found at high elevations in the Rocky Mountains, including Waterton Lakes National Park. However, Whitebarks are being decimated throughout their range. Discover the important connections between Whitebark Pines and key wildlife species, what is killing this tree, and what Parks Canada and volunteers are doing to help. Join Justin McKeown, Public Outreach Education Officer with Waterton Lakes National Park for this talk.

A poster for this videoconference is available here 2012 Walk on the Wild Side

This session is intended to be interactive. Therefore, the number of sites is limited to seven libraries.

Out of respect for presenters and the host library, please advise your RISE Consultant in advance if you have registered for this program and are no longer able to participate in this session. Thank you.

Participating Libraries:
Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library (Host)
Cardston Jim & Mary Kearl Library
Crowsnest Pass Municipal Library

Survey for Library Staff

April 28, 2011
7:00 PM

Presented By: Jon Hood, Agricultural Fieldman for the M.D. of Taber
Hosted By: Taber Public Library

Join Jon and learn about the planting, fertilizing, pruning, watering, and general maintenance of trees.

This session is being presented as a lecture. This means that more than 8 libraries may join this videoconference session. It also means that there will be no interaction between the presenter and the participating libraries.

Participating RISE locations (updated April 27th, 2011 at 9:10 AM):

Okotoks Public Library
Rockyford Municipal Library
Empress Municipal Library
Standard Municipal Library
Pincher Creek Municipal Library
Lethbridge Public Library
Brooks Public Library
Hays Public Library
Jim and Mary Kearl Library (Cardston)
Magrath Public Library
Taber Public Library – Host

Out of respect for presenters and the host library, please advise your RISE Consultant in advance if you have registered for this program and are no longer able to participate in this session. Thank you.

Survey for Library Staff

April 14, 21, 28 & May 5, 12, 2011
9:30am – 11:00am

Presented by: Heidi Eijegel, Alberta Parks Division
Hosted by: Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library

Join environmental educator, Heidi Eijgel, via video conference, as she tells the story of the northern leopard frog’s reintroduction to a wetland in Beauvais Lake Provincial Park. This Educational Distance Video Conference (EDVC), is offered free through the Pincher Creek and District Municipal Library and the R.I.S.E. network in partnership with Alberta Parks Division and will be limited to 8 sites (including the host) but will also be offered five times throughout April & May.

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March 14, 2011
7:00 PM

U of L Discovery Lecture Series presents
“HOT AIR: Fixing Canada’s Climate Change Catastrophe”
A lecture by Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail national affairs columnist and co-author of “Hot Air: Meeting Canada’s Climate Change Challenge”

About the lecture:
Many presentations on energy and climate change are: (a) terrifying or (b) academic or (c) quirky, advocating a single, neat solution like solar or wind power, or a population on bicycles. This presentation is different. It starts with an alarming brief description of the climate threat to Canada. Then it shifts to an equally alarming description of how Canadians have been betrayed by their politicians (“We’re working on it!”), their industrialists (“Things aren’t that bad, really, and voluntary guidelines will be good enough.”), and even their environmentalists (“Energy efficiency can be profitable, and people can change their lifestyles, no problem!”).

All of this, of course, reinforces the myths that forceful policies are not needed.

Having summarized the situation, and the trends we are facing, Hot Air then lays out in convincing and easily understandable terms the few simple policies that Canada must adopt right away in order to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next few decades. It shows how these policies can be designed to have minimal negative effects. It even provides results from a highly credible energy-economy model that has been used internationally by many authorities, including the most advanced think tanks, to assess the full economic impacts of different policies.
With evidence from other countries that are successfully addressing climate change, Hot Air shows why these are the only policies that will work — and why this is a matter of life and death for us all.

Survey for Library Staff