Action Alerts
2012-05-14 AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Federal Budget Will Weaken Canada’s Most Important Environmental Laws
In its April 26, 2012 proposed budget, the federal government has included many changes to significantly weaken Canada’s most important environmental laws. Please raise your voice as a concerned Albertan and Canadian: support responsible environmental management by writing the Prime Minister and your MP. We all need to let our representatives know that bundling non-budgetary changes into a budget, and the substantial weakening of Canada’s environmental laws, is not acceptable.
2012-04-23 South Saskatchewan Advisory Council Recommendations: Closing Date for Comments Approaches
In all of the hoopla over a provincial election, please don't forget to make your comments on the South Saskatchewan land-use plan! The closing date for comments on the recommendations of the South Saskatchewan Regional Advisory Council is April 30 and, although the promised public meetings have not yet taken place, we still encourage people to make their comments before the deadline. Though the fate of the Land-Use Framework and its regional plans remains unclear, this is still an important opportunity to have a say.
2012-02-17 AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Canadians Can Stop Massive Wolf Kill
The deadline for Canadians to comment on the federal government’s massive wolf-kill caribou recovery strategy is February 22, 2012. For most Alberta boreal woodland caribou herds, the wolf-kill strategy would allow 95% of their habitat to be destroyed. Tar sands and other oil-gas activities in those herds’ ranges would not be disturbed. Please write Environment Minister Peter Kent and ask him to protect habitat that woodland caribou require for long-term survival and recovery, rather than encouraging decades-long killing of many thousands of wolves.
2012-02-13 Alberta's Forests Need your Love on Valentine's Day!
AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders alert. Please join us on Valentine's Day to show your love for Alberta's forests! Save our Forests rally, Tuesday February 14 at 12:00. Rallies are being held in Calgary and in Edmonton.
2012-02-06 Save our Forests Rally Rescheduled
Last week, AWA notified supporters of an upcoming Save our Forests Rally, taking place in both Calgary and Edmonton. Please note that the rallies have now been rescheduled: they will be taking place on Tuesday February 14. This will be your chance to add your voice to the growing movement calling for a new vision for forest management in Alberta, whether it is the Castle, Bragg Creek or the Livingstone.
2012-01-18 AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Federal Minister Fails to Protect Sage-Grouse
The deadline (January 16, 2012) has now passed for Environment Minister Peter Kent to respond to our November petition, demanding that the federal government take the necessary steps to prevent the extirpation of the greater sage-grouse from Canada.
2012-01-12 AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: The Castle Needs Defenders!
At this very moment, logging machinery is beginning to move into the Castle, in preparation for the clearcutting of 120 hectares of forest. But there is still a chance for a last minute reprieve.
2011-12-15 AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Time to Oppose “Contrived Thrill-Seeking Development” in Jasper National Park
Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders will be familiar with the proposal by Brewster (an Arizona-based entertainment company) to construct a huge glass walkway beside the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park. Opposition to this development, entirely inappropriate in such an important National Park, has been extensive. Parks Canada is now providing limited opportunity for the public to comment on one aspect of the development. Despite the fact that the consultation period is very restricted (closing date for comments is December 16, 2011) it is important that they hear from those people who believe that this proposal should be rejected immediately.
2011-12-07 AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Once more for the Castle!
AWA and other environmental groups have been seeking protection of the Castle wilderness area for decades, but this fall has shown tremendous strides in provincial support for this designation and recent comments made in the provincial legislature show we are truly making progress. Now is the time to maintain this drive!
2011-11-30 AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Too many roads in Alberta Grizzly Habitat
This past September, Alberta Wilderness Association, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y), and the Sierra Club urged the Alberta Government to end new road construction in bear habitat until the amount of roads are at or below the amount identified in the provincial Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan.
