Bighorn Archive
2010-03-05 AWA News Release: Bighorn Wildland Protection Calls Bolstered by New Grizzly Report
Calls to protect one of Alberta’s last great unprotected watersheds received a recent boost with the publishing of the province’s new report, Status of the Grizzly Bear in Alberta. The 4,000 km2 Bighorn area, which sits east of Jasper and Banff National Parks, has suffered from motorized abuse, and it is now clear that grizzly bears are one more victim of that abuse.
2009-08 Vol.17 No.4 Wild Lands Advocate
Why? How? Thinking About Protected Areas | Protected Areas in Alberta – How Much is Enough? | A Grand Opportunity for Alberta Boreal Forest Protection | Demonstrating the Imperative for Protection: AWA in the Bighorn | Sage-grouse Court Victory a Major Step for Endangered Species Recovery | Caribou and Wolves Imperiled by Government Impotence
2009-03 Is the Access Management Plan Working? Monitoring Recreational Use in the Bighorn Backcountry
AWA report on five years of recreational access monitoring in the Bighorn Wildland.
2008-12 Bighorn Research Highlights Recreational Concerns
Wild Lands Advocate article, December 2008, by Chris Wearmouth.
2008-08 AWA Launches Water Analysis of Panther River
Wild Lands Advocate update, August 2008, by Chris Wearmouth.
2008-07-13 The Promised Land: Protecting the Bighorn Wildland
Parts 1 and 2 - A presentation on the benefits of preserving the Bighorn Wildland on the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, against inroads by oil and gas interests and by forestry companies. Includes interviews by: Nigel Douglas, Dorothy Dickson, Vivian Pharis, J.W. Campbell, Jim Butler, Alan Ernst, Ben Gadd, Brian Horejsi and David Schindler. (Note: The original video has been divided into two parts to accomodate the duration restrictions on YouTube media)
