Goal: $2,000

Minimum donation per participant: $50

All donations to AWA are eligible for a charitable tax receipt.

• Hiking boots
• Clothing that can provide protection in the event of cold or wet weather; as well as a hat for protection from the sun
• Lunch as well as snacks, energy bars, water, etc. for the trail
• Sunscreen and bug repellent

We will observe COVID-19 precautions and guidance from the Government of Alberta and expect participants to follow appropriate sanitizing and social distancing. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation! If you need more details you can check the Government website at: this link.

Please bring a personal mask and your own hand sanitizer.

Thank you for joining us for this exceptional day out in one of Alberta’s truly wonderful Wild Spaces — we look forward to meeting you there!

Status as per Alberta Wildfire Website (Jun 3, 2021):
CWF-156-20, The Devil's Head Wildfire from the 2020 wildfire season was scanned on Wednesday morning and is now considered extinguished. This wildfire was caused by an abandoned campfire and burned 2,420 hectares.
Just prior to the hike, the coordinator will make sure that it is completely safe to enter the wildfire area.

With wildfire expert Edward A. Johnson, Ph.D.* in attendance and prepared to talk about the various sites we will be touring, this is a truly unparalleled opportunity to learn about the nature of wildfires and their impact on Alberta’s landscape – both historical, and contemporary, as well as what we can expect to see in the future in the context of our changing climate.

PHOTO ©Z. Unger

PHOTO ©Z. Unger

PHOTO ©V. Pharis

* Edward A. Johnson Ph.D. is Faculty Professor of Ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences and was Director of the Biogeoscience Institute for 27 years. His research interests are in the coupling of physical processes to ecological processes. He has done fieldwork in Australia, Canada, Belize, Sri Lanka, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.

He has published many papers in refereed scientific journals and five books, including Fire and Vegetation Dynamics (Cambridge University Press) and Forest Fires: Behavior and Ecological Effects (Academic Press). In 1986, he received the William S. Cooper Award of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) for his research. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and a Fellow Ecological Society of America.

He has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of New South Wales (Australia), Guelph, Wisconsin, California-Berkeley; and a Bullard Fellow at Harvard University. He has been the Editor in Chief of the ESA Bulletin for 11 years, as well as Editor of several other journals of ecology and geosciences.