Grizzly Bears 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...
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.
2011-11-10 Stephen Herrero – Scientist, Advocate, and Wilderness Defender
Wild Lands Advocate; 'Recall of the Wild' article, October 2011, by Nigel Douglas. * Stephen Herrero will be a recipient of AWA's 2011 Wilderness Defenders Award, which will be presented at AWA's Wilderness and Wildlife Defenders Awards, Friday November 19, 2011.
2011-10-00 Moratorium on Motorized Access Necessary for Grizzly Survival
Wild Lands Advocate update, October 2011, by Madeline Wilson
2011-09-19 AWA News Release: Moratorium on Motorized Access Necessary For Grizzly Survival
Industrial public motorized access routes in grizzly bear habitat greatly exceed thresholds recommended in the Alberta government's official Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan.
2011-09-16 ENGO Media Advisory: Grizzly Bear News Conference
Alberta environmental organizations will be holding a Grizzly Bear News Conference, at 10:00 a.m., Monday September 19 2011. The groups will make a bold new call for major changes in land management in Alberta to restore habitat for the province’s threatened Grizzly Bears. Will any of the province’s aspiring political leaders commit to take action to recover grizzlies?
2011-08-10 ENGO News Release: Motorized Access Levels in the Ghost Too High for Grizzlies
Motorized access density in southern Alberta’s Ghost Watershed is more than three times that officially recorded by the Alberta government, and more than four times the maximum recommended in the province’s Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan says a new report released August 8.
2011-06-07 ENGO News Release: Grizzly Bear Deaths Too High in the Castle Region: Rally Planned to Protest Logging
New Alberta Government data obtained by conservationists show that Grizzly Bears in Alberta’s Castle region are dying at an unsustainable rate. In 2010, 5 grizzly bears out of a population of 51 died in the Castle region and one was trapped and relocated out of it. These six bears represent 11.8 percent of the population lost to the region in a single year.
2011-06-00 Grizzly Bear Conservation in Alberta. 2010 Management Activities and Recovery Plan Implementation
Government of Alberta report detailing grizzly recovery activities in 2010. Includes numbers of bears killed and relocated in each bear management area.
2011-03-29 AWA News Release: Door Remains Open for Hunting of Alberta’s Threatened Grizzlies
The future for Alberta’s grizzly bears, designated as threatened in 2010, remains uncertain while the threat of a continued spring hunt hangs over them. Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) is calling for the hunt suspension to be extended: a five-year moratorium at the very minimum.
2011-03-14 News Release: Despite “Threatened” Listing, Alberta Grizzly Deaths Remain Too High
Even though grizzly bears were listed as "threatened" last June, grizzly bear mortality in Alberta reached unsustainable levels in 2010. An estimated 29 grizzlies died in Alberta, approximately 4.2 percent of the population. This level of mortality is much higher than the 2.8 percent mortality rate suggested as “sustainable” in the Alberta government’s own 2010 report, Status of the Alberta Grizzly Bear in Alberta.
2010-06-10 ENGO News Release: Grizzly Bear Protection Missing from Latest ERCB Decision
The latest decision by Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) perpetuates the conditions that are threatening Alberta’s grizzly bear population, says Alberta’s environmental organizations.
2010-06 Wild Lands Advocate Updates
Updates from the June 2010 Wild Lands Advocate. Climate Change and Water Withdrawals, Regional Watershed Planning and Grizzly Bear Threatened Designation
2010-05-28 News Release: New Report Shows the Province is Not Doing Enough to Protect and Recover Alberta’s Threatened Grizzly Bears
The Alberta government is not following its own recovery plan to protect the province’s grizzly bear population, which will likely lead to population decline.
2010-05-28 Grizzly Alternative: Ensuring a Future for Alberta's Threatened Grizzlies
Written by Jeff Gailus for the Alberta Wilderness Association, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Southern Alberta Chapter, the David Suzuki Foundation, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the WildCanada Conservation Alliance, the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, and the Sierra Club of Canada.
2010-05-27 Media Advisory: Press Conference - Coalition of Conservation Organizations to Release Major New Report Analyzing Province’s Grizzly Recovery Efforts
On Friday May, 28, a coalition of conservation organizations will host a media conference at the Calgary Zoo to launch a major new report analyzing current recovery efforts in Alberta.
2010-04-22 News Release: Recall of Grizzly Recovery Team: Cause for Optimism or Just More Hot Air?
A temporary recall of Alberta’s Grizzly Bear Recovery Team could be the long-awaited first step on the road to recovery for the province’s beleaguered grizzlies, or could alternatively be nothing more than a public relations exercise.
2010-04-22 Affecting You - Grizzly Bears
Controversy stemmed from an interview Alberta Sustainable Resource Minister Mel Knight gave. The Alberta Wilderness Association wrote an open letter titled: Alberta Government Can't Afford to Protect Grizzly Bears. Camara spoke with Nigel Douglas from Alberta Wilderness about this issue.
2010-04-08 Letter to the Editor - Alberta Government Can’t Afford to Protect Grizzly Bears
Recent comments from Alberta Sustainable Resource Development Minister, Mel Knight, on CBC National Television News suggest that the provincial government cannot afford to protect grizzly bears in the province. Minister Knight’s comments came in response to suggestions that the $150,000 Alberta spends annually on education programs to reduce conflicts between humans and bears compares unfavourably with the $4.5 million the province of Ontario spends on similar programs. Minister Knight commented on “the pressure of investing more provincial money in to the protection of grizzly bears,” and admitted that he’d “welcome any additional funds from conservation groups willing to contribute.”
