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?
What? Grizzly Bear News Conference
When? Monday September 19, 2011
10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Where? AWA office, 455 – 12th Street NW, Calgary
Who? Alberta Wilderness Association
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Sierra Club of Canada
Yellowstone to Yukon
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?
Background:
• Alberta’s grizzly recovery process began in 2001, when government scientists first raised the alarm.
• A temporary ban on hunting has been in place since 2006.
• The province’s Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan was published in 2008.
• Grizzlies were designated a threatened species in Alberta in 2010, but no measures to protect grizzly habitat have resulted.
For more information:
Wendy Francis, Program Director, Y2Y, 403.763.8633
Dianne Pachal, Alberta Wild Director, Sierra Club of Canada, 403.234.7368
Sarah Elmeligi, Senior Conservation Planner, CPAWS‐Southern Alberta, 403.688.8641
Nigel Douglas, Conservation Specialist, Alberta Wilderness Association, 403.283.2025
