News Release: Forestry Deal Pre-empts North Saskatchewan plan

The Government of Alberta has quietly signed a new 20 year Forest Management Agreement (FMA) with Sundre Forest Products, apparently bypassing the imminent North Saskatchewan planning process. The deal will make watershed and wildlife conservation more difficult in the FMA’s 5600 km² area of North Saskatchewan and Red Deer River forested headwaters that affects the water security of over a million Albertans downstream.