We created an iNaturalist project called "Save Nose Creek." It's been reconized globally by iNaturalist. If you make an iNaturalist observation within the Nose Creek Valley it will show up in our project. #SaveNoseCreek #yyc inaturalist.org/projects/save-…

BUG OUT SUNDAY: The Creek Watch Team finds all sorts of water bugs. This one is a Diving Beetle (Nebrioporus macronychus). Diving Beetles use their legs as paddles. They are an important part of the food chain in Nose Creek. #SaveNoseCreek #SNCbugs #yyc #RockyViewCounty #Airdrie

#MiistakisMonday: The Nose Creek Valley is a natural wildlife corridor as evidenced by the Miistakis Institute's Calgary Connect Project. Which recorded urban wildlife in Calgary. #SaveNoseCreek #SNCwildlife #TrailCams #yyc

WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY: Did you know we have snakes in the Nose Creek Valley? Watch where you step! #SaveNoseCreek #SNCwildlife #Snakes #GarterSnake #yyc #RockyViewCounty #Balzac #Airdrie #yyccc #abpoli #cdnpoli

Cut-leaf Fleabane (Erigeron compositus) is a low-growing, tufted perennial forb belonging to the Aster family (Asteraceae). #FloraFriday Photo Creds (iNaturalist): 1 - zazzaraceae 2 - matsonburger 3 - michaelstringer 4 - sheriff_woody_pct

#MiistakisMonday: Another great pic of deer using the Nose Creek Valley as a Wildlife Corridor. The Calgary Connect project that Miistakis Institute conducted highlights the importance of urban wildlife corridors. #SaveNoseCreek #SNCwildlife #yyc #abpoli

Prairie Woundwort (Stachys pilosa) is a perennial herb residing in the mint family that can be found within the Nose Creek valley. Keep your eyes (and nose) peeled to find them! #FloraFriday iNaturalist Photo Creds: 1 - krisskinou 2 - toby_spribille 3 - lizosborn 4 - skrentnyjeff

#MiistakisMonday: This trail camera capture of a Black-billed Magpie was from the @miistakis Institute's Calgary Connect project highlighting the importance of urban cooridoors. #savenosecreek #yyc #trailcams

Strict Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum) is a perennial in the Iris family. Now is the perfect time to be searching for the Nose Creek valley, so get out there and find them while the sun’s out! #FloraFriday From iNaturalist: 1-2 aspidoscelis 3 clairegentry 4 arniehachey

Nuttall’s Violet (Viola nuttallii) is a perennial herb in the Violet family (Violaceae) is vulnerable in Alberta. The Nose Creek Valley is proud to have such a stunning violet growing here! #FloraFriday iNaturalist: 1 jasonheadley 2 davidemartin 3 andershastings 4 norbertkondla

#MiistakisMonday: Throwback to May 2020 when this buck was growing in a nice set of antlers in the Nose Creek valley. In the fall, this highly vascularilzed velvet sheds to reveal bony antlers sure to impress any female. #nosecreek #yyc #trailcams

Construction to install a sidewalk along the north side of Country Hills Boulevard, east of Coventry Boulevard, has started which will create an accessible route to the storm water pond park near Nose Creek! Exciting step to have more people visiting the creek. #savenosecreek

Showy Locoweed (Oxytropis splendens) is a striking perennial that belongs in the Pea family. Go out and find them while they’re still flowering around Nose Creeek! #FloraFriday Photo Creds iNaturalist 1. justin734 2. winterwrenn 3. gthurow 4. owls2023

#MiistakisMonday: I bet you're not thinking of snow mid-June, but the animals of the Nose Creek Valley are busy breeding and reaping the rewards of summer before winter hits! @miistakis #nosecreek #yyc

Fee’s Lip Fern is a small, tufted fern in that has delicate, bluish-green fronds with rusty or white undersides that can be found in the Nose Creek Valley! #FloraFriday From iNaturalist: 1 mathis3 2 asherhiggins91 3 eric_hough 4 norbertkondla

Last Sunday, a group of Creek Head volunteers collaborated with the City of Calgary for our first invasive weed pull in the Nose Creek Valley! The most prolific weed they found was the Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans).

Back in late June, legendary plant biologist Kallum McDonald made a stop in West Nose Creek Park on their way back to Edmonton and recorded a new species on iNaturalist for all of the Calgary area! Meet Twin Arnica (Arnica sororia)! Photo Creds: 1-3 kallummcdonald 4: justin734

Creeping Nailwort is a small, mat-forming perennial that belongs in the Carnation family and are found on the rocky cliffs, erratics, and bone-dry slopes of the Nose Creek watershed. #FloraFriday iNaturalist Photo Creds 1-2 aspidoscelis 3 katykatekatkit 4 outdoorerik

Wyoming Flax (Linum compactum) is a small perennial herb. found in small populations on the rocky cliffs and arid hills of the Aurora area (Naato’siyinnipi) overlooking West Nose Creek. #FloraFriday iNaturalist Photo Credits 1 matthias22 2,3 ellyne 4 sidalcea

Throwback to a frosty November day with clear skies looking to downtown along Nose Creek. #throwback #yyc #nosecreek