Dear Members, Here’s a note that we sent along to Bruce Graham, President and CEO of Calgary Economic Development, in response to his Opinion Letter in today’s Calgary Herald: http://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/graham-are-we-ready-for-flood-season  Bruce,  On behalf of the many hard working folks on CRCAG (www.protectcalgary.com), THANK YOU for these statements regarding the impact of flooding to the entire City. It’s a message we’ve been pounding for months and to see your leadership, along with the Mayor’s, on […]

Election Survey Earlier this week CRCAG sent a questionnaire to the candidates running in Calgary-Bow, Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Fort and Calgary-Mountain View on flood mitigation. We have asked the candidates to respond by May 2nd. Once we get the candidate responses we will email them out and post them on our website.The CRCAG Election Questionnaire on flood mitigation can be found here.Mandate SurveyThanks to all of the members who responded to our […]

CLICK HERE FOR THE SURVEY   As we near the second anniversary of the devastating flood of 2013, the Calgary River Communities Action Group (CRCAG) continues to advocate for solutions to protect the citizens of Calgary from a future flood event.  We have not wavered from the mandate set out in the early days of our formation and fundamentally our goals remain the same.  Below is a re-statement of CRCAG’s […]

Meeting with Alberta Environment Sustainable Resource Development and City of Calgary Flood Resiliency GroupOn April 10, 2015 Directors of CRCAG met with ESRD and the City of Calgary Flood Resiliency Group to discuss public information sessions for the Bow and Elbow River communities.CRCAG expressed to ESRD and the City of Calgary that specific information sessions tailored to the concerns of Bow and Elbow River communities would be most beneficial. We […]

On Tuesday March 3, 2015 Directors of CRCAG met with the City of Calgary Flood Resiliency Group. Adam Legge from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce was invited on behalf of CRCAG to attend as well. The Flood Resiliency Group is working toward implementing the 27 recommendations made in the Expert Panel Report. To access the report please visit: http://www.calgary.ca/UEP/Water/Documents/Water-Documents/Flood-Panel-Documents/Expert-Management-Panel-Report-to-Council.PDF).Water Resources is nearing the completion of revised flood maps for the City […]

CRCAG representatives were present at the Water Collaborative held on Feb 11, 2015. The detailed environment review ESRD request AMEC to perform for the McLean Creek Dam (MC1) was presented. A number of environmental, land use and social impacts were identified. A decision on whether the Province will proceed with the project will be announced some time in April. IBI presented its flood damage assessment for the City of Calgary.  […]

Meeting with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) and Call to Action for Bow River Flood Mitigation   On Friday February 27, 2015 representatives from CRCAG (Rob, Gloria and David) met with Andrew Wilson and Matt Machielse of ESRD to specifically address the negotiations between TransAlta and the Province. The following items were discussed:   ESRD is aware that the lack of communication on mitigation measures for Bow River […]

Your CRCAG board members continue to meet with elected officials and stakeholders on your behalf. Below are some of the meetings we have attended in the last month.   Feb 11th – Water Collaborative – Government of Alberta Feb 21st – Meeting with Minister Kyle Fawcett (ESRD) and Minister Gordon Dirks (MLA for Calgary-Elbow) Feb 23rd – CRCAG Board Meeting Feb 27th – Meeting with Matt Machielse Assistant Deputy Minister […]

A CALL TO ACTION WE NEED YOUR IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FOR THE SPRINGBANK OFF-STREAM RESERVOIR http://www.alberta.ca/springbank-road.cfm Dear CRCAG Members, It has come to our attention that a public rally at Calgary’s McDougall Center is being organized for this Thursday, March 5, 11 am to 1 pm, in support of a proposed upstream mitigation project on the Elbow River, the McLean Creek Dam (“MC1”) and against the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (“SR1”) option. Go to http://www.dammclean.org for additional information. While CRCAG […]

The Government of Alberta (GOA)  yesterday (Feb 26, 2015) released the Benefit-Cost Analyses of the three proposed Elbow River upstream flood mitigation projects presently under consideration by the GOA, and the Provincial Flood Damage Assessment Study upon which the benefit-cost analyses were based.  Completion of these studies is an important step toward having flood mitigation infrastructure in place to protect both Calgary and Bragg Creek.   In short, the benefit-cost analyses […]