Bighill Creek Preservation Society

Bighill Springs Preservation Society is beholden to Lyse Carignan, our long-serving Secretary-Treasurer who has recently retired from our Board of Directors. Lyse has been with us from the beginning in 2015 as we developed the society’s Mission and Objectives that...

After 10 years of researching, analyzing and writing, Bighill Creek Preservation Society has released its completed State of the Watershed (SOW) Report for Bighill Creek. The Bighill Creek is one of three tributaries entering the Bow River at the town of Cochrane. The...

The Bighill Creek Preservation Society (BCPS) has benefited greatly from the Toronto Dominion, Friends of the Environment Foundation (TD-FEF) grant to the BRBC for purchase of field equipment to monitor streams in the Bow basin.  We (BCPS) have used the equipment to...

A driving tour of the vistas and area north of Cochrane with Tako Koning, P. Geol., This is a field trip visiting the area within and just to the north of Cochrane.  The area is located within the Bighill Creek watershed. September 13, 2025 – 9:00 a.m. To sign up and...