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
January 26, 2012
Castle Protesters Banned from Two Thirds of Alberta!
An astonishingly draconian Court Order is served on Albertans protesting the proposed logging in the…
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• Castle
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
January 25, 2012
ENGO News Release: Will Alison Redford’s Clearcuts Crush Bear Cubs in their Dens?
Joint news release from WildCanada Conservation Alliance, Castle Crown Wilderness Coalition and AWA. Conservationists today…
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• Castle
• Grizzly Bears
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
January 23, 2012
Castle Logging Protest Draws 150 Protesters
A large group of 150 protesters braved the elements in Beaver Mines on Sunday January…
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• Castle
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
January 12, 2012
CCWC News Release: Alberta Government Deaf to Citizens’ Logging Concerns
News release from the Castle Crown Wilderness Coalition, about the imminent clearcut logging program in…
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• Castle
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
January 12, 2012
AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: The Castle Needs Defenders!
AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders alert: The Castle Needs Defenders! At this very moment, logging…
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• Action Alerts
• Castle
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
December 7, 2011
AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Once more for the Castle!
AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders alert: Once more for the Castle! AWA and other environmental…
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• Action Alerts
• Castle
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
December 1, 2011
Sustainable Forests, Sustainable Communities. The Future of Alberta’s Southwestern Forests
Wild Lands Advocate article, December 2011, by Nigel Douglas, describing a report from a group…
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• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
October 25, 2011
New Report: Sustainable Forests, Sustainable Communities. The Future of Alberta’s Southwestern Forests
A new report is released today. Citizens and associations from communities throughout southwestern Alberta have…
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• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
October 25, 2011
News Release: Southwest Alberta groups release new recommendations for sustainable forest management
Today sees the release of a new report, Sustainable Forests, Sustainable Communities: The Future of…
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• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
October 24, 2011
Media Advisory: Southwest Forests News Conference
A new report is launched Tuesday October 25 – Sustainable Forests, Sustainable Communities: The Future…
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• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
August 26, 2011
AWA News Release: Federal Government Writes Off Alberta Caribou- War on Wolves Goes National
A long overdue federal woodland caribou recovery strategy released today allows ongoing habitat loss at…
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• Boreal Forest
• Caribou
• Oil and Gas
• Oil Sands
• Wolves
August 17, 2011
AWA-EcoJustice News Release: Alberta Caribou Protection Lost in Secret Forestry Deal
With a long overdue federal recovery strategy for Alberta’s critically threatened woodland caribou anticipated to…
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• Boreal Forest
• Caribou
• Species at Risk