Around 61 percent of Alberta is forested.

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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.”
Boreal Forests
Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
December 1, 2014
Alberta Species At Risk – Pikas
Pikas face an extremely uncertain future in a habitat highly susceptible to the vagaries of…
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• National Parks
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
• Species at Risk
• WLA Archive
November 13, 2014
AWA News Release: Logging Threatens Caribou and Other Sensitive Species in Iconic Wilderness Park, Highlights Need for Willmore Management Plan
Approved and proposed logging operations immediately outside the boundary of the Willmore Wilderness Provincial Park…
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• Caribou
• News Release
• Protected Areas
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
• Species at Risk
• Willmore Wilderness
October 14, 2014
AWA News Release: Alberta Forestry Decimating Endangered West Central Caribou Habitat Despite Viable Alternatives
Extensive logging is occurring within and adjacent to two endangered west central Alberta caribou ranges,…
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• Caribou
• Forests
• Little Smoky
• News Release
• Species at Risk
October 1, 2014
Genuine Ecosystem-Based Forestry: Impossible in Alberta?
Wild Lands Advocate article, October 2014, by Brittany Verbeek. Alberta adopted the ‘sustained yield’ model…
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• Forests
September 3, 2014
Star Creek “Experimental” Logging Going Ahead: AWA to Minister Campbell
AWA supports the use of sound scientific information for decision making but we oppose the…
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• Castle
• Grizzly Bears
• Headwaters
• Native Coldwater Fish
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
July 23, 2014
AWA News Release: South Saskatchewan Regional Plan: A Missed Opportunity for Protection of Important Natural Landscapes
The South Saskatchewan Regional Plan released today by the Alberta government is a small improvement…
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• Grasslands
• Headwaters
• News Release
• Protected Areas
• Public Lands
• Rivers
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
• Species at Risk
• Wetlands
July 23, 2014
South Saskatchewan Regional Plan
The Land Use Framework (LUF) divides the province into seven regions based on major watersheds,…
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• Bison
• Energy
• Grizzly Bears
• Headwaters
• LUF
• Native Coldwater Fish
• Protected Areas
• Public Lands
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
• Sage-grouse
May 13, 2014
Birds and Tar Sands Tailings Ponds: Ever Safe to Land?
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2014, by Carolyn Campbell. The Oil Sands Regional Bird Monitoring…
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• Boreal Forest
• Oil Sands
• Wildlife
• WLA Archive
April 22, 2014
Video of Forestry Operations in West Bragg Creek by Harder Brothers Productions
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• Fish and Forest
• Forests
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
March 4, 2014
Losing the Boreal: A View of How Climate Change Could Shift Alberta’s Ecosystems
Wild Lands Advocate article, February 2014, by Carolyn Campbell. University of Alberta biologist Rick Schneider…
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• Boreal Forest
• Hay-Zama
• WLA Archive
March 1, 2014
Alberta’s Response to AWA’s Hidden Creek FOIP Request: The Good, the Bad and the Muddy
Wildlands Advocate article, February 2014, by Sean Nichols. AWA received a response back from the…
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• Livingstone-Porcupine
• Native Coldwater Fish
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
• WLA Archive
February 27, 2014
AWA News Release: Leases Reveal Cumulative Effects Management Absent in Alberta Tar Sands, Forests
AWA News Release. Industrial forestry and energy leasing are far outpacing environmental protection and promised…
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• Boreal Forest
• Oil Sands