November 6, 2012
AWA Letter to GOA Re: Imminent Logging Plans for Hidden Creek, Upper Oldman River Basin
AWA letter to Premier Redford and AESRD Minister McQueen outlining our concerns regarding imminent logging…
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.”
October 24, 2012
Letter to AESRD Requesting Clarification Regarding Logging Deferrals in the Castle
Letter from AWA to AESRD Requesting Clarification Regarding Logging Deferrals in the Castle. AWA sent…
August 21, 2012
ENGO News Release: Just $20 per Truckload of Non-merchantable Timber for Castle Clearcut Trees
Twenty dollars. That’s how much grizzly bear habitat and trout spawning streams are worth to…
August 14, 2012
ENGO News Release: Castle Logging Decision Ignored Fish and Wildlife, and Alberta Public
Newly-released documents reveal that the Alberta government’s decision to go ahead with deeply unpopular clearcut…
July 30, 2012
News Release: Forestry Deal Pre-empts North Saskatchewan plan
The Government of Alberta has quietly signed a new 20 year Forest Management Agreement (FMA)…
May 24, 2012
Standing Up for the Castle
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2012, by Nigel Douglas, interviewing Rick Collier, one of four…
April 1, 2012
Alberta’s Forests Feel the Love on Valentine’s Day!
Wild Lands Advocate update, April 2012, by Nigel Douglas 20120400_ar_wla_update_forest_rallies_ndouglas.pdf
April 1, 2012
A Valentine’s Day Call for Action
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2012, by Sid Marty. “Alberta is a spacious and lofty…
March 14, 2012
AWA News Release: No Public Involvement in Forestry Deal: Health of North Saskatchewan and Red Deer River Headwaters at Stake
A large forest management contract on public lands in the headwaters of two major Alberta…
March 5, 2012
No Public Consultation in Forest Management Agreement Renewal Process
This document is the official input from Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) into the Forest Management…
February 14, 2012
ENGO News Release: Over a Hundred Attend Valentine’s Day Rallies in Support of Forests
More than 170 people attended rallies today in Calgary and Edmonton to send a strong…
February 13, 2012
Alberta’s Forests Need your Love on Valentine’s Day!
AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders alert. Please join us on Valentine’s Day to show your…