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Scheduled Website Maintenance 

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Rocky View County’s website, rockyview.ca, will be offline on Thursday June 22, 2023, from 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. for maintenance. We encourage residents and businesses to plan their online interactions with the County around this outage. Thank you for your understanding as we make upgrades to serve Read More...

36th Annual Ag Tour – Aug 31

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

SOLD OUT. YOU CAN STILL REGISTER TO BE ON A WAITLIST.This hot, sought out event sells out fast; register today for the annual Rocky View County Agricultural Tour. This event is a day-long bus tour that will take you to various farms and ag-businesses in the northeast area of the County! You will Read More...

Ag Roundup and Household Hazardous Waste Collection

Monday, June 5, 2023

If you don’t live near one of Rocky View County’s transfer sites and have material that needs to be disposed of/recycled, plan to take it to one of the various Agricultural Roundup days this summer.  Mark the date and location that works for you! Rocky View County’s Waste and Recycling is hosting Ag Read More...

Overview of New Government Funding Available for Producers 

Monday, May 29, 2023

The Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) funding expired on March 31, 2023. To support continued innovation, growth and prosperity, the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) launched its programs to replace the CAP program - a five‐year (2023-2028), $3.5-billion Read More...

Foxtail Barley Management

Monday, May 29, 2023

Foxtail barley is a native bunchgrass found throughout Canada, primarily in moist or saline depressions but can also occur in cultivated fields, roadsides, waste lands, and lawn. It is a perennial plant, greenish purple in colour with round, hollow stems, and swollen nodes. The unique seed head has Read More...

Join us for an Agricultural Workshop

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Join Rocky View County for an Agricultural Workshop! These educational workshops are designed to support rural life in the County. Registration is required.  Be sure to check back to this page as registration details will be added to each workshop closer to its start date. Current EventsGrazing Read More...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Update

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Throughout 2022, an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), an H5N1 strain, occurred in wild and domestic birds across Canada and USA. In Alberta, the outbreak began in early April 2022 and it has been detected across many other provinces in Canada. A surge in cases is expected to Read More...

Winter Damage to Evergreen Trees

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Springtime needle discoloration on previously healthy evergreens is often a result of some form of winter injury. Many factors such as winter desiccation, salt, frost, drought, flood, or soil deficiency are some of the reasons why evergreen trees and shrubs could turn brown, change colour, or loose Read More...

Groundwater Connections – March Program Updates

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Groundwater Connections is a community-based watershed program for sustainable groundwater management that was designed as an economic approach for monitoring groundwater levels in Rocky View County.The goal of this project is to increase our knowledge base of the cumulative impact of multiple wells Read More...

Volunteers Needed: Looking for access to private wetlands in Rocky View County

Friday, April 14, 2023

The Miistakis Institute is looking for landowners with wetlands on their property that would be willing to participate in a project to study amphibians in Rocky View County. There have been six amphibian species historically reported in the area, including boreal chorus frog, wood frog, northern Read More...

2023 Cochrane RCMP – Rural Town Hall to be Held Tuesday, March 28

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Cochrane RCMP invite citizens and businesses from Rocky View County/Cochrane Detachment area, including Elbow Valley, Bragg Creek, Springbank, Bearspaw, and Cochrane Lake to a Rural Town Hall.RCMP representatives will provide an update on the policing activities over the past year and seek your Read More...

Rocky View County is seeking public feedback through a telephone survey 

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

This March, some Rocky View County residents will receive phone calls requesting their participation in a County satisfaction survey. The survey aims to gather feedback from residents on County services, value for services, quality of life, and priority areas of investment for Rocky View County in Read More...

2023 Strathmore RCMP – Rural Town Hall to be Held at Sarah Thompson School

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Strathmore RCMP, along with Rocky View County Enforcement Services, invite citizens and businesses from the Rocky View County/Strathmore Detachment area to a Rural Town Hall.RCMP representatives will provide an update on the policing activities over the past year and seek your input in order to Read More...

Community Recreation Funding Deadline March 1

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Rocky View County is accepting applications under our Community Recreation Funding Grant program.Funds are available for non-profit organizations incorporated under the Societies Act or the Agricultural Services Act, and whose objectives include servicing the recreation needs of the community. The Read More...

Profitable Ranching — Is It Possible?

Thursday, December 22, 2022

If you’re trying to improve your ranch’s profitability, here are a few things to consider.Full Article Read More...

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