History
Little Smoky History
| Date | Event |
| October 2004 | Alberta Woodland Caribou Recovery Plan draft completed and submitted to Minister of Environment for review and recommendations. Recovery Team recommends a moratorium be placed on new development in caribou range until full assessment is made of the effects on herds. |
| September 2004 | Conservation groups meets with Suncor and affiliates to discuss pipeline plans and re-routing options. |
| July 2004 | Suncor/ConocoPhillips propose the construct a 101 km long sour gas pipeline through the home range of the Little Smoky caribou and A La Peche herds. Development to begin in December 2004. |
| 2002 | Alberta Ministry of Sustainable Resource Development form the Alberta Woodland Caribou Recovery Team to write a recovery plan for woodland caribou in the province. |
| July 2001 | AWA begins letter writing and market action campaign against Weldwood of Canada’s plan to log 15 km2 in the Solomon valley. |
| 2000 | Special Places 2000 leads to the designation of Pinto Creek Canyon Natural Area and Wildhay Glacial Cascades Natural Area in Alberta. |
| 1999 | Environmental groups (including AWA) launch “The Rescue Mission” campaign. It was a campaign to protect a total of 23,277 km2 extending from the far north to south of Alberta’s foothills. |
| January 12, 1998 | Meetings held between AWA, Black Cat Ranch, and concerned citizens with Weldwood Canada Ltd. to discuss logging plans within the Solomon Creek Valley in the Foothills. |
| March 1993 | Valleyview District Fish and Game Association
(VDFGA) formalise a proposal for the creation of the Little Smoky Boreal
Forest Primitive Area (500 km). This area would support sustainable industry
practices, develop restrictions for corridor use along the Little Smoky
River. The Little Smoky Boreal Forest Primitive Area would encompass areas
within and outside boundaries of the Little Smoky caribou herd range.
Berland Subregional Integrated Resource Draft Plan released for review. |
| 1987 | Alberta Fish and Wildlife division released Provincial Caribou Recovery Plan- this study showed woodland caribou were at “immediate risk of extirpation” as a result of habitat change related to logging and other industrial activities. |
| September 1986 | Development of the Fox Creek –Knight Subregional Integrated Resource Plan. |
| 1986 | Berland Sub-regional Integrated Resource Plan was initiated. Purpose of the IRP is to promote the coordinated management of pubic land and resources within the area. |
| 1982 | October: Solomon Creek proposed as an ecological reserve – first identified in 1969 by members of the International Biological Programme as an excellent example of upper foothills vegetation. |
| 1979 | April: Resource Integration Committee (RIC) approves development of plan for Berland River-Fox creek Proposed Forest Management Agreement Area (FMA). Intent of regional plan is to provide direction for the management and the use of resources and public land in the area. |
| 1974 | Denison Mine Ltd. Undertakes coal exploration in the Rock Lake area |
| 1973 | August: Foothills Resource Allocation Study for Berland and Simmonette Planning Districts released- planning program to determine beneficial allocation of resource in Alberta’s Foothills Region on the basis of productivity and economic considerations. |
| 1969 | Solomon Creek identified by members of the International Biological Programme as an excellent example of upper foothills vegetation. |
| 1958 | William A. Switzer area designated as a Provincial Park. Initially named Entrance Provincial Park. |
