AWA News Release: Precaution and Protection Needed to Thwart Ecological Nightmare in Alberta’s Forests
March 22, 2006
A new study by Global Forest Watch ranks Alberta as having the lowest amount of intact forest of all the provinces save the Maritimes. Cumulative effects from multiple industries have left Alberta’s forests increasingly fragmented, threatening the habitat, and therefore survival, of species such as caribou, grizzly bears and many migratory birds.