Friends of Kinnaird Ravine and Edmonton’s Master naturalist prgram

Friends of Kinnaird Ravine is a stewardship group that arose out of the now defunct City of Edmonton Master Naturalist Program. The program was recognized as an Emerald Finalist for its high level of citizen engagement and overall efficacy in creating support for Edmonton’s Breathe planning document. Breathe is Edmonton’s Green Network Strategy for planning a healthy city by encouraging connection and integration of open space at the site, neighbourhood, city and regional levels. ERVCC would like see renewal of the Master Naturalist program, we advocate for its reinstitution and funding.

Friends of Kinnaird Ravine (FKR)Please join

This facebook page was set up to bring together ravine stewards. The group was first started as a master naturalist project by Ted Campbell and is now being led by local steward Kevin Cantelon whose day job is with Alberta Parks. Kevin’s is a biologist and educator who is passionate about protecting urbanites ability to live harmoniously with nature. Rat Creek Press has covered his approach well. ERVCC and Kevin invite you to join the Facebook page and consider getting involved in stewardship activities in Kinnaird. The facebook page is moderated to encourage people to engage in stewardship and nature appreciation. The moderators discourage posting about houselessness issues as there are better ways for us all to work together to support ending the housing and safety net crisis.

Mission of Friends of Kinnaird

To protect the ecological health, biodiversity and natural integrity of the Kinnaird Ravine through advocacy, education, intervention and community organization.

Mandate

We all have a role to play to ‘protect’ and ‘advocate’ for the ecological health, biodiversity and natural integrity of the Kinnaird Ravine through working collectively and collaboratively with the many residential and municipal stakeholders associated with the Kinnaird Ravine.

Kinnaird Ravine supporters are also interested in addressing the route causes of homeless but we discourage posting on the Facebook Page. People living rough is common in Kinnaird and the FKR wants to ensure they are safe. As Kevin Cantelon says no-one should die alone in a dark ravine.