BUILD THE COMMUNITY
Our “State of the Biome” Symposium Series
In honor of the 2026 International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP), and leading up to our Roadmap Summit in November, 2026, we’ve launched a symposium series to explore several different topics in the biome, and to create connection and work collaboratively on key initiatives. Each webinar will include expert presentations to provide status updates and build awareness about progress on each topic with biome-wide representation. Learn more and view resources from recent symposium series on our dedicated page.
The 2026 Summit
Workgroups & Communities of Practice
The Central Grasslands Roadmap is uniquely positioned to convene cross-sector teams and representatives from across the biome to work together.
Workgroups work as a team to identify challenges and create collaborative solutions.
Communities of Practice provide space for attendees to learn one from another and consider best practices that can be scaled throughout the biome or applied to solving individual challenges.
Interested in joining a Workgroup or Community of Practice? Sign up here!
Policy Committee
Conservation Delivery Community of Practice
Communication Work Group
Central Grasslands Bird Working Group
Funders Workgroup
Social Ecological Workgroup
Steering Committee
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
MAY 2026
Alberta Wilderness Association’s “Prairies and Parkland Weekend” with various specialists. May 30 & 31, 2026 … Join AWA for a two-day adventure on May 30 and 31st, 2026, showcasing unique and lesser-known ecosystems in the province: Rumsey and the Wainwright Dunes.
Birds and Blooms in Rumsey with Cheryl Bradley, Terry Krause, and Cliff Wallis. May 30, 2026 – 10:00 a.m.. Rumsey.
Located approximately 40 km north of Drumheller, Rumsey is a transitional area of Central Parkland and Northern Fescue that is also an exceptional example of a knob and kettle landscape (hummocky moraine) within Alberta. Join us to explore this landscape and discuss the various land uses in the region. Register for Birds and Blooms in Rumsey
Wainwright Dunes Discovery with Cliff Wallis and AWA. May 31, 2026 – 8:00 a.m.. Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve.
Join us for a unique hike and birding tour out among the grasslands and wetlands of the Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve. You will see aspen groves and sand dunes interspersed with marshy bogs and the valley of Ribstone Creek. Register for Wainwright Dunes Discovery - Alberta Wilderness Association
Or register for both by donation: Adventure for Wilderness – Prairies and Parkland Weekend
JUNE 2026
Alberta Wilderness Association’s Taber Native Grassland Tour with Ruiping Luo and other specialists. June 6, 2026
Join us in MD Taber for a day of all things grasslands! Learn about the plants that grow here, and understand the threats facing these ecosystems. Register by Donation for Taber Native Grassland Tour - Alberta Wilderness Association
EMAIL US TO SUBMIT A CALENDAR ITEM: info@grasslandsroadmap.org
Summits
In both 2020 and 2022, more than 200 organizations across seven sectors representing Mexico, Canada, the U.S., and Indigenous/First Nations, came together to commit to conserve North America’s Central Grasslands. Summit and Roadmap participants always include a cross-section of leaders and experts that live and work in the Central Grasslands — including ranchers and producers, federal agencies, state/provincial agencies, foundations, industry, academia, nongovernmental organizations, and Indigenous/First Nations leaders.
Roadmap-Hosted Forums
Forums bring together smaller groups and partners from the Roadmap Summit to target specific issues, challenges and topics. Below are overviews and materials from several forums … please note that the material for each Forum is what was distributed at the time of the Forum, it is not up-to-date, but instead documenting the work in that moment in time.
