Grasslands Archive
2011-01-18 AWA Opposition to ERCB Proposals to Increase Oil and Gas well Spacing
AWA letter to Energy Resource Conservation Board (ERCB), January 18, 2011, expressing AWA's considerable opposition to proposals to increase densities of oil and gas wells in Alberta.
2010-11-25 ERCB Bulletin 2010-39: Feedback on Province-Wide Framework for Well Spacing for Conventional and Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs
ERCB Bulletin inviting stakeholder feedback on proposals to increase allowed well spacing for conventional and unconventional oil and gas reservoirs in Alberta.
2010-10-28 Reducing Disturbance on a Project Specific Level
Presentation to Foothills Restoration Forum Wind Energy Workshop, 39pp
2010-10-28 Planning Tools for Wind Energy Development: Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI)
Presentation by Ron McNeil, LandWise Inc. to Foothills Restoration Forum Wind Energy Workshop, 39pp
2010-10-28 Native Grassland Ecosystems
Presentation by Alberta SRD to Foothills Restoration Forum Wind Energy Workshop, 45pp
2010-10-28 Managing Surface Disturbance in Alberta Grasslands
Presentation by Barry Adams and Mike Alexander, Lands Division, Alberta SRD - Lethbridge and Pincher Creek to Foothills Restoration Forum Wind Energy Workshop, 45pp
2010-10-19 Minimizing Disturbance of Alberta's Native Prairie by Wind Energy Development
Draft, written by the Foothills Restoration Forum, 15pp
2010-03-23 Foothills Fescue Grassland Principles for Minimizing Surface Disturbance
Information Letter IL2010-02 from Alberta SRD, 2pp
2008-02-00 New U.S.–Fort McMurray Highway Proposal Bad News for Native Prairie
Wild Lands Advocate article, February 2008, by Joyce Hildebrand
2007-08-00 Conserving Grassland Biodiversity from Mexico to Canada
Presentation by Cliff Wallis to Council, Commission for Environmental Cooperation at the June 2007 meeting in Morelia, Mexico. Reproduced in the August 2007 Wild Lands Advocate.
2004-09-21 EnCana's "Ruthless Plans" for Prairies Raise Protests from Residents
Letter by Jonathan Wright to Alberta Energy Utilities Board, published in the Wild Lands Advocate, October 2004.
2004-04-00 Palliser's Country - A New Way of Protecting our Grassland
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2004, by Rob Gardner
2004-03-11 Ocean of Grass: A Conservation Assessment for the Northern Great Plains
Report by the Northern Plains Conservation Network
2003-05-03 Is Oil and Gas Development and Conservation of Rough Fescue Prairie Possible?
Speaking notes from a presentation by Cheryl Bradley to a conference of the Alberta Native Plant Council
2003-03-03 Plains Rough Fescue (Festuca hallii) Grassland Mapping - Central Parkland Natural Subregion of Alberta
Report by A.C. Holcroft Weerstra Biota Consultants
2002-12-19 Grasslands, Grazing and Alberta’s Public Lands
AWA Position Statement on Grasslands, Grazing and Alberta’s Public Lands
2002-08 Bold, New Vision for Prairie Conservation
Wild Lands Advocate article, August 2002, by Andy Marshall, about the Northern Plains Conservation Network
2002-08 A Rancher Challenges the Cattle Industry and Its Critics
Wild Lands Advocate article, August 2002, by Hyland Armstrong
2002-02 Canada, U.S. and Mexico Team Up to Protect Grasslands
Wild Lands Advocate article, February 2002, by Cliff Wallis
2002-01-18 Principles for Minimizing Surface Disturbance in Native Prairie and Parkland Areas
Information Letter IL2002-01 from Alberta EUB, 6pp
