| Boreal Bird Experience Hikes ($5): 6:30, 7:30 & 8:30 AM |
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Talk a 2-hour birding walk with our interpreters and drop by the banding lab for a visit. |
| Banding Lab Tours ($5): departing at 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 AM |
| Family Activities: 9 AM to 1 PM |
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Bird House Building ($10), Bird mask craft, “The Life of Birds” tent with fun hands-on activities, face painting
PRIZE FOR BEST BIRD COSTUME – children will have the opportunity to create a costume at the festival |
| Special Workshops: 10 AM – 1 PM |
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10 AM
Multi-purpose room
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Birding Basics with the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory
Would you like to be a bird watcher? Learn the basics of birding and bird identification with this interactive and fun program for all ages. |
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10 AM
Downstairs Lab |
Green Cleaning Workshop, Alberta Conservation Team
This is a hands-on workshop inviting participants to consider the impact of cleaning chemicals on our environment and health, and consider healthy alternatives. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about green cleaning and make their own multi purpose green cleaner. |
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11 AM
Outdoor tent |
Grouard Historical Village – Northern Lakes College: in a series of three presentations, learn about the history of the Slave Lake area and its people. |
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Archaeological History of Northern Alberta
First People’s Family
The Metis of Northern Alberta |
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11 AM
Downstairs Lab |
Green Cleaning Workshop, Alberta Conservation Team
This is a hands-on workshop inviting participants to consider the impact of cleaning chemicals on our environment and health, and consider healthy alternatives. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about green cleaning and make their own multi purpose green cleaner. |
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12 Noon Multipurpose Room |
Trumpeter Swan Presentation
–Alain Fontaine, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development.
The Trumpeter Swan was once common throughout North America. By the 1900s, however, a combination of habitat destruction and hunting led the species to near extinction. Discover more about the worlds rarest swan and hear about the conservation efforts taking place to recover the trumpeter swan populations in Northern Alberta. |
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12 Noon
Downstairs Lab |
Green Cleaning Workshop, Alberta Conservation Team
This is a hands-on workshop inviting participants to consider the impact of cleaning chemicals on our environment and health, and consider healthy alternatives. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about green cleaning and make their own multi purpose green cleaner. |
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12 Noon (tentative)
Songbird Trail |
Family walk in the Boreal Forest
Explore the secrets of the Boreal Forest with the Lesser Slave Forest Education Society. Suitable for all ages. |
| Early Bird Pancake Breakfast and hotdogs during event |
| Silent auction plus special guest artist on site |
| Building Tours of the Boreal Centre |
