PAST EVENTS
2024 Summary
Spring Migration Count
At Mt. Lorette
Mar 1 – April 22
Fall Migration Count
At Mt. Lorette
Sep 20 – Nov 15
2023 Summary
Spring Migration Count
At Mt. Lorette, Steeples, Beaver Mines
Mar 1 – April 22
Fall Migration Count
At Mt. Lorette, Steeples, Vicki Ridge
Sep 20 – Nov 15
2022 Summary
Spring Migration Count
At Mt. Lorette, Steeples, Beaver Mines
Mar 1 – April 22
Fall Migration Count
At Mt. Lorette, Steeples, Vicki Ridge
Sep 20 – Nov 15
2021 Summary
Spring Migration Count
At Mt. Lorette, Steeples, Beaver Mines
Mar 1 – April 22
Fall Migration Count
At Mt. Lorette, Steeples, Vicki Ridge
Sep 20 – Nov 15
2020 Summary
Fall Migration Count
At Mt. Lorette, Steeples, Vicki Ridge
Sep 20 – Nov 15
Spring Migration Count
At Mt. Lorette, Steeples, Beaver Mines
Mar 1 – April 22
2020 AGM
Feb 22, 2020 (AWA office, Calgary, 10:00 am)
Keynote Speaker: Gordon Petersen, Travels in Mongolia (PDF)
2019 Summary
RMERF Board Meeting
Nov 19 (Teleconference, 7:00 pm)
Fall Migration Count
At Mt. Lorette, Steeples, Vicki Ridge
Sep 20 – Nov 15
Fall Count Observer’s Training
Sep 15th (Location TBD)
Annual RMERF Member BBQ
Aug 24 at 4:00 – 9:00 pm (Ghost River area)
RMERF Board meeting
Aug 24 (Prior to Annual RMERF Member BBQ, 1:00 pm)
Canmore Folk Music Festival
Aug 3 – 5, Link
University of Calgary Field Station Open House
July 20 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, Link
Mayor’s Environment Expo
Jun 5 (Calgary City Hall 9:00 am – 3:00 pm), Link
International Migratory Bird Day
May 12 (Inglewood Bird Sanctuary 11:00 am – 3:00 pm), Link
RMERF Board Meeting
May 11 (Springbank United Church, 10:00 am)
Mount Lorette Spring Migration Count
At Mt. Lorette, Steeples, Beaver Mines
Mar 1 – April 22
RMERF Annual General Meeting
Feb 23 @ 10:00 (Alberta Wilderness Association office, 455-12 St NW, Calgary)
2018 Summary
RMERF Board meeting
Nov 20 (tele-conference)
Casino Fundraiser
Nov 5 & 6 (NEW LOCATION: Pure Gaming Casino at 16th Ave x Barlow Trail NE – 1420 Meridian Rd NE)
Mount Lorette Fall Migration count
Sep 20 – Nov 15
Canmore Wild Festival! (formally called Festival of Eagles)
Oct 13 – “Join The Wild at the Mount Lorette site”
Full Event List
A Golden Evening
Speaker: Peter Sherrington
Free Public Talk
hosted by the Nature Conservancy of Canada
Friday September 28, 2018
Location: Frank Slide Interpretive Centre
Reception at 6:30 pm
Talk at 7:00 pm
Peter Sherrington Talk
to Alberta Institute of Wildlife Conservation AGM
Sept 27 @ 7:00 pm (Alberta Wilderness Association office, 455-12 St NW, Calgary)
Annual RMERF Member BBQ
Aug 25 at 4:00 pm
RMERF Board meeting
Aug 25 (prior to Annual RMERF Member BBQ)
Canmore Folk Music Festival
Aug 4-6 – Details
Alberta Parks Day
July 21 @ 11:00 to 4:00 Details
Mayor’s Environment Expo
Jun 6 – Calgary City Hall Details
RMERF Board meeting
May 26 (Springbank Church)
Peter Sherrington talks in NE British Columbia:
May 16 Dawson Creek, Northern Lights College at 1900
May 17 Tumbler Ridge, Dinosaur Discovery Gallery at 1900
International Migratory Bird Day
May 13 (Inglewood Bird Sanctuary) Details
Mount Lorette Spring Migration count
Mar 1 – April 22
RMERF Board meeting
Feb 27 (teleconference)
Spring Count Observers’ Training
Feb 24 (U of Calgary, Field Station – contact Cliff Hansen)
RMERF Annual General Meeting
Feb 17 @ 10:00 (Alberta Wilderness Association Bldg, 455 12 St NW, Calgary)
A special guest from the AIWC will speak. http://www.aiwc.ca/
2017 Summary
Talk by Peter Sherrington
Dec 11, 7:00. Frank Slide Interpretative Centre, Crowsnest Pass – As part World Mountain Day
RMERF Board meeting
Nov 18
Talk By Peter Sherrington
Oct 24 at the AWA Calgary office at 7:00. LINK
Canmore Wild Festival! (formally called Festival of Eagles)
Oct 14 at the Civic Centre, 10:00 – 4:00 LINK
Talk By Peter Sherrington
Oct 5 at the Frank Slide Interpretive Centre at 7:00 for the NCC
Mount Lorette Fall Migration Count
Sep 20 – Nov 15
Fall Count Observers’ Training
Sep 16 @ 10am to 2pm – U of C Barrier Field Lake Station
Annual RMERF Member BBQ
Aug 26 – (Members to receive details)
RMERF Board meeting
Aug 26 (prior to Member BBQ)
Canmore Folk Music Festival
Aug 5 – 7 Details
RMERF Presentation at Calgary Historic Week
Peter Sherrington will speak.
