July 9, 2024
News Release: Controversial Hunt Returns for Alberta’s Threatened Grizzly Bears after Ministerial Order
Alberta’s decision to allow grizzly bears to be hunted again despite being a threatened species…
Around 61 percent of Alberta is forested.
The majority of this 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.
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.”
July 9, 2024
Alberta’s decision to allow grizzly bears to be hunted again despite being a threatened species…
June 22, 2024
Text by Devon Earl Photos by Devon Earl and Carolyn Fisher The group headed out…
May 18, 2024
Birds are some of the most popular things in nature to photograph. They can also…
May 10, 2024
On April 10, 2024, AWA received a Notice of Hearing on the applications for a…
April 26, 2024
Even when reforestation is successful, managed forests are not equal to natural forests when it…
March 19, 2024
Dear valued AWA members, As you may have heard, plans are underway to rehabilitate Banff’s…
March 15, 2024
Designating bison as wildlife is long overdue. The current classification of a wild species as…
March 15, 2024
Free-ranging bison, apart from in a few specialized regions, are still considered livestock in Alberta….
February 26, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Edmonton, AB/Calgary, AB – Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Northern Alberta Chapter (CPAWS…
February 22, 2024
On February 22, 2024, AWA was cc’d on correspondence from Northback Holdings Corporation to the…
February 21, 2024
The controversial logging plan in the Upper Highwood of Kananaskis is on hold, for now….
January 8, 2024
By Kennedy Halvorson Click here for a pdf copy. In 1971, American singer-songwriter John Prine…