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. 

2019 Tree Planting - Calgary Black Bears

3rd Annual TAC Camp

If your Warden is interested in participating in the TAC Camp being hosted by the Yellowhead Regional Council, please contact event@yellowheadajfwa.ca or go to the YRC Website if you are YRC member.

Registration is open August 25 to September 30, 2019.

Help Wanted!

Attention JFW and Alumni members!  Here is a great opportunity to help a worthy cause, and benefit our upcoming National Camp!

The Alberta Master Games is looking for volunteers (adults and mature Challengers welcome) to help with parking on the evenings of August 22, 23 & 24 from 4:15 to midnight at the North Saskatchewan River Park in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.  Click here for more information about the Alberta Masters Games.  We are looking for 10 people each day.

If you are able to help on ANY of those dates, please send a quick email to NC2020.Chair@ajfwa.ca.  

The benefits:

• This event takes place on the same site as our upcoming National Camp 2020.  You'll be able to preview the site while another large event is in progress, and bring some helpful observations back to the National Camp Committee and to your own Club.

• You get to be part of a very cool and unique sporting event.  This will be fun!  You'll have a chance to enjoy some of the events and entertainment, too.

• By volunteering, you'll earn funds that will go toward making National Camp 2020 the best ever!

Check your calendars, and let us know which evening(s) you can be there.

  

Please reply by August 10 if you can help.

Alberta Masters Games

Attention:  Parents, Leaders & Alumni

If you are interested in a little friendly paddling competition this summer, the Alberta Masters Games still has room in all three of their paddle sport events:

• Voyageur Canoe River Race 
• Canoe Polo Tournament 
• Tandem River Race

In particular, they are short paddlers in the 30-45 yrs category for the Tandem Race.

You must be 30 years of age or over to participate.

Registration closes August 1, 2019.

Click here to register.

For anyone paddling the N. Saskatchewan River in late August

The Alberta Masters Games Voyageur Canoe River Race will be taking place on the North Saskatchewan River - Horburg to Brierley’s (the Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site) on August 23rd, 2019. 

The Tandem Canoe River Race will be August 25th, from Fisher’s Rapid to the Brierley’s (RMH NHS). 

All river instructors, trip leaders and organizers, please take note of these two events and the dates so as to minimize the chance of the racers encountering large groups or a series of boats out on the river during their race.