About this Event
The headwaters of Southern Alberta's Eastern Slopes regulate water supply, support wildlife and biodiversity, provide recreation opportunities, and sustain downstream agricultural and municipal economies. But these landscapes are facing increasing cumulative pressure from forestry, roads and linear disturbance, recreation impacts, grazing, climate-driven drought, and hydrological volatility. Existing governance systems often address these issues in fragmented, sector-by-sector ways, even though the real challenge is how these pressures interact across the landscape over time. 
At the same time, the Government of Alberta’s Ghost–Kananaskis Sub-Regional Plan process has opened a rare public window to discuss the future of this region. This assembly is designed to complement that moment by creating a more open, participatory, and community-rooted space for dialogue.
This assembly will include:
- a plain-language overview of headwaters pressures and cumulative effects
- perspectives from local and regional voices
- facilitated discussion on priorities, tradeoffs, and watershed stewardship
- opportunities to help shape future recommendations and community organizing
Who should attend: Residents, local community members, ranchers, recreation users, watershed advocates, scientists, municipal leaders, restoration practitioners, and anyone concerned about water security and the future of Alberta’s headwaters.
This is not an adversarial debate and not a single-sector campaign. It is a public-interest gathering focused on the long-term stewardship of shared landscapes. The goal is informed deliberation, a stronger civic voice, and better watershed governance. That fits your concept note’s emphasis on informed deliberation rather than adversarial debate, and on not collapsing the initiative into an anti-forestry or anti-recreation frame.  
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Cochrane RancheHouse, 101 Ranchehouse Road, Cochrane, Canada
CAD 0.00
