http://albertawilderness.ca daily 1 2011-01-10T21:19:21Z http://albertawilderness.ca/publications/wla/2011/2012-12-14-vol.-19-no.-6-wild-lands-advocate Lessons in Conservation from the Great Growling Grizzlies | Connecting Youth to Nature at The Palisades Centre | Where Have All the Children Gone? - The Perspective of a Long-Time Calgary Naturalist and Volunteer | Tribal Parks | Looking at Alberta: What Do the Sage-grouse See? | Sustainable Forests, Sustainable Communities. The Future of Alberta's Southwestern Forests No publisher snichols 2011 WLA Archive Front Page News 2011 News Archive 2012-03-14T22:02:42Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-12-09-awa-news-release-time-to-protect-albertas-castle-and-bighorn-on-international-mountain-day On the occasion of International Mountain Day, December 11, Alberta Wilderness Association calls on the Government of Alberta to secure important water sources and grizzly habitat by protecting the Castle and Bighorn areas of Alberta for future generations. No publisher ccampbell Front Page News Bighorn Archive News Release News Archive 2011 News Archive Headwaters Archive Castle Archive 2011-12-09T23:57:09Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-12-02-awa-news-release-livingstone-landscape-wins-reprieve-from-transmission-lines In a highly significant decision, the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) yesterday refused permission to Altalink Management Ltd. to build a new transmission line in the pristine landscape of southwestern Alberta’s Livingstone Range. No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Livingston-Porcupine Archive 2011 News Archive Transmission Lines Archive 2012-11-16T23:29:31Z Report 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/front-page-stories/2011/2011-11-24-awa-news-release-last-chance-to-save-canadas-most-endangered-species Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) and a coalition of environmental groups are calling on federal Environment Minister Peter Kent to urgently take the steps necessary to prevent the imminent extinction of the greater sage-grouse in Canada. No publisher mpwilson Front Page News Sage Grouse Archive News Archive 2011 News Archive News Release 2013-01-21T17:44:16Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/publications/wla/2011/2011-10-28-vol.-19-no.-5-wild-lands-advocate Parks Canada: Standing on Guard For... | Sage-grouse on the Brink: How Governments Have Failed Alberta’s Most Endangered Species | Alberta Woodland Caribou - Proposed Federal Recovery Strategy | The Fading Federal Presence in Environmental Assessment | Ottawa May Monitor Oil Sands’ Effects on Wildlife - Limiting Them Would Be Better No publisher ndouglas 2011 WLA Archive Front Page News 2011 News Archive 2011-12-14T21:34:40Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-10-25-news-release-southwest-alberta-groups-release-new-recommendations-for-sustainable-forest-management-1 Today sees the release of a new report, Sustainable Forests, Sustainable Communities: The Future of Alberta’s Southwestern Forests. Citizens and associations from communities throughout southwestern Alberta have joined together to document serious concerns with current industrial-scale logging practices, and present an alternative vision for the management of Alberta's southwestern forests. No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Southern Eastern Slopes Archive 2011 News Archive Forests Archive Rocky Mtn Foothills Forests Archive 2012-11-16T23:29:34Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-10-24-media-advisory-southwest-forests-news-conference A new report is launched Tuesday October 25 - Sustainable Forests, Sustainable Communities: The Future of Alberta’s Southwestern Forests. Citizens and associations from communities throughout southwestern Alberta have joined together to document serious concerns with current industrial-scale logging practices, and present an alternative vision for the management of Alberta's southwestern forests. No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Rocky Mtn Foothills Forests Archive Southern Eastern Slopes Archive 2011 News Archive 2012-11-16T23:29:35Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-10-04-awa-news-release-awa-welcomes-premier-designate-redford2019s-promise-to-protect-alberta2019s-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. No publisher ccampbell Front Page News Public Lands Archive Sage Grouse Archive Species At Risk Archive 2011 News Archive 2011-10-04T16:16:02Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-09-16-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? No publisher ndouglas Front Page News 2011 News Archive Grizzly Bears Archive 2011-09-16T22:15:20Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-09-10-awa-news-release-save-our-sage-grouse-billboards-call-for-help Late this past week billboards across Calgary and Edmonton began flashing a public service announcement about the plight of greater sage-grouse in Alberta. On the heels of a very successful two-day Emergency Greater Sage-grouse Summit the bill boards are an attempt to answer the void of information and awareness available about how serious things really are. No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Sage Grouse Archive 2011 News Archive 2012-11-16T23:29:35Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/issues/wildlife/sage-grouse/archive/2011-09-08-emergency-sage-grouse-summit-final-communique Final recommendations from the Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit, hosted by AWA in Calgary, September 7 and 8, 2011. The Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit consisted of leading international scientists, local landowners and environmental organizations working to ensure that the spectacular greater sage-grouse remains on the landscape. No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Sage Grouse Archive 2011 News Archive 2012-10-22T18:34:40Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-09-08-awa-news-release-save-our-sage-grouse-recommendations-from-emergency-sage-grouse-summit Desperate measures are needed if Canada’s most endangered wildlife species, the greater sage-grouse, is to be saved from extinction in Canada. This is the overwhelming conclusion coming from the Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit, held in Calgary, Alberta September 7-8, 2011. No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Sage Grouse Archive 2011 News Archive 2012-11-16T23:29:36Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-09-07-awa-media-advisory-2-emergency-sage-grouse-summit Media Briefing 2: Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit - Recommendations to Save Alberta’s “Most Endangered Species” No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Sage Grouse Archive Species At Risk Archive 2011 News Archive 2012-11-16T23:29:36Z Report http://albertawilderness.ca/news/2011/2011-09-06-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” No publisher ndouglas Front Page News Sage Grouse Archive Species At Risk Archive 2011 News Archive 2012-11-16T23:29:37Z Report