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.
Alberta Parks has announced the proposal to reclassify Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve, along with the adjacent Kootenay Plains Provincial Recreation Area, as a Provincial Park. This designation provides fewer protections for the sensitive ecosystem and allows for...
In response to Alberta Parks’ proposal to reclassify Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve as a Provincial Park, AWA has written to express our concerns with this change, which would reduce the protections of Kootenay Plains, and could open the area to more...
Last week, the Government of Alberta announced that ephemeral, temporary, and seasonal wetlands located on private cropland will be able to be cultivated, seeded, sprayed, ditched, drained, and infilled without oversight after amendments are made to the Water...
