Forests - Alberta Wilderness Association

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

August 12, 2011

Around 61 percent of Alberta is forested.

AWA Position:

Precedent-setting Fine for Joyrider Who Damaged Fish Habitat

Dear Premier Stelmach: Woodland Caribou Herds are in Decline Across Canada’s Boreal Region

Keeping Woodland Caribou in the Boreal Forest: Big Challenge, Immense Opportunity

Alberta’s $300 Million Pine Beetle Fight: Money Well Spent?

Anthropogenic and Fire Disturbances in Woodland Caribou Herd Ranges in the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan Area

AWA News: Save the Castle Rally

Reducing Access is the Answer: Now What was the Question?

Albertans Oppose Logging in the Castle, Support Protection

News Release: Canada’s “Battles in the Woods” Flare up in Prairie Headwaters

Castle Area Forest Land Use Zone: Linear Disturbances, Access Densities and Grizzly Bear Habitat Security Areas

Forest Management Certification Pre-assessment of Spray Lake Sawmills

The Forests of Alberta’s Southern Eastern Slopes: Forest or Forestry?