Forests - Alberta Wilderness Association

AWA Position:

AWA is committed to maintaining healthy and intact forest ecosystems that will sustain biological diversity and viable wildlife populations, provide clean drinking water, and promote long-term economic opportunities. AWA supports responsible ecosystem-based forest management that does not compromise wildlife and wilderness values.

Grizzly Ridge, Kananaskis (N. Douglas)

The majority of Alberta’s forested land is in the vast Boreal Forest Natural Region, with an additional strip of forested land running down the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, in the Rocky Mountain and Foothills Natural Regions.

Each of these forested areas has its own distinct biological features, and also its own distinct “issues.”

Boreal Forests

Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests

March 26, 2025

Around 61 percent of Alberta is forested.

AWA Position:

Joint News Release: Proposed Alberta government plan would wipe out two southern mountain caribou populations

Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s Unwavering Challenge of Alberta’s Land-Use Approvals Moves Forward

AWA granted full participation rights in the Summit Mine 14 Public Hearing

Forestry with a Difference: A Comparison between Germany and Alberta

AWA Feedback on the Sustainable Biomass Program Draft Regional Risk Assessment (RRA) for Alberta

AWA Opposition to Spur Petroleum Ltd.’s Proposed Mikkwa Exploration Project

Ecologically-conscious planning? In this Alberta?

Adventures for Wilderness – Aura Creek to Horse Lake Oct 5, 2024

Coal in the Eastern Slopes: September Update + Letter-Writing Tool

AWA Feedback on New Federal Greenwashing Provisions

Forestry in Alberta: Then and Now

Joint Letter to Political Leaders Demanding Climate Action After Jasper Wildfires