Vol.11 No.6 Wild Lands Advocate

INSIDE
A Cows And Fish Story
By Lorne Fitch …………………………………………………………………….. 5
ALBERTA WILDERNESS WATCH …………………………………………7 What Can Be Done To Help Alberta’s Grizzlies? ……………………….7 Poaching Penalties Increased ………………………………………………..8 Illegal Recreational Use Threatening The Bighorn ……………………9 Possibilities For Better Management Open In Chinchaga ………… 10 Future Management of The Whaleback …………………………………. 11 Ya Ha Tinda – Our Next National Wildlife Area? …………………….. 12 Travelling Willmore Wilderness Park …………………………………….. 14 Finding Hope in The Lost Creek Ashes ……………………………….. 16 Changes To The Public Lands Act …………………………………………17 Water For Life Strategy ……………………………………………………….18 Letters Support Native Prairie Conservation …………………………..18 Trading Native Prairie For Potato Production …………………………..19 Artist Profile: Charles Douglas ………………………………………………20
ASSOCIATION NEWS …………………………………………………………21 Setbacks Fail To Deter Grizzly Researcher …………………………….21 An Autumn Celebration of Wilderness ……………………………………23 Thank You To All Our Volunteers! …………………………………………..24 Fish Need Friends, Too – By Dr. Michael Sullivan ……………………28 Bighorn Wildland A Popular Choice ……………………………………….26 Climb for Wilderness …………………………………………………………..26 Open House Program …………………………………………………………27