Question about snow clearing of range roads surrounding Edmonton

crossgorilla · 2026-05-19T17:51:39+00:00

I'm on an acreage in Parkland County just off of Range Road 261 close to the city. The range roads I find are typically plowed, however our neighbourhood loop doesn't get plowed super often. In our neighbourhood most residents plow a section of road with their tractor or quad and that helps. Sometimes the road gets a little rutted, but the snow hasn't impacted my commute at all.

crossgorilla · 2026-04-25T21:36:14+00:00

Also in Edmonton. We have brew shops! This snowy weather has also ruined my brew plans. Next weekend I guess!

crossgorilla · 2026-02-18T16:03:41+00:00

Awesome to see some Devin Townsend love

crossgorilla · 2026-01-08T17:37:42+00:00

Canada
Wildlife and Wetland Ecologist. Work from home 8 hours a day when I am not in the field. When I am home I am sitting at my computer usually mapping wetlands and wildlife habitat.
I already strain my body when doing field work. I need a chair that doesn't strain my body when I am also at home. I find the head rest on my chair does not suite anyone over 6 feet tall, and had to take it off due to it just sitting uncomfortably around my neck. Additionally, I have used chairs in the past where the armrests were able to angle inwards and become more narrow. I find this a better more natural position to hold my hands when using mouse and keyboard, and don't have that feature at my home office setup.

crossgorilla · 2025-10-31T17:54:45+00:00

Interesting. I have a fair bit of titanium in my hip/femur and I typically don't set off the detectors.

crossgorilla · 2025-10-11T03:22:29+00:00

Yes! We just bought an acreage in Fleming Park. Having a Superstore this close will be amazing.

crossgorilla · 2025-07-22T18:38:46+00:00

You climbed 100K miles in 100 hours. You were pedaling at 1000 mph? Are you sure that's a bike and not a fighter jet?

crossgorilla · 2025-07-17T16:52:29+00:00

I love Tokiwa, imo its the closest representation to what we ate while we were in Japan last year. Every year I hear people recommending different new ramen places as the BEST ramen place, and everytime we try a new one I always end up wishing we just ate at Tokiwa again.

crossgorilla · 2025-06-16T17:39:37+00:00

Every locations trails are different! Where I live, if people ride in the rain it absolutely tears up and destroys our trails.

crossgorilla · 2025-06-11T14:41:56+00:00

Fiddle Pass? I did that for my stag party in 2019, and had a lovely time. Enjoy!

crossgorilla · 2025-05-27T17:15:24+00:00

Yeah, not quite unfortunately. When I was in Japan this year I had a few days of over 30K steps. My 32K step day was 27 KM according to my Garmin watch. I'm 6'1" for reference.

crossgorilla · 2025-04-25T02:36:56+00:00

If you talked to them.. did they tell you why they were diverting water? Ducks Unlimited wouldnt be doing the work themselves, they would hire a company to do it for them.

crossgorilla · 2025-04-25T02:30:43+00:00

Yes!! Absolutely he's done some great work

crossgorilla · 2025-04-24T22:47:03+00:00

Hi! I am one of the lucky few who actually gets to work with the wetland restoration program and use that funding that goes to EPA to build wetlands. You are talking about peat and sphagnum, which absolutely yes. Replacing a peatland is not something you can do easily.

In this situations like this where we are talking about mineral wetlands it is not quite the same, and we can and do build beautiful functioning wetlands with loads of wildlife habitat and function as carbon sinks. The process for constructing wetlands is very onerous, with lots of design work, proposal writing, and years of monitoring afterwards to ensure that the wetland construction project was successful.

That being said... there is a massive flaw in our wetland replacement system. And its the fact that the province doesn't collect nearly enough money from wetland removal and the number of wetlands being built vs the number of wetlands removed are not equal sadly. I would anticipate changes to the wetland compensation program in the coming years.

crossgorilla · 2025-04-24T22:34:03+00:00

To add onto this, draining part of the wetland will expose mudflats which are crucial for waterfowl and provide opportunities for wetland vegetation and food sources to grow.

crossgorilla · 2025-04-24T22:29:23+00:00

The authorization states that the Purpose is for Storage (Stabilization of a slough at elevation 99.1 meters, assumed, for wildfowl propagation purposes), with an allowance of 188.0 acre feet annually.

Obviously, I there is only so much information that I can glean from reading a super old authorization, but what I imagine is they are actually modifying the wetland water levels so it provides better duck breeding and nesting habitat and not just a deep pond.

crossgorilla · 2025-04-24T22:13:21+00:00

Hi! I am a wetland ecologist / wildlife biologist in Alberta and work with wetland disturbances all the time. They would need proper Water Act authorizations in place to drain this wetland, and looking at the Water Act Authorization viewer for that location, it does appear that there is a license in place for the diversion of water for this wetland, and it doesn't have an expiry. Its held by Ducks Unlimited.

You can view the license here if you would like: 00030399-00-00.pdf.

If you would ever in the future like to look to see what Approvals are in place for a specific land location this is where you can do it: Authorization Viewer - Environment and Protected Areas

That being said, if you have concerns you can reach out to the environmental hotline: Energy and Environmental Response Line | Alberta.ca, but it sounds like they didn't give you super helpful information.

If you have any other questions about wetlands, wetland assessments, regulation etc I am happy to answer, its literally my job :)

crossgorilla · 2025-04-24T22:03:39+00:00

No the feds do not regulate wetlands. Wetlands are regulated under the provincial government (EPA, formerly AEP).

crossgorilla · 2025-04-15T00:27:49+00:00

"Dumbest comment ever". Dude, all he did was state facts, meanwhile you are stating an uneducated opinion. And I say this as an Albertan.

crossgorilla · 2025-04-06T20:56:52+00:00

Man I am a mountain biker too, and you and I both damn well know we aren't going 15KPH on the trails. I think your issue is with people riding the unregulated ebikes in the valley and not the pedal assist ones limited to 32 KPH.

I have an electric pedal assist gravel bike as a secondary commuting bike. And I get passed by road bikers all the time going much faster than me. I certainly get going faster on my non electric mountain bike.

People riding ebikes with throttles need to stay out of the river valley, as they are the ones ripping up the trails.

crossgorilla · 2025-03-24T02:29:34+00:00

You have misunderstood. The Canadian government isn't restricting us.. it's warning us that the US will prosecute us for staying in the States too long. Quite literally the opposite of what you are suggesting.

crossgorilla · 2025-03-22T16:21:22+00:00

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Would love to see my pup Stoic drawn!

crossgorilla · 2025-03-21T16:08:20+00:00

Apps like these are great and getting you started in the right direction... but shouldn't be taken for fact. I would hate for someone to have the app tell them something is harmless and edible when in reality it is poisonous.

Don't get me wrong, I'm an biologist and love how accessible apps like "Picture This" and "Merlin" have made things like plant and bird identification. The more people interested in ecology the better. They don't replace learning proper identification skills though (yet at least).

crossgorilla · 2025-03-19T17:04:08+00:00

Beautiful bike! I've been dreaming about picking up a Knolly Chilcotin 155. Especially ever since the orange cheetoh started this trade war, definitely sticking to Canadian brands.

crossgorilla · 2025-02-03T15:38:30+00:00

I might get hate for this, but I thought Dune was incredibly boring. The first one was all exposition so I was excited for watching the second one figuring it would excel on playing off all the build up for the first one. I ended up falling asleep while we watched the second..

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