List of Participants in the Castle Special Place Working Group

Listed below are the people who participated in the development of and who support this conceptual proposal as a product of the Castle Special Place Working Group for purposes of initiating Government action on obtaining legislated protection; identified by their sector, organization or interest, and the nature of their involvement. The ‘nature of involvement’ column is specified as follows:

Participants of the Working Group listed as ‘representatives of’ an organization are those who officially speak for their organization, and their organization has formally endorsed the conceptual proposal.
Participants of the Working Group who are listed as ‘members or staff of’ organizations contributed to the proposal by sharing the perspectives of the organization they are part of. In this case, it should not be assumed by the reader that their organization has formally endorsed the proposal at this time. The nature of some organizations is that they must remain neutral.
Other participants of the Working Group are listed as community member; as individuals representing their interests as landholders adjacent to the Castle Special Place, disposition holders within it, or businesses that use it; or in their specific role in relation to the Castle Special Place (e.g. steward, scientist).

All participants in the Working Group are:

residents of Livingstone-Fort Macleod constituency or are representing groups that have members resident there; or
businesses that use the Castle Special Place; or
Lethbridge residents. (The largest user group of the Castle Special Place is the residents of Lethbridge, as determined by earlier visitor surveys.)

Castle Special Place Working Group

	Sector	Name (including alternates)	Nature of Involvement on Work Group	Organization or Interest
1	Adjacent landholder	Phil Hazelton	Landholder	landholder, Gladstone Valley, Division #3
2	Adjacent landholder	John Russell	Landholder	landholder, Division #1
3	Adjacent landholder	Hilah Simmons	Landholder	landholder, Gladstone Valley, Division #3
4	Commerce	Jolaine Kelly	Business	Stepping Stone Bed & Breakfast, Beaver Mines
5	Community-at-large	Gerry Stefanson	Community member	Castle Mountain Resort Community
6	Community-at-large	Larry Mitchell	Community member	Municipality of Crowsnest Pass
7	Community-at-large	Gary Taje	Community & Council member	Municipality of Crowsnest Pass
8	Community-at-large	Brian Hamilton	Landholder	Rural landholder
9	Community-at-large	Kelly Rinaldi	Outdoor recreationist	Outdoor recreation
10	Community-at-large	John Hancock	Scientist	Independent researcher
11	Conservation	Mary Ann Johnson	Representative of	Alberta Native Plant Council
12	Conservation	Rick Cooke, Bill Paton	Representatives of	Crowsnest Conservation Society
13	Conservation	Kristie Romanow, Anne Stevick	Staff of	Nature Conservancy of Canada
14	Conservation	Richard Burke, Mike Lamb	Representatives of (see below table)	Trout Unlimited - Oldman Chapter
15	Disposition - petroleum	Roger Creasey	Staff of (see below table)	Royal Dutch Shell Canada
16	Disposition – recreation; Educational Org.	Mike Bingley	Regarding Camp Impeesa & Beaver Mines Lake area	Scouts Canada, Chinook Council
17	Environment	Sarah Elmeligi, Gregoire Belland	Representatives of	Canadian Parks & Wilderness Soc.
18	Environment	Gordon Petersen, Judy Huntley	Representatives of	Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
19	Environment	Dianne Pachal	Representative of	Sierra Club of Canada
20	Environment	Cheryl Fujikawa	Representatives of	Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE)
21	First Nation	Edwin Small Legs	Regarding First Nations concerns	Crow-Eagle Traditional Trail Ride; Member of Blackfoot Confederacy and Piikani First Nation
22	First Nation	Margaret Plain Eagle	Regarding First Nations concerns	Piikani Community Wellness Society; Member of Blackfoot Confederacy and Piikani First Nation.
23	Guide & Outfitter	Cameron Welsh	Business	Tread Softly Adventures
24	Guide & Outfitter	Alan Brice	Business	Alberta Fly Fishing Adventures and The Fly Shop
25	Landholder Group	Larry Frith	Member of	Chinook Area Land Users Assoc. (CALUA)
26	Municipal Government	Andrew Colley	Member of Council	Town of Pincher Creek
27	Municipal Government	Dr. Brian Reeves	Representative of (see below table)	I.D. # 4 (Waterton)
28	Recreation	Tim Grier	Representative of	Alpine Club of Canada
29	Recreation	Wendy Ryan	Representative of	Syncline Castle Trails Association
30	Recreation, Conservation	Ian Gazeley; Don Sheppard	Member of	Lethbridge Fish & Game Association
31	Recreation, Conservation	Mike Philip	Member of	Southern Alberta Bowhunters Association
32	Stewards	Bree Stefanson-Korobanik	Steward	West Castle Wetlands Ecological Reserve
33	Watershed Group	James Tweedie	Representative of	Castle Watershed Group (Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition)
34	Watershed Group	Stephanie Palechek, Leta Pezderic	Staff of	Oldman Watershed Council
35	Watershed Group	Bradley Bustard	Member of	Pincher Creek Watershed Group