2020 PT Cruiser North

Registration opens January 10, 2020!

Click here to register on January 10th

Or visit the AJFWA Website or the AJFWA Online Store.

When:    March 6 - 8, 2020
Where:   Camp YoWoChAs

This is a chance for our youngest JFW members from Northern Alberta and beyond to get to know one another through games, challenges, and old-fashioned winter fun! Learning new skills, playing in the snow and making friends, warm accommodations, yummy meals and entertainment are all included.

OPEN TO PATHFINDERS, TRAILBLAZERS and their Member-PARENTS or GUARDIANS! (NOTE: please register only 1 parent per family)

2020 PT Cruiser South

Click here to register now!

Or visit the AJFWA Website or the AJFWA Online Store.

When:    Jan. 24-26, 2020
Where:   Camp Alexo, near Nordegg (70 km west of Rocky Mountain House)
Theme:  Discovering the Wild!

This is a chance for our youngest JFW members from Southern Alberta to get to know one another through games, challenges, and old-fashioned winter fun! Learning new skills, playing in the snow and making friends, warm accommodations (bunk-room arrangements), yummy meals and entertainment are all included.

OPEN TO PATHFINDERS, TRAILBLAZERS and their Member-PARENTS or GUARDIANS! (NOTE: please register only 1 parent per family)

This event is to be held at Camp Alexo, and you will be staying in open-floored cabins with bunk beds that hold roughly 20 or so people each. Registrants are NOT assigned individual rooms; however, if you have a preference as to room-sharing (ie. single-sex only), please indicate in the comments section of your registration page and we will do our best to accommodate your request.

2020 A/C Conference Committee Application

It’s that time of year again … that time you’ve all been waiting for ... it’s …

A/C Conference 2020

Camp Alexo - April 3 to 5, 2020

Would you like to take part in planning this year’s conference?

Gain valuable experience in learning how to plan an event?

Make new JFW friendships or build on already established friendships?  

If you do, please fill out the Committee Application form (see link below).

Deadline for Committee Applications is December 15, 2020.

Committee members must:

1. participate in periodic conference calls
2. help their Committee (Sessions, Registration, Entertainment & Communication or Site & Security) complete their tasks in preparation for and at the Conference
3. be prepared to be at Camp Alexo by mid to late afternoon or early evening (depending on your Committee) on Friday, April 3rd, 2020

There are two ways you can be a part of planning A/C Conference:

1)    Be a COMMITTEE CHAIR

We are looking for Adventurers/Challengers who are able to take on a lot of responsibility
and have the time to plan an event of this size. You won’t be doing it on your own though! 
Each Committee Chair will have Assistants to help share the workload.

2)      Be a COMMITTEE ASSISTANT

Not able to commit to being a Committee Chair but still want to take an active role in helping
out with the Conference?  Then, put your name down as an Assistant. You will be working
as part of a team in helping the Committee Chair.

Apply Now by clicking on the following link for the online application:  

A/C Conference Committee Application (link updated Dec 5/19)   

FIRST CONFERENCE CALL - SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020 at 7:00 PM

If you have any questions, please email or phone:

Ingrid Shepherd 1-403-740-5046   

Treva Piekema 1-780-718-5420  

committee.acconf.mentors@ajfwa.ca

Long Lake Equipment Sale

AJFWA was recently required to remove equipment from the Long Lake Education Centre.  This equipment is currently being stored in St. Albert and needs to be disposed of as soon as possible.  A list and photos of the equipment was sent to the regions and clubs for review on November 11th.  

Click here for:     Long Lake Equipment List      Long Lake Equipment Photos 

Also being offered for sale is a trailer:  Trailer Photo #1          Trailer Photo #2

• U-haul dual axle car hauler extended to 15 foot deck with approx 20 foot overall length 
• Decking in poor condition and would likely need replacing for any real use 

To facilitate a quick turnaround, the equipment and trailer are being offered to all regions, clubs and individual JFW members for purchase on the following basis:

Pricing and Terms

• Items with a fixed price will be sold on a first come / first serve basis.   The prices have been set at comparable used price values or lower.  
• Items marked as "free" will be given on a first come / first serve basis.
• Items marked "offers" will be open for bid for a one week period from the start date indicated below.
• If you are interested in the telescope, send your expression of interest.  Again, priority will be given on a first come / first serve basis.
• Roger Madaire is handling the sale of the Clipper Voyager Canoe and trailer.  

Payment & Pick up

• Payment must be made to AJFWA by etransfer prior to pick up.
• Items will not be released until payment has been confirmed.
• Items can be picked up in St. Albert (address will be provided) on the following two weekends:  November 29 to December 1 and December 7 to 8.  Also, arrangements can be made for pick up the evenings of December 2 to 6.

Dates & Submissions

• First come / first serve opens at 9:00 a.m., Saturday, November 23, 2019. 
• Bidding for those items marked "Offers" will close at 9:00 a.m., Saturday, November 30, 2019.  
• Submit offers/bids/requests for all items, except Voyager Canoe and trailer, to Christian Brenholen at christianbren@shaw.ca.  
• Submit all offers/inquiries regarding the Voyager Canoe and trailer to Roger Madaire at roger.madaire@ajfwa.ca.
• All enquiries should be directed to Christian or Roger, as applicable.

