Species at Risk Archive
Species at Risk Archive
2011-11-04 Sage-grouse on the Brink: How Governments have Failed Alberta’s Most Endangered Species
Wild Lands Advocate article, October 2011, by Nigel Douglas and Madeline Wilson
2011-10-04 AWA News Release: AWA Welcomes Premier-Designate Redford’s Promise to Protect Alberta’s Endangered Wildlife
Alberta Premier-designate Alison Redford committed during her campaign to suspend the public land sale known as “Potatogate” that would see 16,000 acres of native prairie converted to intensive irrigated agricultural use. She also made other important environmental commitments.
2011-09-07 AWA Media Advisory 2: Emergency Sage-grouse Summit
Media Briefing 2: Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit - Recommendations to Save Alberta’s “Most Endangered Species”
2011-09-06 AWA Media Advisory 1: Emergency Sage-grouse Summit
Media Briefing 1: Emergency Sage‐Grouse Summit - Last Ditch effort to Save Alberta’s “Most Endangered Species”
2011-09-01 AWA News Release: Last Dance for Sage-grouse? Just 13 Male Birds Remain in Alberta, as Recovery Fails
In 2011, just thirteen male greater sage-grouse were counted in Alberta. Without emergency action to protect sage-grouse habitat, the species will die out in Alberta, and the finger of blame will be pointed squarely at provincial and federal governments which have failed to act.
2011-08-18 AWA News Release: Alberta’s 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.
2011-08-12 Precedent-setting Fine for Joyrider Who Damaged Fish Habitat
AWA congratulates provincial and federal enforcement and legal staff for the successful prosecution of a man who was caught driving his truck through the spawning grounds of endangered fish in Waiparous Creek west of Calgary. Damage to fish habitat by unregulated motorized use in the Ghost-Waiparous region is a daily occurrence, but prosecutions are extremely rare. AWA hopes that this may be a sign of a new and long-awaited commitment to enforcing regulations. While we recognize that current provincial legislation has long been inadequate to deal with rampant motorized abuse, at least there may be a renewed will to use federal legislation to get the job done.
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.
2011-07-29 ENGO News Release: Federal Court Overturns Minister’s 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.
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.
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.
2011-07-14 Dear Premier Stelmach: Woodland Caribou Herds are in Decline Across Canada’s 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."
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.
2011-06-21 Action Alert: Woodland Caribou Battle Goes to Federal Court
Tomorrow (June 22) AWA and our environmental and First Nations colleagues are in court in Edmonton, 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.
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.
2011-05-05 Sprague's Pipit Recovery Strategy Amendments
Letter from the Suffield Coalition to Environment Canada providing comments on proposed amendments to the federal Recovery Strategy for Sprague's pipit.
2011-04-00 Rapid Decline of the Greater Sage-grouse in Alberta
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2011, by Mark Boyce
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
