CLRA National Newsletter - Winter 2019

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Happy Holidays to All Our CLRA Members!

The 2020 National AGM & Conference plans are underway. We are partnering with the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) and the Society of Ecological Restoration (SER) in beautiful Quebec City on June 7-11, 2020.

Please visit our 2020 conference website www.RE3-Quebec2020.org for partnership opportunities, program updates and more.

RE3 QUEBEC 2020 WEBSITE

Congratulations to Eddy Spigott - President Saskatchewan Chapter and the Saskatchewan Chapter Board of Directors. Saskatchewan is fully up and running. They had a great opening turnout in Saskatoon on November 14, 2019.

We are reaching out to anyone in Manitoba that would like to be part of our new CLRA Manitoba Chapter. If you are interested on being on the board and assisting in building the chapter, please reach out to Ian Young, CLRA Manitoba President at iyoung@scatliff.ca.

A big thanks to Valerie Miller, Land Reclamation International Graduate School (LRIGS) who has been searching Canada and the globe for the great posts on our social media Twitter, Facebook, & LinkedIn. We hope you will join in the dialogue and read her findings.

As always, a heartfelt thank you to our National Board of Directors all our Chapter Board of Directors for their hard work and dedication across Canada.

Wishing you all a safe, healthy and happy holiday season and a fabulous 2020 year.

Respectfully,

Andrea McEachern
National President, CLRA/ACRSD

UPCOMING EVENTS

CLRA Alberta Chapter 2020 AGM & Conference

#LoveABEnergy

February 26 - 28, 2020

Cambridge Red Deer Hotel & Conference Centre
Red Deer, AB

Early-Bird Registration and
Award Nomination Deadline:

December 31, 2019

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The theme this year is “Love Alberta Energy”.

Energy has been the foundation of the Alberta economy for generations and continues to be a driver for our way of life. Time has brought diversity to the ways in which we derived energy from what Mother Nature has given us in this province and how we utilize it. Regardless of the energy source, whether it be solar, wind, coal, oil and gas, biomass, geothermal, or hydro, industries experience challenges and success. They continue to seek ways to improve their technology, design, construction, management, and environmental impact. We’d like to share and celebrate how energy “powers” our daily lives by highlighting what we do to keep Albertans and Canadians living well while achieving our environmental commitments and priorities and continually striving forward.

CLRA Joint Conference: 2020 Québec RE3 Conference: Call for Abstracts

June 7 - 11, 2020
Québec City Convention Centre
Québec, QC

Abstract Submission Deadline: 11:00 PM EST, January 30, 2020

Abstract Acceptance Notice:

March 2, 2020

It is now time to submit your abstract for the Québec RE3 Conference. The call for abstracts will be open until January 30, 2020.

We welcome abstracts for issues related to ecosystem reclamation, restoration, rewilding, and/or wetland science, practice or policy, including social, cultural, and economic considerations.

All abstracts, including those for accepted symposia, must be submitted through the online form on the Québec RE3 website.

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MEMBER MATTERS

2020 CLRA Membership Renewals

Thank you for your ongoing participation and support of the programs and mandate of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association.

Membership renewals for 2020 are due by December 31, 2019. Members may renew online now by clicking here and logging into the member portal.

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@clra.ca or (780) 437-0044.

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Holiday Office Hours

The CLRA office will be closed for the holidays from December 23rd and will be re-opening on January 2nd at 8:30 am.

Warm wishes from our office to yours!

A Warm Welcome to the New CLRA Saskatchewan Chapter!

Thank you to all of our guests for helping us give a warm welcome to the new CLRA Saskatchewan Chapter! A huge thank you to our sponsors, Matrix Solutions Inc., North Shore Environmental Consultants Inc., and AGAT Laboratories for helping us to put together a great event. We are looking forward to many more to come as we continue to grow and reclaim across Canada.

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OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

SER Webinar: The Priority Site Determination: A Rapid & Quantitative Floristic Biomonitoring Protocols

December 30, 2019 | USA

SER Webinar: Updated International Principles & Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration

January 21, 2020 | USA

ASN presents "Solar, Wind and Geothermal Energy Sources: Perspectives on Environmental Impacts and Land Reclamation Considerations"

January 23, 2020 | Edmonton, AB

Alberta Soil Science Workshop

February 19 - 20, 2020 | Lethbridge, AB

SK PCAP presents the 7th Native Prairie Restoration and Reclamation Workshop and the 5th Transboundary Grassland Workshop
February 25 - 27, 2020 | Regina, SK

GOwen ENVIRONMENTAL and the International Association of Hydrogeologists present Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management Course

June 1 - 5, 2020 | Toronto, ON

CLASSIFIEDS

JOB BOARD

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Employment opportunities listed below are subject to change, please visit the job board at www.clra.ca/careers for an updated listing and for more details.

Intermediate Project Manager - Regulatory Site Closure, Bowron Environmental Group Ltd. (Calgary, AB)
Junior Environmental Consultant, North Shore Environmental Consultants (Sherwood Park, AB)
Intermediate Environmental Consultant, North Shore Environmental Consultants (Sherwood Park, AB)