Kananaskis Archive
2012-03-07 Kananaskis Sour Gas Proposal Suffers One More Setback
Construction of Suncor Energy’s ill-fated Sullivan sour gas development in Kananaskis Country seems unlikely to begin any time soon, even though it is nearly two years since the company’s predecessor Petro Canada received approval from the Energy Resource Conservation Board (ERCB). The latest setback to the development is a successful legal appeal by the Stoney Indian band.
2012-02-14 ENGO News Release: Over a Hundred Attend Valentine’s Day Rallies in Support of Forests
More than 170 people attended rallies today in Calgary and Edmonton to send a strong message to the Government of Alberta: Albertans love their forests and don’t want the heart of protected areas like the Castle Special Place or poplar trail systems in Bragg Creek to be logged.
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.
2012-02-02 Action Alert: Turning up the Heat on Alberta’s Forest Mis-Management
Public opposition to ill-planned clearcut logging programs in southern Alberta’s sensitive forests is steadily growing. Now is the time to increase the pressure on the Alberta government to listen to Albertans and to start bringing in sweeping changes to the way our forest are managed. Please consider these three options for adding your voice to the growing groundswell.
2011-06-00 Kananaskis Country Receives Temporary Reprieve from Sour Gas Development
Wild Lands Advocate update, June 2011, by Nigel Douglas
2011-05-17 AWA News Release: Growing Call for Trail Closures on May Long Weekend: Conditions are Too Wet for Motorized Access
The Alberta Government is under increasing pressure to demonstrate that motorized access in Alberta’s Eastern Slopes is being managed sustainably – by closing trails over the May long weekend. Continuing wet and snowy conditions mean that even low levels of activity would lead to unprecedented damage to trail networks. Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) supports motorized access organizations who have called for a temporary suspension of motorized trail use. AWA is calling for the Alberta government to suspend all motorized trail use in the Eastern Slopes until conditions have substantially improved.
2010-12-02 Forest Management Certification Pre-assessment of Spray Lake Sawmills
Letter by AWA to Smartwood. Smartwood are the auditors for Spray Lake Sawmills' application to receive Forest Stewardship Council certification for sustainable management of the forests in their Forest Management Agreement area in Kananaskis and the Ghost.
2010-12 Kananaskis Sour Gas Decision to be Appealed
Wild Lands Advocate update, December 2010, by Nigel Douglas
2010-08-16 The Forests of Alberta's Southern Eastern Slopes: Forest or Forestry?
August 2010 update of AWA's position paper.
2010-08 Wild Lands Advocate Update
Updates from August 2010 Wild Lands Advocate, including C5 Forest Management Plan Fails to See the Wood Beyond the Timber, Proposed Magnetite Mine Continues to Threaten Livingstone Range and No More Bull?
2010-08 Business as Usual as ERCB Approves Kananaskis Sour Gas Pipeline
Wild Lands Advocate article, August 2010, by Nigel Douglas.
2010-06-10 ENGO News Release: Grizzly Bear Protection Missing from Latest ERCB Decision
The latest decision by Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) perpetuates the conditions that are threatening Alberta’s grizzly bear population, says Alberta’s environmental organizations.
2010-06-10 AWA News Release: Business as Usual as ERCB OKs Kananaskis Sour Gas Pipeline
A twenty-month-long hearing process held by the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) into a major new sour gas development proposal in Kananaskis Country resulted in little more than a rubber stamp, and business as usual.
2010-02 Wild Lands Advocate Updates
Updates from the February 2010 Wild Lands Advocate. National Park Management Changes; Water Allocation Review Advice; Petro-Canada Sullivan Application Rumbles On, And on, and on....
