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What's New in the Watershed
May 2012
In This Issue
Grassland Vegetation Inventory
Dam Removal
Rivers from Space
SEAWA Low Impact Development Video
Meet our Youth Team leaders!

Addison Mohn and 
Josh Edison had this to say: "We have been with SEAWA for over a year now and we are glad to be able to organize and run the SEAWA Youth Team. We feel like it has boosted our communication skills and shown us the importance of the watershed we live in. We are passionate about teaching children and sharing with the public what SEAWA has to offer. We can't wait to see you at the next event!"

 

Water Words  
 
Aquifer

 

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated material such as gravel, sand or silt that stores and/or transmits water.

 

A CONFINED aquifer is bounded above and below by layers of less permeable material.

 

An UNCONFINED aquifer is similar but the saturated material is not bounded by an upper layer. 

 

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prairie hill
Recommended Reading: The Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI) was initiated by Alberta's Prairie Conservation Action Plan (PCAP) to assess the change in the native vegetation characteristics of Alberta's prairie landscape. Read more here... 
elwha dam
 
Dam removal - what gets left behind?
What does the landscape look like after a dam is removed and the water levels recede? On the Elwha River in Washington State, a lunar landscape emerged - check out the photos and learn more about the river restoration here....
confluence
 
SEAWA loves rivers and these 15 outstanding photos feature some of the longest rivers in the world and other captivating places where waterways meet. Check them out here... (that's the South Saskatchewan River at left, where the Bow and the Oldman rivers meet).
Rain barrels
Featured Video:  
Heading out to your garden soon? Watch this video first! Medicine Hat College students interviewed Leta van Duin from the Alberta Low Impact Development Partnership and asked her about her low impact, water saving garden. Watch (and learn) here ...
watering tip
Conservation Corner

Do you have a favourite water conservation tip? We'd love to share it (and help make you famous)! Send us an email. If we use your tip you will also receive a SEAWA water bottle.

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Please, feel free to contact us with any comments or questions you have about SEAWA, about land and water issues in the region, or about your personal connection to the watershed.
 
Contact Info
Maggie Romuld M.Sc., P.Biol.
Watershed Project Coordinator
maggie@seawa.ca