The Watershed Resilience and Restoration Program along with the Alberta Community Resilience Program invite you their municipal partners to the second event in a seminar series on building watershed resiliency naturally. The primary objective of this program is to increase the natural ability of Alberta’s watersheds to the intensity, magnitude and duration of flooding and drought through natural system mitigation measures, including stormwater management.

Workshop Summary

Morning Session – Classroom

Afternoon Session – Field

• Prairie wetlands – types, classes, and benefits to biodiversity and water quality and retention
• How to successfully preserve or restore wetlands in developing areas
• Integration of naturalized stormwater systems into developing plans
• Native plant species
• Wetland planting success species

Space is limited. Register by September 21, 2015 by emailing ESRD.WRRP@gov.ab.ca with the subject line “NPS Workshop”.