http://albertawilderness.ca daily 1 2009-09-18T21:58:23Z http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2012/2012-02-03-awa-news-release-beyond-monitoring-responsible-management-needed-for-oilsands-wildlife-and-wetlands-impacts Today, forty five years after the first tar sands mines started, the federal government has finally taken steps to introduce credible monitoring for contaminants and habitat degradation from oilsands development. Alberta Wilderness Association believes that long-overdue monitoring of Alberta’s oilsands impacts is a step in the right direction, but monitoring itself will not fix any of the issues which have so bedeviled the industry for the past few years. No publisher ccampbell Front Page News McClelland Lake Archive Caribou Archive News Archive Boreal Forest Archive News Release Wildwater Archive 2012 News Archive Primrose-Lakeland Archive 2012-02-03T20:56:37Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/issues/wildlife/caribou/archive/2012-01-31-southern-mtn-caribou-conservation-strategy AWA 's letter to Parks Canada commenting on the proposed Conservation Strategy for Southern Mountain Caribou in Canada's National Parks. No publisher ccampbell National Parks Archive Caribou Archive 2012-02-02T03:51:10Z File http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-11-25-awa-news-release-habitat-focus-needed-for-albertas-caribou Parks Canada’s newly-announced Southern Mountain Caribou Conservation Strategy, including a captive breeding and reintroduction program, will fail in Alberta without a stronger focus on habitat protection and restoration. Alberta Wilderness Association calls on federal and provincial governments to deal with the root cause of Alberta’s plummeting caribou populations: habitat destruction by human disturbance. No publisher ccampbell Front Page News Caribou Archive News Archive 2011 News Archive National Parks Archive News Release 2011-11-25T22:08:54Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/issues/wildlife/caribou/archive/2011-10-31-alberta-woodland-caribou-2013-proposed-federal-recovery-strategy-declares-war-on-wolves-lets-habitat-degradation-continue Wild Lands Advocate article, October 2011, by Carolyn Campbell No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Caribou Archive 2011-10-28T21:57:38Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-08-29-awa-news-release-updated-northeast-alberta-plan-confimrs-weak-conservation-measures-favouring-oilsands-development The Alberta government's updated Draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan confirms irresponsible tar sands development by postponing all land disturbance limits and biodiversity goals, and by actually reducing already insufficient proposed protected woodland caribou habitat. No publisher ccampbell Front Page News Public Lands Archive Caribou Archive 2011 News Archive News Release 2011-08-29T21:25:10Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/front-page-stories/2011-08-26-awa-news-release-federal-government-writes-off-alberta-caribou-war-on-wolves-goes-national A long overdue federal woodland caribou recovery strategy released today allows ongoing habitat loss at the hands of Alberta's energy and forestry industries. For the weakest herds in Alberta and across Canada, it leaves the only key management tool as the killing of thousands of wolves. No publisher mpwilson Front Page News News Release Caribou Archive 2011 News Archive 2011-08-29T20:21:12Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-08-18-awa-news-release-alberta2019s-woodland-caribou-in-peril-newly-revealed-documents-show-scientists-trying-to-sound-the-alarm The plight of Alberta’s woodland caribou has become so desperate that Alberta government scientists are recommending that the species be downgraded from a threatened species to an endangered species, according to newly‐released documents. Although the province’s Scientific Subcommittee recommended the downgrading nearly a year ago, still the government is failing to act. No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Species At Risk Archive Caribou Archive 2011 News Archive 2011-08-17T19:49:22Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-08-17-awa-ecojustice-news-release-alberta-caribou-protection-lost-in-secret-forestry-deal With a long overdue federal recovery strategy for Alberta’s critically threatened woodland caribou anticipated to be only weeks away, the Government of Alberta has quietly signed a new 20 year Forest Management Agreement (FMA) with Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries (Al-Pac) that closes the door on protecting caribou habitat in northeastern Alberta. No publisher ccampbell Front Page News Caribou Archive 2011 News Archive Boreal Forest Archive News Release 2011-08-17T15:52:09Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-07-29-engo-news-release-federal-court-overturns-minister2019s-decision-not-to-recommend-emergency-protection-for-caribou The federal Environment Minister’s “out of the blue” decision not to recommend emergency protection for woodland caribou in northeastern Alberta ignored scientific evidence and must be set aside, the Federal Court said late yesterday. No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Species At Risk Archive Caribou Archive 2011-07-29T18:59:05Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/issues/wildlife/caribou/archive/2011-07-28-federal-court-decision-caribou-emergency-measures Federal Court decision in response to application by AWA, Pembina Institute and three First Nations to compel the federal Environment Minister to bring in emergency measures to protect caribou. No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Species At Risk Archive Caribou Archive 2011-07-29T15:42:22Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/front-page-stories/2011-07-14-keeping-woodland-caribou-in-the-boreal-forest-big-challenge-immense-opportunity "To conserve woodland caribou means dispensing with business as usual, which has demonstrably and repeatedly failed to meet caribou conservation needs." This is the conclusion of a new report from the International Boreal Conservation Science Panel. No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Species At Risk Archive Caribou Archive Boreal Forest Archive 2011-09-08T15:14:22Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/issues/wildlife/caribou/archive/2011-07-14-dear-premier-stelmach-woodland-caribou-herds-are-in-decline-across-canada2019s-boreal-region Letter to premier Stelmach from the Canadian Boreal Initiative and the Pew Environment Group. "Now more than ever, urgent action is required by the Alberta government to sustain caribou populations throughout the province." No publisher ndouglas Species At Risk Archive Caribou Archive Boreal Forest Archive 2011-07-14T15:11:08Z File http://albertawilderness.ca/front-page-stories/2011-06-24-awa-news-caribou-court-case-update AWA and our environmental and First Nations colleagues were in court in Edmonton yesterday, seeking a court order to force federal Environment Minister Peter Kent to recommend emergency protection of critical habitat for threatened caribou herds in northeastern Alberta. No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Caribou Archive 2011-09-08T15:14:15Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/front-page-stories/2011-06-23-slideshow-albertas-woodland-caribou-by-the-numbers Alberta's Woodland Caribou, by the numbers. See the true story of the plight of Alberta's Caribou unfold in this slideshow that illuminates just why they so desperately need your help to survive. No publisher snichols Front Page News Caribou Archive 2011-06-24T22:31:30Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-06-21-engo-news-release-woodland-caribou-battle-goes-to-federal-court Environmental groups are in Federal Court today to fight for immediate protection of caribou habitat facing unchecked oilsands development in northeastern Alberta. Ecojustice, on behalf of the Pembina Institute and Alberta Wilderness Association, is seeking a court order to force Environment Minister Peter Kent to recommend emergency protection of critical habitat for threatened caribou herds in northeastern Alberta. No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Species At Risk Archive Caribou Archive 2011 News Archive 2011-06-21T21:15:10Z Report