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Governance. Community. Commitment.

Legacy Land Trust Society’s Board of Directors are volunteers who are committed to land conservation.

They give generously of their time and expertise in areas such as governance, finance, planning, biology, heritage, farming, community involvement, communications and fundraising.

Directors, together with other volunteers, also sit on various committees.

If you’d like to know more about what the committees do or would like to become involved, you’ll find more information here.

Our Committees

Meet Our Board

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Doug Collister

Chair

Doug is a retired Professional Biologist with specific expertise in endangered species, ornithology, herpetology and conservation biology. He is also a Life Member of APEGGA having worked as a Professional Engineer in the petroleum industry for the initial 18 years of his career.

He resides in the southwest corner of Mountain View County near Water Valley. His property, Owl Ridge, has been under a Conservation Easement with LLTS since 2018.

Doug joined the LLTS Board at the 2019 AGM and is particularly interested in helping Legacy strengthen financially and increase its portfolio of conservation easements. He served as Treasurer from 2023 to 2026, at which time he became Chair.

Bruce Beattie

Vice-Chair

In 1970 Bruce purchased his farm in the Bergen district, south of Sundre. After 35 years of dairy farming, he is semi-retired, producing hay with a small herd of Gelbvieh beef cattle. He was very involved in governance of the dairy industry at the provincial and national levels in addition to a number of other organizations in Alberta. 

In October 2010 Bruce was elected as Municipal Councillor for Division 4 in Mountain View County. He served as Reeve from September 2011 until retiring in 2022. In 2021 West Hawk Farms entered into a conservation easement with Legacy on 314 acres.

Don Greenfield

Treasurer

Don Greenfield, KC, has been a resident of Calgary since 1978.  He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia School of Law.  Don is a retired lawyer, having practised corporate law in Calgary for over 43 years.  Don and his wife Joan spend a lot of time in Mountain View County during the spring and summer months at their recreational property southwest of Sundre.

Don joined the Legacy board in 2022 and is honoured to be a member.  He is focused on promoting good governance and on helping Legacy sustain and expand its portfolio of conservation easements to support Alberta’s natural landscapes. He served as Chair from 2024-2026. He is currently the Treasurer.

Dahlia Erick

Secretary

Dahlia (day-lee-ah) Erick was born and raised in the Sundre area, except for a brief stint in Nova Scotia earning a Bachelor of Arts, double major in English and Applied Psychology, from Acadia University. Since graduating, she has worked as a Lookout Observer in a Firewatch tower in northern Alberta during the summer and resided on a family property in Bergen during the winter. She also resumed work as a hockey referee in Olds, specifically involved with developing young female referees, and has over seven seasons under her belt.

Dahlia joined Legacy in an effort to be a part of the solution to the current climate crisis. Spending all summer in the Boreal Forest and all winter watching the Red Deer River freeze and thaw, she is passionately aware of and involved in the natural landscape. She is particularly interested in education for youth and local projects to “conserve and restore our little corner of the world, tucked up against the Mountains”.

Sally Banks

Director

Sally grew up amid fog horns and salt air, finding wonder and adventure in tidal pools, deep ravines and the coastal rainforest. Her interest in the wild took her to university where she received a BSc in Zoology from UBC followed by a BEd from U of C. During her post-secondary journey she worked as a seasonal naturalist in Yoho, Kootenay and Banff National Parks.

After graduation Sally taught junior high science and outdoor education for seven years then switched careers, becoming a freelance writer, editor and broadcaster.

Sally has been a volunteer with Legacy since 2017. As Chair of Communications & Outreach, she produces the monthly newsletter, the annual calendar, and various print and digital materials. She’s also involved with event planning, fundraising and outreach. Sally is a keen advocate of private land conservation.

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Tony Martens

Director

Tony Martens retired December 31, 2017 from a career in Municipal Government Administration. He spent most of that time in Mountain View County.

Tony has served on the Board for six years. His relationship with Legacy Land Trust goes back to the Trust’s early years when, with the County, he worked closely with Jim Smith in the formation of Legacy.

Tony’s previous Board experience includes nine years on the Society of Local Government Managers. He has been awarded the Society of Local Government Award of Excellence and the R.W. Hay Award for excellence in rural municipal government. In 2012, he received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.

He is pleased to serve on the Legacy Land Trust Board of Directors. Its focus on conservation projects in the County is something that he is proud to be associated with.

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Larry Wright

Director

Larry was invited to join Legacy Land Trust based on his experience and ongoing quest to support environmental activities in Northern Alberta, Yukon, NWT and the Arctic Islands.

He is a Registered Engineering Technologist (RET), Civil Engineering Technology, with 45 years’ experience in Alberta. Now semi-retired, he’s working on environmental issues with several communities and organizations in Alberta.

Larry feels strongly that we need to identify with wetlands, lakes, and land and air quality to support health and quality of life.