Scroll through the calendar and click on events for more details! Note: The Boreal Wetland Centre is always open to the public unless specifically stated in the event description below.
Have questions regarding an existing event or interested in hosting an event at the Boreal Wetland Centre? Contact us!
Men’s Shed Grande Prairie will be onsite to install the BWC’s new entrance gateway. They have put in a lot of care to this project; come on down to watch a great moment unfold for the BWC!
This is a public event. If using the site during the installation, please check-in with the team before proceeding through the entrance.
The Sparks Program (ages 5-6) from the Girl Guides of Canada will be onsite touring the BWC and learning more about wetlands from DUC!
This is a private event hosted at the BWC. For more information on how Scouts Canada is involved in the community in Grande Prairie, contact Jessica!
The Scouts (ages 11-14) and Venturer (17+) groups from Scouts Canada will be onsite touring the BWC and learning more about wetlands from DUC!
This is a private event hosted at the BWC. For more information on how Scouts Canada is involved in the community in Grande Prairie, contact Teresa!
The Grande Prairie and Area Environmental Sciences Educational Society are hosting their annual Walk through the Forest event! This 3-day event takes Grade 6 six students through the Boreal Wetland Centre to learn a variety of subjects including forestry practices, wetlands, airsheds, noxious weeds, and urban forests.
This is a private event; the BWC will be closed during the morning and afternoon for this event. For more information, please contact Amanda Frayn.
Bringing environmental and natural resource education to life for students and teachers is the name of the game for Inside Education who will be delivering programming to local schools at the BWC multiple times this season.
This is a private event. For more information about free Inside Education programming available to the community, please contact Terri Murray.
Summer students from Weyerhaeuser and Canfor will be at the BWC to help with the maintenance of the site! In addition, students will be touring the site and learning more about wetlands from DUC.
This is a private event. Interested in volunteering at the BWC? Please contact Rick Murray.
The Grande Prairie Environmental Network are hosting one of their monthly meetings at the BWC! DUC will be onsite to tour the group through the site and dust off those wetland classification books as we look look at plants, soil, and water wetland indicators.
This is a public event that can be attended by the public at large. For more information about GPEN, contact Amy Clarkson.
The County of Grande Prairie No. 1 is hosting their annual high school spring tour with various industries and non-profits talking to high school students about their work on the landscape.
This is a private event. For more information or to sign-up your high school, please contact Kate Winterford.
Bringing watershed education to students and teachers is the plan for the Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance who will be delivering educational programming to local schools at the BWC several times this season.
This is a private event. For more information about Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance school programming available to the community, please contact Amy Charles.
Summer students from West Fraser will be at the BWC to help with the maintenance of the site! In addition, students will be touring the site and learning more about wetlands from DUC.
This is a private event. Interested in volunteering at the BWC? Please contact Rick Murray.
Are you a plant enthusiast? Come out for the annual May Plant Count put on by the Alberta Native Plant Council and Nature Alberta! This multi-day event will be in multiple locations, including the Boreal Wetland Centre; no experience necessary!
This is a public event. For more information, please go to the Facebook page and/or contact Rick Murray.
The Conservation Programs team from Ducks Unlimited Canada will be at the BWC for their annual team building week.
This is a private event; however, feel free to come by and say hello to the DUC team!
Bringing environmental and natural resource education to life for students and teachers is the name of the game for Inside Education who will be delivering programming to local schools at the BWC multiple times this season.
This is a private event. For more information about free Inside Education programming available to the community, please contact Terri Murray.
Bringing environmental and natural resource education to life for students and teachers is the name of the game for Inside Education who will be delivering programming to local schools at the BWC multiple times this season.
This is a private event. For more information about free Inside Education programming available to the community, please contact Terri Murray.
Bringing environmental and natural resource education to life for students and teachers is the name of the game for Inside Education who will be delivering programming to local schools at the BWC multiple times this season.
This is a private event. For more information about free Inside Education programming available to the community, please contact Terri Murray.
The 2024 Boreal Wetland Centre Bioblitz is scheduled for June 17-23, 2024 and will include public opportunities to take part in citizen science projects and informative tours. Make sure to save the date! More details to come!
This is a public event. For more information, please contact Claire Poitras.
Bringing environmental and natural resource education to life for students and teachers is the name of the game for Inside Education who will be delivering programming to local schools at the BWC multiple times this season.
