Grassland Restoration Forum 2024 Events

The Grassland Restoration Forum is hosting a great lineup of events, beginning in September 2024, targeted at landholders, grazing livestock managers, rangeland managers, reclamation practitioners, and environmental students. 

For landholders with grazing livestock, the Stavely Walk may be especially beneficial.

Details on all events can be found, at grasslandrestorationforum.ca 

2024 Events

A Walking Tour of the Stavely Research Ranch

Porcupine Hills west of Stavely, Alberta - September 4, 2024

The Stavely Research Station is a unique and valuable demonstration of long-term effects of land management on grassland ecosystems in Alberta. Join Barry Adams, Rangeland Management Specialist, for this day-long, outdoor walk. Topics will include the ecological context of the Foothills Parkland Natural Subregion, the role of grasses in building soils and storing carbon, and the role of range health in the capture and storage of water in the watershed.

How to Use Range Plant Community Guides and Recovery Strategies Manuals for Project and Reclamation Planning in Grasslands

Cassils Hall, near Brooks, Alberta - September 11, 2024

This one day, classroom-based course teaches participants how to use the Range Plant Community Guides and introduces the second edition of the Recovery Strategies for Development in Native Grassland Manuals planning process. These tools will provide valuable context to interpret results of data collected for AEP Conservation Assessments – Strategic Siting and Pre-disturbance Site Assessments for Industrial Activities on Native Grassland and plan effective restoration for planned or existing disturbances in native grassland. This course pairs well with GRF’s Grassland Assessment Training.

Hands on! Grassland Assessment Training

Antelope Creek Ranch, near Brooks, Alberta - September 12, 2024

Designed for students, agrologists, ecologists, land stewards, regulators, planners and reclamation practitioners and anyone interested in learning more about native grassland ecosystems. This one day, field-based course offers training on common plant identification, use of soils and landscape mapping (AGRASID and GVI) in relation to Alberta’s Range Plant Community Guides and Range Health Assessment Manuals. Designed to classify and assess grassland plant communities, these tools are critical for pre-site assessments, reclamation design and restoration of native grassland.

Industry Tour - Grassland Restoration on Multiple Use Landscapes in the Dy Mixedgrass of SE Alberta 

Manyberries, Alberta - October 3, 2024

A one day field tour based from Manyberries, Alberta, designed for industry professionals and practitioners, looking at a variety of reclamation challenges and practices, including wellsites and cropland conversion.

Our Perennial Gathering! GRF Fall Information Session

Claresholm, Alberta - November 14, 2024

The one day Fall Information Session gathers a variety of industry and grassland stakeholders to exchange current information on grassland restoration and conservation through a variety of presentations and mini updates. The theme this year is CASE STUDIES.

For landholders with native pasture, or for those interested in reclaiming native land to grass, the Grassland Restoration Forum has also provided documents on Native Seed Harvesting, including a Code of Practice and Information on Seed Harvesting for Landholders. 

These can be downloaded directly from the Grasslands Restoration Forum's website.

Information provided in these sessions and through their website, may be especially useful for those looking to participate in the ALUS program.