Jul 28th, 11am Details
Alberta Parks Day & Creekfest
Jul 15 (Calgary Bow Valley Ranch, Fish Creek Provincial Park – 11:00 – 4:00) Details
Mayor’s Environment Expo
Jun 7 (Calgary City Hall) Details
25th Anniversary RMERF celebration
May 28 (Beaupre Community Hall – 1:00 – 5:00)
International Migratory Bird Day
May 14 (Inglewood Bird Sanctuary – 11:00 – 3:00) Details
RMERF Board meeting
May 6 (Springbank United Church)
Casino Fundraiser
Apr 19 & 20 (Deerfoot Inn and Casino)
Discovery of the Eagle Highway 25 years ago
Mar 20 (Mount Lorette site)
Mount Lorette Spring Migration Count
Mar 1 – April 22
Spring Count Observers’ Training
Feb 26 (U of Calgary, Field Station, ATCO trailer)
RMERF Board meeting
Feb 25 (location TBA)
RMERF Annual General Meeting
Saturday, Feb 18 @ 10:00 (Alberta Wilderness Association Bldg, 455 12 St NW, Calgary – if needed, additional parking at the Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association on 5th Ave x 12 St NW). Keynote Speaker: Peter Sherrington “Taking the High Road—25 Years of Following Eagles and Other Birds”
2016 Summary
RMERF Board meeting
November 19 @ 10:00 (Springbank Church)
Mount Lorette Fall Migration Count
September 20 – November 15 (2016)
Fall Count Observers’ Training
Sept 17 (U of C Barrier Lake station)
Annual RMERF Member Barbecue
August 27 at 4:00 (Hosted by Heinz and Marilyn Unger)
RMERF Board meeting
August 27 (prior to Member BBQ)
Canmore Folk Festival
July 30 – August 1
Details Link
Alberta Provincial Parks Day – New Location
July 17 (Fish Creek Park, Glennfield Day Use Areas A & B, Calgary) – 11:00 – 4:00
University of Calgary Barrier Lake Field Station Open House
July 10 (10:00 – 4:00)
Details Link
Mayor’s Environmental Expo
June 8 (Calgary City Hall 9:00 – 3:00)
Details Link
International Migratory Bird Day
May 8 (Inglewood Bird Sanctuary) – Details Link
RMERF Board meeting
May 7 (Springbank United Church)
AWA Calgary Tower Climb (25th anniversary)
April 23 – Details Link
Mount Lorette Spring Migration Count
March 1 – April 22 (2016)
RMERF Board meeting
February 27 (Springbank United Church)
RMERF Annual General Meeting
February 20, 10:00 (Alberta Wilderness Association Bldg, 455 12 St NW, Calgary)
2015 Summary
RMERF Board meeting
November 21 (Cochrane Nan Boothby Memorial Library)
Wilderness Defenders Awards
(Will be presented to Sid Marty and Gordon Petersen (RMERF board member). Both of these gentlemen are known as naturalists, each of them working and making a difference in different corners of Alberta to help others learn and know more about wild Alberta and our natural world.
Nov 20, http://albertawilderness.ca/events
Canmore Wild Festival! (formally “Festival of Eagles”)
October 17 – Details
Note – City of Calgary Parks and Recreation eagle field trip Sat/Sun Oct 3/4 (extra support needed)
Casino Fundraiser
September 14,15 (Deerfoot Inn and Casino)
Fall Migration Count Observer Training
September 12 – (University of Calgary Barrier Lake Field Station – TBC)
Annual RMERF Member Barbecue
August 22 – Benchlands, Ab
RMERF Board meeting
August 22 – Benchlands, Ab
Canmore Folk Festival
August 1-3 – Details
Bow Valley Provincial Parks Day
July 19 – Details
University of Calgary Barrier Lake Field Station Open House
July 12 – Details