This is a private event. For more information about free Inside Education programming available to the community, please contact Terri Murray.
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation will be hosting their annual Career Fair and DUC will be attending for the third straight year! We hope to see SLCN community members at our booth soon!
DUC will be attending this event in Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation. For more information about supporting the career fair, please contact Jennifer Sunshine.
DUC will be hosting the annual Wetland Innovation Workshop at the BWC. We invite you to participate in this workshop bringing various industry sectors, research academia, non-profits, Indigenous communities, municipal decision makers, and construction / development groups together to discuss opportunities to further minimize environmental impacts to wetland and forest landscapes.
This is a private event; the BWC will be closed for the full day. For more information, please contact Rick Murray. Registration details will be released in May 2024.
Contractors will be onsite completing sign installations at the BWC.
The BWC is open during this period; however, trail walkers should be wary of work being completed and avoid the immediete work area.
Come down to the Earth Day event put on by the City of Grande Prairie and County of Grande Prairie No.1 to learn more about the Boreal Wetland Centre and other environmental initiatives in the region.
This is a public event hosted at the Montrose Cultural Centre in Grande Prairie. Stay tuned for the City of Grande Prairie website for event details!
Students from Peace Wapiti Academy will be at the Boreal Wetland Centre to tour the site and scope out a proposed project (i.e., the development of sustainable trail & boardwalk development plan) as part of their Wetland Centre of Excellence program.
This is a private event hosted at the BWC. For more information on the Wetland Centre of Excellence program, contact DUC!
DUC will be at the Youth Career Discovery Expo in Grande Prairie hosted by the City of Grande Prairie and the Tamarack Institute. Come stop by and say hello to the DUC booth to learn more about what a career in conservation looks like!
This is a public event located at the Bonnetts Energy Centre in Grande Prairie.
The Boreal Wetland Centre advisors will be out touring the site to see the changes and improvements made to the site as well as make plans for the future of the site.
This is private event. For more information please contact Rick Murray.
Wetland Centre staff are out in the community! Staff will be attending the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Career Fair to talk about Ducks Unlimited Canada, the Wetland Centre, and how our staff found themselves on their current career path!
For more information on events where DUC will be out in the community, contact Rick Murray.
The Boreal Wetland Centre Funders will be out touring the site to see the changes and improvements made to the site as well as make plans for the future of the site.
This is private event. For more information please contact Rick Murray.
Bringing environmental and natural resource education to life for students and teachers is the name of the game for Inside Education who will be delivering programming to local schools at the Wetland Centre multiple times this season.
This is a private event. For more information about Inside Education programming, please contact Charlotte Thomasson.
Peace Wapiti Academy has formed a Wetland Centre of Excellence and we’re here to celebrate! Teachers and students from the school will tour the trails to learn more about the program along with invited officials over a food truck lunch!
This is a private event. For more information about the Wetland Centre of Excellence program and how your school can receive funding and resources for wetland conservation education, please contact Rick Murray.
The home school community took part in a unique experiment in June 2023 (burying tea bags around the Wetland Centre in different wetland/upland locations and hypothesizing how quickly each would decompose). Now it’s time to dig up our tea bags to start drying, weighing, and analyzing our results!
This is a public event open to the home school community. To register to be involved with the day, please email Rick Murray.
Join Canfor, Weyerhaeuser and Ducks Unlimited Canada in celebrating National Forest Week!
Tour the Wetland Center to learn about the value of forests, sustainable forest management, silviculture, growth and yield, and the connection between forests and wetlands.
This is a public event. Register here. For more information contact Rick Murray.
The Wetland Centre continues with site improvements. The outdoor classroom will be delivered today along with the installation of signage at the front entrance.
The Wetland Centre is open during this period; however, some areas may be temporarily unavailable during the installations. For more information, please contact Rick Murray.
Richard Krygier from Natural Resources Canada will be onsite collecting research data from the Seed Enhanced Ecological Delivery System (SEEDS) project. This work tests new methods to improve germination and initial seedling growth and makes it easier to place the package on favourable growing sites where a site is being treated, typically in the winter.
This is a private event. For more information about the SEEDS project, please contact Rick Murray.
Bringing environmental and natural resource education to life for students and teachers is the name of the game for Inside Education who will be delivering programming to local schools at the Wetland Centre multiple times this season.
