March 23, 2015
AWA News Release: Alberta Could Choose Habitat Recovery Plan, Instead More Lease Sales in Endangered Mountain Caribou Ranges are Planned
The Alberta government has posted new energy leases for sale in the same endangered mountain…
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.”
January 18, 2015
Postcards from Hidden Creek
Video from Hidden Creek in the Upper Oldman Headwaters, highlighting the state of logging in…
January 5, 2015
Crowsnest Pass Coal Mining: A Deja Vu to Avoid
Wildlands Advocate article, November 2014, by Brittany Verbeek. The bird’s eye view of B.C.’s Elk…
December 30, 2014
Logging Proceeds in Star Creek Valley
Despite repeated expressions of community angst and serious environmental concerns, ESRD (Forestry Division), the University…
December 15, 2014
Star Creek Logging Haul Road
Canfor logging company has begun the construction of a main logging haul road in the…
December 14, 2014
Star Creek Photos
Images from Star Creek Valley taken by brilliant photographer Jose Quiroz
December 8, 2014
AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Stop Star Creek Logging
Dear Wilderness Defender, AWA has learned that the experimental logging of Star Creek is going…
December 1, 2014
Shifting Ecosystems Require Shifting Priorities
Wild Lands Advocate article, December 2014, by Lindsey Wallis. Alberta needs to adapt its biodiversity…
December 1, 2014
Alberta Species At Risk – Pikas
Pikas face an extremely uncertain future in a habitat highly susceptible to the vagaries of…
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…
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,…
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…