 Welcome to the 4th quarter newsletter for 2006. I am trying out a new format designed specifically to be read on computers. Each story has a lead-in paragraph with a link that will take you to the full story on our web site. This format should be easier to read on a computer as there is no need to flip pages or scroll around a page to read it all. So read on and enjoy. Sincerely,
Miles Constable - Newsletter Editor |
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BLESS Annual General MeetingOur 2007 AGM will be held on January 30, 2007 at 7 PM in the Cafeteria at Sir George Simpson Juniour High School. Everyone is welcome. Membership renewals at the door. Go to story... | ||
| Interpretive Center meeting The Big Lake Environment Support Society (BLESS) held a public meeting on November 15th, 2006 at Sir George Simpson School in St. Albert to gather public opinion with respect to an interpretive centre for Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park (LHCPP). .... go to the story. |
Presentation to St. Albert Council On Dec 18, 2007 Dave Burkhart made a presentation to St. Albert City Council concerning the potential runoff from the proposed development of the rodeo grounds .... go to the story |
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| BLESS Wins $5,000 webcam Prototype Challenge BLESS Director Jacek Wiercinski submitted an application for the design and installation of a prototype remote webcam to be installed at a location on Lois Hole Centenniel Provincial Park. .... go to story |
BLESS Sponsors Christmas Bird Count around St. Albert and Lois Hole Centenniel Provincial Park. As in past years BLESS has provided the organisers (this year it was Dave Nadeau of the Edmonton Natural History Society) of the Christmas bird count with up to $300 in order to have the count records officially entered into the Bird Studies Canada database. Go to the story... |
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| A Greater Yellowlegs seen on migration at Big Lake in September. For a better view click on the picture. | 
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No Pedestrian Crosswalk into Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park. While the pedestrian trail access was re-opened in September, St. Albert City Council does not plan on any sort of pedestrian access from Levasseur Dr. Go to the story and read our letter to Council. |
"Protecting something as wide as this planet is still an abstraction for many. Yet I see the day in our own lifetime that reverence for the natural systems - the oceans, the rainforests, the soil , the grasslands, and all other living things - will be so strong that no narrow ideology based upon politics or economics will overcome it". Jerry Brown, former Governor of California. |