This is a private event. For more information about Inside Education programming, please contact Charlotte Thomasson.
The Junior Forest Ranger team is coming out to the Wetland Centre to help out with maintenance activities and to learn about the site! The morning consists of clean-up/repairs/special projects for the general upkeep of the site while the afternoon consists of education including anything from soil/vegetation identification, wetland classification, citizen science data collection, and learning about the demonstrations.
Interested in helping out during the volunteer maintenance day? Contact Rick Murray for more information!
The Ducks Unlimited Canada Alberta Operations (wetland restoration & construction) team are touring the Wetland Centre as part of their team meetings in Grande Prairie!
This is a private event. Interested in using the Wetland Centre for your next team meeting? Contact Rick Murray for more information!
Jaime Pinzon’s team from Natural Resources Canada will be at the Wetland Centre to collect data from their seismic line mounding research project and to update theri virtual tour product.
Although this is a private event, feel free to contact Rick Murray if you are interested in touring Jaime’s research.
The Junior Forest Ranger team is coming out to the Wetland Centre to help out with maintenance activities and to learn about the site! The morning consists of clean-up/repairs/special projects for the general upkeep of the site while the afternoon consists of education including anything from soil/vegetation identification, wetland classification, citizen science data collection, and learning about the demonstrations.
Interested in helping out during the volunteer maintenance day? Contact Rick Murray for more information!
The Air & Watershed Stewardship Division at Alberta Environment and Protected Areas will be touring the Wetland Center to discuss wetlands and wetland conservation.
This is a private event. For more information on tours at the Wetland Centre, please contact Rick Murray.
The Wetland Centre is getting a face-lift! The bad news is that some, if not all of trails may be closed during this time to allow the heavy equipment to work safely.
If you have any questions or would like a specific update, reach out Rick Murray for more information. There are alternative touring opportunities in the region so feel free to contact DUC!
The Wetland Center and its adjacent parking (Parking Lot D) will be inaccessible from the July 3-9, 2023 due to The Ranch Country Music Festival.
For any questions regarding the closure, please contact Emilie Caldwell.
Looking to learn more about local wetland plants? Attend Ducks Unlimited Canada’s plant walk and learn more about the role of plants in wetland environments.
This is a public event for all ages. Contact Emilie Caldwell for more information!
Learn about the Seed Enhanced Ecological Delivery System (SEEDS), packages of organic materials filled with seeds planted in the Wetland Center and their potential for improving wetland reclamation of disturbed oil and gas sites. Presented by Richard Krygier, intense fibre management specialist.
This is a public event for all ages. Contact Emilie Caldwell for more information!
Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance are providing wetland focused tours to local schools at the Wetland Centre!
This is a private event. For more information about Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance programming or to book a tour, please contact Jacqueline Kirby.
Part of the homeschool community? Get your hands dirty while using teabags to learn about wetland soils and decomposition.
This is an event for the homeschool community only. Registration for the event is required and can be found here.
Join the NAIT Centre for Boreal Research's speaker series to learn about the past, present and future of wetland stewardship in the Peace Watershed.
This is a public event for all ages. Registration for the event is required and can be found here.
NAIT’s Boreal Nature Speaker Series is coming the Wetland Centre! This will will provide an informal setting for scientists and practitioners to share their knowledge and passion with the citizens of forest based communities and connect them with research done in their own backyard.
This is a public event (Ages 14+). A link registration page link will be provided closer to the event date.
New to the Bioblitz? Attend our tutorial and find out how you can use the iNaturalist app to contribute to citizen science at the Wetland Centre.
Tutorials at 1:00-2:30 PM and 6:30-8:00 PM
This is a public event for all ages. Contact Emilie Caldwell for more information!
Join the Bioblitz! Contribute to citizen science at the Wetland Centre by taking photos of all the bugs, plants and wildlife you can find and enter it into the iNaturalist app!
More details to come for this all-ages, self guided event!
Bringing environmental and natural resource education to life for students and teachers is the name of the game for Inside Education who will be delivering programming to local schools at the Wetland Centre multiple times this season.
This is a private event. For more information about Inside Education programming, please contact Charlotte Thomasson.
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Stay up to date with the various events hosted at The Boreal Wetland Centre at our Event Schedule.
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