Western Sky Land Trust
  • About
    • Our Story
    • What Is A Land Trust?
    • How We Conserve
    • Board Members and Staff
    • Visiting Our Properties
    • Areas Of Focus
  • Legacy Lands
    • Bow & Beyond Initiative
    • Bow River Watershed >
      • Bruce Islands
      • Highwood Ridge Farm
      • Grace Upon Grace
      • Nutrien Nodwell Nature Preserve
    • Mattheis Ranch
    • Rosebud River Valley >
      • Half Diamond Ranch
      • Spruce Coulee Farms
    • The Carroll Manning 55
    • Alequiers Lands
    • Chinook Valley
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  • Jerry Brunen Land Naming Ceremony

Bow & Beyond Initiative

Bow & Beyond Initiative 

Recognizing that land conservation is essential to the health of the Bow watershed, Western Sky created the Bow & Beyond Initiative, our effort to promote voluntary land conservation along the Bow River and its tributaries; we are the only land trust to do so. This promising initiative has already yielded several substantial conservation projects and more are currently underway

The Work Continues... 

The Bow & Beyond Initiative was created in 2010 as our signature program and involved contacting every landowner along the Bow River from Calgary to the Siksika First Nation Reserve. We are now in the second phase, with Western Sky staff and volunteers reaching out to landowners along the upper stretch of the Bow River, upstream of Calgary. We are also contacting landowners along the Elbow, Highwood and Sheep Rivers. Our goals with this initiative include:
Conserving natural areas, open spaces, ranch lands and farm lands
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We strive to protect habitat for all species of plants and animals.



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Creating awareness of the importance of watershed lands by working closely with landowners
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​We work with a diverse group of stakeholders to increase public awareness of the importance of the Bow River and wise watershed management.
Developing community-based watershed stewardship
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We partner with both private & recreational sectors, government, non-profits and individuals to further our community based watershed stewardship activities.

OUR ADDRESS

Western Sky Land Trust
Spring Gardens - Building D
861 – 40th Avenue N.E.
Mail Code #64
P.O. Box 2100, Stn. M
Calgary, AB  T2P 2M5
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CONTACT OUR TEAM

Max Fritz 
Executive Director
(403) 585 4054
mfritz@westernskylandtrust.ca
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Ellen Magidson
Development Director
(403) 268-4825
emagidson@westernskylandtrust.ca

​Kylana Rogers
Conservation Manager 
403-652-9585

krogers@westernskylandtrust.ca

Dustin Pate
Consultant - Conservation Specialist
403-862-1975 (mobile)



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  • About
    • Our Story
    • What Is A Land Trust?
    • How We Conserve
    • Board Members and Staff
    • Visiting Our Properties
    • Areas Of Focus
  • Legacy Lands
    • Bow & Beyond Initiative
    • Bow River Watershed >
      • Bruce Islands
      • Highwood Ridge Farm
      • Grace Upon Grace
      • Nutrien Nodwell Nature Preserve
    • Mattheis Ranch
    • Rosebud River Valley >
      • Half Diamond Ranch
      • Spruce Coulee Farms
    • The Carroll Manning 55
    • Alequiers Lands
    • Chinook Valley
  • Contact Us
  • Donate Now
    • Friends of Western Sky
    • Donate Via Canada Helps
    • Programs To Support
    • Partners and Supporters
  • Jerry Brunen Land Naming Ceremony