Founded in 2008, the North Saskatchewan River Valley Conservation Society was created to protect and enhance biodiversity inherent to the North Saskatchewan River Valley, including its tributary ravines and bench lands. The group seeks to foster public awareness of the unique interrelationships between wildlife, habitat, and aquatic environments, and to advocate for the protection of the unique ecological and recreational values to be found in Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River Valley.

The Society’s approach is regional in scope and conforms to the principle of ecological connectivity that is the foundation for Natural Connections, the City’s own natural areas conservation plan. Conserving the Woodbend Natural Area would ensure that river valley and upland connectivity are maintained both to Big Island to the north, and the Sand Dunes/White Birch Woodlot natural area to the west.

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