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Glen Lawrence's love affair withBeaver Hills started long before hisassociation with the Beaver HillsInitiative (BHI), but his associationwith the regional conservation grouphas sparked new ideas and fueled hispassion for this special landscapewhich encompasses just over 1,500square kilometres.

The Ministik area resident, and chairof the BHI, talks excitedly and enthusi-astically about the non-profit organiza-tion's mission to work together for asustainable region through share initia-tives and co-ordinated action.

His vision, and BHI's vision is tovalue the region for its natural beauty,quality of life, and co-operative effortsto sustain the quality of water, land, air,natural resources and communitydevelopment in the Cooking LakeMoraine.

Currently, over 30 organizations areaffiliated and support the BHI, includ-ing the municipalities of LamontCounty, Strathcona County, BeaverCounty, Leduc County, and CamroseCounty.

Co-operation and teamwork, sayLawrence, are the two key componentsin the success of BHI's which markedits 10th anniversary in 2012.

"This is the last remnant of this veryunique area," adds Lawrence, of thediverse knob and kettle topographythat was originally created by glacialretreat.

It consists of dry mixed wood borealforest, rich wetlands, high biodiversity,and higher elevations with a cooler andwetter climate.

While BHI has "grown out of its orig-inal purpose," Lawrence says there aremany new initiatives planned over thenext three years.

Some of those initiatives include:reviewing and updating of the BHIland management framework, web

based mapping and data accessibilityfor planners, matching citizens to sci-ence measuring and monitoring ofresearch, and sustainable tourismdevelopment, to name a few.

One of the most ambitious initiativeswill be the submission of the BiosphereReserve designation nomination, slatedto happen sometime this year.

Lawrence says BHI is in a very goodposition in terms of its application toUNESCO (the United NationsEducational, Scientific, and CulturalOrganization.)

Lawrence says there are only twobiosphere reserves in Alberta. They areWaterton National Park and BanffNational Park. In total, there are15 bios-

pheres in Canada, and 553 in 107 coun-tries.

Touring throughout the Beaver Hillsarea, Lawrence says there are manybeautiful vistas to behold. "It's a verydiverse piece of the world which hasremained fairly intact during its 100year history."

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Glen Lawrence shares a vision with the Beaver Hills Initiative, to sustain the quality of water, land, air, natural resouces, andcommunity development in the Cooking Lake Moraine.

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But Lawrence is carefulto point out that vigi-lance will be required tocontinue to protect theunique ecosystem. Thatis why BHI has beenworking to protect andconserve many of its spe-cial areas as well asmany of the birds andanimals, and otherspecies who live in theregion full time. Hewould also like toremind people that with-out those other species,we wouldn't be able toexist.

BHI is also workinghand-in-hand to createconservation easements,

to purchase environmen-tally and historically sen-sitive parcels of land,and to connect existingand development newtrails, and conduct vari-ous wildlife studies.

So while much hasbeen accomplished,there is much more toaccomplish, and GlenLawrence, along withother volunteer mem-bers and partners will beworking hand in hand toensure that one ofCanada's most uniquelandscapes remainsintact for many years tocome.

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Touring throughout theBeaver Hills area, Law-rence says there are manybeautiful vistas to behold.

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The Beaver Hills areahas a special geographicalsignificance and naturalhabitat. As part of theBeaver Hills SustainableCommunity Initiative(BHI) group, officials arenow also working to des-ignate the area a bios-phere reserve underUNESCO's "Man and theBiosphere" program.

UNESCO stands forUnited Nations Educa-tional, Scientific andCultural Organization. Itsbiosphere reserve desig-nation, once granted,makes this a permanentarea representing theworld's biodiversity,established to demon-strate practical approach-es to conservation andsustainable development.

There are 553 biospherereserves located in 107countries. In Canada,there are 15 biospherereserves in eight pro-vinces, including Water-ton National Park inAlberta.

In January 2009, BHIgave formal approval fora working group to applyfor that designation for anarea that includes 1,600sq. km. of moraine land,plus an upland area of"knob and kettle" topog-raphy.

The area also features adistinct landscape of drymixed wood boreal forest.

Dr. Guy Swinnerton,

PhD, Professor Emeritusat the University ofAlberta (U of A), is theBHI's Protected AreasWorking Group (PAWG)chair. PAWG is composedof representatives fromthe U of A (Edmonton andAugustana campuses),Parks Canada (Elk IslandNational Park), AlbertaTourism, Parks andRecreation (AlbertaParks), Alberta Sustain-able Resource Develop-ment, the StrathconaWilderness Centre, theNature Conservancy ofCanada, Ducks UnlimitedCanada, the AlbertaConservation Association,and the Alberta Fish andGame Association.

"It provides a very solidfoundation for a bios-phere reserve nomina-tion," he said in a presen-tation to Beaver Countyafter the initial announce-ment.

Swinnerton's reportstates that a "biospherereserve designation willgive international recog-nition and endorsementto what we are alreadydoing and have achievedto date."

This fits with the crite-ria that a particular areahave a "visually distinc-tive landscape" and a"sense of place" unique toitself.

"If successful, designa-tion of the Beaver Hills asa biosphere reservewould provide interna-tional acknowledgement

of the unique qualities ofthe Beaver Hills and whatthe BHI has achieved todate in demonstratingbiodiversity protectionand sustainable develop-ment," he states in thenewsletter.

"More importantly, bio-sphere reserve designa-tion would enable theBeaver Hills initiative tobecome a more active con-tributor to finding solu-tions to global challengessuch as the effects of cli-mate change, the provi-sion of ecosystem servic-es, and the impact ofurbanization on naturalcapital and ecosystems."

He said the ideas ofbioregional managementand protected landscapefit well with the biore-serve program atUNESCO.

Swinnerton said thenomination form would"demonstrate to the inter-national body the inven-tory of what we have herethat merits the require-ments of the UNESCOdesignation and that itcan continue deliveringthe product of a biospherereserve.

"We don't have tochange anything, we justhave to carry on withwhat we're doing," hesaid of the BHI organiza-tion.

The designation wouldbring international statusfor the area.

"It certainly has been animportant focus for gener-

ating community supportfor the area," he said, "bychanneling grassrootssupport."

Plus, the designationcan bring an increasedawareness of issues andaccess to information on aglobal scale.

For example, concernregarding preventing firein the Beaverhill Lakearea due to previousdrought conditions couldmean world-wide expertswould be available tohelp solve that problem.


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Sales � Parts � Service4519 - 51a Avenue

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