TAC Camp 2019 + Save the Date for TAC Camp 2020

Calgary Christmas Tree Lot

Cut your own Christmas Tree!

2019 JUNIOR FOREST WARDENS

CHRISTMAS TREE CUTTING LOT

Saturdays and Sundays only from November 30 - December 22, 2019

Lot is staffed from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm by JFW club members, road and weather conditions permitting

Christmas Tree Cutting Map.pdf

With Christmas just around the corner, many families are looking forward to a traditional outing into the forest to find and cut their own very special Christmas Pine Tree.

Directions:  From Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park, travel west on the Trans Canada (Hwy 1) for approximately 35 km.  Take the Hwy 68 exit (Sibbald Creek Trail) and head south for approximately 22 km to the Powderface Trail turnoff.  Turn left and head south on Powderface Trail for 2 km and you’ll reach the Christmas Tree Cutting Lot.  Watch for the JFW signs along the route! 

Off Hours Visits:  If you can’t make it out on the above dates or times, or if the lot is not manned due to weather and/or road conditions, you are welcome to visit and cut a Lodgepole Pine tree at any other time. Please keep in mind that the lot is not staffed except on weekends, and the gate may not be open. If you plan to arrive after 3:00 pm, please be advised that you'll have to park outside of the gate as the gate will be closed & locked at 3:30 pm.  Just enclose your payment (cash or cheque) in an envelope provided on site in the mailbox, and drop it into the mail slot at the shack. Cheques should be made payable to “Calgary Junior Forest Warden Society”.

Lodgepole Pine

Cost: $5.00 per permit, cash or cheque.

  

Each permit entitles you to one tree - Lodgepole Pine only, 

Maximium 3 permits/trees per person.  

Ask about a demo of how to make two trees into one very FULL tree.

*Please note that at our location, we cannot accept permits purchased in advance from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. They are for a different area and cover different species. Permits may be available for other areas of Alberta. Please contact your local Alberta Agriculture and Forestry office for more information. 

If you have a question regarding the Christmas Tree Lot, more information is available at these links:

·         FAQs

·         General Information from the Calgary Junior Forest Warden Society

·         What a Lodgepole Pine looks like

 More questions?  Send an e-mail to the 2019 Coordinator (Rick Robinson, Calgary Eagles)

Check the local forecast before you head out!    The Weather Network - Kananaskis

Lot Schedule:

Saturday November 30	Hosted by: Calgary Eagles
Sunday December 1	Hosted by: Airdrie Hawks
Saturday December 7	Hosted by: Wolves
Sunday December 8	Hosted by: Bobcats
Saturday December 14	Hosted by: Black Bears
Sunday December 15	Hosted by: Bragg Creek
Saturday December 21	Hosted by: Sarcee
Sunday December 22	Hosted by: CJFWS (hosted by Bobcats)
December 25	Merry Christmas to One and All!

2019 Peter Mehl Scholarship Award Recipients

The Peter Mehl Memorial Scholarship is an annual scholarship award that is granted from the yearly net income of a fund established with the Edmonton Community Foundation in 2011.  

Criteria :  Students selected for the Peter Mehl Memorial Scholarship will best meet the following criteria:

1.   Be a resident of Canada.

2.   Be accepted by a post-secondary institution in a faculty or program appropriate for 

      entering career in natural resource management or outdoor related fields.

3.   Have a strong academic record, supported by transcripts.             

4.   Record of commitment to a not-for-profit youth program.

The AJFWA Scholarship Awards Committee met to consider six very deserving applications for the 2019 Peter Mehl Scholarship awards.   There was $1,000 of proceeds from the Fund this year.  The Committee decided to award two (2) $500 scholarships.  This year we have Canada covered coast to coast.

We are pleased to announce that the 2019 Peter Mehl Scholarship Award winners are:

Thomas Drover – St. John’s, NewfoundlandGriffin Andersen – Vancouver, British Columbia

Congratulations to Thomas & Griffin.  This was another successful year for the Scholarship Fund.  Many thanks to all of you who made it possible.

Thomas Drover

Thomas is entering his first year of Environmental Science studies at Memorial University in Newfoundland.  He looks forward to a career in environmental engineering and management.  

His interest in conservation and the environment was developed as a member of the St John’s East JFW Club.   A Club reforestation and reclamation project inspired him to find a way to make a difference in the world through a career in Environmental Science.

Griffin Andersen

Griffin Andersen

Griffin is beginning his first year of Environmental Engineering at the University of British Columbia.  He hopes to use engineering and applied science to further sustainable solutions for the planet.

His interest in applied science and the environment developed over many years as a volunteer with a fish hatchery.  Griffin says environmental advocacy is a driving force in his life.  To this end, he raised over $7,000 for local conservation groups.