Wildlife Archive
2012-01-25 ENGO News Release: Will Alison Redford's Clearcuts Crush Bear Cubs in their Dens?
Joint news release from WildCanada Conservation Alliance, Castle Crown Wilderness Coalition and AWA. Conservationists today called upon Alberta premier Alison Redford to halt plans for winter logging would disturb, displace or even kill bears denning in the Castle Special Management Area...
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.
2011-12-06 Survey Says: Albertans Extremely Concerned Sage-grouse May Soon Disappear
In response to a poll featured in the Medicine Hat News on December 2, 2011, 89.8% of all respondents said they were extremely concerned that sage-grouse may disappear from Alberta, as scientists predict.
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.
2011-09-26 Efficacy of Road Removal for Restoring Wildlife Habitat: Black Bear in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA
Significant report by T. Adam Switalski and Cara R. Nelson in Biological Conservation magazine. Black bears are relatively tolerant of human use, but they were found to use closed, re-contoured roads considerably more than roads which were gated. This has important implications for access management in Alberta.
2011-08-23 Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders - Mountain Goat Killed in Jasper National Park
Last month, an adult male mountain goat was killed last within Jasper National Park. Though unintentional, the mountain goat was a casualty of research being conducted in association with Parks Canada to inform the Marmot Basin Ski Area expansion project.
2011-04-21 Lethbridge Fish and Game Association and AWA: Call for federal policy addressing game farming and Chronic Wasting Disease
The AWA participated in a press conference organized by the Lethbridge Fish and Game Association regarding the current and critical state of the game farming industry in Alberta, and in Canada.
2011-04-00 Rapid Decline of the Greater Sage-grouse in Alberta
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2011, by Mark Boyce
2011-04-00 Living with Coyotes in an Urban Environment
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2011, by Paul Sutherland
2011-04-00 Enforced Killing of Wildlife at Wildlife Rehabilitation Centres
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2011, by Nigel Douglas
2011-04-00 Coming to our Senses on Swift Fox Recovery
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2011, by Jill Hockaday
2011-04-00 Caribou Betrayed Once Again by Government Inaction
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2011, by Nigel Douglas
2011-04-00 Book Review: The Wolverine Way
Wild Lands Advocate review of Douglas Chadwick's book, The Wolverine Way. April 2011, by Nigel Douglas
2011-04-00 Biodiversity Risks from Tar Sands Development
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2011, by Carolyn Campbell
2011-03-15 Bill 11- Livestock Diversity Amendment Act
A letter from AWA to Premier Stelmach expressing concerns on recent proposed amendments to the Livestock Diversity Act.
2011-02-22 AWA News Release: Alberta Ignores Caribou Scientists Again. Caribou Betrayed by Government Inaction
Alberta’s long history of failed recovery of woodland caribou took another downwards lurch this week, when the Alberta government admitted that it would be ignoring the advice of its own scientists to downgrade this charismatic species from threatened to endangered. Despite clear evidence that caribou numbers continue to decline, twenty-four years of inaction look set to continue.
