Since November, we have been collecting letters/emails detailing the flood experiences of Calgarians to be used as evidence in support of SR1 at the upcoming NRCB hearing. To those who have written in, we can’t thank you enough for sharing your personal stories with us. We are still accepting letters and we’ve also created a 2-minute survey to make responding even easier. If you have already submitted a letter, you […]

The Impact Assessment Agency (IAA) of Canada issued the draft Environmental Assessment Report (EAR) and potential draft conditions for SR1 on January 4, 2021. The Report concludes that, taking into account the implementation of the key mitigation and follow-up program measures, SR1 is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. The IAA also proposes 104 draft conditions. Issuance of the Report, and its “no significant adverse effects” conclusion is […]

Earlier this month we shared information on the recently released draft flood inundation maps for Alberta. The province has solicited public feedback on the maps and the deadline is this FRIDAY, January 15. Remember, the draft maps are inundation maps NOT flood hazard maps — hazard maps are likely to come sometime next year. The draft maps can be viewed easily in the Flood Awareness Map Application: https://floods.alberta.ca/?app_code=FI&mapType=Draft. You do not […]

Alberta Environment and Parks has released draft flood inundation maps and reports and public feedback is being accepted until January 15, 2021. Although it is the the Bow and Elbow River and Upper Bow River flood studies we are most interested in, the public engagement is part of a larger initiative for 18 new flood studies, covering over 1,500 kilometres of river through more than 60 municipalities and First Nations. It is important to note that […]