June 28, 2013
Logging to Supply Timber or Water?
In his April 2013 Wild Lands Advocate article, Nigel Douglas reviews scientific research conducted in…
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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Introduction
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.”
Archive
June 28, 2013
Logging to Supply Timber or Water?
In his April 2013 Wild Lands Advocate article, Nigel Douglas reviews scientific research conducted in…
June 11, 2013
AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Help shine a light on more clearcutting in Alberta’s forests
Dear Wilderness Defender: AWA is asking you to help shine a light on a “science…
June 11, 2013
AWA to AESRD on Southern Rockies Watershed Project Logging in Upper Star Creek Valley
June 11, 2013 Bruce Mayer Assistant Deputy Minister for Forestry Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource…
May 17, 2013
Fish and Forests Fact Sheet: A Sustainable Vision for the Future of Alberta’s Forests
Alberta’s Eastern Slopes forests between the mountains and the grasslands have ecological importance far greater…
May 15, 2013
AWA News Release: Time for Alberta Forest Industry to Stop Logging Critical Caribou Habitat
As the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) marks its three year anniversary at the end…
May 8, 2013
AWA Asks Alberta to Defer New Forestry Plan Approvals in Little Smoky
AWA letter to Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development. To be consistent with the Alberta…
March 13, 2013
ESRD Letter to AWA Re: Hidden Creek Logging Concerns
AESRD Minister McQueen letter to AWA in response to our letter of 2013-01-18 outlining our…
January 18, 2013
AWA Letter to GOA Re: Logging Operations in Hidden Creek, Upper Oldman River Basin
AWA letter to AESRD Minister McQueen regarding our concerns about recent logging operations in Hidden…
January 4, 2013
GOA Letter to AWA Re: Response to AWA Concerns over Hidden Creek Logging Plans
AESRD Minister McQueen letter to AWA in response to our letter of 2012-11-06 outlining our…
January 1, 2013
Reports: Spray Lake Sawmills
The following reports are related to or have been published by Spray Lake Sawmills. …
December 21, 2012
AWA News Release: Last Stand for Threatened Bull Trout – Logged
In Alberta’s secluded Hidden Creek, a rapid-fire “blink and you’ll miss it” logging operation is…