June 1, 2016
Meatball, the Castle, and Alberta’s “Modern Take” on Provincial Parks
June 2016 Wildlands Advocate article by Meatball, Ian Urquhart’s English bulldog. The provincial government seems…
Around 61 percent of Alberta is forested.
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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.
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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.”
June 1, 2016
Adventurous Play in Forest School
June 2016 Wildlands Advocate article by Lea Komaromi. Lea Komaromi writes about what children may…
June 1, 2016
Don’t Give Up the Ghost: An AWA Summer Hike
June 2016 Wildlands Advocate article by Ian Urquhart. AWA’s hikes program takes visitors to amazing…
June 1, 2016
Trail Rehabilitation in the Castle
June 2016 Wildlands Advocate article by Joanna Skrajny. Joanna Skrajny looks at one of the…
June 1, 2016
Memorable McClelland Lake Wetlands
June 2016 Wildlands Advocate article by Carolyn Campbell. Carolyn Campbell next takes you hundreds of…
May 4, 2016
AWA News Release: Good Interim Steps for Alberta Caribou, Strong Range Plans Needed
Since its election a year ago, the Alberta government has deferred new energy leasing throughout…
April 1, 2016
National Parks: Time to Burn (for Ecological Integrity’s Sake)
April 2016 Wildlands Advocate article by Andrea Johancsik. Standing at the peak of the east…
April 1, 2016
Nordegg’s FireSmart Experience: A Commentary
April 2016 Wildlands Advocate article by Jane Drummond, Facilitator, Nordegg Environmental and Recreation Working Group….
April 1, 2016
What is FireSmart?
April 2016 Wildlands Advocate article by Joanna Skrajny Fires are smart. In the beginning, Alberta’s…
April 1, 2016
Wildfire: Nature, Government, Choice
April 2016 Wildlands Advocate article by Ian Urquhart Slave Lake, Kelowna, Barriere, La Loche, now…
April 1, 2016
Wildfire Damage: Towards a Broader Definition
April 2016 WildLands Advocate Article by Esther Bogorov Our wilderness is where we play, heal,…
February 1, 2016
Focus: Alberta’s Species-at-Risk Whitebark Pine
February 2016 Wild Lands Advocate article by Ian Urquhart Interactions, inter-relationships. Those are the ideas…