Since 1965, AWA has inspired communities to care for Alberta’s wild spaces through awareness and action. With a provincial office and library in Calgary, AWA has active members, volunteers, and sponsors throughout Alberta and beyond. AWA is a non-profit, federally registered, charitable society.
AWA was pleased to learn the Government of Alberta is funding a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) monitoring project led by fRI Research. A grizzly bear population count is long overdue, the last numbers being released in 2021 based on data from between 2004 and 2018 and...
The Ardley Reservoir has been proposed as additional water storage on the Red Deer River. The project intends to build a dam near Ardley, flooding the area just east of the city of Red Deer. As an organization, AWA does not support additional dam and reservoir...
Forgetmenot Pond is a place of beautiful blue waters surrounded by pine forests and towering mountains. At only a few meters walk to the water, it’s an easy site to access for anyone wanting to wander the forest, paddle on the lake, sit by the river, or have lunch at...
